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By Manveena Suri and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of people were injured after a flight from Australia to New Zealand experienced a “technical event” that produced a sudden movement, according to the flight’s operator, with witnesses telling local media that passengers were suddenly thrown around the cabin. Approximately 50 people were treated for

By Vasco Cotovio and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A center-right coalition won a narrow victory in Portugal’s snap elections on Sunday but fell short of an outright majority, as fledgling radical right party Chega took nearly a fifth of the vote. The Democratic Alliance coalition won 29.5% of the 98.98% of votes counted early Monday, with

By Caitlin Stephen Hu, Collin McCullough and Helen Regan, CNN Dajabon, Dominican Republic (CNN) — The United States and other diplomatic missions have begun evacuating personnel from Haiti, as gang violence in the Caribbean nation’s capital Port-au-Prince continues to spiral. One evacuation operation carrying staffers from the German and European missions was forced to turn down

By Mitchell McCluskey and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Several major news agencies have withdrawn an image distributed by Kensington Palace showing Catherine, Princess of Wales, and her children, saying they believe the photo has been manipulated. The photograph is the first officially released image of the princess since she underwent abdominal surgery in January,

CNN By Mitchell McCluskey and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Several major news agencies have withdrawn an image distributed by Kensington Palace showing Catherine, Princess of Wales, and her children, saying they believe the photo has been manipulated. The photograph is the first officially released image of the princess since she underwent abdominal surgery in

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — There are constant reminders in our everyday surroundings of the many chapters of life that have unfolded on Earth. Rocks and dirt preserve evidence of the epochs that came before ours, such as the oldest known fossilized forest on the planet where unusual trees once grew 390 million years ago.

By Radina Gigova and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis has sparked anger after saying Ukraine should have the “courage of the white flag” and negotiate to end the war with Russia. In an interview with the Swiss broadcaster Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (RSI) published on Saturday, Francis was asked whether he thinks

By Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — A Moscow court has sentenced a Russian university student to 10 days in jail for naming his Wi-Fi router with a pro-Ukrainian slogan, Russian media reported. The Moscow State University student, identified by RIA as Oleg Tarasov, had changed the name of his WIFI network to “Slava Ukraine,” which

By Thom Poole, Alex Stambaugh and Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — The first official photograph of Catherine, Princess of Wales, since she underwent abdominal surgery in January has been released by her and her husband, William, Prince of Wales. Kate is seen seated outside, surrounded by her three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince

By Manveena Suri and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Indonesia’s transport ministry will launch an investigation after two Batik Air pilots fell asleep during a recent flight, according to state news agency Antara, citing the ministry’s civil aviation director-general M Kristi Endah Murni. According to a preliminary report released Saturday by the National Transportation Safety

CNN By Manveena Suri and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Indonesia’s transport ministry will launch an investigation after two Batik Air pilots fell asleep during a recent flight, according to state news agency Antara, citing the ministry’s civil aviation director-general M Kristi Endah Murni. According to a preliminary report released Saturday by the National Transportation

By Tim Lister and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN (CNN) — Russia has begun using a powerful aerial bomb that has decimated Ukrainian defenses and tilted the balance on the front lines. It has done so by converting a basic Soviet-era weapon into a gliding bomb that can cause a crater fifteen meters wide. The bomb is

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 50 gold pieces of art created by Italian sculptor Umberto Mastroianni were stolen from an exhibition near Lake Garda, Italy, on Wednesday night, the host of the exhibition, the Vittoriale degli Italiani estate, told CNN. Forty-nine pieces of art, worth €1.2 million (more than $1.3 million USD), were

By Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — The US has joined several other countries in airdropping aid into Gaza, which is grappling with a humanitarian crisis. With aid deliveries on land falling far short of the numbers needed to ward off famine in the enclave, it is hoped these airdrops will provide a lifeline to people

