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By Ivana Kottasová, Victoria Butenko, Svitlana Vlasova, Vasco Cotovio, Frankie Vetch, Eve Brennan, Benjamin Brown, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Mitchell McCluskey, Helen Regan, Tim Lister, Henry Zeris, Lou Robinson and Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s drone attack against Russian airfields was audacious and daring. But most of all, it was meticulously planned and flawlessly executed. New

CNN By Abeer Salman, Mohammad al Sawalhi, Eyad Kourdi and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of Palestinians were shot dead by the Israeli military near an aid distribution site in Gaza on Sunday according to Palestinian officials and eyewitnesses, with Israel’s military denying that its troops fired “within or near” the aid site. The

CNN By Abeer Salman, Mohammad al Sawalhi, Eyad Kourdi and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of Palestinians were shot dead by the Israeli military near an aid distribution site in Gaza on Sunday according to Palestinian officials and eyewitnesses, with Israel’s military denying that its troops fired “within or near” the aid site. The

By Rob Picheta and Joseph Ataman, CNN London (CNN) — Britain will build new attack submarines, invest billions on nuclear warheads and move toward “war-fighting readiness,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday, shortly before the publication of a landmark review of the future of the country’s military. Starmer’s government said it would build “up to”

By Christian Edwards, Svitlana Vlasova, Victoria Butenko, Gul Tuysuz and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian and Ukrainian delegates met in Istanbul on Monday for their second set of direct peace talks, a day after Kyiv launched a shock drone attack on Russia’s nuclear-capable bombers, in an operation that President Volodymyr Zelensky said was a

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A massive eruption at Mount Etna forced tourists to flee the volcano on Monday after a plume of high temperature gases, ash and rock “several kilometers high” billowed into the air above them, Italian authorities said. Footage posted on social media shows long lines of

By Helen Regan and Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s large-scale drone attack on Russian air bases thousands of miles behind the front lines is the latest in a long line of daring missions by Ukraine’s forces against its giant neighbor. The operation, more than a year and a half in the making, involved drones

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Erin Patterson, the Australian woman accused of killing three people and attempting to kill a fourth with a meal laced with death cap mushrooms, has taken the stand in her own defense at a trial that has captured worldwide attention. On Monday, the start of the sixth

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Mongolia has been thrown into fresh political crisis with the country’s prime minister announcing his resignation following weeks of protests sparked by his family’s lavish displays of wealth. Young Mongolians had taken to the streets of the capital putting pressure on Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai, who lost a vote

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Since last sitting down with Ukraine to talk peace, Russia has launched four of its five largest drone attacks against the country, killed more than 340 of its civilians and continued to peddle its false narrative about the unprovoked war it has been waging for more than a decade.

By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — A historian and populist firebrand who boasted about his brawls with soccer hooligans has narrowly won Poland’s presidential election, in a political upset that could torpedo the centrist government’s efforts to unspool the legacy of authoritarianism in the country. Karol Nawrocki, the candidate aligned with Poland’s right-wing populist Law

By Svitlana Vlasova, Victoria Butenko, Tim Lister, Mitchell McCluskey and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian forces have destroyed dozens of Russian warplanes parked at air bases thousands of miles from the front lines, according to a source in the country’s security services, in one of Kyiv’s most audacious and sophisticated counter assaults since the

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Athletes, coaches and officials are among 22 people killed in a road accident in northern Nigeria as they returned from the country’s National Sports Festival on Saturday, local authorities have said. Others were left “seriously injured” by the accident, according to a statement issued by Kano’s government office. The

CNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — Someone has apparently been impersonating White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. One of President Donald Trump’s closest advisers and the first woman to hold the title of chief of staff, Wiles reportedly believes her phone and contact list were hacked. The administration only discovered the issue when

By Abeer Salman, Mohammad al Sawalhi, Eyad Kourdi and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of Palestinians were shot dead by the Israeli military near an aid distribution site in Gaza on Sunday according to Palestinian officials and eyewitnesses, with Israel’s military denying that its troops fired “within or near” the aid site. The Palestinian

By Mariya Knight, Helen Regan, Svitlana Vlasova and Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Two bridges have collapsed in Russia’s western regions bordering Ukraine, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens, authorities said. It was not clear on Sunday morning whether the two incidents — which both involved trains — in neighboring Bryansk and Kursk

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — After half a year of political turmoil, uncertainty and division, South Koreans voted Tuesday for a new president to succeed Yoon Suk Yeol, the disgraced former leader who plunged the democratic nation into chaos by declaring martial law in December. Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is projected

By Ibrahim Dahman, Abeer Salman, Lauren Izso and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Hamas on Saturday said that it has responded to a Gaza ceasefire plan put forward by the US, repeating its call for an end to the war, in a move the US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff called “totally unacceptable.” In a

By Ibrahim Dahman and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 80 aid trucks traveling through southern and central Gaza were looted by desperate civilians on Saturday, the UN World Food Programme said as famine conditions worsen in the Palestinian enclave. In a statement issued on X, the WFP said 77 trucks had crossed into Gaza

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — India’s military has acknowledged for the first time that an unspecified number of its fighter jets were shot down during strikes on Pakistani-controlled territory amid intense fighting between the neighbors in early May. Indian officials had previously refused to confirm even a single aircraft loss. Asked by a Bloomberg

By Olivia Kemp, Soph Warnes and Quinta Thomson, CNN London (CNN) — The sale of disposable vapes will be banned in the United Kingdom from Sunday, as the country becomes the latest to tackle the “environmental nightmare” of the single-use devices. However, some campaigners warn that the new restrictions are just “a drop in the

By CNN’s Tim Lister and Eyad Kourdi (CNN) — ISIS has claimed two attacks on Syrian security forces – the first since the transitional government under former jihadist Ahmed al-Sharaa took office. The terror group, also known as Islamic State, said it had killed and injured seven members of “the apostate Syrian regime” with an

By Maddie Araujo, Niamh Kennedy and Nada Bashir, CNN (CNN) — When Adefemola Akintade learned that the Trump administration had suspended the processing of foreign student visas, she immediately went blank. “I don’t know what to do; this is something I’ve always wanted for the longest of times,” she told CNN, still with an air

CNN By Mike Valerio, Brad Lendon, Gawon Bae and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — New satellite images show North Korea has deployed what appear to be balloons alongside its damaged 5,000-ton warship that has been laying on its side and partially submerged since a botched launch last week. While the purpose of

By Mike Valerio, Brad Lendon, Gawon Bae and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — New satellite images show North Korea has deployed what appear to be balloons alongside its damaged 5,000-ton warship that has been laying on its side and partially submerged since a botched launch last week. While the purpose of the

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — A bipartisan pair of US senators met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday and urged stronger sanctions against Russia, while uncertainty swirls over whether the next round of peace talks will move ahead in the coming days. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democratic

By Brad Lendon, CNN Singapore (CNN) — US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday delivered a dire warning to the Asia-Pacific region and the world: China’s designs on Taiwan pose a threat to global peace and stability that requires “our allies and partners do their part on defense.” “There is no reason to sugarcoat it.

By Fred He (CNN) — Unveiling their latest seizure in front of news cameras last month, two Chinese customs agents revealed not drugs or weapons – but suitcases full of plush toys. The stash on display included dozens of Pop Mart Labubus – the toothy, fluffy figurines that have sparked buying frenzies around the world,

By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson, Yong Xiong and Vina Salazar, CNN (CNN) — Every night after returning home from work, Chen opens his laptop and switches to his secret life as an undercover activist. From his bedroom in eastern China, he spends hours witnessing scenes too graphic for a horror movie and trying to befriend

By Jeremy Diamond, Mohammad Al-Sawalhi and Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The embattled Israeli-backed aid group that began operating in Gaza earlier this week is not screening Palestinians at aid distribution sites, despite Israeli officials saying that additional security measures were a core reason for the creation of the new program. The Gaza Humanitarian

By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Authorities in Nigeria’s northern Niger state say at least 150 people have been killed after floods triggered by heavy rainfall hit Mokwa, a vibrant market town in the largely agricultural state. Ibrahim Hussaini, a spokesperson for the state’s emergency management agency, told CNN that 151 bodies, including

By Kareem Khadder, Oren Liebermann, Mostafa Salem, Tamar Michaelis and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — Israel has said it will “not cooperate” with plans from the Palestinian Authority (PA) to host a Saudi-led delegation of foreign ministers in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli official told CNN on Friday. In order to

By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in the car ramming that injured dozens of fans celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League title on Monday has appeared in court after police charged him with a range of offenses. Paul Doyle, a 53-year-old man from the outskirts of the city in northwest England, spoke to confirm his

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN London (CNN) — British comedian and actor Russell Brand pled not guilty to multiple charges of rape and sexual assault at a court in London on Friday. In April, 49-year-old Brand was charged with one count of rape, one count of indecent assault, and one count of oral rape, as

By Lauren Lee and Larry Madowo, CNN Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — When Nigerian American actor-singer Rotimi and Tanzanian pop star Vanessa Mdee first met in 2019, it was the beginning of a love story that neither of them expected. That first encounter six years ago could be straight from a rom-com. They had both just

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — North Korea has sent soldiers and millions of munitions, including missiles and rockets, to Russia over the past year, according to a new report by an international watchdog, which details the extent to which Pyongyang has helped Moscow “terrorize” Ukraine’s population over its three-year war. The report was released

By Nectar Gan, Yong Xiong, Hassan Tayir and Cynthia Chan, CNN Hong Kong/New York (CNN) — Kiwi Zhang, a computer science student from China, was full of hope for his academic future in the United States – until his visa was revoked at the US border last week. The first-year PhD student at a university

By Brad Lendon, CNN Singapore (CNN) — China will not send its defense minister to this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, shunning a chance for a high-level meeting with US and Asian counterparts as tensions simmer with Washington. China announced Thursday it will instead be represented by a delegation from the People’s Liberation Army National Defense University,

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A burgeoning new sporting trend inspired by the biggest and hardest full contact hits in American football and rugby has proved deadly, and there’s now calls for it to be banned. Branded by an organized league as “the world’s fiercest, new collision sport,” Run It Straight games see two

By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo and Sol Amaya, CNN (CNN) — Catalina, a 23-year-old US citizen, confidently drives to her job as a nanny and earns a fair wage. Yet her mother – an undocumented immigrant from Peru – has worked in the shadows for 30 years. “Even though we have the same job, do the same