By Tim Lister, Ibrahim Dahman, Eyad Kourdi and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s blockade of Gaza may have been partially lifted – and a new US-backed plan to deliver aid has begun. But there are multiple indications that the plight of Gazans is rapidly worsening. Restrictions imposed by the Israeli military on aid routes,
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By Kareem Khadder, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Abeer Salman, Helen Regan, Dana Karni and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The detained crew of the Gaza-bound aid ship that was intercepted by Israel on Monday morning docked in the Israeli port of Ashdod Monday evening, according to Israel’s foreign ministry. Those on board the Madleen aid ship, including
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By Abeer Salman and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Israel vowed on Sunday to stop an aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists on board from reaching Gaza. As of Sunday evening, the UK-flagged civilian vessel was north of Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea, slowly approaching the coast of Gaza. The “Madleen” is part
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military says it has recovered the body of de facto Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar in a tunnel underneath the European Hospital in southern Gaza. The the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) made the announcement on Sunday after the body went through an identification process. Sinwar is the younger
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By Tim Lister, Ibrahim Dahman, Oren Liebermann and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — The photo shows a lean, tanned man in a dark helmet. He’s grasping a rifle and UN vehicles move behind him as he waves through traffic. The man is Yasser Abu Shabab, who says he commands hundreds of armed men known as
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By Sebastian Shukla, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Germany’s aging and decrepit bunker network is in need a major overhaul, according to the head of the federal agency tasked with nationwide civil protection in case of an attack. The Federal Agency for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief (BBK) President Ralph Tiesler said in an interview with
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By Kosta Gak and Catherine Nicholls, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Russia claimed Sunday that its forces are for the first time pushing into the central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk, an area it has been trying to reach for months, in a move that could create new problems for Kyiv’s much-stretched forces. Subunits from the Russian
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine sent dozens of its own citizens to Russia last month, releasing them from prisons in an attempt to secure the release of dozens of Ukrainian civilians held illegally in Russian jails – a move described by human rights activists as desperate and worrying. According to the Ukrainian government,
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By Mauricio Torres, Fernando Ramos, Chris Lau and Sebastian Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Colombian senator Miguel Uribe, in the running to join next year’s presidential race, is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot at an event in Bogota, allegedly by a teenager. The 39-year-old, from the center-right Centro Democrático – or Democratic
Continue ReadingBy Jonny Hallam, Ibrahim Dahman and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military says it has killed the leader of a Palestinian militant group that took part in the October 7, 2023, terror attacks on southern Israel. Asaad Abu Sharia, who led the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement and its armed wing the Mujahideen Brigades, was
Continue ReadingBy Olivia Kemp and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — David Attenborough has described the human impact on the deep ocean floor as “unspeakably awful” in a conversation with Prince William to mark the launch of the veteran broadcaster’s latest documentary. In a video filmed at London’s Royal Festival Hall in early May and posted
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By Christian Edwards, Kosta Gak and Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Russia said Sunday that trains carrying more bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were due to depart toward the Ukrainian border, escalating a spat with Kyiv over a prisoner of war swap. “I can tell you that in just an hour, repatriation trains carrying the bodies
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The body of a Thai hostage, Nattapong Pinta, who was abducted alive during the October 7 attacks was recovered from southern Gaza in a military operation on Friday, according to a statement from the Israeli military and the Shin Bet security service. The announcement comes just days after Israel
Continue ReadingBy Todd Symons and Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — Russia bombarded Ukraine’s second-largest city with massive strikes in the early hours of Saturday, its mayor said, one night after Moscow carried out one of the war’s largest aerial assaults on Ukraine. Russia has conducted extensive attacks on Ukraine in recent days, in what is being
Continue ReadingBy José Álvarez, Valeria Leon, Verónica Calderón, Sol Amaya, Michael Rios and Fidel Gutierrez, CNN (CNN) — Mexican prosecutors are investigating a widely shared surveillance video of the former boss of murdered woman carrying a suspicious bundle up a flight of stairs. Lorena Jacqueline Morales, who lived in the city of León in the central
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By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A young Tibetan controversially appointed by China’s atheist Communist Party as the second-highest spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism has pledged to make the religion more Chinese. Gyaltsen Norbu was installed by Beijing as the 11th Panchen Lama in 1995 in defiance of the religion’s highest authority the
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea says it has successfully refloated a new destroyer that capsized upon launch last month, with state media reporting the damaged vessel will be moved to a dry dock in a different shipyard for repairs. “After restoring the balance of the destroyer early in June,
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By Victoria Butenko, Kosta Gak, Christian Edwards, Michael Rios and Jessie Yeung, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russia launched a barrage of drones and ballistic missiles across broad swaths of Ukraine early Friday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens of others, days after Kyiv launched a daring raid on Moscow’s fleet of strategic
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(CNN) — A sweeping new travel ban on citizens from a dozen nations was announced by the White House on Wednesday, reviving a defining effort from the first Trump administration to crack down on entries from specific countries.
