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By Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The founder of embattled property behemoth Evergrande and formerly one of China’s richest men was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday, according to state media, the latest chapter of ignominy for a one-time symbol of the nation’s economic boom. Hui Ka Yan pled guilty in April

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — One of Australia’s most high-profile murder cases is back in court where a possible retrial, or an even longer prison sentence, awaits the home cook who used toxic mushrooms to kill three lunch guests. Erin Patterson was convicted last year of deliberately lacing a beef wellington meal

By Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Something weird has been happening on China’s internet. One small and vocal corner has been claiming the country’s most famous historical dynasty never existed. That’s the Tang, which ruled China from 618 AD to 907 AD, a period that saw huge territorial expansion, booming international trade and

CNN By Max Foster, CNN (CNN) — The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are planning to move back to Britain, CNN understands. Prince Harry and Meghan are said to be planning to relocate from the US later this month to a private residence outside London and reportedly have enrolled their children Prince Archie, 7 and

By Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are planning to move back to Britain, CNN understands, a shock move that comes six years after the couple stepped back from official duties and fell out with other members of the royal family. Prince Harry and Meghan are said to be

By Jennifer Hansler, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Five Americans and the head of Ecuador’s intelligence agency died after a helicopter carrying tourists crashed in central Kenya Wednesday. The aircraft was traveling from the Loisaba wildlife conservancy to the Ewaso Ngiro river area when it crashed around 9:13 a.m. at Mount Ololokwe in Samburu county,

By Gawon Bae, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said she is “completely unaware” whether her brother communicated with US President Donald Trump, as Trump claimed this week. Kim, one of North Korea’s top officials, acknowledged that her brother has a “great relationship”

By Jeremy Diamond, Abeer Salman, Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that it opened fire on the vehicle carrying 5-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza and said it had opened a criminal investigation into the killing. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had previously denied involvement in the

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s Queen Camilla has spoken about how she struggled to keep King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis a secret during a visit to a cancer support center, which took place days before the news was officially disclosed. Camilla recounted how it was “quite difficult” not to mention her husband’s diagnosis

By Lex Harvey, Gawon Bae, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The joint military drills between the United States and South Korea have been cut in half at Washington’s request, days after President Donald Trump called for their reduction, citing his close relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The annual Ulchi Freedom Shield

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Oman, a historic partner for the United States and proven mediator to Iran, was once again threatened by President Donald Trump over its negotiations with the Islamic Republic, leaving many in the region confused. Trump’s warning on Monday reiterated a threat he issued in May to “blow up” Oman

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A stag at one of London’s royal parks has been shot dead by a wildlife officer after injuring a man who was having a picnic, as park authorities warn against feeding the animals. The Royal Parks charity, which manages Richmond Park, where the incident took place over the weekend,

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s Princess Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank have announced that their third child is named Adelaide Elizabeth Annina Brooksbank. The couple made the announcement in a post on Instagram on Monday. “2 weeks ago today we welcomed our girl to the world. And since then we’ve had the most

By Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A stand-up comedian, considered one of China’s most influential cultural figures, has been placed under investigation and had performances cancelled after he joked about a communist party song. Guo Degang, China’s best-known comic, was accused of violating public morals after he improvised his own lyrics to a

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — Two students were killed in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, one of them the gunman, and the situation was now under control, officials said, in the second such incident in the country in less than two months. The shooting took place at a

By Anna Chernova, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Andrey Klepach, one of Russia’s top economists, has been replaced as chief economist of the country’s national development bank shortly after a speech was made public in which he reportedly said Russia’s economy was being damaged by the war in Ukraine. Russia’s state news agency TASS confirmed

By Nick Paton Walsh, Victoria Butenko, Natalie Wright, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Near Kyiv (CNN) — It is the most sought-after weapon in the world, but sits idle, in a cornfield, its cannisters empty, last fired 10 weeks ago. The US-made Patriot interceptor is the focus of a global supply crunch as dozens of countries scramble

By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone impersonating the White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, who is one of US President Donald Trump’s closest advisers, a source with knowledge told CNN. It’s unclear when the exchange happened or what was discussed but Politico, which first

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A US Navy guided-missile destroyer spent four days last month without working toilets, galley services and air conditioning in the blistering heat of the South China Sea after the warship lost power. The incident was due to an engineering failure aboard the warship, the US 7th Fleet said in

