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By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process of picking a new pontiff. It is a procedure steeped in tradition, but one which has been subtly updated for the modern world. Cardinals from around the

B Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Ivana Kottasová Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican announced. The pope passed away the morning after the holiest day in the Christian year, when the

By Michael Rios and José Álvarez, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has demanded El Salvador release hundreds of Venezuelans who were deported from the United States, who he described as being “kidnapped,” after his Salvadoran counterpart earlier proposed a prisoner swap. Speaking on a television broadcast on Monday, Maduro demanded that Salvadoran President

By Dana Karni, Abeer Salman and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military says “professional failures” led to the killing of 15 paramedics and first responders in an incident in Gaza in March, according to an investigation released Sunday. The group – most of whom worked for the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) –

CNN By Christopher Lamb, CNN The Vatican (CNN) — Pope Francis gave the traditional Easter blessing on Sunday, appearing from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in front of delighted crowds after a brief meeting with Vice President JD Vance in what marks his highest-profile appearance yet since being discharged from hospital. The 88-year-old pontiff

By Victoria Butenko, Helen Regan, Kosta Gak, Sophie Tanno and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine accused Russia of breaching the Easter truce that was announced without prior warning by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Putin of only being interested in PR. In a surprise move on Saturday,

CNN By Victoria Butenko, Helen Regan, Kosta Gak, Sophie Tanno and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine accused Russia of breaching the Easter truce that was announced without prior warning by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Putin of only being interested in PR. In a surprise move on

By Dana Karni and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue the war in Gaza in the face of growing opposition to Israel’s ongoing military campaign. In a pre-recorded video Saturday night, Netanyahu said Israel has “no choice” but to keep fighting “for our very own existence until victory.”

By Kosta Gak, Catherine Nicholls, Victoria Butenko and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a brief Easter ceasefire in his war with Ukraine, a declaration met with skepticism in Kyiv as the war enters a crucial phase and US-led negotiations stall. Putin said “all hostilities” would halt between 6 p.m. Moscow

By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — Holy Week and Easter marks the high point of the Christian calendar. It is an intense period of prayer and reflection and a time when the pope would be expected to be front and center of celebrations, presiding at several long public liturgies as Catholics mark the suffering,

By Abeer Salman and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Fatima Hassouna, a war documentarian who had covered the conflict in Gaza on the ground for 18 months and the subject of a new documentary to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival next month, was killed along with seven members of her family in an

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — A second round of nuclear talks between the United States and Iran concluded on Saturday, with both sides indicating progress. Delegations from both countries met in Rome on Saturday for negotiations following an initial round in Oman last weekend. The Gulf Arab nation has mediated both rounds of the

By Gul Tuysuz, CNN Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) — Turkey started hastily organized mass trials on Friday to prosecute some of the hundreds of people who took part in the widespread demonstrations over the jailing of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the major rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Some 189 people, including journalists, students and activists,

CNN By Alex Stambaugh, Max Saltman, Victoria Butenko, Ross Adkin, Sophie Tanno and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The United States could end its efforts on ending the Ukrainian conflict within “days” if there are no signs of progress, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Friday. “If it is not possible to end the

By Alex Stambaugh, Max Saltman, Victoria Butenko, Ross Adkin and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The United States could end its efforts on ending the Ukrainian conflict within “days” if there are no signs of progress, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Friday. “If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine,

By Kareem El Damanhoury and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — The death toll from US airstrikes on an oil port in western Yemen has risen to at least 74 people, the Houthi-run health ministry reported, marking the deadliest day since the United States escalated its aerial campaign against the Iran-backed group last month. US Central