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Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Since 2003, worldwide concern over Iran’s nuclear program has increased as Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) spar over investigation and details of Iran’s program. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has repeatedly denied Iran is building a bomb and says weapons

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‘Mushroom murder’ trial: Defense claims death of lunch guests was a ‘terrible accident’

By Jessie Yeung and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Lawyers for an Australian woman accused of fatally poisoning three family members with deadly mushrooms have told the jury their deaths were a “terrible accident.” Erin Patterson is standing trial for the 2023 deaths of her mother-in-law Gail Patterson, father-in-law Donald Patterson and Gail’s

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UK launches strikes against Houthis in Yemen, in first joint US operation under Trump

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s military launched airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Tuesday with US forces, its defense ministry said – the first public acknowledgment of a joint operation since the Trump administration escalated the US campaign against the militant group. The strikes targeted “a cluster of buildings” south of the

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At least three people were killed in a shooting in the city of Uppsala

16-year-old suspect detained after 3 killed in shooting in Sweden

By Henrik Pettersson, Catherine Nicholls and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Swedish police have detained a 16-year-old suspected of shooting and killing three people in the city of Uppsala on Tuesday. The individual is one of several being interrogated over the fatal attack, Sweden’s prosecution said Wednesday, according to Reuters. Officers have conducted door-to-door inquiries

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Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to his supporters alongside his wife Anaida Poilievre on April 29

Canada will ‘never’ yield to Trump’s threats as Prime Minister Carney declares election victory

CBC-NEWS, CNN By Max Saltman, Paula Newton, Hira Humayun and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his country would “never” yield to the United States as he declared victory in federal elections early Tuesday, following a campaign overshadowed by relentless provocations and steep trade tariffs imposed by US President Donald

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Canada will ‘never’ yield to Trump’s threats as Prime Minister Carney declares election victory

By Max Saltman, Paula Newton, Hira Humayun and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his country would “never” yield to the United States as he declared victory in federal elections early Tuesday, following a campaign overshadowed by relentless provocations and steep trade tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump. The

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Tony Blair Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Personal Birth date: May 6, 1953 Birth place: Edinburgh, Scotland Birth name: Anthony Charles Lynton Blair Father: Leo Charles Blair, lawyer Mother: Hazel (Corscadden) Blair Marriage: Cherie (Booth) Blair (1980-present) Children: Leo, Kathryn, Nicholas and Euan Education:

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow

After Putin calls for three-day ceasefire, Trump reiterates demand for permanent Ukraine truce

By Darya Tarasova, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Edward Upright and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a unilateral three-day ceasefire in Ukraine next month, a move met with skepticism by Ukrainian officials who demanded the Kremlin leader immediately accept a longer truce proposal from the United States that he has

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A Ukrainian serviceman repairs a military vehicle

Putin thanks North Korea for help in Kursk, as Germany criticizes US plan for Ukrainian concessions

By Helen Regan, Michael Rios, Darya Tarasova and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has for the first time acknowledged that North Korean soldiers took part in the fighting to recover Russian territory after Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region last year. Two days after Moscow claimed to have recaptured all of

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