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By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — The ringleader of an arson attack on a Ukrainian-owned business in London last year was jailed for 17 years on Friday for what prosecutors called a “sustained campaign of terrorism and sabotage” on British soil. Dylan Earl, 21, pleaded guilty to aggravated arson over the February 2024 blaze

By Matthew Chance, CNN’s Chief Global Affairs Correspondent (CNN) — Russia’s top economic envoy has arrived in the United States for “official” talks just days after President Donald Trump announced tough new sanctions on Russia, sources with knowledge of the visit have exclusively told CNN. Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian sovereign wealth fund

By Lianne Kolirin and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — As French police, government officials and top executives at the Louvre Museum continue to scratch their heads over how thieves managed to brazenly steal priceless jewelry in broad daylight, a German company is seizing the moment and grabbing its 15 minutes of fame. Böcker, the firm

CNN By David Culver, Abel Alvarado, Michael Rios, Avery Schmitz, CNN Santa Elena Province, Ecuador (CNN) — The last time Andrés Fernando Tufiño Chila’s sister heard from him was about a year ago when he told her he was heading out to fish for work, she said. Last week, she was shocked to learn that

CNN By Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Rome (CNN) — King Charles III became the first British monarch to pray publicly with a pope in 500 years during his state visit to the Vatican on Thursday, after a bruising week back home with the continued fallout over the Prince Andrew scandal. Beneath the Sistine Chapel’s

By Anna Chernova, Nathan Hodge and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s strategic nuclear forces carried out a readiness test supervised by the country’s President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, the Kremlin said. “Today, we are conducting a planned – I want to emphasize, planned – nuclear forces command and control exercise,” Putin said in a

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations’ top court issued a legal opinion Wednesday stating that Israel, as an occupying power, is obligated to work with UN agencies to facilitate humanitarian aid in Gaza, a rebuke of the blockade it imposed on the Palestinian enclave earlier this year. The International Court of Justice

By Charlotte Reck, Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — Two police officers accompanied former French President Nicolas Sarkozy during his first night in prison, staying in a neighboring cell for his security, according to the country’s interior minister. Laurent Nuñez confirmed that the former president, who is serving a five-year sentence after being found guilty of

By Billy Stockwell, Tal Shalev, Lauren Izso, and Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — The body of the oldest hostage taken by Hamas following its October 7, 2023 attacks was among two deceased hostages returned to Israel from Gaza on Tuesday. Arye Zalmanovich and Tamir Adar’s remains had been identified and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)

By Tim Lister, Kosta Gak and Victoria Butenko CNN (CNN) — As temperatures drop in Ukraine, Russia has stepped up drone attacks on power facilities supplying millions of homes across the country. There are signs that the Russian military is repeatedly hitting the same areas to aggravate the population’s suffering. The northern regions of Chernihiv

By Jessie Yeung, Hanako Montgomery, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister by the country’s parliament on Tuesday, in a landmark moment for the historically patriarchal country where both politics and workplaces are dominated by older men. Takaichi steps into the role as Japan faces mounting economic

By Billy Stockwell, Eugenia Yosef, Tal Shalev, Dana Karni, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forensics examiners have identified the remains of a deceased Israeli hostage handed over on Monday as those of Sergeant Major Tal Haimi, the prime minister’s office said. Haimi was killed in the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, while defending

By Fernando Ramos, Michael Rios, Sebastián Jiménez Valencia, CNN (CNN) — Colombians are expressing a mix of frustration and worry amid an escalating diplomatic feud between the leaders of Colombia and the United States. US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut subsidies and raise tariffs on Colombia, which he sees as largely having failed

By Christian Edwards, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring, wrote in her posthumous memoir that she was brutally beaten and raped by an unidentified prime minister and that she feared she might “die a sex slave.” “In my years with them, they

By Jack Guy, Caitlin Danaher, Pierre Meilhan, CNN (CNN) — The jewelry taken from the Louvre Museum in Paris is estimated to be worth 88 million euros ($102 million), according to a French prosecutor, as the search continues for the stolen treasures. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau told French radio station RTL the value of the

