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‘This is collective punishment:’ West Bank Palestinians under curfew say they are being punished for something they did not do

By Tara John, CNN Hebron, West Bank (CNN) — Palestinian educator Tarik Betar has known only a life of repression and indignity, he told CNN, with longstanding restrictions, checkpoints and curfews, put in place by the Israeli military in the 1990s, meaning he is unable to walk across his street in the West Bank city of Hebron. Betar,

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‘I felt that Africans could also be part of this’: Meet the Kenyan stargazer inspiring children to look to the sky

By Arya Jyothi, CNN (CNN) — Susan Murabana’s life-changing moment happened at 22 years old, when she looked through a telescope for the very first time. Suddenly, Saturn and its yellow-gold rings were more than just an illustration in a textbook; they were real and the experience was powerful. The opportunity came while she was

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North Korea claims to have put spy satellite into orbit. Analysts say that could make its military stronger

By Brad Lendon, Gawon Bae and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea on Wednesday said it had put its first spy satellite into orbit and vowed further launches to defend against what it called its “enemies’ dangerous military maneuvers.” Analysts said if the spacecraft works, it could provide significantly improve North

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Liberia’s President George Weah concedes victory after tight run-off election

By Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Liberia’s President, George Weah, has conceded defeat to opposition candidate Joseph Boakai after a tight run-off election. Weah, a former soccer star, called Boakai after the country’s National Elections Commission (NEC) released provisional results on Friday. Boakai, a 78-year-old former vice president of Liberia, won 51% of the votes,

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Australian prime minister accuses Chinese navy of ‘dangerous’ conduct

By Nectar Gan and Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Australia’s prime minister has accused the Chinese navy of “dangerous, unsafe and unprofessional” conduct after an incident in international waters near Japan, marking a potential friction point with Beijing weeks after he visited the Chinese capital to stabilize relations. Australian divers aboard the long-range frigate HMAS Toowoomba

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Visualizing the Israel-Hamas war

By Lou Robinson, Alex Leeds Matthews, Rosa de Acosta, Renée Rigdon, Amy O’Kruk, Christopher Hickey, Rachel Wilson, Will Mullery, Matt Stiles and Henrik Pettersson, CNN (CNN) — As fighting has resumed across Gaza and Israel, CNN is continuing to visualize the war through maps, charts and more. A seven-day pause in fighting allowed for the

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One evacuated from northern Gaza, the other didn’t. They’re in the same hospital now

By Eleni Giokos, CNN (CNN) — When Rami Mahmoud left his family’s home to buy food, his wife, Elham Maged, stayed behind to pray. When he made his way back through the narrow, tightly packed nearby streets of northern Gaza’s Jabalya Refugee Camp, he returned to a scene of complete chaos. An Israeli airstrike had smashed into the center of

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Australian prime minister accuses Chinese navy of ‘dangerous’ conduct

By Nectar Gan and Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Australia’s prime minister has accused the Chinese navy of “dangerous, unsafe and unprofessional” conduct after an incident in international waters near Japan, marking a potential friction point with Beijing weeks after he visited the Chinese capital to stabilize relations. Australian divers aboard the long-range frigate HMAS Toowoomba

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Far-right outsider Javier Milei wins Argentina’s presidency

By Stefano Pozzebon, David Shortell, Abel Alvarado, Eva Rothenberg and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Javier Milei won Argentina’s presidential elections on Sunday, wrenching his country to the right with a bombastic anti-establishment campaign that drew comparisons to that of former US President Donald Trump – all against the backdrop of one of the world’s highest inflation

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As the war grinds on, Ukraine needs more troops. Not everyone is ready to enlist

By Maria Kostenko, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Yulia Kesaieva, Olga Voitivych, Svitlana Vlasova and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — On the global stage, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been consistently on message: In visits to Washington and other Western capitals, he has focused on keeping Kyiv supplied with more advanced arms, ammunition and financing. At home, however,

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Civilians caught in the crossfire as fighting escalates between Myanmar military and armed group

