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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s Prince Louis celebrated his eighth birthday on Thursday, with the royal family keeping up the tradition of releasing a photo to mark the occasion. The image, posted on the social media accounts of his parents William and Catherine, the Prince and Princess of Wales, shows a smiling Louis

By Charbel Mallo, Tamara Qiblawi, Sana Noor Haq, Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — Lebanon’s prime minister has accused Israel of war crimes after an airstrike in the south of the country on Wednesday killed one journalist and seriously wounded another. Amal Khalil, who worked for Lebanon’s Al Akhbar newspaper, was killed while carrying out her

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — “Seriously fractured” is how President Donald Trump described the Iranian government when he extended a ceasefire to give it time to come up with a “unified” proposal. Iran’s failure to show up in Pakistan for a second round of talks with Vice President JD Vance showed just how disjointed

By Christiane Amanpour, Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted the war in Iran has taken the focus away from Russia’s aggression against his country, telling CNN it was a “big risk” to think that efforts to end the fighting in Ukraine can’t restart until the conflict in Iran ends. Speaking to

By Zeena Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Two Palestinians, among them a 14-year-old boy, have been shot and killed at a school in the occupied West Bank amid an attack by Israeli settlers, the Palestinian Health Ministry and multiple eyewitnesses said. A video from the scene shows a man in military fatigues armed with a rifle

By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja (CNN) — For Mauro Rui Callado Cortêz, a Catholic lay teacher in Angola, the “unique opportunity” to see Pope Leo XIV in person was unmissable, even though serious illness should have confined him to bed. “My visual contact with the Holy Father was a unique moment; it transmitted such a

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Footage of a gunman shooting at panicked tourists lying atop Mexico’s historic Pyramid of the Moon has renewed concerns about security in the country as it prepares to co-host millions of soccer fans for the World Cup this summer. At least one person, a Canadian woman, was killed in

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — More than six weeks after he was announced as their new supreme leader following the assassination of his father, Iranians have still not seen or heard Mojtaba Khamenei. In the midst of a conflict seen as posing an existential threat to the regime that has ruled their country for

By Dana Karni, Zeena Saifi, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli soldiers who damaged a figure of Jesus Christ in southern Lebanon and photographed the incident will be removed from combat duty and sentenced to 30 days of military detention, according to the Israeli military. Six additional soldiers who witnessed the incident but did

By Tal Shalev, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — The location of the ceremony was kept secret until the last moment. Additional screening sites were disclosed only to registered participants, for fear of violence and harassment. It was, organizers said, the only way to hold the event at all. In a region riven by decades

By Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — British counterterrorism police arrested eight more people in connection with an investigation into suspected arson attacks in London, including seven arrests related to a foiled plot to potentially target a venue related to the Jewish community, police said Tuesday. The seven arrests in relation to the foiled plot

By Reuters Tokyo (Reuters) — Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defense export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms sales and opening the way for exports of warships, missiles and other weapons. The move aimed at strengthening Japan’s defense industrial base marks another step away from pacifist restraints that have shaped

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — For more than a decade, leader Xi Jinping has overseen a transformation within the Chinese economy with one aim: making it energy-secure. Under that vision, China has unleashed a renewable energy revolution of wind, solar and hydropower, drilled ever deeper into oilfields offshore and on, and forged pacts

By Issy Ronald, Max Foster, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s royal family marked what would have been the late Queen Elizabeth II’s 100th birthday by unveiling comprehensive plans for a new charity and memorial in central London. Senior members of the family also attended several events on Tuesday to honor Britain’s longest-serving monarch, who died nearly

By Michael Rios, Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — A Canadian woman was killed and six Americans were among the more than a dozen wounded after a gunman opened fire at Mexico’s Teotihuacán pyramids, a popular tourist hotspot, on Monday, authorities said. According to preliminary information, a man fired shots at the archaelogical site near Mexico

By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Infantry officer Oleksiy Mykhailov just spent 343 days without leaving the front line, in what his battalion believes is one of the longest combat deployments for an officer in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. His lengthy deployment, in the woodlands between settlements in the eastern Zaporizhzhia region, underscores