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Billy Halloran knows the woods well in Myoko, Japan; he goes there for regular walks, runs, and even raced an ultramarathon through its rugged wilderness. But two weeks ago, he was running for his life in the same woods – after being attacked by a bear. Halloran was on

CNN, MUSEE DU LOUVRE, BFMTV, CLEMENT LANOT, @GREGASPOUTINE, X, Clement Lanot/CNN, @gregaspoutine/X By Caitlin Danaher and Camille Knight, CNN Paris (CNN) — Sunday’s audacious heist saw thieves break into the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery and make off with jewelry of “inestimable” value. The suspects carried out the burglary in just seven minutes, France’s interior minister Laurent

By Ibrahim Dahman, Mitchell McCluskey, Lauren Izso, Jennifer Hansler, Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN (CNN) — The body of a twelfth hostage returned to Israel from Gaza has been identified Sunday as Thai national Sonthaya Oakkharasri, as the ceasefire that brought a pause to two years of destruction in the Palestinian enclave comes under strain. A

By Tim Lister and Svitlana Vlasova (CNN) — Russian forces are still edging forward along several parts of the long front line in Ukraine – despite yet another call from US President Donald Trump for a combat freeze along existing lines. Both sides “should stop where they are,” Trump said on social media Friday, after

By Max Foster, Mitchell McCluskey, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Andrew will relinquish the use of his royal titles including Duke of York after discussing the matter with King Charles, Andrew announced on Friday. “In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A North Korean submunition has been found in a drone that was used to attack Ukraine last month, according to a new report, providing further insight into the extent that Pyongyang is helping Russia wage war on its Eastern European neighbor. The modified submunition – a small part of

By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — The United Kingdom has seen a 35% rise in the last year in the number of suspects investigated annually for possibly working for a hostile foreign government, the head of the UK’s domestic security service, MI5, said in a speech Thursday. In the service’s annual update on threats

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — A Vatican commission for the protection of children has said the mishandling by the Catholic Church’s leaders of sexual abuse allegations involving clergy is causing “ongoing harm” to victims, in a hard-hitting report released Thursday. The report also called out parts of Italy and Africa for failing to implement

By Phillipe Vieira, CNN (CNN) — An American tourist was fatally stabbed and another wounded during an attempted robbery early Wednesday in the coastal town of Cascais, west of Lisbon, according to authorities. The incident happened near the Church of the Navigators, with emergency services receiving an alert at around 3:16 a.m., CNN Portugal reported.

By Lex Harvey, Sophia Saifi and Masoud Popalzai, CNN Islamabad (CNN) — Afghanistan and Pakistan said they had agreed a 48-hour ceasefire on Wednesday, following days of deadly clashes between the neighbors and former allies. The fighting followed strikes in the Afghan capital Kabul and the border province of Paktika last Thursday – which the

By Kara Fox and Tamar Michaelis, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — Just hours after the 20 remaining living hostages were released by Hamas and brought back to Israel on Monday, the speaker of the Israeli parliament took off his yellow ribbon pin, an emblem of solidarity and an omnipresent reminder of the nation’s commitment

By Saskya Vandoorne, CNN (CNN) — French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s government will live to see another day. After a high-stakes policy speech and the unveiling of his draft budget on Tuesday, the Socialist Party (PS) said it would not join efforts to topple the government, handing the 39-year-old premier – reappointed on Friday after

By Tim Lister, Abeer Salman, Nada Bashir, Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Israel freed almost 2,000 Palestinians from its jails on Monday as part of a Gaza ceasefire deal, prompting emotional scenes of families reunited with loved ones, some of whom had spent decades behind bars. More than 1,700 of those released were detainees who

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The last 20 living hostages held in Gaza were released on Monday, reuniting with their families in jubilant scenes as world leaders gathered in Egypt to discuss the future of Gaza and the next phases of the US-brokered ceasefire deal. For the first time in more than two years,

By Tim Lister, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Almost 900 miles from Ukraine’s borders, a fire erupted at a Russian oil refinery on Saturday. The blaze – a result of a strike by Ukrainian long-range drones, according to sources in the country’s security services – was the third at the facility in the last month