By Chris Lau, Adam Pourahmadi, CNN (CNN) — Forget overtime. This construction crew hit the mother lode. Eight construction workers uncovered gold coins and bars worth 9 million euros ($10.5 million) in Belgium last Tuesday while at work, according to authorities. They made the golden discovery underneath a building they were performing renovation work on

By Aileen Graef and Gawon Bae, CNN Washington DC and Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the United States would reduce military exercises with key regional ally South Korea, just hours before they were due to get underway, citing his positive relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and

By Rupert Neate, CNN (CNN) — Jason Arday, the youngest Black professor in the University of Cambridge’s 817-year history, is dead. But the intense public debate over his life and work, and what it means for a society grappling with multiculturalism, is continuing – perhaps even more furiously. Arday’s death, on Friday aged 41, followed

By Paula Hancocks, Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — The judge who sentenced Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia last week was himself sentenced to death in absentia by the same regime years earlier. Irony in its purest form. Judge Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan defected from the Ministry of Justice in 2013 joining the judicial

By Uriel Blanco, CNN (CNN) — Ana María Saavedra Caycedo lay under the rubble for hours reeling from arm injuries and a fractured pelvis. When she was finally pulled out, it was into a harsh new reality: one where she was the sole survivor of her immediate family. When the 7.4 magnitude earthquake shook western

By Michael Rios, Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — Hernán Flores says he remembers the shock he felt when a sudden blast rocked his fishing boat in the Pacific. “We heard the explosion – boom! It was the kind of blast that left my ears ringing. Right then, I felt blood running down me,” he recounted.

By Maria Santana, CNN (CNN) — A quiet upheaval is unfolding in homes, schools, churches and workplaces across the United States, as families try to prepare for –– or avoid –– an encounter with immigration authorities. Some have left the United States after decades of building lives here. Others have considered giving up their unborn child

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — When Paul Biya won his first presidential election in Cameroon in 1984, Nformi Bime was 23 and still a student. Bime is now 65 and retired from teaching. Biya is 93 – and still president. Last year, he won a disputed eighth term that could keep him in office

By Lex Harvey, Masrur Jamaluddin, Hira Humayun, CNN Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) — Rescuers are digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings in Indonesia, searching for bodies and possible survivors following the deadly magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck the country Saturday, killing at least 53 people. More than 1,300 homes were damaged, more than two thirds

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Jason Arday, a former University of Cambridge professor, was found dead in London on Friday, just days after resigning over questions surrounding his career. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police told CNN that a 41-year-old man was found unresponsive in Battersea, south London, and was later pronounced dead at

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN London (CNN) — A second train has derailed in southeast England in less than 24 hours, British Transport Police said on Friday, adding that its officers were attending the scene of the incident. The force said that “rear carriages of a train have derailed in an upright position” just after 2

By Issy Ronald, Reagan Yip, CNN London (CNN) — Nigel Farage has comfortably won a special election that he triggered, meaning he will remain as a member of parliament after a contest that all the other major British parties boycotted, leaving his main opposition as a comedian dressed as a trash can. Farage, leader of

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — A jet engine fan blade on a Boeing 737 broke free and slammed into the side of the passenger cabin, breaking a window and leading to a man being partially sucked outside the aircraft, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report on Thursday. The July

By Clare Sebastian, CNN Paris (CNN) — Boris Nadezhdin struck a tired, yet still upbeat figure when we met on a blisteringly hot day in Paris. He’d been in France just over a week, still reeling from his hasty exit from Russia after a sudden summons from Russia’s powerful Investigative Committee on what he assumed

By Sarah El Sirgany and Farida Elsebai, CNN (CNN) — An oil spill from a stranded tanker off the coast of Oman now covers an estimated 500 square miles (1,300 square kilometers), the environmental organization Greenpeace told CNN, prompting fears that a major ecological disaster could be unfolding in the Arabian Sea. The spill has

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Eighteen people were injured, including two seriously, after a passenger train derailed in southern England on Thursday, trapping passengers inside carriages that had toppled onto their sides. South East Coast Ambulance Service said two people “sustained serious injuries,” while a further 16 with “less serious injuries,” were taken

