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By Ibrahim Dahman, Eyad Kourdi, Dana Karni and Kaanita Iyer , CNN (CNN) — A senior Hamas delegation departed Cairo late Saturday following talks with Egyptian officials aimed at brokering a ceasefire agreement and the entry of desperately needed humanitarian aid into Gaza, according to a statement by Hamas. The delegation, led by Chairman of the Hamas

By Christian Edwards and Henrik Pettersson, CNN (CNN) — The funeral of Pope Francis gave Catholics across the globe the chance to bid farewell to a beloved pontiff – and for world leaders to rub shoulders at a fraught time for international diplomacy. More than 250,000 people packed into St. Peter’s Square for Saturday’s service,

CNN By Christian Edwards and Henrik Pettersson, CNN (CNN) — The funeral of Pope Francis gave Catholics across the globe the chance to bid farewell to a beloved pontiff – and for world leaders to rub shoulders at a fraught time for international diplomacy. More than 250,000 people packed into St. Peter’s Square for Saturday’s

CNN By Lauren Kent, CNN Vatican City (CNN) — The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled to mark the end of the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican City, where tens of thousands of mourners gathered to give a final send-off to a pontiff who was celebrated during the service as a champion of migrants

CNN By Tim Lister, Catherine Nicholls and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump questioned whether Russian leader Vladimir Putin wants a peace deal, shortly after meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in the heart of the Vatican minutes before the start of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday. Saturday marked

By Leila Gharagozlou, Tim Lister, Eyad Kourdi and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — At least 28 people have been killed and 800 injured in a huge explosion at the port of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, state media report. The explosion sent a huge plume of thick, gray smoke from the Shahid Rajaee part of

By Svitlana Vlasova, Catherine Nicholls and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that his country has regained control of Kursk, the border region where Ukraine launched a surprise offensive last year, though Ukraine’s army says fighting continues. “The Kyiv regime’s adventure has completely failed,” Putin said Saturday, congratulating the Russian

By Tim Lister, Catherine Nicholls and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump questioned whether Russian President Vladimir Putin wants a peace deal shortly after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the heart of the Vatican minutes before the start of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday. Saturday marked the first

By Lauren Kent, CNN Vatican City (CNN) — The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled to mark the end of the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican City, where tens of thousands of mourners gathered to give a final send-off to a pontiff who was celebrated during the service as a champion of migrants and

By Lauren Kent, CNN Vatican City (CNN) — Pope Francis’ wooden coffin was sealed on Friday night, in a private rite that officially ends three days of his body lying in state at the Vatican. About 250,000 people filed through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Francis, who was the first pope

By Verónica Calderón and José Álvarez, CNN (CNN) — Two Mexican activists who publicized a grisly “extermination camp” linked to organized crime were killed on Thursday in Jalisco, according to Mexican authorities. The victims are María del Carmen Morales and her son Jaime Daniel Ramírez Morales, both activists for the rights of missing people in

By Nadeen Ebrahim and Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) — The United States and Iran wrapped up a third round of nuclear talks on Saturday, which experts have described as a more difficult phase of technical negotiations as Washington lays out its conditions. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the “negotiations this time

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Ukraine should recognize Russia’s control over Crimea, the southern Ukrainian peninsula that Moscow annexed more than a decade ago, is threatening to upend international law and order. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has long made it clear this is a red line for him.

By Darya Tarasova, Ivana Kottasová, Nick Paton Walsh and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine are “very close to a deal” that would end their three-year war, after his envoy met with President Vladimir Putin on Friday in talks Moscow said were “constructive and very useful.” “A good

CNN, VATICAN MEDIA By Lauren Kent and Jack Guy, CNN Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, has broken with tradition when it comes to where he is being laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica instead of the grottoes of the Vatican. Popes are usually buried within Vatican City, beneath

CNN By Rhea Mogul, Aishwarya S. Iyer and Sophia Saifi, CNN New Delhi and Islamabad (CNN) — Relations between India and Pakistan are cratering following a deadly militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that has sparked tit-for-tat reprisals and raised fears of another military escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals. India and Pakistan both control parts of

By Jessica Hasbun, Gerardo Lemos and Verónica Calderón, CNN (CNN) — Two weeks after the roof of a popular nightclub collapsed and killed more than 200 people in the Dominican Republic, the venue’s owner acknowledged that the ceiling was made of plaster tiles that frequently fell and said the venue never received a structural review

By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — A US cardinal accused of mismanaging clerical sexual abuse has been listed as playing an official role in the ceremonies to close Pope Francis’ coffin and for his burial. Cardinal Roger Mahony, the retired Archbishop of Los Angeles, is among a group of nine cardinals and a small

By Jeremy Diamond, Ibrahim Dahman, Abeer Salman and Tamar Michaelis, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military acknowledged on Thursday that it was responsible for killing a United Nations aid worker in a strike on a UN guesthouse in Gaza last month, backtracking on its previous denials in the face of mounting public evidence of Israeli