By Nadeen Ebrahim and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel’s war with Hamas began, the territory’s health ministry said Sunday, a grim milestone for a war with no end in sight as Israel resumes fighting and warns of even tougher days ahead. The ministry on
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By Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond, Michael Rios, Dana Karni, Caitlin Danaher and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli airstrike hit a hospital in southern Gaza on Sunday night, leaving a part of the hospital in flames and causing multiple casualties, two doctors working at Nasser Medical Complex told CNN, as the country pressed a
Continue ReadingBy Sebastian Shukla, Claudia Otto and Nadine Schmidt, CNN Central Germany (CNN) — “Do you think you can trust Putin?” German Brig. Gen. Ralf Hammerstein asks with a wry smile. It’s a rhetorical question to which most of Europe would give the same answer – no. As the Trump administration continues to pursue a deal
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls and Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Robert Antic has never been to Hungary’s annual Budapest Pride, due to mark its 30-year anniversary this summer. But now, the 37-year-old content creator who is representing Hungary at this year’s “Mr. Gay Europe” wants to join the festivities for the first time – and the
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Andrew McNicol, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Raucous, lightning-paced and brimming with eye-catching fan costumes, the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens is like no other sporting spectacle. Each spring since 1982, for one rowdy weekend, Hong Kong Stadium – nestled among skyscrapers and lush jungle, and just a lofted drop-kick from the
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By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — A Turkish court on Sunday jailed the mayor of Istanbul on corruption charges, escalating the crackdown against opposition to the country’s strongman leader President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan’s most serious political rival, was arrested at his home on Wednesday just days before he was to be registered
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — Iceland’s minister for children and education has resigned after admitting she had a child with a teenager more than three and a half decades ago, according to Icelandic media. Ásthildur Lóa Thórsdóttir revealed that she had started a relationship with a 15-year-old boy when she was 22 and had
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By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump’s foreign envoy praised Russian President Vladimir Putin, struggled to recall the names of four occupied Ukrainian regions, and echoed a swath of Kremlin talking points in a remarkable podcast interview that will alarm officials in Kyiv and the West. In a long interview with podcast
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By Christopher Lamb, Catherine Nicholls and Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis will be discharged on Sunday from the hospital where he has spent more than a month being treated for double pneumonia, Dr. Sergio Alfieri, the head of the team taking care of the pontiff, announced. “The Holy Father will be discharged from
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By Eugenia Yosef, Vasco Cotovio, Charbel Mallo, Eyad Kourdi and Lucas Lilieholm, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military carried out multiple waves of deadly airstrikes across Lebanon targeting suspected Hezbollah sites on Saturday, as tensions flare again in the region. At least seven people have been killed, including a child, and 40 others injured in Saturday’s
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By Christian Edwards and Chris Lau, CNN London (CNN) — Heathrow’s chief executive has defended the airport’s response to the power outage and shutdown that sparked global travel chaos, apologizing to stranded passengers but calling the incident “unprecedented.” Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest airports, was brought to a complete standstill Friday by a huge
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate is back in Romania along with his brother Tristan to report to the police, following a trip to Florida that triggered a state-level criminal probe. The online celebrity, who has amassed a massive following peddling sexist content about male dominance, is facing charges over human
Continue ReadingBy Mariya Knight and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Russia and Ukraine traded blame on Friday over an attack on a gas metering station that lies in Russia’s Kursk region, just a few hundred meters from their shared border. The attack on the facility in Sudzha comes just days after the US proposed both sides
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister. Personal Birth date: March 16, 1965 Birth place: Fort Smith, the Northwest Territories, Canada Birth name: Mark Joseph Carney Father: Robert Carney, teacher Mother: Verlie Carney, teacher Marriage: Diana Fox Carney (1995-present) Children: Cleo, Tess, Amelia and
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. Personal Birth date: March 28, 1945 Birth place: Maasin, Southern Leyte, Philippines Birth name: Rodrigo Roa Duterte Father: Vicente Duterte, lawyer and politician Mother: Soledad (Roa) Duterte, teacher Marriage: Elizabeth Zimmerman (annulled in 2000) Children: with Elizabeth
