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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The idea of coming face to face with a spider-like creature unexpectedly is enough to fill any arachnophobe with horror, let alone encountering one with large, spiky legs. But that is exactly what roamed around what’s currently northeast Illinois in the late Carboniferous Period about 300 million to 320

By Mitchell McCluskey, Eugenia Yosef and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military announced Saturday that it had recovered the body of a hostage from the Gaza Strip, one day after saying it had retrieved the remains of three others in the besieged territory. The hostage was identified as Ron Benjamin, who was killed

By Gerardo Lemos and Fidel Gutierrez, CNN (CNN) — A mayoral candidate was among the six people killed by gunfire at a political campaign event in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Thursday, according to the Institute of Elections and Citizen Participation (IEPC). Lucero López Maza, the mayoral candidate for the municipality of La

CNN By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Despite her extraordinary success in Afrobeats music, Tiwa Savage has long harbored a secret aspiration: to pursue a career in acting. “Acting, I would say, was my first love before music,” she told CNN’s Larry Madowo during a recent interview in Lagos. At 44, the multifaceted, award-winning Nigerian

By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Despite her extraordinary success in Afrobeats music, Tiwa Savage has long harbored a secret aspiration: to pursue a career in acting. “Acting, I would say, was my first love before music,” she told CNN’s Larry Madowo during a recent interview in Lagos. At 44, the multifaceted, award-winning Nigerian artist

By Colin McCullough, Jessie Yeung, Nadeen Ebrahim, and Lucas Lilieholm, CNN (CNN) — Trucks carrying humanitarian aid into Gaza have begun moving ashore after arriving through the floating pier built by the US military, according to the US Central Command (CENTCOM). The pier was anchored to a beach in Gaza on Thursday and will be

By Jeremy Diamond and Muhammad Darwish, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Dr. Ahlia Kattan should already be back home in California with her three young children. Instead, she’s spending her days and nights at Gaza’s European Hospital on the outskirts of Rafah. Kattan, an anesthesiologist and specialist in critical care, is one of at least 22 American physicians trapped in

By Saskya Vandoorne and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — Police have shot dead an armed attacker who was trying to set fire to a synagogue in the northern French city of Rouen, according to authorities. A male suspect entered the building early Friday morning and threw what appeared to be a Molotov cocktail, the

By Chris Lau and Angus Watson, CNN Sydney (CNN) — Three players from Australia’s top soccer league have been arrested and charged over an alleged betting scam, accused of deliberately getting yellow cards and giving away penalties at the behest of a South American criminal. A senior A-League player allegedly took instructions from the mastermind

By Paul P. Murphy and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Satellite images exclusively obtained by CNN show three destroyed Russian jets and damaged buildings at Belbek airbase in occupied port city of Sevastopol on Wednesday. The hardware losses come after two days of attacks by the Ukrainians on Sevastopol in Crimea, which was illegally annexed by Russia in

By Sophie Jeong, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 people gathered silently on yoga mats over the weekend to do absolutely nothing, in a Seoul event that is part physical challenge, part art piece, and part respite from South Korea’s hyper-competitive society. The annual Space-out competition, held on Sunday, finds who’s best at zoning out

By Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — Queen Camilla has granted her first royal warrants to seven companies, including Shane Connolly, the designer behind the floral arrangements at last year’s Coronation and the King and Queen’s 2005 wedding, as well as the upmarket central London department store Fortnum & Mason. The seven companies chosen by Camilla are among 145

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — What is big, with a fluffy, cotton candy-like composition? Turns out, a planet. An international coalition of astronomers has newly discovered an unusual planet, dubbed WASP-193b, that’s about 50% bigger than Jupiter and somehow still the second lightest planet ever found. But WASP-193b, located beyond our solar system about 1,200

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Egypt’s Great Pyramid and other ancient monuments at Giza exist on an isolated strip of land at the edge of the Sahara Desert. The inhospitable location has long puzzled archaeologists, some of whom had found evidence that the Nile River once flowed near these pyramids in some capacity, facilitating