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has said she experienced “cruel” online bullying and abuse, the “bulk” of which occurred during her pregnancies. Speaking on stage at an event at the South by Southwest festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, on Friday, Meghan said, “I keep my distance from (social media) right

By Lauren Kent, Amy Cassidy and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The Irish government conceded on Saturday that it had lost two referenda to change what it called “sexist” language in the constitution in an embarrassing defeat. Ireland went to the polls on Friday in votes deliberately timed to coincide with International Women’s Day to

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A bold plan to genetically engineer a version of the woolly mammoth, the tusked ice age giant that disappeared 4,000 years ago, is making some progress, according to the scientists involved. The long-term goal is to create a living, walking elephant-mammoth hybrid that would be visually indistinguishable from its

CNN By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN. Video by Alessandro Gentile (CNN) — Some are stabbed, some are shot, some are strangled. But all the women killed by femicide in Italy have one thing in common: they knew their killers. More than 100 women were killed in 2023. The term ‘femicide’ – which is

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN. Video by Alessandro Gentile (CNN) — Some are stabbed, some are shot, some are strangled. But all the women killed by femicide in Italy have one thing in common: they knew their killers. More than 100 women were killed in 2023. The term ‘femicide’ – which is typically

By Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Most of the men in Oksana Rubanyak’s platoon are at least 10 years older than her. Before the war, having a young woman in charge of an all-male Ukrainian military unit might have given the troops pause. But as the platoon prepares for a frontline deployment at a

By Clare Sebastian, CNN (CNN) — On February 26, one of Russia’s longest-serving human rights activists stood up at the end of his trial in a Moscow court and offered his uncensored verdict on Russian democracy. “The state in our country is once again controlling not only social, political and economic life, but is now claiming full control

By Michael Rios, Richard Roth, Sahar Akbarzai and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Two police stations near Haiti’s National Palace were attacked by armed individuals Friday night, as gang violence in the Caribbean nation’s capital of Port-au-Prince continued to spiral. “We are still working to get the situation under control as soon as possible. We

By Eve Brennan and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s “repression of peaceful protests” and “institutional discrimination against women and girls” has led to human rights violations, some of which amount to “crimes against humanity,” according to a United Nations’ report. Such violations and crimes include “extrajudicial and unlawful killings and murder, unnecessary and disproportionate

By Sebastian Shukla, Alex Marquardt and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — A multi-country prisoner exchange that might have freed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was being discussed and progressing when he died last month, multiple sources have told CNN, and included the direct involvement of a Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich. A two-year stop-start process exploring

By Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Chae-ran sets the plate of sliced oranges and dragon fruit on the floor, a few feet from the pile of bedding where she sleeps. At 35 years old she is starting over again, alone in a foreign country, without so much as a

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Often called the father of mathematics, Archimedes was one of the most famous inventors in ancient Greece, with some of his ideas and principles still in use today. But one fabled device has left scientists speculating on its existence for hundreds of years — the death ray. Now, a

By Ana Melgar and David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández was found guilty Friday of drug trafficking by an American jury after a two-week trial in Manhattan federal court. Prosecutors had accused Hernández, 55, of conspiring with drug cartels during his tenure as they moved more than 400 tons

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of professional soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo. Personal Birth date: February 5, 1985 Birth place: Funchal, Portugal Birth name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro Father: Jose Dinis Aveiro, gardener Mother: Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, cook Marriage: Georgina Rodriguez (August 11, 2026-present) Children: with Georgina

By Celine Alkhaldi, Allegra Goodwin and Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN) — A road being built by the Israeli military splitting Gaza in two has reached the Mediterranean coast, a CNN analysis of satellite imagery shows. It’s part of a security plan to control the territory for months and possibly years to come, Israeli officials

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A peculiar fossil has helped scientists discover an unusual bird that lived among the dinosaurs 120 million years ago, and the find is changing the way researchers think about avian evolution. The previously unknown species has been named Imparavis attenboroughi, which means “Attenborough’s strange bird” in Latin in honor

By Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Khader Zaanoun, Sophie Tanno, Paul P. Murphy and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — At least five people were killed and 10 others injured when airdropped aid packages fell on them in the Al Shati camp west of Gaza City, according to a journalist on the scene. Khader Al Zaanoun told

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — For more than a century, many people of Irish descent have faced a daunting predicament when searching for details about their families’ pasts. A 1922 fire at the Public Records Office in Dublin at the outset of Ireland’s Civil War destroyed census, vital and probate records. While some

CNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, David von Blohn and Lacey Russell, CNN Port-au-Prince (CNN) — They have the calm of people who have lived through terrible things. But they are just kids. As gangs rampage in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, several children and teenagers tell CNN they have been orphaned, wounded, raped and even recruited by members of these

CNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, David von Blohn and Lacey Russell, CNN Port-au-Prince (CNN) — They have the calm of people who have lived through terrible things. But they are just kids. As gangs rampage in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, several children and teenagers tell CNN they have been orphaned, wounded, raped and even recruited by members of these

CNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, David von Blohn and Lacey Russell, CNN Port-au-Prince (CNN) — They have the calm of people who have lived through terrible things. But they are just kids. As gangs rampage in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, several children and teenagers tell CNN they have been orphaned, wounded, raped and even recruited by members of these

By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, David von Blohn and Lacey Russell, CNN Port-au-Prince (CNN) — They have the calm of people who have lived through terrible things. But they are just kids. As gangs rampage in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, several children and teenagers tell CNN they have been orphaned, wounded, raped and even recruited by members of these armed

By Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Ultra-Orthodox Israelis have long held a privileged position in that society. Their religious schools, or yeshivas, get generous government subsidies. And yet young men of the Haredim, as they are known in Hebrew, are in all practical terms exempt from mandatory military service. That exemption has bedeviled Israeli society

By Elliott Gotkine, Mia Alberti and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military has said its investigation into the deadly humanitarian aid incident in Gaza last month found Israeli troops did not fire at the aid convoy, but at “a number of suspects” who approached and posed a threat to nearby forces, a conclusion swiftly

By Nimi Princewill and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — At least 287 school children, some as young as eight years old, are being held by gunmen who raided their school in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna State early Thursday, a police spokesperson told CNN Friday. More than 300 students were taken early Thursday by the armed bandits

By Mai Nishiyama, Sophie Jeong and Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Akira Toriyama, the Japanese manga artist who created the enormously popular and influential Dragon Ball series, died of a brain condition last week at the age of 68, his production studio said Friday. Toriyama was the mind behind the fantasy martial arts franchise featuring Son

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong’s government unveiled a new suite of powerful national security laws on Friday that critics and foreign governments warn could deepen the ongoing crackdown in the city and further undermine its reputation as an international business hub. The 212-page draft bill tabled into the city’s opposition-less

By Michael Rios and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Three inmates who escaped from prison in Grenada have been charged with killing two Americans after allegedly hijacking their yacht last month to flee to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, police said Thursday. The Royal Granada Police Force said in a statement that Ron Mitchell, Atiba Stanisclaus and Trevon

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea on Thursday showed off its long-range artillery systems, thousands of weapons that it could use to strike the South with little warning while causing tens of thousands of casualties, according to experts. The North’s artillery drills come at a time of heightened tension on

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is suffering another mass bleaching event, the reef’s managers confirmed Friday, the result of soaring ocean temperatures caused by the global climate crisis and amplified by El Niño. This is the seventh mass bleaching event to hit the vast, ecologically important but fragile site and

By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — For the past 10 years it has remained one of the modern era’s greatest mysteries. A commercial airliner with a strong safety record carrying 239 people vanishing from the map, spawning a wide variety of competing theories, books and documentaries and leaving the families of those left behind asking

