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By Nadeen Ebrahim and Annoa Abekah-Mensah, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of activists from around the world are expected to descend on Egypt on Thursday for a “Global March to Gaza,” a movement aiming to break the Israeli blockade that has pushed the territory to the brink of famine. Some 4,000 volunteers from over 80 countries

By Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — Western countries have slashed foreign aid budgets this year and reductions will steepen in 2026, with the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Canada cutting the most, according to a new analysis from the Center for Global Development (CGD). The aid cuts will mean “significant losses” for many

By Christian Edwards, Antoinette Radford and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — In the blue skies above western India, flight AI171 was struggling to gain altitude. The London-bound plane had barely left the runway at Ahmedabad airport before it was careening back to earth. In a video, the aircraft is seen slowly sinking behind residential buildings,

CNN By Sophie Tanno, Aishwarya S. Iyer, Rhea Mogul and Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — At least 290 people are feared to have died after a plane bound for London crashed into a residential area shortly after taking off from an airport in India’s western city of Ahmedabad. Images from the scene showed thick black

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A Chinese fighter jet came within about 150 feet of a Japanese naval reconnaissance plane over the weekend, the Japanese Defense Ministry said Thursday, an action the US ambassador to Tokyo called “dangerous” and “reckless.” Saturday morning’s close encounter between the Japanese P-3C Orion, a four-engined,

By Sophie Tanno, Aishwarya S. Iyer, Rhea Mogul and Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — More than 290 people are feared to have died after a plane bound for London crashed into a residential area shortly after taking off from an airport in India’s western city of Ahmedabad. Images from the scene showed thick black smoke

By Eugenia Yosef and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — US President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza and stop talk of an attack on Iran, according to a source familiar with the conversation. The two leaders spoke on the phone on Monday. Trump later said the

By Frederik Pleitgen, Claudia Otto, Nadine Schmidt and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Police in Austria were hunting for clues on Wednesday after a gunman opened fire at his former high school a day earlier, killing nine students and a teacher in a deadly spree that stunned the country. Scores of shocked people gathered near

By Saskya Vandoorne, Joseph Ataman and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Paris (CNN) — France said it has received a letter from the Palestinian Authority that contains “concrete and unprecedented commitments” to reform as Paris prepares to co-chair a conference on Palestinian statehood in New York. The letter, which France said was signed by Palestinian Authority (PA)

CNN By Rob Picheta, Stephanie Halasz, Claudia Otto and Nadine Schmidt, CNN (CNN) — A shooter opened fire at a high school in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, killing 10 people, mostly teenagers, in one of the worst rampages in the country’s history. Austrian police and hospital officials confirmed the fatalities, raising the

By Ivana Kottasová, Anna Cooban and James Frater, CNN (CNN) — The European Union announced a new package of sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, saying that Moscow’s daily deadly attacks against Ukraine show that it is not interested in peace – despite recent diplomatic efforts. The new package – the 18th since Russia launched its

By Mitchell McCluskey, Michael Rios, Stefano Pozzebon, Fernando Ramos and Gerardo Lemos, CNN (CNN) — A wave of explosions rocked southwest Colombia on Tuesday morning, authorities said, killing at least seven people in an attack believed to be targeting the country’s police. Explosions occurred in the city of Cali and several towns in the departments

By Lauren Kent and Eugenia Yosef, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom, Canada and other allies announced sanctions Tuesday on two hardline Israeli government ministers for repeatedly “inciting violence against Palestinians,” in a stark joint move that comes amid growing Western condemnation of Israel’s actions in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. National Security

By Rob Picheta, Stephanie Halasz, Claudia Otto and Nadine Schmidt, CNN (CNN) — A shooter opened fire at a high school in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, killing 10 people, including teenagers, in one of the worst rampages in the country’s history. Austrian police and hospital officials confirmed the fatalities, raising the death

CNN By Angus Watson, CNN (CNN) — India’s coast guard is fighting a massive blaze aboard a container ship that’s threatening to sink about 15 nautical miles off the coast of Kerala as the search continues for four missing crew members. Images showed flames and towering plumes of diesel smoke rising from the Singaporean-flagged MV

By Svitlana Vlasova, Victoria Butenko, Kosta Gak and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Russia launched 315 drones at Ukraine overnight into Tuesday, in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said was “one of the largest” attacks on the capital Kyiv, as officials said a maternity ward in the southern port city of Odesa had been