CNN By Jeremy Diamond and Muhammad Darwish, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Dr. Ahlia Kattan should already be back home in California with her three young children. Instead, she’s spending her days and nights at Gaza’s European Hospital on the outskirts of Rafah. Kattan, an anesthesiologist and specialist in critical care, is one of at least 22 American physicians trapped

By Louis Mian and Ingrid Formanek, CNN (CNN) — At least 56 people died in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, between last Friday and Wednesday, as “deadly fighting escalates,” Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said in a statement. At the city’s South Hospital, 454 casualties have arrived since last Friday, of whom

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Pro-Palestinian protesters occupying a building at the University of Melbourne have been told to leave by university officials, who say they’ve “crossed a line” by entering the building and disrupting class for thousands of students. “Students have a right to protest but that is not a blank

By Jessie Yeung and Priti Gupta, CNN Photographs by Noemi Cassanelli, CNN Mumbai, India (CNN) — For millions of Indians, it’s the city where dreams come true – just look around. From the gleaming home of Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, towering over “Billionaires’ Row,” to the waterfront mansions of Bollywood stars, Mumbai is the

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to deepen their strategic partnership in Beijing on Thursday, in a stark show of their growing alignment as Moscow’s troops advance in Ukraine. Putin — whose delegation includes top defense and security officials — was welcomed by Xi

By Jeremy Diamond and Tamar Michaelis, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly rule out Israeli governance over Gaza and to lay out his post-war plans, warning that he opposes Israeli rule in the Palestinian enclave. “The ‘day after Hamas,’ will only be achieved with Palestinian entities

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Ten years ago, Dr. Jeff Lichtman — a professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University — received a small brain sample in his lab. Although tiny, the 1 cubic millimeter of tissue was big enough to contain 57,000 cells, 230 millimeters of blood vessels and 150 million

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The Israeli military is calling on the United Nations to investigate the presence of armed militants at a UN facility in southern Gaza after releasing video that shows armed men at the facility. Drone footage published by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday, and geolocated by CNN,

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Egypt could consider downgrading relations with Israel if it presses on with a military operation in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah on the Egyptian border, an Egyptian official told CNN. “Everything is possible and is on the table, including the downgrade of the relations. But we are not there

By Ivana Kottasová, Sugam Pokharel and Zahid Mahmood, CNN (CNN) — Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was hospitalized on Wednesday after he was shot five times in an assassination attempt that shocked the country. The attack took place after an off-site government meeting in the central Slovak town of Handlova. The suspected gunman was among

By Sophie Tanno, Niamh Kennedy and Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — A rare episode of violence disrupted the peaceful region of Normandy in northern France on Tuesday when gunmen ambushed a prison convoy to spring a notorious prison inmate known as “The Fly.” The attack took place while prisoner Mohamed Amra, 30, was being transported

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — There was no doubting the message from Antony Blinken’s musical debut in Kyiv on Tuesday night. The US secretary of state made a surprise appearance on stage in a bar in Kyiv, as he appeared alongside Ukrainian band 19.99 in a rendition of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free

CNN By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — There was no doubting the message from Antony Blinken’s musical debut in Kyiv on Tuesday night. The US secretary of state made a surprise appearance on stage in a bar in Kyiv, as he appeared alongside Ukrainian band 19.99 in a rendition of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the

By Angus Watson and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The French government has declared a state of emergency in its South Pacific island territory of New Caledonia after deadly violence erupted for a third day Wednesday, with armed clashes between protesters, militias and police, and buildings and cars set on fire in the capital. At

By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — A young activist jailed for insulting Thailand’s monarchy died on Tuesday following a prolonged hunger strike, officials said, prompting an outpouring of grief and renewed calls for justice reform in the Southeast Asian kingdom Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom, 28, died after suffering a “sudden cardiac arrest,” Thailand’s Corrections Department

By Tara John and Yong Xiong, CNN Flushing, NY (CNN) — A simple act of walking into a mosque with his wife and two children in New York City is what made the past six months of struggle worth it for Ye Chengxiang – even if not everyone is celebrating his arrival. “It’s only been

