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By CNN Meteorologists Taylor Ward and Briana Waxman and 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

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 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 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

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 Catherine Nicholls, Niamh Kennedy and Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — A woman who raped, tortured and murdered a 12-year-old girl in Paris three years ago was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Friday, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV. Dahbia Benkired, a 27-year-old woman from Algeria, must spend at least 30 years in

By Mitchell McCluskey and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — European leaders vowed to work in coordination to ratchet up the pressure on Russia as the so-called “coalition of the willing” met in London to discuss strategies to end the war in Ukraine. The leaders called on more countries to implement sanctions against Russian oil companies

By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — The ringleader of an arson attack on a Ukrainian-owned business in London last year was jailed for 17 years on Friday for what prosecutors called a “sustained campaign of terrorism and sabotage” on British soil. Dylan Earl, 21, pleaded guilty to aggravated arson over the February 2024 blaze

By Matthew Chance, CNN’s Chief Global Affairs Correspondent (CNN) — Russia’s top economic envoy has arrived in the United States for “official” talks just days after President Donald Trump announced tough new sanctions on Russia, sources with knowledge of the visit have exclusively told CNN. Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian sovereign wealth fund

By Lianne Kolirin and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — As French police, government officials and top executives at the Louvre Museum continue to scratch their heads over how thieves managed to brazenly steal priceless jewelry in broad daylight, a German company is seizing the moment and grabbing its 15 minutes of fame. Böcker, the firm

CNN By David Culver, Abel Alvarado, Michael Rios, Avery Schmitz, CNN Santa Elena Province, Ecuador (CNN) — The last time Andrés Fernando Tufiño Chila’s sister heard from him was about a year ago when he told her he was heading out to fish for work, she said. Last week, she was shocked to learn that

CNN By Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Rome (CNN) — King Charles III became the first British monarch to pray publicly with a pope in 500 years during his state visit to the Vatican on Thursday, after a bruising week back home with the continued fallout over the Prince Andrew scandal. Beneath the Sistine Chapel’s

By Anna Chernova, Nathan Hodge and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s strategic nuclear forces carried out a readiness test supervised by the country’s President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, the Kremlin said. “Today, we are conducting a planned – I want to emphasize, planned – nuclear forces command and control exercise,” Putin said in a

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations’ top court issued a legal opinion Wednesday stating that Israel, as an occupying power, is obligated to work with UN agencies to facilitate humanitarian aid in Gaza, a rebuke of the blockade it imposed on the Palestinian enclave earlier this year. The International Court of Justice

By Charlotte Reck, Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — Two police officers accompanied former French President Nicolas Sarkozy during his first night in prison, staying in a neighboring cell for his security, according to the country’s interior minister. Laurent Nuñez confirmed that the former president, who is serving a five-year sentence after being found guilty of

By Billy Stockwell, Tal Shalev, Lauren Izso, and Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — The body of the oldest hostage taken by Hamas following its October 7, 2023 attacks was among two deceased hostages returned to Israel from Gaza on Tuesday. Arye Zalmanovich and Tamir Adar’s remains had been identified and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)

By Tim Lister, Kosta Gak and Victoria Butenko CNN (CNN) — As temperatures drop in Ukraine, Russia has stepped up drone attacks on power facilities supplying millions of homes across the country. There are signs that the Russian military is repeatedly hitting the same areas to aggravate the population’s suffering. The northern regions of Chernihiv

By Jessie Yeung, Hanako Montgomery, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister by the country’s parliament on Tuesday, in a landmark moment for the historically patriarchal country where both politics and workplaces are dominated by older men. Takaichi steps into the role as Japan faces mounting economic

By Billy Stockwell, Eugenia Yosef, Tal Shalev, Dana Karni, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forensics examiners have identified the remains of a deceased Israeli hostage handed over on Monday as those of Sergeant Major Tal Haimi, the prime minister’s office said. Haimi was killed in the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, while defending

By Fernando Ramos, Michael Rios, Sebastián Jiménez Valencia, CNN (CNN) — Colombians are expressing a mix of frustration and worry amid an escalating diplomatic feud between the leaders of Colombia and the United States. US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut subsidies and raise tariffs on Colombia, which he sees as largely having failed

By Christian Edwards, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring, wrote in her posthumous memoir that she was brutally beaten and raped by an unidentified prime minister and that she feared she might “die a sex slave.” “In my years with them, they

By Jack Guy, Caitlin Danaher, Pierre Meilhan, CNN (CNN) — The jewelry taken from the Louvre Museum in Paris is estimated to be worth 88 million euros ($102 million), according to a French prosecutor, as the search continues for the stolen treasures. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau told French radio station RTL the value of the

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Billy Halloran knows the woods well in Myoko, Japan; he goes there for regular walks, runs, and even raced an ultramarathon through its rugged wilderness. But two weeks ago, he was running for his life in the same woods – after being attacked by a bear. Halloran was on

CNN, MUSEE DU LOUVRE, BFMTV, CLEMENT LANOT, @GREGASPOUTINE, X, Clement Lanot/CNN, @gregaspoutine/X By Caitlin Danaher and Camille Knight, CNN Paris (CNN) — Sunday’s audacious heist saw thieves break into the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery and make off with jewelry of “inestimable” value. The suspects carried out the burglary in just seven minutes, France’s interior minister Laurent

By Ibrahim Dahman, Mitchell McCluskey, Lauren Izso, Jennifer Hansler, Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN (CNN) — The body of a twelfth hostage returned to Israel from Gaza has been identified Sunday as Thai national Sonthaya Oakkharasri, as the ceasefire that brought a pause to two years of destruction in the Palestinian enclave comes under strain. A

By Tim Lister and Svitlana Vlasova (CNN) — Russian forces are still edging forward along several parts of the long front line in Ukraine – despite yet another call from US President Donald Trump for a combat freeze along existing lines. Both sides “should stop where they are,” Trump said on social media Friday, after

By Max Foster, Mitchell McCluskey, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Andrew will relinquish the use of his royal titles including Duke of York after discussing the matter with King Charles, Andrew announced on Friday. “In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A North Korean submunition has been found in a drone that was used to attack Ukraine last month, according to a new report, providing further insight into the extent that Pyongyang is helping Russia wage war on its Eastern European neighbor. The modified submunition – a small part of