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By Ibrahim Dahman, Eugenia Yosef, Tim Lister, Tala Alrajjal and Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has warned Hamas that Israel will maintain a permanent presence in parts of Gaza unless the hostages in Gaza are released as Israel escalates a new offensive in the territory. The shaky ceasefire collapsed on
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China is practicing “dogfighting” satellites as part of its expanding capabilities in space, according to the United States Space Force, which warned that Washington’s key rivals are closing the technology gap as space becomes increasingly critical to security on Earth. The Space Force observed “five different objects
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Sudan’s army has reclaimed the Presidential Palace in the capital, Khartoum, in a significant victory over a rampaging militia that controls swaths of the war-torn country. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have viciously scrambled for territory since fighting broke out between them
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By Edward Szekeres, CNN (CNN) — The southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa was engulfed in flames late Thursday after being struck by a large-scale Russian drone attack, hours after US President Donald Trump expressed optimism about ending the war and as peace talks are set to resume on Monday. Trump – who recently held
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Conor McGregor will run for the Irish presidency in elections later this year, the controversial former fighter said on Thursday, as he announced his candidacy for the largely ceremonial role on an anti-immigration stance. McGregor, who in recent years has emerged as a figurehead for the far-right in Ireland,
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By Todd Symons, Alex Stambaugh, Jessie Yeung and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — The chief executive of London’s Heathrow Airport expects it to be running as normal by Saturday after a “significant power outage” brought one of the world’s busiest transit hubs to a complete standstill, setting off waves of global travel chaos. “Tomorrow
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By Saskya Vandoorne, CNN (CNN) — Competing narratives have emerged between Washington and Paris over why a researcher was recently denied entry to the United States, in the latest example of an immigration refusal under the Trump administration testing international relations. France on Thursday said the unnamed researcher was blocked from entering the US earlier
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Izso and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — The government of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has voted to dismiss Ronen Bar, the chief of Israel’s Shin Bet internal security service. The vote in the early hours of Friday local time could still be subject to appeals by Israel’s Supreme Court. “The government has
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By Paula Newton and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to ask the country’s governor general to dissolve parliament and call for federal elections on Sunday, according to two government sources. If that happens, Canadians will likely head to the polls on April 28, both sources told CNN. Unlike
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By Dana Karni, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Jo Shelley and Mahmoud Atef, CNN (CNN) — Hamas fired rockets at Israel from Gaza Thursday, the militant group’s first response to Israel’s renewed offensive in the Strip that shattered a fragile two-month ceasefire. Israel resumed its offensive on Gaza on Tuesday, first bombarding the Strip with airstrikes
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By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — For the mayor of London, it’s clear that the rush of Americans applying for British citizenship is connected to the return of Donald Trump to the White House. Sadiq Khan has told CNN in an exclusive interview that there is “clearly a link between (that and) the results
Continue ReadingBy Mauricio Torres and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela’s leader has described the deportation of more than 200 mostly Venezuelan migrants sent by the United States to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador as a “kidnapping,” and denied they are criminals while backing calls for their return. “Nayib Bukele should not be an accomplice
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Izso, Kareem El Damanhoury and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military intercepted a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels early Thursday, the second to target Israel since the collapse of the Gaza ceasefire, as the United States’ intensifies airstrikes against the Iran-backed militant group. The Houthis claimed responsibility for what it said
Continue ReadingBy Allegra Goodwin, Nada Bashir and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Bardala, West Bank (CNN) — Jihad Suleiman Al-Sawafta, 46, has lived on his farm in the occupied West Bank village of Bardala his entire life. But when Israeli settlers showed up in December, Al-Sawafta said his land, and his livelihood, shrank to a fraction of its
Continue ReadingBy Hira Humayun and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa wants foreign armies to help crack down on gang violence in the country. In an interview with the BBC published Tuesday night, Noboa said he wants US, European and Brazilian armies to join his “war” on gangs, telling the broadcaster that his
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