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A deadly heat wave in Gaza in April, which saw punishing temperatures worsen an already dire humanitarian crisis, was made hotter and more likely by the human-caused climate crisis, according to an analysis published Tuesday. Gaza was not alone. Several heat waves spanning a vast area of the Asian

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — The world will have to wait at least another week before the highly anticipated first crewed mission of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The launch was expected on May 17 after a previous delay, but teams found a small helium leak in the service module of the spacecraft, according to a

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The world’s largest hummingbird has been hiding in plain sight for centuries — and scientists only discovered the species is distinct from another giant species after attaching tiny backpacks to hummingbirds to understand migration patterns. Along the way, researchers also identified the longest hummingbird migration journey, which spans a

By Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela continues to build up military infrastructure and hardware close to the border with Guyana as President Nicolas Maduro and his supporters scale up their threats to annex an oil-rich piece of Guyanese land. In a report shared with CNN, the Washington-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Last summer, marked by deadly extreme heat and devastating wildfires, was the warmest in at least 2,000 years, according to new research, which analyzed weather data and tree rings to reconstruct a detailed picture of the past. The findings offer a stark insight into the “unparalleled” warming the world

By Saskya Vandoorne, Julen Chavin and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Paris (CNN) — French authorities launched a manhunt on Tuesday after gunmen ambushed a prison convoy in Normandy to break out an inmate, killing two guards and wounding three others. The violent incident, extremely rare for that part of northern France, took place as the vehicle

By Mohammad Al Sawalhi in Nuseirat, Abeer Salman and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Hospitals in central Gaza have reported that 40 people were killed in two Israeli airstrikes overnight within a few hundred meters of each other. Al Aqsa hospital said it had received 29 bodies from one strike, nine of whom were children,

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — British twin sisters Georgia and Melissa Laurie were enjoying a hot June day in Mexico on holiday three years ago, swimming in a river in Puerto Escondido, when Melissa spotted a crocodile in the water close by, panic set in and they began desperately swimming away. Georgia reached the

By Ekaterine Kadagishvili, Joshua Berlinger, Jessie Gretener and Amy Cassidy, CNN Tbilisi, Georgia (CNN) — Georgia’s parliament has passed a controversial “foreign agents” bill despite widespread domestic opposition and warnings from the European Union that its enactment would imperil the country’s chances of joining the bloc. The new law will require organizations receiving more than

By Hilary Whiteman and Angus Watson, CNN (CNN) — A former Australian Army lawyer who leaked classified documents to journalists exposing details of alleged crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan has been sentenced to more than five years in prison, a verdict criticized by press freedom advocates, who say it delivers a chilling message

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will welcome Vladimir Putin to China on Thursday for the Russian president’s second visit in less than a year – the latest sign of their growing alignment amid hardening global fault lines as conflict devastates Gaza and Russia makes advances in Ukraine. Putin

By Lucas Lilieholm, Chris Lau and Jerome Taylor, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong’s leader responded on Tuesday after three people were charged by British police for allegedly spying on behalf of the city’s intelligence services. On Monday, three men appeared in Westminster Magistrates’ court in London charged with national security offenses, including assisting the Hong

CNN By Abeer Salman, Richard Roth, Jeremy Diamond and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations on Monday clarified that the overall number of fatalities in Gaza tallied by the Ministry of Health in Gaza remains unchanged, at more than 35,000, since the war broke out between Israel and Hamas on October 7. The

By Kylie Atwood, Jack Forrest and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise trip to Kyiv on Tuesday, meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky as Russian forces make significant gains on the battlefield in Ukraine. Blinken’s visit was the first by a Biden administration official since the long-delayed passage

By Jessie Yeung, Priti Gupta and Dhruv Tikekar, CNN Photographs by Noemi Cassanelli, CNN Mumbai, India (CNN) — Chanu Gupta has lived in India’s financial capital Mumbai nearly his whole life, since arriving as a child from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. But when polls open in the city, the 59-year-old street vendor won’t

