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By Simone McCarthy, Nectar Gan, Darya Tarasova, CNN Tianjin, China (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed a relationship with Beijing at an “unprecedentedly high level” on Tuesday, as the two countries reportedly inked a long-stalled agreement to build a massive new pipeline to send natural gas to China via Mongolia. Putin and Xi Jinping

By Jessie Yeung, Gawon Bae, Yoonjung Seo, CNN (CNN) — As a select group of world leaders are rolling into Beijing for a massive military parade on Wednesday, one made his way there in his signature armored green train: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The old-fashioned train has become a symbol of Kim’s dynasty

By Anabella González (CNN) — Guyana is one of the smallest countries in South America, but its elections on Monday might have outsized implications for oil markets and the United States. Here is what you should know. Surrounded by mineral resources, Guyana’s oil production is growing and could surpass Iran’s by 2027. But the threat

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — The recent escalation of tensions between Washington and Caracas, which has led to the United States deploying at least seven warships to the southern Caribbean, can be traced back to a particular day. On August 7, US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a $50 million reward for information leading

By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Israel is weighing the annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank in retaliation for an expected wave of Palestinian statehood recognition by Western nations this month, two Israeli officials said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to convene a meeting with top cabinet ministers on Thursday to discuss

By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s Queen Camilla once fended off the unwanted advances of a man on a train, according to a new book, which reveals that she told the story of how she took off her shoe “and whacked him in the nuts with the heel.” The anecdote is part of

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — A plane carrying the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was targeted by GPS navigation jamming while trying to land in Bulgaria on Sunday, a spokesperson for the commission told CNN. The commission received “information from Bulgarian authorities that they suspect this blatant interference was carried out by

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Protest unrest continues to simmer in Indonesia after violent scenes at two universities in Bandung, West Java, when police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters, Reuters reported, citing student group and authorities. Hundreds of people gathered at the universities on Monday and Tuesday despite orders from Indonesian

By Jessie Yeung, Billy Stockwell and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — Just days before Kim Jong Un is due to stand with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to witness a display of China’s military might, North Korea has released a propaganda film praising its troops’ efforts fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine. The 20-minute video,

By Simone McCarthy, Nectar Gan, Rhea Mogul, CNN Tianjin, China (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a veiled swipe at the United States on Monday as he criticized “bullying practices” and cast his country as a new leader of world governance, at a time when President Donald Trump’s America First foreign policy is upending

By Christian Edwards, Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Multiple media outlets are coordinating a large-scale protest on Monday to demand Israel stop the killing of journalists in Gaza and call for international press to be allowed into the enclave to report freely. Nearly 200 outlets from 50 countries will take part in the demonstration, according

Story by Reuters Jakarta (Reuters) — Indonesian political parties have agreed to cut lawmakers’ benefits, President Prabowo Subianto said on Sunday, in a bid to calm anti-government protests that have killed at least five people in the country’s worst violence in decades. Protests began on Monday over what demonstrators called excessive pay and housing allowances

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Consider this job offer: A one-year contract to live and work in China, flying, repairing and making airplanes. Pay is as much as $16,725 a month with 30 days off a year. Housing is included, and you’ll get an extra $700 a month for food. And there’s an extra

By Sashikala VP, Hanako Montgomery, Yasmin Coles. Video by Tom Booth, Angus Watson, Ladan Anoushfar, , Manila, Philippines (CNN) — All names of minors have been changed at their request to protect their identities. A boundary wall separates Baseco’s residents from Manila Bay, a natural harbor in the heart of the Philippine capital. Over 64,000

By Masoud Popalzai, Billy Stockwell, Helen Regan, Char Reck, and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A huge earthquake ripped through eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing hundreds of people and setting off a mammoth rescue operation along a mountainous stretch of provinces where communities already face hunger and economic crises. At least 800 people were

By Catherine Nicholls, Eyad Kourdi and Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — Iran-backed Houthi rebels stormed the offices of two United Nations agencies in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday, a day after Israel said it killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government. The offices the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations children’s

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV has pleaded for an end to the “pandemic of arms” as he made his first public comments on gun control while offering prayers for the victims of the shooting at Annunciation Catholic school in Minneapolis. The first American pope made his remarks following the August 27

By Tal Shalev, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — The Israeli security cabinet convened on Sunday to review plans for seizing control of Gaza City, as the government faces mounting international pressure and unprecedented domestic opposition, even from Israel’s own security leaders. The review is merely a formal update for the full security cabinet, as Israeli

CNN By Mahmoud Atef, Eugenia Yosef, Kareem El Damanhoury, Ibrahim Dahman, Sana Noor Haq, Abeer Salman, Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Israel is set to halt airdrops over Gaza City and reduce the entry of relief trucks ahead of a major offensive, a source told CNN, as the Red Cross warned that Israeli plans for

By Aishwarya S. Iyer, Chris Lau, Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — Five-year-old Pulsing Ajnera was playing with his brothers in a field near their home in the western Indian state of Gujarat, when a lion “came out of nowhere,” his grieving father told CNN. “This lion grabbed the child, my youngest, and left. My family

By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — Three Scottish brothers have made history by completing the fastest unsupported non-stop row across the Pacific Ocean – the world’s largest ocean – with 139 days at sea. Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan Maclean rowed 9,000 miles from Peru to Australia, also becoming the first team on record to successfully

By Simone McCarthy, Nectar Gan, Rhea Mogul, CNN Tianjin, China (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping told India’s Narendra Modi the “right choice” is for their countries to be friends as the two met in China for first time in seven years – a new milestone in a nascent rapprochement between the world’s most populous

By Eyad Kourdi, Eugenia Yosef, Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday vowed to take revenge for the killing of their prime minister and other political leaders by Israeli airstrikes earlier this week. The Houthis confirmed Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in a strike on the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Thursday,

By Mahmoud Atef, Eugenia Yosef, Kareem El Damanhoury, Ibrahim Dahman, Sana Noor Haq, Abeer Salman, Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Israel is set to halt airdrops over Gaza City and reduce the entry of relief trucks ahead of a major offensive, a source told CNN, as the Red Cross warned that Israeli plans for mass

By Daria Tarasova-Markina and Catherine Nicholls, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — A nationalist Ukrainian lawmaker was shot dead in a “carefully planned” attack in the western city of Lviv on Saturday, officials said, with the killer still on the loose. Andriy Parubiy was shot several times with a short-barreled firearm, police said, adding that the

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Tianjin, China (CNN) — Autocrats, populists, friends and foes, a strongman waging a war in Europe and the leader of the world’s biggest democracy will all be hosted by Chinese leader Xi Jinping this weekend at a summit designed to showcase Beijing as a global leader capable of providing a counterweight

By Olivia Kemp, CNN London (CNN) — In the United States, the Stars and Stripes are everywhere: on porches, lawns and pickup trucks. The national flag is part of the scenery, almost invisible in its ubiquity. In England, flags are rarer. They usually surface only for royal jubilees, military commemorations or major sporting events. But

By Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — Migrants sent by the United States to the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba earlier this year faced “abusive and inhumane detention conditions” that seriously affected their physical and mental health and even led to some suicide attempts, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch, which called

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Police in Ontario, Canada, said Friday that they consider the stabbing of a Jewish woman at a kosher supermarket in Ottawa earlier this week to be a “hate-motivated” crime. The woman was shopping with a friend on Wednesday when she was approached and stabbed by a man who did

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The alleged killing of two police officers who attempted to serve a warrant on a self-proclaimed “sovereign citizen” in Australia shows how a movement that originated in the United States has taken root in the country and now carries the threat of violence, experts say. Hundreds of