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — A week of assaults on synagogues and other communal buildings has created an atmosphere of heightened anxiety in London’s Jewish community. And yet this series of antisemitic criminal acts has also strengthened the resolve of some of those affected. The rabbi of Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow, northwest

By Lauren Kent, Yumi Asada, CNN (CNN) — The Japanese government has warned of a slightly heightened risk of a megaquake in the next week after a strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the country’s northeastern coast on Monday, triggering a tsunami warning, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency and the US Geological Survey. The three-meter

By Brad Lendon, Teele Rebane, CNN (CNN) — The US made good on its threat to board and seize any vessel defying its blockade of Iran’s ports on Sunday, with footage released by the military showing a guided-missile destroyer firing on the Iran-linked M/V Touska, and once it was disabled, Marines rappelling from helicopters onto

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Tariff refunds are finally beginning to roll out — at least in part. Two months after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s most sweeping tariffs, American importers who are owed more than $166 billion in refunds can begin applying today. Here’s what else you need to know to

By Ivana Kottasová, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — The scene is as old as warfare itself. Two soldiers, hands in the air, surrendering and carefully following the orders barked at them by the other side. Except in this case, there were no human captors in sight. Instead, the two Russians were submitting to

By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — When Keir Starmer was elected Britain’s prime minister nearly two years ago, his promise to a public weary of political scandals and turmoil was that his government would be different. Yet the furor over Starmer’s decision to appoint Peter Mandelson – whose close ties to sex offender Jeffrey

By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Mexico City (CNN) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday she was seeking answers from the United States after two US Embassy officials and two Mexican agents were killed in a car accident in the north of the country following a drug raid. The victims of Sunday’s accident were

By Chris Lau and Beijing Bureau, CNN Beijing (CNN) — They were trailing behind their human rivals a year ago. But on Sunday, an android outpaced the entire field to run a half-marathon faster than even the quickest human. Lightning, a running robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor, finished the 21-kilometer run in Beijing

By Christian Edwards, CNN Budapest, Hungary (CNN) — As thousands swarmed the streets of Budapest last weekend to celebrate the defeat of Viktor Orbán, Balasz said he could not help thinking of his great-grandmother – now in her 80s, living in a rural town in Hungary’s deprived east. For her, having consumed little but state

CNN By Christopher Lamb, CNN Luanda, Angola (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV said Saturday “it’s not in my interest” to debate US President Donald Trump, insisting his trip to Africa is focused on peacebuilding rather than any personal clash. The first American pope, speaking to reporters on board the papal plane from Cameroon to Angola,

By Ivana Kottasová, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Jonny Hallam, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Seven people are dead and more than a dozen others were injured after a man opened fire on civilians in a street in Kyiv on Saturday before taking hostages in a supermarket, Ukrainian authorities said. Ukraine’s Attorney General Ruslan Kravchenko said the incident was

By Christopher Lamb, CNN Luanda, Angola (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV said Saturday “it’s not in my interest” to debate US President Donald Trump, insisting his trip to Africa is focused on peacebuilding rather than any personal clash. The first American pope, speaking to reporters on board the papal plane from Cameroon to Angola, said

By Ivana Kottasová, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine attacked two Russian refineries and other key oil targets overnight into Saturday, officials said, just hours after the United States granted Moscow another waiver on the sale of its sanctioned oil. Kyiv’s ‌drone forces commander Robert “Madyar” Brovdi said on Telegram that Ukraine had struck the

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A new search engine that allows users to search Nazi party records in order to find out whether their ancestors were card-carrying members has been accessed millions of times since it was launched earlier this month. The huge database has been made available by the German newspaper Die Zeit

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV has presided over his largest Mass during his trip to Africa, with more than 100,000 people turning out for a liturgy in Douala, Cameroon. A sprawling crowd, which local authorities estimated to be at 120,000, gathered in the car park of the Japoma Stadium, greeting the

By Ivana Kottasová and Magdalena Vitores Moreno, CNN (CNN) — British counter-terrorism officers, some wearing protective clothing, are examining the scene near the Israeli embassy in London after police said an unnamed group claimed to have targeted the building with drones carrying dangerous substances. The Metropolitan Police said officers were examining items found in the