By Vasco Cotovio, CNN Lisbon, Portugal (CNN) — Afonso Mestre proudly displays the Portugal-shaped pin badge for the Chega party on his green knit sweater, as he greets people on a sunny and crisp morning in Cartaxo, an hour’s drive from the capital, Lisbon. The 20-year-old took time off his bachelor’s degree to be here, campaigning for the man who he believes will change Portugal. “I

By Paula Newton and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A 2-month-old was among the dead in a mass killing in Canada that claimed the lives of 4 children, their mother and a family friend, Ottawa police said Thursday. The father of the family survived the attack and emerged from the home injured and asking for

By Stephanie Busari and Nimi Princewill, CNN Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — French President Emmanuel Macron and former US President Bill Clinton were among those paying tribute to Nigerian banking boss Herbert Wigwe as his funeral got underway. Wigwe was a towering figure in African banking and philanthropy and his death has spurred an outpouring of

By CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — Nearly a year after civil war broke out between the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces, more than 25 million people in northeastern Africa are facing “the world’s largest hunger crisis.” The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says nine in 10 people across Sudan are “trapped” by “relentless violence.” The fighting

CNN By Christiane Amanpour and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli woman taken hostage by Hamas in Gaza has described the “hell” of being held captive, after her husband and daughter were murdered, telling CNN her captors would not allow her surviving young children to cry and tried to convince them they “had been forgotten.” Chen

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Arab League, an organization of Middle Eastern and African countries and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Facts Ahmed Aboul Gheit of Egypt is the current secretary-general of the Arab League. There are also four observer states: Eritrea, India, Brazil and Venezuela. The Arab League’s purpose,

Scientists working in southwest England have found the oldest fossilized forest known on Earth, according to a new study.

By Christiane Amanpour and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli woman taken hostage by Hamas in Gaza has described the “hell” of being held captive, after her husband and daughter were murdered, telling CNN her captors would not allow her surviving young children to cry and tried to convince them they “had been forgotten.” Chen Almog

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry issued a disaster declaration Wednesday for the state’s critical crawfish industry, as extreme weather disrupted this year’s harvest and triggered a shortage of the tiny crustaceans. Louisiana is the country’s top producer of crawfish – a staple in Gulf Coast cuisine such as crawfish étouffée,

By Caitlin Hu, Tara John, Paul P Murphy and Abel Alvarado, CNN Caitlin Hu, Tara John and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — Intruders broke into a major port terminal in Haiti Thursday as violence in the country escalated after the government extended its state of emergency. The Haitian government decreed the state of emergency would be extended to

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. Facts The organization’s charter states that the signing parties will “seek to promote stability and well-being in the North Atlantic area,” and will “unite their efforts for collective defense and for the preservation of peace and

By Christian Edwards, Radina Gigova, Jennifer Hansler and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Sweden officially joined NATO on Thursday after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine spurred it to rethink its defense policy and abandon its long held position of neutrality. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson formally handed over accession documents to the US State Department in

By Alex Marquardt and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — A ceasefire deal in Gaza that would see Israeli hostages freed and the first break in the fighting in more than three months is unlikely to happen by the start of Ramadan which the Biden administration had been aiming for, according to sources familiar with the

By Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Are K-pop stars allowed to love? The answer is still a resounding “no” in some quarters – with K-pop singer Karina from the group Aespa posting a handwritten apology online after her reported relationship drew outcry from many of her more fervent followers.

