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By Nectar Gan and Eric Cheung, CNN Hong Kong/Taipei (CNN) — The Chinese military staged a second day of exercises around Taiwan on Wednesday, launching live-fire strikes in the East China Sea and practicing blockade operations near crucial shipping lanes to the east and west of the island. China has ramped up the frequency and

By Dana Karni, Eugenia Yosef, Tim Lister and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — Two close associates of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been remanded in custody for three days, following their arrest on Monday by Israeli police in connection with an investigation into suspected unlawful ties between the senior aides and Qatar, a case

By Charbel Mallo, Irene Nasser and Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN (CNN) — Israel has launched a strike on Beirut for the second time in days, further testing the shaky ceasefire with Hezbollah struck four months ago. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said four people were killed, including a woman, and seven injured in the strike early Tuesday,

CNN By Michael Rios, Angus Watson and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Virginia Giuffre, a prominent Jeffrey Epstein accuser who alleged Prince Andrew abused her, is in “serious condition” in hospital after a school bus hit a car she was driving in rural Australia, her spokesperson told CNN on Tuesday after police appeared to contradict

By Simone McCarthy, Nectar Gan and Eric Cheung, CNN Hong Kong/Taipei (CNN) — The Chinese military said Tuesday it had launched joint exercises involving its army, navy, air force and rocket force around Taiwan as a “stern warning,” days after US defense chief Pete Hegseth vowed to counter “China’s aggression” on his first visit to

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Virginia Giuffre, a prominent Jeffrey Epstein accuser who alleged Prince Andrew abused her, said in an Instagram post she got into a car accident with a school bus and was now in hospital. In the post, Giuffre shared a photo of herself lying in a hospital bed with her

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s second-largest city has declared a “major incident” after a sanitation worker strike left over 17,000 tons of uncollected garbage on the curbside. “It’s regrettable that we have had to take this step, but we cannot tolerate a situation that is causing harm and distress to communities across Birmingham,”

By Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — Over the past two months, the United States has been talking with both Ukraine and Russia – separately – to try to fulfil one of President Donald Trump’s main campaign promises: ending the war in Ukraine. Trump repeatedly touted that he would end the war within 24 hours of

By Lauren Kent and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump accused the Ukrainian president of “trying to back out” of the minerals deal expected to be agreed between the two countries as early as this week, adding that Volodymyr Zelensky would face “big problems” if he didn’t sign an agreement. But Ukraine

By Joseph Ataman, Saskya Vandoorne, Niamh Kennedy, Serene Nourrisson and Christian Edwards, CNN Paris (CNN) — French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for political office for five years after being found guilty of embezzling European Union funds, in a politically explosive ruling that has shattered her hopes of winning the

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, Olivia Kemp CNN Rome (CNN) — At least 17 Tesla cars were destroyed after a fire broke out at a dealership on the outskirts of Rome on Monday morning, according to Italian fire officials. No one was at the dealership when the fire broke out and no injuries

CNN By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — A German start-up’s orbital rocket spun out and crashed seconds after take-off Sunday, in a rare European test flight that the makers said “met its set goals.” The flight, from a spaceport in northern Norway, marked the first time a rocket capable of reaching orbit was launched from

By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — A German start-up’s orbital rocket spun out and crashed seconds after take-off Sunday, in a rare European test flight that the makers said “met its set goals.” The flight, from a spaceport in northern Norway, marked the first time a rocket capable of reaching orbit was launched from continental

By Eyad Kourdi, Ibrahim Dahman, Mohammad al-Sawalhi and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Israeli airstrikes on a tent and a home housing displaced people in southern Gaza killed 10 people Sunday, including children, as Palestinians observed the first day of Eid-al-Fitr, rescuers said. The Israeli military is stepping up its renewed campaign in Gaza, with

CNN By Brad Lendon and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors more than three days after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, toppling buildings as far away as the Thai capital Bangkok and sending tremors through nearby Chinese provinces. The first 72-hours after a quake are widely regarded as the

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN London (CNN) — The chairwoman of a charity co-founded by Prince Harry has accused him of “harassment and bullying at scale” in a TV interview Sunday, after he and others involved with the charity quit this week. Sophie Chandauka, the chairwoman of Sentebale, said the Duke of Sussex unleashed “the Sussex

By Brad Lendon and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors more than four days after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, toppling buildings as far away as the Thai capital Bangkok and sending tremors through nearby Chinese provinces. The first 72 hours after a quake are widely regarded as the

By Jeremy Diamond, Dana Karni and Tamar Michaelis, CNN (CNN) — Hamas has agreed to a new Egyptian proposal to release 5 hostages, including the American-Israeli Edan Alexander, in exchange for a renewed ceasefire, a Hamas source tells CNN. Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya said in a televised address on Saturday that the militant group had

By Tim Lister and Maria Kostenko, CNN Ukrainian forces have responded to Russian efforts to expel them from one part of Russian territory by launching a large number of attacks on another border area, using drones, artillery and troops. More than 20 villages in Russia’s Belgorod region – which are located in a 150-kilometer (90-mile)

By Manuela Castro, CNN (CNN) — Twice a week, Nilda Rivadeneira hops on her bicycle and pedals to work. She tells CNN she wishes it were a women’s bike instead of a men’s one, but she rides it now that her son, who no longer lives at home, stopped using it. In a way, it

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A peace deal ending a conflict that killed tens of thousands in South Sudan is in danger of collapsing, raising fears that the world’s youngest nation — and one of its poorest — could swiftly lapse back into war. South Sudan split from the rest of Sudan in 2011