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The last time Australia hosted the Duke and Duchess of Sussex they were the fresh new faces of the royal family, ready to walk the path set by decades of tradition. This time, there was no royal walkabout, but a mix of quasi-regal public engagements and private

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Flying to Algeria at the start of his landmark tour of Africa on Monday, Pope Leo had a choice. He could ignore Donald Trump’s extraordinary overnight social media tirade against him, or he could tackle it head on. In the end, he chose the second option, taking the highly

By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Havana, Cuba (CNN) — Cuba’s president says his nation does not want war with the United States, but he vows that, if attacked, Cubans would defeat American forces. Dressed in military fatigues, Miguel Díaz-Canel addressed a crowd of government supporters commemorating the 65th anniversary Thursday of the start of the US-backed

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Osama bin Laden, the former leader of al Qaeda who was killed in 2011. Personal Birth date: 1957 Death date: May 2, 2011 Birth place: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Birth name: Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden Father: Muhammad Awad bin Laden, construction company executive Mother:

By Nada Bashir, Muhammad Darwish and Charbel Mallo, CNN Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — At the doors of Beirut’s Rafik Hariri University Hospital, the human cost of Israel’s weeks-long assault on Lebanon was etched on the faces of desperate families waiting for news of their loved ones. Ambulance doors were opened right at the entryway in

By Christopher Lamb, Sophie Tanno, CNN Bamenda (CNN) — Pope Leo warned that the world is being ravaged by “tyrants,” in forceful comments made after US President Donald Trump attacked the pontiff for his stance on the war with Iran. Leo has emerged as strong critic of the conflict and his speech again preached a

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A life jacket worn by a survivor of the Titanic sold for £670,000 (around $904,500) at an auction Saturday, far exceeding expectations in what was billed as a “once in a generation” sale. The jacket, which was expected to fetch between £250,000 ($339,000) and £350,000 ($474,000), is the only

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, both revealed more of the unhappiness they experienced as working royals on Thursday, with Harry saying he didn’t want “this job” after his mother died and Meghan claiming she “was the most trolled person in the entire world.” The couple’s

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — “You must report immediately in case of any security incident,” read a text message sent to phones in the United Arab Emirates from “MOI” during the Iran war. But the country’s Ministry of Interior never sent such an alert. It later cautioned residents against acting on the “fake” message.

By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Victoria Butenko, Helen Regan, Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Russia launched one of its largest barrages of drones and missiles on Ukraine this year, killing more than a dozen and wounding more than 100 people across the country, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday. At least 18 people, including a child, were killed and

By John Liu, Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong / Beijing (CNN) — Strong exports of electrical and mechanical products supercharged China’s economy in the first three months of the year, with growth exceeding analysts’ expectations even as the Iran war upended global trade and energy markets. But officials warned of “volatile” external conditions ahead, as

By Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — British police have arrested two people in connection with an attempted arson attack at a synagogue in a north London suburb – the latest in a string of suspected antisemitic crimes in recent weeks. A 46-year-old man and 47-year-old woman were arrested in the town of Watford, northwest of

By Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — As US and Israeli bombardments rained down on Iran, damaging some cherished cultural sites, scores of Persian artifacts were safe and sound, 5,000 kilometers away in northern China, under the watchful eye of Dong Bibing. The museum curator is managing an exhibition of more than 150 Iranian

By Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — The US and Hamas held their first direct talks since the Gaza ceasefire as part of efforts to advance the fragile US-brokered agreement, two Hamas sources said. A delegation led by senior US advisor Aryeh Lightstone met chief Hamas negotiator Khalil al-Hayya in Cairo on Tuesday night,

By Christopher Lamb, CNN Yaoundé, Cameroon (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV said Wednesday that his visit to Africa offers a message of unity and peace “the world needs to hear” as he continues to face criticism from the US president and vice president for his stance on the war in Iran. Speaking on board the

By Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — Nine people have been killed and 13 others injured after a student opened fire at a middle school in central Turkey on Wednesday, Turkey’s interior minister has said, the second school shooting in the country in two days. Four of the injured were undergoing surgery, according to Kahramanmaraş Governor