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A bomb attack in Crimea has reportedly killed a former Ukrainian submarine commander who defected to Russia in 2014 when Moscow annexed the peninsula. Russian authorities said a Russian military officer had been killed in a targeted attack in Sevastopol, Crimea’s biggest city, and that a woman has subsequently

By Zeena Saifi, Jeremy Diamond, Cyril Theophilos, CNN Qusra, West Bank (CNN) — Loui Ridi began building a home in his native town of Qusra, in the occupied West Bank, for his two daughters. The girls grew up in Ohio, but family trips made them fall in love with their father’s Palestinian roots. “Can we

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Nearly half a year into the US-Iran war, global oil stockpiles are rapidly diminishing as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively stalled and the two powers at the center of the hostilities argue about who controls the critical waterway. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly insisted that

By Gage Goulding and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul (CNN) — Two former Chinese military servicemen have been arrested in South Korea in separate cases of apparent espionage, involving alleged attempts to surveil South Korean military operations and US forces stationed in the country, police said. In one case, a man is accused of intercepting flight

By Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN (CNN) — Emergency teams in Colombia are searching desperately for survivors of an earthquake that has killed at least 281 people as the crucial window for rescues drew to a close on Thursday, with the government still only accepting help from a handful of countries. Nearly 380 people are still missing,

CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Wright, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Victoria Butenko, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine has only a tenth of the interceptor missiles it urgently needs from the United States to stop surging Russian ballistic missile attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN in an interview, adding his days are spent in “millions” of

By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Wright, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Victoria Butenko, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine has only a tenth of the interceptor missiles it urgently needs from the United States to stop surging Russian ballistic missile attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN in an interview, adding his days are spent in “millions” of phone

By CNN Staff Beijing (CNN) — Zhu Rongji, the steely former Chinese premier whose bold economic reforms propelled the country’s rise as a global powerhouse, has died. He was 97. Zhu, who served as premier from 1998 to 2003, died of illness in Beijing on Wednesday morning, according to state news agency Xinhua. He is

By Rocio Munoz, Helen Regan, Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Emergency teams are racing to find the mother of a baby who was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building following the deadly 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Colombia on Monday. Three-month-old Salomón was pulled alive from the five-story residential building in Cali after

By Kocha Olarn, Jessie Yeung, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — Thailand is suspending new gun permits and tightening its firearm controls after last week’s deadly school shooting, in which a 14-year-old boy killed eight people before turning the gun on himself. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul issued the directive on Tuesday, ordering government officials to “urgently elevate

By Yoonjung Seo, Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul (CNN) — The governing body of football in South Korea has issued a public apology after a bombshell report alleged that it had spent thousands of dollars on sexual services for foreign referees before or after games in the early 2010s. The government’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and

By Tim Lister, Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has boasted that his war in Iran has led to a “very rational,” “very different,” and “much more reasonable” leadership in Tehran. But the elevation of six hardliners to top security positions this week suggests the Islamic Republic’s new command may be neither

By Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese rocket set to launch a satellite into orbit blew-up seconds after liftoff Monday, marking the relatively rare failure for a rocket considered a workhorse of Beijing’s space program. The Long March 7A rocket erupted into a massive fireball just 85 seconds after blasting off from

By Jhasua Razo, Amy O’Kruk, Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing scores and severely damaging thousands of buildings. The quake was the strongest originating in the Andean nation since at least 1990, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The epicenter was in San José

By Tim Lister and Aida Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Deepening poverty, rising household debt, rampant inflation, hidden unemployment. The indicators for Iran’s economy signal a deepening crisis on multiple fronts – and at least one official news outlet is not shy about reporting it. On Sunday, US President Donald Trump made clear that inflicting economic

By Gonzalo Zegarra, Sol Amaya, Sana Noor Haq, Michael Rios (CNN) — A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people across the country. The epicenter was located in San José del Palmar, in the department of Chocó, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) west of Bogotá, at a depth of

By Issy Ronald and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — A Ukrainian drone strike has killed at least 13 people and injured 75 others in Nizhnekamsk, a city in the Tatarstan region deep inside Russia, local authorities said Monday, marking the deadliest attack to hit the country in more than two years. Nizhnekamsk lies more than