By Mindy Weisberger (CNN) — Scientists have accomplished a whale of a feat. They’ve identified previously unknown complexity in whale communication by analyzing thousands of recorded sequences of sperm whale clicks with artificial intelligence. Variations in tempo, rhythm and length of the whales’ click sequences, called codas, weave a rich acoustic tapestry. These variables hint

By Abeer Salman, Richard Roth, Jeremy Diamond and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations on Monday clarified that the overall number of fatalities in Gaza tallied by the Ministry of Health in Gaza remains unchanged, at more than 35,000, since the war broke out between Israel and Hamas on October 7. The clarification

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof says he has fled his home country to an undisclosed location in Europe after a court in Iran sentenced him to prison on national security charges. Rasoulof condemned the Iranian government in an Instagram post on Monday, calling it a tyrannical and oppressive regime,

By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver and Evelio Contreras, CNN Port-au-Prince (CNN) — On the rare days that the hills surrounding Port-au-Prince fall silent, people notice. “If you can’t hear shooting somewhere, the gangs are probably running low on ammunition,” a police source in the Haitian capital told CNN. “But when there’s a lot of shooting,

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military has renewed its fighting in northern Gaza where it previously claimed to have dismantled Hamas’ command structure. But it now says the Palestinian militant group is trying to “reassemble” in the area, raising doubts about whether Israel’s goal to eradicate the group in the enclave is

CNN By Joshua Berlinger and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Georgia’s parliament is set to pass a highly controversial so-called “foreign agents” bill that has triggered widespread protests across the former Soviet republic nestled in the Caucasus Mountains. The vote comes after tens of thousands of people came out to protest the legislation in the

By Joshua Berlinger and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Georgia’s parliament passed a highly controversial “foreign agents” bill that has triggered widespread protests across the former Soviet republic nestled in the Caucasus Mountains. Tens of thousands of people in capital city Tbilisi have been protesting the legislation. Critics warn that it mirrors a foreign agents

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Two passengers and a pilot emerged unscathed from a small plane after it was forced to land without landing gear following a mechanical failure at Newcastle Airport in Australia’s New South Wales. The plane, a Beach B-200 Super King, circled the airport for hours burning fuel before making a

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese citizen journalist who has been behind bars for four years over her reporting on the initial Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan is due to be released Monday after serving her sentence, according to supporters and a court verdict. Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer, was one of the

Analysis by Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Xi Jinping may have started his recent European trip by fielding tough questions in France about trade and Russia’s war in Ukraine, but the Chinese leader ended the sojourn late last week by projecting a stark message: that despite frictions with much of the continent, China

CNN By Anna Chernova, Helen Regan and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has replaced his defense minister and a long-time close ally Sergei Shoigu with an economist, a major reshuffle of military leadership more than two years after Moscow’s grinding war against Ukraine has sent defense spending soaring. Andrey Belousov, a

By Anna Chernova, Helen Regan and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has replaced his defense minister and a long-time close ally Sergei Shoigu with an economist, a major reshuffle of military leadership more than two years after Moscow’s grinding war against Ukraine has sent defense spending soaring. Andrey Belousov, a civilian

By Andrew Carey, Yulia Kesaieva, Dasha Tarasova, Josh Pennington, Radina Gigova and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s top general says the situation in the northern Kharkiv region has “significantly worsened” after Russia claimed to have captured four further villages as it expanded its surprise cross-border offensive. A Ukrainian regional official insisted Russia’s progress was not yet

By Aditi Sangal, CNN (CNN) — Ahed Bseso lay on the kitchen table in her home in northern Gaza, watching as her uncle amputated her injured right leg with a knife. Standing by, her mother cried, “Ahed is dead!” But 18-year-old Bseso was very much alive, and she has survived to tell her story, from

By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Switzerland’s Nemo won a chaotic and politically fraught Eurovision Song Contest, triumphing in a competition overshadowed by controversy and booing over the presence of Israel. The typically jovial event – one of the most watched in the world’s cultural calendar – descended into turmoil in recent days, as organizers