By Heather Chen, Su Chay and Chloe Liu, CNN (CNN) — Renewed hostilities between the Myanmar military and ethnic minority armed group the Arakan Army (AA) have spread to various townships in western Myanmar, including Pauktaw, where civilians have been caught in the crossfire as fighting escalates. A former member of parliament from Pauktaw township,

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Rescuers in India tunnel collapse change approach as frantic efforts pass one-week mark

By Akanksha Sharma, Manveena Suri, Sania Farooqi and Vedika Sud, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Indian authorities are exploring new ways to rescue 40 construction workers trapped underground for more than a week. The workers became stranded when a highway tunnel they were building partially collapsed in the northern state of Uttarakhand last Sunday. Although

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Liberia’s President George Weah concedes victory after tight run-off election

By Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Liberia’s President, George Weah, has conceded defeat to opposition candidate Joseph Boakai after a tight run-off election. Weah, a former soccer star, called Boakai after the country’s National Elections Commission (NEC) released provisional results on Friday. With nearly all ballots counted, Boakai, a 78-year-old former vice president of Liberia,

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Five countries ask International Criminal Court to investigate the situation in Palestinian territories

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor Karim Khan says his office has received a referral from five countries to investigate whether crimes have been committed in the Palestinian territories as part of Israel’s response to the October 7 Hamas terror attacks. South Africa, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Comoros and Djibouti submitted the

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Spain’s Pedro Sanchez secures new term, ending four-month deadlock

By Reuters (Reuters) — Spain’s parliament voted to make Pedro Sanchez prime minister for another term on Thursday, ending a protracted deadlock after an inconclusive general election in July. His Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) reached separate deals with a number of regional parties to earn their backing, including a contentious bill on amnesty for Catalan separatists that has sparked protests across

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Israel drops leaflets on parts of southern Gaza suggesting possible expansion of offensive against Hamas

By Andrew Carey and Christian Edwards, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel has dropped leaflets across parts of southern Gaza calling on civilians to evacuate and “head towards known shelters,” indicating Israel could soon expand its ground operation against Hamas to the south of the enclave. Leaflets were dropped Wednesday on four communities to the east

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SpaceX gets regulatory approval for megarocket, setting up Friday launch attempt

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Federal regulators have granted SpaceX permission to launch a long-awaited second test flight of its Starship system — the most powerful rocket ever built — following an explosive first attempt in April. The Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches, said Wednesday that SpaceX has permission to launch the

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UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for urgent ‘humanitarian pauses and corridors’ in Gaza

By Caitlin Hu, Richard Roth and Becky Anderson, CNN New York (CNN) — The UN Security Council has approved a resolution calling for “humanitarian pauses and corridors” in war-torn Gaza, a long-awaited diplomatic breakthrough after weeks of bitter negotiations. Twelve countries voted to approve the measure, with the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia

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Tigray War Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the armed conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s federal Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and forces of the previously dominant political party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). The Tigray conflict, which lasted from 2020 to 2022, has left thousands dead, more

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Why Gaza’s largest hospital has become the ‘epicenter’ of Israel’s war on Hamas

By Nadeen Ebrahim, Jessie Yeung and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces launched a raid Wednesday on Gaza’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa, after accusing Hamas of operating from tunnels beneath the vast complex – a claim denied by the militant group and hospital officials. Thousands of Palestinians are believed to be sheltering in and around the hospital,

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Subrata Roy, ‘bad boy billionaire’ and chief of India’s Sahara Group, dies at 75

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Subrata Roy, the founder of Sahara, once one of India’s largest conglomerates, died on Tuesday, his company said in a statement. He was 75. Roy died in a Mumbai hospital following “an extended battle with complications arising from metastatic malignancy, hypertension, and diabetes,” the statement said. Roy was admitted

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EU likely to miss 1 million-round ammunition target for Ukraine, says Germany as war grinds on

By Chris Stern, Luke McGee and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — The European Union’s goal of supplying Ukraine with 1 million rounds of artillery ammunition is unlikely to be achieved, Germany’s defense minister said Tuesday, as Kyiv remains locked in a grinding war of attrition against Russia with winter approaching. “It can be assumed that

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