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — The Thai teen behind a deadly school shooting outside Bangkok had an air gun confiscated by a teacher last year and had watched violent content online, police said on Sunday, as the government promised new safety protocols for schools. As investigations continued into Friday’s rampage, where a 14-year-old boy allegedly

Story by Reuters Dublin (Reuters) — Alleged Irish crime gang boss Daniel Kinahan was charged with directing a criminal organization ​by prosecutors in Dublin on Sunday amid tight security at a special court sitting following his extradition from the United Arab Emirates. Kinahan, who was arrested in Dubai in April, was named by the United

By Tim Lister, Eugenia Yosef and Ibrahim Dahman (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said his country rejects the latest US-backed peace plan for Gaza, demanding the full disarmament of Hamas before any Israeli forces withdraw. The comments come more than a week after Trump announced a breakthrough in negotiations, with his

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The front lines of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are largely stagnant. But in the skies, the war is ratcheting up. Each sides’ offensive capabilities now appear to be outstripping their air defenses, analysts say. That means more strikes are hitting their targets, more critical and economic infrastructure is being

Story by the Associated Press Vancouver, British Columbia (AP) — More than 20,000 people were ordered to leave their homes overnight in western Canada as a fast-moving wildfire grew rapidly and raced toward towns along British Columbia’s Okanagan Lake, destroying homes in its path. The entire community of Summerland, home to about 12,000 people, was

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — FIFA chief Gianni Infantino is denying a report that inappropriate conduct was behind a six-figure “departure payment” made to a woman during his years as general secretary at the Union of European Football Associations. UEFA confirmed the woman’s payout, noting that while it was not out of line at

By Rey Rodríguez, Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — Mexican influencer César Gastélum was live-streaming outside a fast-food restaurant when two men on motorbike stopped next him, pulled out a gun and shot him in the head. His brutal murder in Culiacán, the capital of the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, happened in just a few

By Barbie Nadeau, Ivana Scatola, CNN (CNN) — A new comedy show by Amanda Knox is hurtful rather than funny, the sister of the British student whose murder the American performer was convicted but later acquitted of told CNN ahead of its scheduled opening Friday at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Knox, who shared the apartment

CNN By Sophie Tanno, Kocha Olarn and Angie Puranasamriddhi, CNN (CNN) — A shooting at a school north of Bangkok left five teachers dead and more than 30 people injured on Friday after a teen gunman opened fire before turning the weapon on himself, in one of the country’s deadliest such incidents in recent years.

By Kocha Olarn, Sophie Tanno, Helen Regan, and Angie Puranasamriddhi, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — A 12-year-old girl has been confirmed dead in a school shooting north of the Thai capital Bangkok on Friday, which also claimed the lives of five teachers and marked one of the country’s deadliest such incidents in recent years. Her death

By Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia has drawn two of the Muslim world’s most formidable military powers into its defense as the Iran war moves closer to the kingdom. Pakistan and Turkey signed a NATO-style mutual defense pact with Saudi Arabia in Mecca on Friday, consolidating their longstanding security ties into a

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — High school students in Denmark will be required to verbally defend their written assignments as part of emergency government measures aimed at combating AI cheating. A verbal defense will be needed for all exams written at home, Denmark’s Ministry of Education announced in a statement Thursday, adding that it

By Nadeen Ebrahim, Anna Cooban, CNN (CNN) — The Middle East war is widening as Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels launch a spate of attacks on United States’ allies and close yet another key shipping waterway. One of the strongest Iran-backed militias in the region, the Houthis entered the war in March, a month after Israel

By Wayne Chang, Brad Lendon, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan’s president and top officials late Wednesday practiced how they would respond to an attempted “decapitation strike,” an operation to take out the island’s leadership, like the US capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro earlier this year. An armored personnel carrier whisked President Lai Ching-te

By Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn, Angie Puranasamriddhi, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — A teenage gunman went on a rampage at his high school in Thailand on Friday, killing teachers and students, police said, in one of the country’s deadliest school shootings in recent years. The suspected gunman, 14, stormed the school after allegedly killing his grandmother

By Nic Robertson, Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia is bracing for a “multiple coordinated attacks” by Iraqi militias factions and Iran-backed Houthis, a Saudi official told CNN, as the broader Middle East conflict threatens to widen. The official cited “multiple intelligence reports” from Saudi Arabia, the US and regional countries indicating some Iraqi