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By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Maija Ehlinger, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military carried out strikes on Hezbollah “drone factories” in southern Lebanon and suburbs of Beirut on Thursday, as large plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the Lebanese capital. The Israeli attack marked its biggest escalation in Lebanon since the US-brokered a ceasefire
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Mohamed ElBaradei, former director general of the IAEA and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Personal Birth date: June 17, 1942 Birth place: Cairo, Egypt Birth name: Mohamed Mostafa ElBaradei Father: Mostafa ElBaradei, an attorney Mother: Aida (Hegazi) ElBaradei Marriage: Aida (Elkachef) ElBaradei Children:
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of musician Paul McCartney, former member of the Beatles. Personal Birth date: June 18, 1942 Birth place: Liverpool, England Birth name: James Paul McCartney Father: James McCartney, salesman and musician Mother: Mary (Mohin) McCartney, nurse and midwife Marriages: Nancy Shevell (October 9, 2011-present);
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By Ivana Kottasová and Kostya Gak, CNN (CNN) — When the chief of the local fire department was called to a scene of a Russian strike in the central Ukrainian city of Pryluky overnight, he and his brigade found five people were killed and nine injured after a drone hit a residential building. Among the
Continue ReadingBy Eugenia Yosef, Lucas Lilieholm and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The bodies of two Israeli-American hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 were recovered from southern Gaza during a military operation, according to a statement from Israeli military and the Shin Bet security agency. Judy Weinstein-Haggai, age 70, and Gadi Haggai, age 72, were
Continue ReadingStory by the Associated Press Wellington (AP) — New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke received a seven-day ban and the leaders of her political party, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, were barred for 21 days.
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — More than one in three men in Australia reported using violence with an intimate partner in a first of its kind study which shows gender-based abuse is rising, despite years of national attention on the issue. The research was part of a longitudinal study called Ten to Men by
Continue ReadingBy Sebastian Shukla, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Friedrich Merz, the newly inaugurated German chancellor, will take a seat in the Oval Office on Thursday for his first in-person meeting with US President Donald Trump. The meeting comes as a series of high-stakes international issues once again come to the fore. Trump has issued another round
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — First, these parrots learned to open trash cans to forage for food. Now, they’ve taken it a step further – and have figured out how to turn on water fountains for a sip along with their meal. These are Australia’s iconic sulphur-crested cockatoos – white birds with a yellow
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By Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Jeremy Diamond, Abeer Salman, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Mohammad Al-Sawalhi and Madalena Araújo, CNN (CNN) — A CNN investigation into a deadly incident near an aid distribution site in southern Gaza on Sunday points to the Israeli military opening fire on crowds of Palestinians as they tried to make their way to the fenced
Continue ReadingBy Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations is calling for an independent investigation after the discovery of dozens of bodies and evidence of human rights violations at militia-run detention facilities in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said Wednesday he was “shocked” by revelations of gross
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