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Senegal goes to the polls as country’s once sturdy democracy looks shaky

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Senegalese voters will choose their next president on Sunday in a delayed and high-stakes election that poses a test for the country’s democracy. Outgoing President Macky Sall, whose second and final term expires on April 2, has promised to peacefully handover to his elected successor after the country’s top court blocked his attempts

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Russia launches likely largest-ever attack on Ukraine’s energy system, Ukrainian official says

By Andrew Carey, Yulia Kesaieva, Victoria Butenko, Olga Voitovych and Radina Gigova, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russia launched one of its biggest missile and drone barrages on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight into Friday since the start of its full-scale invasion more than two years ago. Ukrainian officials said at least 10 of the country’s

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Kenya’s police could be sent to Haiti to quell gang violence. Some Kenyans are bitterly opposed

By Larry Madowo and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — Kenya’s plan to lead a multinational force in Haiti as part of a United Nations-backed mission to restore order is facing intense scrutiny and resistance at home, even as violence in the Caribbean nation spirals. President William Ruto offered to send 1,000 police officers last July to

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Nearly 5 million animals dead in Mongolia’s harshest winter in half a century, aid agencies say

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Mongolia is freezing through its harshest winter in half a century with extreme conditions killing more than 4.7 million animals and threatening the livelihoods and food supply of thousands of people, the International Federation of the Red Cross has warned. The severe conditions, known as dzud, are characterized by

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Carnage on the streets of Port-au-Prince as world stalls on a promised intervention for Haiti

By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, Harold Isaac and Evelio Contreras, CNN Port-au-Prince (CNN) — A woman hustles her young child into a waiting car, half-dragging him as she shields his eyes. Other family members follow with heavy suitcases, averting their eyes too. They’re leaving the city, even though the drive through gang-controlled roads is

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New resort at protected natural wonder stirs fierce debate on conservation in the Philippines

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Nestled among the lush rolling terrain of the Philippines’ famed Chocolate Hills, the Captain’s Peak Garden and Resort offered travelers scenery that few hotels could compete with. But now the resort has been temporarily shuttered after public outcry over what one legislator has called a “blatant abuse of our natural resources,”

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One of the largest eruptions in Earth’s history could have wiped out humans. Here’s how scientists say some survived

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — About 74,000 years ago, Sumatra’s Mount Toba experienced a super-eruption, one of the largest in Earth’s history, potentially kicking off a massive disruption in the world’s climate. Some scientists have suspected a volcanic winter resulting from the eruption was a big enough shift to wipe out most early humans due to

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Researchers found a tiny skull with wide eyes and a cartoonish grin. It could help solve an evolutionary puzzle

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Paleontologists with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History have discovered a previously unknown prehistoric species — a 270 million-year-old amphibian with wide eyes and a cartoonish grin — and its name is a nod to an iconic froggy celebrity. Kermit the Frog meet Kermitops gratus, the most recent ancient

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Crew safe after Soyuz launch aborted 20 seconds before liftoff

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Three crew members are safe after their scheduled launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan was automatically aborted Thursday morning, according to a live NASA broadcast. NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus were expected

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Israeli military forced journalists and health workers to strip in Gaza hospital raid, eyewitnesses say

CNN By Abeer Salman, Khader Al Za’anoun, Ibrahim Dahman, Sana Noor Haq, Kareem Khadder, Lauren Izso and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces detained Palestinian journalists and health workers, blindfolded them and stripped them down to their underwear in Al-Shifa Hospital, in northern Gaza, according to eyewitness accounts shared with CNN. Palestinian reporters and

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Israeli military forced journalists and health workers to strip in Gaza hospital raid, eyewitnesses say

By Abeer Salman, Khader Al Za’anoun, Ibrahim Dahman, Sana Noor Haq, Kareem Khadder, Lauren Izso and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces detained Palestinian journalists and health workers, blindfolded them and stripped them down to their underwear in Al-Shifa Hospital, in northern Gaza, according to eyewitness accounts shared with CNN. Palestinian reporters and hospital

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Easter & Holy Week Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Easter and Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion. It also marks the end of the 40-day period of penance called Lent. Easter is considered the most important season in the Christian year.

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Israeli Supreme Court temporarily halts plan to return Palestinian hospital patients to Gaza after doctors appeal

By Jeremy Diamond, Kareem Khadder, Mick Krever and Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court has temporarily halted a government plan to send a group of Palestinian patients being treated in East Jerusalem and Tel Aviv hospitals back to Gaza. The decision follows a petition by the Israeli non-profit organization Physicians for Human

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UK data watchdog ‘assessing’ report hospital staffer tried to access Princess of Wales’ medical records

By Max Foster, Pauline Lockwood, Niamh Kennedy and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom’s data watchdog is “assessing” reports that a staff member at a London hospital allegedly tried to access the private medical records of Catherine, Princess of Wales during her stay in January. The Daily Mirror tabloid reports The London Clinic

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UK data watchdog ‘assessing’ report hospital staffer tried to access Princess of Wales’ medical records

CNN By Max Foster, Pauline Lockwood, Niamh Kennedy and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom’s data watchdog is “assessing” reports that a staff member at a London hospital allegedly tried to access the private medical records of Catherine, Princess of Wales during her stay in January. The Daily Mirror tabloid reports The London

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Blinken stands by US’ ‘ironclad commitment’ to defend Philippines amid fears of China conflict

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday reiterated the United States’ “ironclad commitment” to defend the Philippines as rising tensions with China in the South China Sea raise fears of a broader regional conflict. Stability in the region is seen as being increasingly threatened by clashes between Chinese coast guard