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — China’s top diplomat hit out at Washington’s “bewildering” trade policy during a news conference Thursday on the sidelines of a political gathering in Beijing, where Chinese leaders have been championing high-tech development in the face of mounting curbs from Washington. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi accused the US of “devising various

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Last month was the planet’s hottest February on record, marking the ninth month in a row that global records tumbled, according to new data from Copernicus, the European Union’s climate monitoring service. February was 1.77 degrees Celsius warmer than the average February in pre-industrial times, Copernicus found, and it

By Mitchell McCluskey and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Senegalese President Macky Sall has scheduled the country’s presidential election for March 24, the government said in a statement on Wednesday. “The President of the Republic informed the Council of Ministers that the date of the presidential election has been set for Sunday, March 24, 2024,”

By Richard Roth, Eve Brennan and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — The war in Sudan is “triggering the world’s largest hunger crisis,” with more than 25 million people “trapped in a spiral” of food insecurity, a United Nations agency has warned. Nine in 10 people across the country face “emergency levels of hunger” and are

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Stone tools unearthed in a quarry in Ukraine belonged to ancient humans who used them more than a million years ago, according to new research. The fresh dating analysis of the artifacts reveals the earliest known presence of hominins in Europe, said Roman Garba, an archaeologist at the Czech Academy of

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. In 2026, Ramadan is expected to begin at sundown on February 18 and end on March 18. (Dates may vary slightly by country depending on the first sighting of the crescent moon.) Facts Ramadan is the ninth month

By Caitlin Stephen Hu, Tara John, Priscilla Alvarez, Richard Roth and Michael Rios, CNN New York (CNN) — The US has called for “urgent” movement toward a political transition in Haiti, as gangs run amok in the nation’s capital and opposition groups demand Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s resignation. Henry landed in the US territory of

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of cities along the US coastline are sinking at alarming rates, leaving them far more exposed to devastating flooding from sea level rise than previously thought, scientists reported Wednesday. As oceans rise and the coasts sink, up to 343,000 acres of land will be exposed to destructive flooding

By AnneClaire Stapleton, Victoria Butenko, Eleni Giokos, Christian Edwards and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — A Russian missile exploded close to a convoy carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during a deadly attack on the Black Sea port city of Odesa on Wednesday. The group felt the impact of the

By Sana Noor Haq, Ibrahim Dahman, AbdulQader Sabbah and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Anwar Abdul Nabi perches on the edge of a bed at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza. Her eyes are sunken with grief. The young mother tenderly holds the fingers of her daughter, Mila. Just minutes ago, the 3-year-old girl died of

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists say they have discovered what may be the largest mass grave ever excavated in Europe at a site in southern Germany. Roughly 1,000 skeletons of plague victims have so far been found in mass graves in the center of the city of Nuremberg, which experts believe may contain

CNN By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson and Kevin Broad, CNN Near Second Thomas Shoal, South China Sea (CNN) — As dawn slowly broke on the horizon, a large fleet of Chinese vessels came into view from the deck of a Philippine Coast Guard ship as it entered the contested waters of the South China Sea.

By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson and Kevin Broad, CNN Near Second Thomas Shoal, South China Sea (CNN) — As dawn slowly broke on the horizon, a large fleet of Chinese vessels came into view from the deck of a Philippine Coast Guard ship as it entered the contested waters of the South China Sea. Significantly

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Maldives on Tuesday said China will provide it with “military assistance,” in the latest sign that the Indian Ocean archipelago’s pro-China shift is well under way following the election of President Mohamed Muizzu last year. The Maldivian Defense Ministry said it signed an agreement with Beijing Monday “on China’s provision of

By Nick Paton Walsh, Anna-Maja Rappard and Brice Laine, CNN Ocheretyne, Ukraine (CNN) — A T-64 tank sits hidden in a trench just outside of Chasiv Yar, surrounded by the cacophony of Russian forces trying to take Ivanivske, a tiny village on the outskirts of Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine. Yet its gun was not fired once during a 72-hour period, an hour of which

By Tara John, Morayo Ogunbayo and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A plane carrying Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry landed in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, its governor’s spokesperson told CNN, after days of speculation about his whereabouts as Haitian capital Port-au-Prince plunged into crisis over the weekend. Sheila Angleró Mojica told CNN she did not

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When a total solar eclipse creates a spectacle in the skies over Mexico and North America on April 8, it will mark the first time such an event has occurred in this part of the world for nearly seven years — and the last time one will until 2044.