By Eugenia Yosef and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Protesters took to the streets of several cities across Israel on Saturday, demanding the release of all hostages held in Gaza ahead of Israel’s Memorial Day. They demanded the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and for early elections to be held. Families of hostages

By Niamh Kennedy and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — At least 300 people have died in flash flooding that has ravaged northern Afghanistan in recent days, the Word Food Programme said Sunday. The provinces of Badakhshan, Ghor, Baghlan, and Herat have all experienced heavy flooding, which has also damaged nearly 2,000 homes, a communications officer from

By Stephanie Busari, CNN Abuja (CNN) — Prince Harry joined in – but lost – a game of sitting volleyball against wounded army veterans as he and his wife Meghan were well received on the latest leg of their tour of Nigeria. The two attended an event Saturday held by Nigeria’s Defence Staff and ‘Nigeria:

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” is one of the first songs I learned to play on the violin. I’ll never forget the elation I felt playing the iconic fourth movement of his Ninth Symphony alongside my fellow orchestra members, each note joining in a celebration of togetherness. But

By Himari Semans and Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo/Hong Kong (CNN) — With a history spanning more than 1,200 years, “hadaka matsuri,” or the naked festival, is Japanese masculinity on full display. Quite literally. Across Japan, in freezing winter, thousands of men strip naked — except for a delicate piece of crotch-covering white loincloth — to

By Tara John, CNN (CNN) — A powerful politician in Guyana has been accused of sexual assault for the second time in less than a year, following his resignation last July over separate allegations. The accuser, economist Sarah Aneesah Hakh, told an online press conference held in the capital Georgetown that former Minister Nigel Dharamlall

CNN By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — That economy-class seat you once occupied while flying in Asia might one day be the very place from where the United States nuclear weapons arsenal is controlled. That’s because five Boeing 747 passenger jets once operated by the South Korean flag carrier Korean Air have

By Richard Roth, Hira Humayun and Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN United Nations (CNN) — A United Nations resolution in support of Palestinian membership passed with overwhelming support on Friday, and granted new privileges to the Palestinian Authority in its current capacity as a non-member observer state. The resolution won a resounding majority of 143 votes

By Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the head of the the agency responsible for his protection after two of its officers were detained over an alleged assassination plot against him. The sacking of State Guard Service (UDO) chief Serhii Rud was revealed in a decree published on the presidential website. No

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — That economy-class seat you once occupied while flying in Asia might one day be the very place from where the United States nuclear weapons arsenal is controlled. That’s because five Boeing 747 passenger jets once operated by the South Korean flag carrier Korean Air have been

By Hande Atay Alam and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees will shutter its East Jerusalem headquarters after the compound was set on fire by “Israeli extremists” while staff were inside, its chief said Thursday. In a statement on social platform X, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said the arson

By Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — Palestinians are fleeing Rafah’s tent cities in large numbers as the threat of a potential major Israeli assault in the southern Gaza city looms, new satellite imagery from Planet Labs shows. CNN has identified several camps sheltering Gaza’s vast refugee population – including the main camp in central

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — High levels of lead detected in authenticated locks of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair suggest that the composer had lead poisoning, which may have contributed to ailments he endured over the course of his life, including deafness, according to new research. In addition to hearing loss, the famed classical composer

By Faith Karimi and Al Goodman, CNN (CNN) — About 9:30 p.m. on February 2, a man in a helmet entered Ana Maria Knezevich Henao’s apartment building in an exclusive neighborhood in Madrid. Henao, who was on vacation in Spain from south Florida, was in the building at the time and planning a trip to

By Jessie Gretener, Sandi Sidhu, Sergey Gudkov and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said his forces were “always ready” to combat external threats, as he addressed crowds gathered at Moscow’s Red Square on Thursday to celebrate the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Russia’s annual May 9 Victory