By Anabella González, Germán Padinger, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The Venezuelan government met with opposition figures in Caracas on Thursday after days of delay, marking the start of US-backed talks aimed at steering the country toward a democratic transition. The United States looms large in the conversation, having brokered negotiations months after toppling Venezuelan

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The US suspended government activities in Mexico’s Michoacan state on Wednesday due to an unspecified “threat against American interests,” in a move that could potentially delay avocado exports from the state to the US. The suspension will disrupt the work of US Department of Agriculture personnel that inspect avocado

By Jack Guy, Elinda Labropoulou, CNN (CNN) — A 26-year-old Afghan man accused of killing a 38-year-old Scottish aid worker whose body was found in a suitcase appeared in court in Greece on Thursday. The suspect, who cannot be named under Greek law, is accused of killing Elisabeth Ross and putting her body in a

By Kara Fox, Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli settler has been charged with reckless manslaughter for the killing of a prominent Palestinian activist last year, marking a rare instance of Israel prosecuting a settler for violence against Palestinians. Prosecutors on Thursday unveiled charges against Yinon Levi, who lives in the south of the

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has warned that an explosives-laden drone discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport represents a “new threat scenario” for Germany, as counterterrorism investigators examine whether foreign actors could have been involved in the incident that briefly forced the suspension of flights overnight into Wednesday. Dobrindt described the

By Maeva Bambuck, CNN (CNN) — Maysa Moghnie’s childhood home in south Lebanon was the culmination of decades of work. She recounts how her father spent most of his life building the palatial family compound in the village of Burj Rahal, room after room. “All the memories we have are of him building this house,” said Moghnie,

By Becky Anderson, Sophia Saifi, CNN London and Islamabad (CNN) — The sons of the imprisoned former leader of Pakistan Imran Khan say they fear for their father’s health, claiming authorities in the South Asian country are preventing them from seeing him. On the third anniversary of their father’s arrest, Kasim and Sulaiman Isa Khan

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Every morning, Micheline Kayimpa pulls on layers of protective gear before stepping into an Ebola isolation ward in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), knowing that one small mistake could cost her life. At the Elikya Ebola Treatment Center in Bunia, the nurse spends her days caring for patients

Story by the Associated Press (AP) — Ousted former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Wednesday that she plans to return to her country from exile in India in December despite facing a death sentence in Bangladesh over a bloody crackdown on protesters in 2024. In an audio address to an event in New Delhi

By Uriel Blanco, Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — Mexican influencer César Gastélum was shot dead on Tuesday while live streaming in front of a fast-food restaurant in the northwestern Mexican city of Culiacán, according to local and federal authorities. Gastélum, who had over 600,000 followers on TikTok, was shot after being approached by two helmeted

By Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — A woman has been arrested after four people were stabbed in London’s famous Covent Garden, local police said. Four men have been taken to hospital following the incident on Endell Street on Wednesday afternoon, according to London’s Metropolitan Police. The men are aged 34, 39, 42 and 52,

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV will make a return visit to Peru in November, a country where he served as a missionary and bishop for nearly two decades. The Vatican announced on Wednesday that Pope Leo will make a lengthy visit to Latin America from November 6 to 17 and will

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — An unidentified flying object hit a a cargo plane at a German airport on Wednesday, as the discovery of a drone carrying an explosive device caused disruption and the suspension of flights. An airport staff member discovered the drone in a secure area of the cargo flight operations near

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Beijing announced a swath of measures against the United States and its firms on Wednesday, in what it described as retaliation against recent moves by Washington targeting Chinese companies. The tit-for-tat sanctions come weeks ahead of an expected summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump

By Jessie Yeung, Yoonjung Seo, CNN (CNN) — The headquarters of Starbucks Korea was raided by South Korean police on Wednesday, as they continue to investigate the coffee chain that faced a nationwide backlash and publicity crisis over a disastrous ad campaign. The Seoul metropolitan police confirmed to CNN they had searched the headquarters in