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have voted against a proposal to declare a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene to reflect how profoundly human activity has altered the planet. The proposal was rejected by members of the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy, which is part of the International Union of Geological Sciences, according to

By Mostafa Salem, Tara John and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Hamas said Tuesday there could be no “exchange of prisoners” before a permanent ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as it responded to proposals from Egyptian and Qatari mediators. “The security and safety of our people will not be achieved except through

By Ibrahim Dahman and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces opened fire on people waiting for aid on Monday night in northern Gaza, eyewitnesses told CNN. The shooting took place at the Kuwait Roundabout on Rasheed Street in Gaza City shortly before midnight, said one eyewitness, who had traveled there to try to get

By Abeer Salman, Mohammad Al Sawalhi and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Saadi Baraka wakes at dawn and works until dusk, digging on his knees in the dirt as he tries to bury Gaza’s dead with dignity in a cemetery he says has run out of room. The graveyard at Deir al-Balah in central Gaza,

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa and first lady Auxillia have come under a slate of new US sanctions imposed that also targeted senior government officials accused of corruption and human rights abuses. The Mnangagwas were part of 11 people, including Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Defense Minister Oppah Muchinguri, senior security

By Rob Picheta and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants against two high-ranking Russian military figures, accusing them of war crimes against Ukrainian civilians. Sergei Kobylash, a lieutenant-general in the Russian Armed Forces, and Viktor Sokolov, an admiral in the Russian Navy, were the pair listed in

By Aishwarya S Iyer, Vedika Sud, Sugam Pokharel, Michelle Velez and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Seven men are now in custody in India for the alleged gang-rape of a tourist and assault on her husband, authorities said, in a case that has shone a new spotlight on the endemic problem of sexual violence against

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A California man was arrested and charged Monday with allegedly smuggling potent, planet-heating greenhouse gases from Mexico, marking the first such prosecution in the US, according to a statement from the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California. Michael Hart, a 58-year-old man from San Diego, pleaded

By Svitlana Vlasova and Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s military on Tuesday claimed another successful attack on a Russian warship, marking the latest in a string of naval defeats for Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet that Kyiv says has reduced its numbers by more than a third since the start of the war. The Defense

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Singapore is drawing fans from all over Southeast Asia and beyond to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, much to the annoyance of the city-state’s regional neighbors. The anger is not directed at the superstar but at the Singaporean government for an exclusive deal it struck with concert organizers to make

CNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver and Jeremy Dupin. Video by David von Blohn and Lacey Russell, CNN Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — From above, Haiti’s capital city Port-au-Prince still looks serene, its white-washed homes climbing steep green hills that encircle a glittering bay. But to step onto its cracked streets requires a careful calculation of risk and reward.

By Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — Serhiy Haidarzhy is likely alive because his wife Anna fell asleep. Like every night, Anna was in the bedroom with their 4-month-old baby boy Tymofii, while Serhiy was putting their older daughter Liza to bed in her own room. “Usually, very often, I fall asleep in the room with

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Iran has recorded the lowest electoral turnout since the Islamic Republic’s founding in 1979, with officials portraying the participation of those who did vote as a victory against the country’s “obstinate opponents.” Out of Iran’s 61 million eligible voters, some 25 million cast their ballots in parliamentary and Assembly

By Richard Roth, CNN United Nations (CNN) — A United Nations team has found “clear and convincing” information that hostages in Gaza were sexually abused, Pramila Patten, the UN special envoy on sexual violence in conflict told reporters on Monday. There are “reasonable grounds” to believe the sexual violence is ongoing, she added. According to Patten, the team

By Joshua Berlinger and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — France became the world’s first country to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution on Monday, the culmination of an effort that began in direct response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Lawmakers from both houses of the French Parliament voted