By Jessie Yeung, Alex Stambaugh and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea’s leader on Thursday said he plans to create a new government ministry to tackle the “national emergency” of the country’s infamously low birth rate as it grapples with a deepening demographic crisis. In a televised address, President Yoon Suk Yeol said he

CNN By Michelle Cohan, CNN (CNN) — Miami Beach, Florida is known for its art deco flair and turquoise waters. But just off the coast of this colorful city lies an underwater world in decline. Florida’s coral reef spans nearly 563 kilometers (350 miles) and is home to some 40 species of corals that not

By Heather Chen and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — When temperatures in Cambodia hit a staggering 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in April, Sek Seila, an 11-year-old student studying in the capital Phnom Penh, was promptly sent home from school. Like hundreds of millions of other children in many parts of South

By Hande Atay Alam and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A court in Iran has sentenced acclaimed movie director Mohammad Rasoulof to eight years in prison and flogging for national security crimes, his lawyer said on Wednesday. In a statement on social platform X, Babak Paknia said the court found Rasoulof’s films and documentaries to

By Karol Suarez and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — A suspect has been indicted in relation to the deaths of two Australian brothers and an American, who died during a surfing trip in Mexico, according to Baja California’s Prosecutor’s Office. The suspect was indicted on a charge of forced disappearance in the case involving the

By Radina Gigova and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — Some Ukrainian prisoners will be able to apply for early parole and join the army under a new law aimed at boosting Kyiv’s manpower in its fight against the Russian invasion. The new law will apply only to prisoners who have no more than three years

By Paul P. Murphy, Abeer Salman and Andrew Raine, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s attack in the southern Gaza city of Rafah has expanded from airstrikes to ground operations, new satellite images obtained by CNN from Planet Labs show. The images, which bear a striking resemblance to the early stages of Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza

By CNN’s Radina Gigova and CNNE’s Pau Mosquera (CNN) — Former Spanish soccer federation chief Luis Rubiales will stand trial for his unsolicited kiss of national soccer player Jennifer Hermoso, after a High Court judge in Madrid accepted the case, the court said on Wednesday. Rubiales faces one count of sexual assault and one of

By Rob Picheta, Louis Mian and Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom has summoned the Russian ambassador and announced a swathe of new measures against Moscow, including the targeting of Russian-owned buildings that the British government said have been “used for intelligence purposes.” UK interior minister James Cleverly said Wednesday that the country is

By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — A London members club formed in 1831 has voted to let women join for the first time, after coming under scrutiny for its exclusionary policy in recent weeks. Members of the Garrick Club, in London’s West End, gathered Tuesday to debate admitting women to the club, the BBC

By Olga Voitovych and Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — Russia carried out a “massive” missile attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure overnight into Wednesday, according to local authorities, in the biggest aerial onslaught by Russian forces for weeks. Russia used 76 air attack weapons in the assault, including 55 missiles and 21 drones launched from Russia and Russian

By Stephanie Busari, CNN Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — In the bustling world of social media, where everyone strives to be heard, few voices rise above the noise to truly make an impact. One such voice is that of Ifedayo Agoro, the founder of Diary of a Naija Girl (DANG), a platform that started as a

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — The Duke of Sussex has returned to the United Kingdom for a ceremony on Wednesday marking a milestone moment for his Invictus Games, but he will not see his father, King Charles III, while back in the country. Prince Harry arrived on Tuesday afternoon ahead

By Rhea Mogul and Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — Police in southern India are investigating a senior leader of the country’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over a political video targeting Muslims, as critics accuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi of running an increasingly divisive re-election campaign. The police probe comes as the world’s most populous

By Nick Paton Walsh and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Nine Republican members of Congress have written to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin urging him to explain discrepancies between CNN reporting last month about the ISIS-K attack that led to the deaths of 13 US servicemen and 170 Afghans outside Kabul airport in August

Story by Reuters (CNN) — Kim Ki Nam, one of the longest-serving North Korean officials who served all three generations of its leaders cementing their political legitimacy and heading the propaganda apparatus for the dynastic state, has died, official media said on Wednesday. North Korea leader Kim Jong Un visited the bier of Kim at