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Germany arrests suspected ISIS supporters accused of planning terror attack on Swedish parliament

By Chris Stern, Frederik Pleitgen and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Two individuals accused of planning a firearms attack on Sweden’s parliament were arrested in Germany on Tuesday, according to a statement by the Office of the German Federal Prosecutor. The pair, who authorities said are Afghan citizens, were arrested near the city of Gera

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Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro indicted for allegedly falsifying Covid vaccination data

By Tara John and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Brazil’s former leader Jair Bolsonaro has been indicted by the country’s federal police on suspicion of fraud over allegations that he falsified Covid-19 vaccination data while he was still president, affiliate CNN Brasil reported Tuesday. Police say the far-right leader allegedly ordered one of his closest

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Passover Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Jewish holiday of Passover. The holiday will be celebrated from sundown on April 1 through April 9, 2026. Facts Passover, also called Pesach, is the Jewish festival celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery in the 1200s BC. The story is chronicled in

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Kate’s photo of late Queen was doctored, agency says, as princess spotted in public for first time in months

By Rob Picheta, Sarah Tilotta and Bernadette Tuazon, CNN London (CNN) — Another official photograph involving Catherine, Princess of Wales was digitally manipulated, according to a leading photo agency, sparking a second royal retouching controversy just as Kate was spotted in public for the first time in months. Getty Images said the photograph of Queen Elizabeth with

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Hong Kong passes second national security law, widening crackdown powers and aligning city more closely with mainland China

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong’s legislature unanimously passed sweeping new powers on Tuesday that critics and analysts warned would align the financial hub’s national security laws more closely with those used on the Chinese mainland and deepen an ongoing crackdown on dissent. The lengthy national security bill – the first draft ran to

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Israeli Supreme Court temporarily halts plan to return Palestinian hospital patients to Gaza after doctors appeal

CNN By Jeremy Diamond, Kareem Khadder, Mick Krever and Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court has temporarily halted a government plan to send a group of Palestinian patients being treated in East Jerusalem and Tel Aviv hospitals back to Gaza. The decision follows a petition by the Israeli non-profit organization Physicians for

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Famine in northern Gaza is imminent as more than 1 million people face ‘catastrophic’ levels of hunger, new report warns

By Helen Regan, Niamh Kennedy and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — Famine is imminent in northern Gaza where 70% of the population are already suffering with catastrophic levels of hunger, a UN-backed report said Monday, as the EU’s top diplomat accused Israel of using “starvation as a weapon of war.” All 2.2 million people in

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‘Enlist or die’: Fear, looming famine and a deadly ultimatum swell the ranks of Sudan’s paramilitary forces

CNN By Pallabi Munsi, Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis and Mark Baron, CNN (CNN) — In mid-December, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) swept into Sudan’s central Al Jazira state, known as the country’s breadbasket, with an ultimatum: “Enlist or die.” Since then, the militia group has sought to use food as a weapon, withholding supplies

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‘Enlist or die’: Fear, looming famine and a deadly ultimatum swell the ranks of Sudan’s paramilitary forces

By Pallabi Munsi, Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis and Mark Baron, CNN (CNN) — In mid-December, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) swept into Sudan’s central Al Jazira state, known as the country’s breadbasket, with an ultimatum: “Enlist or die.” Since then, the militia group has sought to use food as a weapon, withholding supplies from

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Israeli military launches new raid at Gaza’s largest hospital, once the epicenter of the fighting

By Kareem Khadder, Celine Alkhaldi and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military launched an operation on Monday against Gaza’s largest hospital facility, Al-Shifa, where thousands of people are sheltering. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed that “senior Hamas terrorists” were using the facility to “conduct and promote terrorist activity.” Later Monday, Israel said

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Global ocean heat has hit a new record every single day for the last year

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The world’s oceans have now experienced an entire year of unprecedented heat, with a new temperature record broken every day, new data shows. Global ocean surface temperatures started breaking daily records in mid-March last year, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer, fueling

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India investigates alleged Hindu nationalist attack on foreign students offering Ramadan prayers

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in western India have launched an investigation after far-right Hindus allegedly attacked foreign university students offering prayers during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, as religious tensions simmer ahead of a crucial general election. Two people were detained following clashes at the Gujarat University that broke out Saturday after students

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Netanyahu tells CNN Schumer’s call for Israel election was ‘totally inappropriate’

By Radina Gigova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that comments from US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling for new elections in Israel were “totally inappropriate.” In a Senate speech that upended longstanding US policy, Schumer — who is the highest-ranking Jewish American in the US government

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Formed in the Cold War, former members of Germany’s Red Army Faction are still on the run

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — German authorities have been tracking down the former members of the Red Army Faction (RAF), a now-defunct Cold War-era militant group, who have been on the run for nearly 30 years. Dubbed the “RAF pensioners” by German media and among Europe’s most wanted people, the female member of a fugitive trio was arrested last

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Ukraine appeals to citizens under Russian occupation to ignore Putin’s ‘pseudo elections’

By Andrew Carey, Olga Voitovych, Maria Kostenko, Josh Pennington and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s government has told citizens living in Russian-occupied territories to turn their backs on what they call Moscow’s pseudo-elections, which culminate on Sunday and are widely assumed to see Vladimir Putin returned as president for six more years. For Kyiv

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Niger ends military agreement with US, calls it ‘profoundly unfair’

By Mitchell McCluskey and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Niger’s military government announced that it has ended an accord with the US that allowed military personnel and civilian staff from the Department of Defense to operate in Niger – days after holding high-level talks with US diplomatic and military officials this week. “The government of Niger, taking into account the aspirations and interests of its people, decides with full

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