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By Jessie Yeung, Sandi Sidhu, Jinky Jorgio, Todd Symons, CNN (CNN) — The father and son duo suspected of carrying out a massacre at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach on Sunday were “driven by Islamic state ideology,” police say, as Philippines authorities confirmed the pair recently traveled to a part of that country which has long

By James Legge and Joyce Jiang, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Qi Weihao recently welcomed a new family member – a beautiful, highly venomous, blue snake. The 21-year-old from central Jiangxi province bought the Indonesian pit viper for 1,850 yuan ($260) two days after the release of Disney’s animated hit “Zootopia 2” on November 26. Qi’s

WALT DISNEY PICTURES, UNIVERSAL PICTURES, LIONSGATE, GKIDS, CNN By James Legge and Joyce Jiang, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Qi Weihao recently welcomed a new family member – a beautiful, highly venomous, blue snake. The 21-year-old from central Jiangxi province bought the Indonesian pit viper for 1,850 yuan ($260) two days after the release of Disney’s

CNN By Victoria Butenko, Christian Edwards, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s domestic security service, the SBU, said Monday that it had carried out an attack on a Russian submarine in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, causing critical damage to the vessel and effectively disabling it. In a statement, the SBU said the operation,

By Victoria Butenko, Christian Edwards, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s domestic security service, the SBU, said Monday that it had carried out an attack on a Russian submarine in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, causing critical damage to the vessel and effectively disabling it. In a statement, the SBU said the operation, which

By Billy Stockwell, Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — Sunday marked the first night of Hannukah, and to celebrate, more than 1,000 people gathered at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, some dancing and banging drums. Others were swimming in the ocean. In just a few hours, the beach would be the site of Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in

CNN By Jessie Yeung, Kristie Lu Stout, Karina Tsui, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on two national security charges and a lesser sedition charge, in a landmark two-year trial widely viewed as a measure of the city’s shrinking freedoms under Beijing’s rule. Self-made billionaire

By Laura Sharman, Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — A bystander who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach has been identified as Ahmed al Ahmed, whose refugee parents had just arrived from Syria, according to Australian officials and media. Ahmed, a 43-year-old father to two girls,

By Helen Regan, Sandi Sidhu, CNN (CNN) — A 10-year-old girl, a Holocaust survivor and a young French national were among at least 15 people killed when two gunmen opened fire on families celebrating the first night of Hanukkah at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach on Sunday, an attack that police have declared a terrorist incident.

By Caitlin Danaher, Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — The new head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service MI6 has warned the nation in her first public speech that the UK is “now operating in a space between peace and war” and “the front line is everywhere,” amid growing tensions with Russia. Blaise Metreweli became the

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Australia already has some of the world’s toughest gun laws, but the Bondi mass shooting could lead to even tougher rules as the realization spreads that they aren’t strong enough to prevent bloodshed. Restrictions were tightened almost 30 years ago after a lone gunman armed with semiautomatic

By Jessie Yeung, Kristie Lu Stout, Karina Tsui, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on two national security charges and a lesser sedition charge, in a landmark two-year trial widely viewed as a measure of the city’s shrinking freedoms under Beijing’s rule. Self-made billionaire Lai,

CNN By Hilary Whiteman, Angus Watson, CNN Sydney, Australia (CNN) — At least 11 people were killed in a terror attack on Sunday targeting the Jewish community celebrating the first night of Hannukah at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach. Around 1,000 people had gathered on a grassy area at Archer Park when at least two gunman

By Hilary Whiteman, Angus Watson, Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Sydney, Australia (CNN) — Sydney residents have laid flowers and lit candles in a massive outpouring of support as the community mourns people who were massacred by two gunmen in a terror attack Sunday targeting the Jewish community celebrating the first night of Hannukah at Sydney’s famed

By Tal Shalev, Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — In another major expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli cabinet approved on Thursday the legalization and establishment of numerous settler outposts, according to an Israeli source familiar with the matter. The decision authorizes 19 outposts across the West Bank, including two

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Buckingham Palace said Saturday that King Charles III “will be greatly encouraged and deeply touched” by the reaction to his video message detailing his experience with cancer, Britain’s PA Media news agency reported. The British sovereign shared his “good news” that his cancer treatment is set to be

By Kosta Gak, Tim Lister, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Several regions of Ukraine have endured a night of Russian drone and missile attacks targeting energy infrastructure that left more than a million households without power, according to the interior ministry. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had used more than 450 drones and 30

By Ibrahim Dahman, Eyad Kourdi and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Severe weather conditions over the past 72 hours in Gaza have left 14 people dead, including three children, the director general of the Gaza-based Health Ministry Munir Al-Boursh told CNN. Over the past two years, many Palestinians were left with no option but to

By Jim Sciutto, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The US special forces veteran whose rescue team spirited Nobel laureate María Corina Machado out of Venezuela has begged her not to return to the country, after a perilous extraction mission that lasted nearly 16 hours and was carried out largely in the middle of the night

CNN By Jim Sciutto, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The US special forces veteran whose rescue team spirited Nobel laureate María Corina Machado out of Venezuela has begged her not to return to the country, after a perilous extraction mission that lasted nearly 16 hours and was carried out largely in the middle of the

CNN By Lauren Kent, Pau Mosquera, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said Friday that she is focused on an orderly transition of power in her country should President Nicolás Maduro leave power and that she is confident Venezuela’s police and armed forces would not oppose such a transition. Speaking as the

By Lauren Kent, Pau Mosquera, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said Friday that she is focused on an orderly transition of power in her country should President Nicolás Maduro leave power and that she is confident Venezuela’s police and armed forces would not oppose such a transition. Speaking as the US

By Stefano Pozzebon, Lauren Kent, Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — The Venezuelan government said the US administration has unilaterally suspended deportation flights from the United States, including at least one that was due to land Friday, but a US administration official denied that was the case. “This Thursday, the Venezuelan government received the decision by

By Jomana Karadsheh, Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Iranian authorities arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi on Friday, her foundation said, citing her brother. The Paris-based foundation said Mohammadi was “violently detained” by security and police forces during a memorial ceremony for Khosrow Alikordi, a lawyer recently found dead in his office. It cited

By Christian Edwards, CNN Chelmsford, England (CNN) — In Epping, a small town on London’s leafy fringe, social media lit up with calls for local men to “mask up” and bring “rage.” There had been more trouble connected to the Bell Hotel, one of dozens of hotels in Britain used to house asylum seekers. An

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Sharon Braithwaite, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles III offered a rare update on his cancer journey in a video message on Friday evening, revealing that he has responded well to treatment and it will be reduced in the new year. Charles, 77, described the milestone in his recovery process as

CNN By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Fourteen-year-old cheerleader Lucy Brooks briefly lost some friends on Snapchat when Australia’s ban on social media came into effect on Wednesday. But within 24 hours, they were back. Many had made new accounts, with some borrowing the faces of parents and older friends who were happy

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Fourteen-year-old cheerleader Lucy Brooks briefly lost some friends on Snapchat when Australia’s ban on social media came into effect on Wednesday. But within 24 hours, they were back. Many had made new accounts, with some borrowing the faces of parents and older friends who were happy to

By Tal Shalev, Jeremy Diamond, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan is set to enter a new phase within weeks, but crucial pieces of the agreement remain undefined as Israel tightens its military grip on the battered enclave. With the return of all but one of the deceased hostages held

By Jessie Yeung, Mike Valerio, CNN (CNN) — When the Trump administration unveiled its new national security strategy (NSS) last week, many experts noticed one major shift: how it talks – or more importantly, doesn’t talk – about China. Gone are the sweeping declarations about China being “America’s most consequential geopolitical challenge,” as articulated by

By Michael Rios, Lex Harvey, Sandi Sidhu, Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — The United States has announced new sanctions on shipping companies and vessels it says help move Venezuelan oil, putting more pressure on a major prop of President Nicolas Maduro’s regime a day after it seized a sanctioned tanker likely carrying millions of dollars’

By Dana Karni, Tal Shalev, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Newly released videos show six Israeli hostages celebrating Hanukkah in a tunnel in Gaza months before they were killed by Hamas in August 2024. Two of the clips show the hostages gingerly lighting makeshift candles on a menorah made of disposable cups. The hostages –

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Video released by Australia’s transport safety agency on Thursday shows the harrowing moment when a skydiver’s parachute was caught on the tail of an airplane before a jump in September. According to the report from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) released alongside the video, the skydiver, whom the

By Mohammed al-Sawalhi, Tareq El-Helou, Zeena Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Heavy rain and cold weather across the Gaza Strip have caused flooding and complicated an already difficult humanitarian situation for Palestinians, the overwhelming majority of whom live in tents and other temporary shelters after two years of war. In Khan Younis, southern Gaza, the Abu Jazar

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said US government “support” helped her travel to collect her Nobel Peace Prize in Norway, hours after the US seized an oil tanker in a dramatic escalation of pressure against the authoritarian regime of Nicolás Maduro. Machado, who has been in hiding following

By Christian Edwards, Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — The United States has suggested creating a “free economic zone” in parts of the eastern Donbas region from which Ukraine would withdraw under a negotiated peace with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday. In wide-ranging comments to reporters, Zelensky said that Kyiv has presented the US

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned Thursday that members of the alliance could be “Russia’s next target,” calling for a rapid rise in defense spending to prevent a war similar to those seen by past generations. Rutte’s comments, in a speech at the Munich Security Conference in Berlin, came