By Svitlana Vlasova, James Legge, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — At least 17 people were killed and dozens wounded in Kyiv and surrounding areas overnight as Russia fired more than two dozen ballistic and anti-ship missiles, none of which were intercepted by Ukrainian defenses. The deadly assault underlines the worsening danger for urban civilians far

By Hira Humayun, Sarah Hutter, Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Omar Lotfi’s family has been crushed under the weight of unanswered questions ever since he went missing. From pleas on social media to contacting hospitals, aid groups and authorities, they’ve left no stone unturned. Lotfi, 24, went missing on July 31, after leaving his hometown

By Merlin Delcid, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The days-long eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano, which has forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from nearby towns, is reducing in intensity but still remains dangerous, authorities said Wednesday. Even though volcanic activity is showing a “progressive reduction,” accumulated material at the top of the volcano

By Issy Ronald and Camille Knight, CNN (CNN) — More than 150 migrants were rescued in the early hours of Tuesday morning after a boat caught fire in the English Channel in an attempt to travel from France to Britain. The boat’s engine caught fire and its “condition deteriorated very rapidly,” forcing French and British

By Billy Stockwell and Camille Knight, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of World War II shells and munitions have been discovered in the French village of Le Porge, as residents return to the ravaged community in the wake of last month’s blazes, according to local authorities. Explosions were heard near the village in France’s Gironde region

By Rocio Munoz, Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — The United States sent back more than 100 Venezuelans on a repatriation flight on Monday, the first time since deadly earthquakes ravaged the South American nation in late June. The Trump administration had been deporting hundreds of Venezuelans per week prior to June, but its deportation drive

By Yumi Asada, Jessie Yeung, Briana Waxman, CNN (CNN) — Three lions at a Tokyo zoo died within a week of suspected heat stress, as extreme temperatures sweep across Japan and other parts of East Asia. The Tama Zoological Park, located in Hino city in the greater Tokyo metropolis, closed its lion exhibit in late

By Kosta Gak, Lauren Kent, Anna Chernova, Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — At least seven people were killed in southern Russia on Monday after debris from a Ukrainian drone fell onto a crowded beach, according to local officials, in one of the deadliest incidents in recent weeks. Four of those killed in the incident

By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — More than three days after US President Donald Trump unveiled an agreement to disarm Hamas as the next phase of his Gaza peace plan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has still not said publicly whether he accepts it. Instead, the Israeli leader’s silence was accompanied by a sharp increase

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The human tragedy was undeniable: around 72,000 desperate people surging across a breakwater barrier from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last Thursday, some drowning and others trampling their fellow migrants underfoot, leaving at least 72 dead. But while the dramatic incident passed almost as quickly as it

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers in New Zealand have passed a bill to make English one of the country’s official languages. The move was widely ridiculed in the Pacific Rim nation, where English is already widely used, including in courts and parliament. The English Language Bill states that the addition of English as

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Europe’s brutal heat wave has already sparked record-breaking temperatures, deadly wildfires and mass evacuations. Now a new crisis looms: an energy shortage. Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar warned on Monday that the “hardest five days are ahead of us” as the country’s sole nuclear power station teeters on the

By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — What did you do in the past 29 days? New Zealand ultrarunner Sophie Woods ran 1,240 miles across eight countries to conquer one of the world’s toughest endurance challenges – breaking both the men’s and women’s time records. The 42-year-old conquered the Via Alpina, which involves traversing a vast

By Helen Regan, Ross Adkin, Heather Law, CNN (CNN) — Myanmar’s detained former leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi met with a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday, in what appeared to be her first public meeting with a foreign official in several years, and which comes after

CNN By Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — Thunderstorms have disrupted Cuba’s attempt to restore electricity, the national grid operator said Monday, less than a day after the country suffered its sixth nationwide blackout of the year. “During the process of restoring the National Electric System, prevailing weather conditions caused disruptions to the grid, directly affecting

By Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — Thunderstorms have disrupted Cuba’s attempt to restore electricity, the national grid operator said Monday, less than a day after the country suffered its sixth nationwide blackout of the year. “During the process of restoring the National Electric System, prevailing weather conditions caused disruptions to the grid, directly affecting the

Story by the Associated Press Peshawar, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted protesters at an antimilitant rally in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 14 people, mostly civilians and police officers, and wounding more than two dozen others, officials said. The attack happened in Kabal, a town in Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa