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By Jessie Yeung, and CNN staff (CNN) — When Grace Jin Drexel couldn’t contact her father on October 10, she tried not to panic. She had just heard that one of the pastors of his underground Christian church in China had been detained by authorities; maybe he was busy sorting out the situation. Then her

By Catherine Nicholls, Daria Tarasova-Markina and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine said Wednesday it had assassinated a Russian officer responsible for war crimes, targeting him with a car bomb inside Russia. Veniamin Mazzherin, who died at the weekend, was the deputy commander of a Russian military police unit in Kemerovo, southwest Siberia, according to

By Saskya Vandoorne, Lauren Kent, CNN Paris (CNN) — Two suspects arrested in connection with the theft of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre museum have admitted involvement in the heist and have been remanded in custody, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. The Paris prosecutor also said the stolen jewels are not in

By Melissa Bell, Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Iran appears to be stepping up the rebuilding of its ballistic missile program, despite the reintroduction last month of United Nations sanctions that ban arms sales to the country and ballistic missile activity. European intelligence sources say several shipments of sodium perchlorate, the main precursor in the

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A cruise passenger in her 80s, who had just embarked on a 60-day luxury tour around Australia, was found dead after being left behind on a tropical island. The passenger, who hasn’t been named, was reported missing to authorities on Saturday night, when a check of small

CNN, JAMAICA INFORMATION SERVICE, CSU, CIRA & NOAA, TVJ, JAMAICA CONSTABULARY FORCE, NOAA NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, CSU/CIRA & NOAA By CNN Meteorologists Taylor Ward, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, Elise Hammond, Billy Stockwell and Eric Zerkel (CNN) – Hurricane Melissa is now a Category 3 storm with 125 mph sustained winds, according to the National

CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica with the strength of a Category 5 storm bringing 185 mph winds, torrential rain and flooding. It also made landfall in Cuba early Wednesday as an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 hurricane. It is one of the strongest storms to ever hit the country and could

By Gonzalo Zegarra, Max Saltman, German Padinger, CNN (CNN) — At least 132 people have died in a massive police raid aimed at organized crime in Rio de Janeiro, the regional public defender’s office said on Wednesday. Among the dead are four Brazilian police officers, the office added. Rio de Janeiro State Governor Cláudio Castro

By Saskya Vandoorne, Philippe Cordier, CNN Paris (CNN) — The daughter of French first lady Brigitte Macron told a Paris court on Tuesday that her mother now suffers from “deep anxiety” because of false claims about her gender. Tiphaine Auzière, 41, said it was important for her to testify at the trial, at which ten

CNN, TVJ, JAMAICAN NATIONAL WORKS AGENCY VIA X, MATEO AVALLE PIBER, HOVEN CAMPBELL By CNN Meteorologists Taylor Ward, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, Elise Hammond, Billy Stockwell and Eric Zerkel (CNN) – Hurricane Melissa is now a Category 3 storm with 125 mph sustained winds, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest advisory. It is starting

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Sudanese rebels have driven government forces from El Fasher, the last stronghold of the country’s regime in the western Darfur region, amid a brutal struggle for territory that has led to alleged genocide and contributed to one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. For more than a year,

By Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 104 people, including dozens of children, the enclave’s health authorities said on Wednesday, marking the deadliest day since the beginning of the ceasefire championed by US President Donald Trump. The strikes came Tuesday night after Israel

By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — “This is either gonna be wildly successful or a complete disaster,” Austin Tice wrote in May 2012, on the eve of a dangerous journey to bear witness to history. “Here goes nothing.” Tice, a physically towering former Marine and fledgling journalist, threw himself with grit and resolve into war

CNN, TVJ, COURTESY MATEO AVALLE PIBER, HURRICANE HUNTERS, WPLG By CNN meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Billy Stockwell, Christian Edwards, and Michael Rios (CNN) – Hurricane Melissa made landfall around 1 p.m. ET Tuesday near New Hope, Jamaica, as a 185 mph Category 5 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane’s winds of 185 mph

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — For the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents decades ago, this week is perhaps the best shot they’ve had in years of substantive progress. Not only does Japan have a new prime minister, but US President Donald Trump is in their part of the world, with

By Catherine Nicholls and Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN (CNN) — Lithuania has closed its border with Belarus following “constant violations” of its airspace, the country’s foreign ministry announced Monday, at a time when European nations are on high alert for intrusions into their skies. “Dozens of helium balloons” have entered Lithuania’s airspace from Belarus over recent

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A Mexican journalist who reported on drug cartels was found dead Saturday on a highway with a note beside his body, a news outlet he worked for reported. Miguel Ángel Beltrán’s body was wrapped in a blanket on a highway connecting Durango state to Mazatlán, a city in the

CNN, TVJ, JAMAICA INFORMATION SERVICE By CNN meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman and CNN’s Sana Noor Haq, Billy Stockwell and Zoe Sottile (CNN) – Hurricane Melissa’s immense power has placed the hurricane in very exclusive company. With sustained winds of 175 mph, Melissa is now one of the strongest hurricanes, based on top

By CNN Meteorologists Taylor Ward, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, Elise Hammond, Billy Stockwell and Eric Zerkel (CNN) – Hurricane Melissa is now a Category 3 storm with 125 mph sustained winds, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest advisory. It is starting to slowly pull away from Jamaica and is heading toward eastern Cuba where

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A new report from the United Nations accuses Russia of committing crimes against humanity by attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure with drones, as well as committing war crimes through the forcible transfer of people. Drone attacks on civilians in areas along the front line of Russia’s war with Ukraine

By Tal Shalev, Eugenia Yosef, Ibrahim Dahman, Dana Karni and Mitchell McCluskey (CNN) — Hamas is in “clear violation” of the Gaza ceasefire agreement after returning remains to Israel that did not belong to any of the 13 hostages still unaccounted for in the enclave, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Tuesday. Meanwhile, Hamas

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — British commentator Sami Hamdi was detained on Sunday by federal immigration officers during a speaking tour in the United States, in what a Muslim advocacy group said was retaliation for his criticism of Israel. The Trump administration said its decision to detain Hamdi and revoke his visa underscores that

By Cecilia Laurent Monpetit and Camille Knight Paris (CNN) — Ten people went on trial in Paris Monday accused of the online harassment of French first lady Brigitte Macron, after they spread what prosecutors called “malicious comments” about the gender and sexuality of President Emmanuel Macron’s wife. The trial comes three months after Macron and

By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand was hospitalized after swallowing dozens of high-powered magnets, ultimately losing part of his bowel, according to a recent case report in the New Zealand Medical Journal. The boy, whose identity was not disclosed, ate between 80 and 100 neodymium magnets, each five millimeters

By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — Direct flights have resumed between India and China after a five-year hiatus, the latest sign of warming relations between the world’s two most populous countries. IndiGo flight 6E 1703 departed from India’s Kolkata airport at 10pm on Sunday, touching down in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou some three-and-a-half

By Hanako Montgomery, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Months before she became Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi said she’d been invited to meet US President Donald Trump. It was November, just after his election victory and several figures close to Trump had urged her to visit Washington, she posted on her official X account. But she

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Radiohead singer Thom Yorke has said he would no longer perform in Israel after the band came under scrutiny for playing in Tel Aviv in 2017. In an interview with British newspaper The Sunday Times, conducted before the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was agreed, Yorke said he would

CNN By Camille Knight, Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Police have arrested suspects in connection with the theft of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre museum, just as one attempted to leave the country, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Thieves last week targeted the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery in a brazen daylight raid, fleeing with jewelry

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is holding $9.7 million worth of US-purchased contraceptives in warehouses in Belgium rather than delivering them to women overseas, as aid workers voice concerns that the US government is running down the clock until the commodities expire. CNN previously reported on the undelivered contraceptives – once

CNN By Camille Knight, Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Police have arrested suspects in connection with the theft of priceless jewels from the Louvre museum, just as one attempted to leave the country, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Thieves last week targeted the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery in a brazen daylight raid, fleeing with jewelry worth

By Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — British police have arrested an asylum-seeker who was mistakenly released from prison on Friday while serving a 12-month sentence for sexual assault following a “fast-moving and complex” manhunt. Ethiopian national Hadush Kebatu was jailed in September for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl while staying at the

By Camille Knight, Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Police have arrested suspects in connection with the theft of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre museum, just as one attempted to leave the country, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Thieves last week targeted the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery in a brazen daylight raid, fleeing with jewelry worth

By Laura Sharman, Victoria Butenko and Daria Tarasova-Markina (CNN) — Russia has successfully tested its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile and will work towards deploying the weapon, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday, which comes as Moscow launched its second deadly attack on Ukraine in two nights. The timing of the missile test is notable,