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By Mariya Knight, Max Saltman, Sophie Tanno and Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — A Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian president’s home city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday killed at least 19 people, including nine children, one of the deadliest strikes this year in a conflict that shows no sign of a swift end despite

By Eve Brennan, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Andrew’s links to an alleged Chinese spy were detailed in documents released Friday by British courts, which included a statement from a former close aide to the prince about the duke’s line of communication to China’s president Xi Jinping. The 10-page statement from Dominique Hampshire in May

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A British woman was found guilty Friday of breaching a buffer zone outside a UK abortion clinic, in a case that attracted concern from the Trump administration over “freedom of expression” in the country. Livia Tossici-Bolt, 64, from Bournemouth, a town on the southern English coast, was convicted of

By Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae, Mike Valerio and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea’s highest court has removed embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol from office, ending months of uncertainty and legal wrangling after he briefly declared martial law in December and plunged the nation into political turmoil. The court’s decision on

By Verónica Calderón and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Mexico’s economic minister Marcelo Ebrard praised the “preferential treatment” received by Mexico after US President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new global tariffs. On Wednesday, Trump detailed new tariffs on many countries including a minimum 10% “baseline” tariff on imports. Neighboring Mexico and Canada, though still subject

By Lauren Izso, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Ibrahim Dahman and Pauline Lockwood, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military has intensified strikes on parts of Gaza after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged that the country’s forces would be “switching gears” in the territory, dividing and seizing more parts of the strip. Israel says it will escalate its campaign

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Two survivors have been pulled from under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Myanmar, more than five days after the country was struck by a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake. The miraculous rescues of the two men offer rare moments of hope in the Southeast Asian country, where the ruling

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Hungary will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), its government said Wednesday, as the country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban welcomed Israeli Prime Minister and ICC fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu to Budapest. Speaking alongside Netanyahu in Budapest, Orban said his government decided to leave the court because it has become

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has commuted the death sentences of three Americans convicted of attempting a coup to life imprisonment, days before US government officials are due to visit the central African country. The Americans, Marcel Malanga, Tyler Thompson Jr., and Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun

By Ibrahim Dahman and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — A 22-year-old Palestinian man was tortured and killed by Hamas militants after he criticized the group publicly and participated in rare anti-Hamas protests in Gaza, his family said. Uday Rabie was taken last week by dozens of armed fighters with Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades,

CNN By Ibrahim Dahman and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — A 22-year-old Palestinian man was tortured and killed by Hamas militants after he criticized the group publicly and participated in rare anti-Hamas protests in Gaza, his family said. Uday Rabie was taken last week by dozens of armed fighters with Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam

By Djenane Villanueva and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Óscar Arias says he has had his visa to enter the United States revoked. Arias, 84, said he doesn’t know why his visa was canceled but accepts that the US has the right to make such a

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — A serial rapist who was convicted of raping 10 women in the United Kingdom and China last month also attacked dozens more victims before he was arrested, police said on Wednesday. London’s Metropolitan Police Service said that 23 women came forward with new accusations against Zhenhao Zou following an

By Eve Brennan, and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Myanmar’s ruling military government has announced a temporary ceasefire in operations against armed opposition groups to aid recovery efforts following Friday’s devastating earthquake that killed more than 3,000 people. “For paying sympathy to the victims of the earthquake across the country, for providing the effective rescue

By Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — One of the largest rounds of conscription to Russia’s military for several years is underway, as President Vladimir Putin pushes ahead with an expansion of the country’s military at a crucial moment in the war in Ukraine. Putin signed a decree authorizing the latest phase of

By Kareem Khadder, Mohammad al-Sawlhi and Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — All bakeries in Gaza have closed due to a severe lack of fuel and flour caused by Israel’s near month-long blockade of humanitarian aid, according to local authorities. “The occupation has forced all bakeries to shut down entirely, exacerbating the famine crisis that threatens

By Eugenia Yosef, Kareem Khadder and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Wednesday a major expansion of the military’s operation in Gaza involving the seizure of large areas of land that would be “incorporated into Israel’s security zones.” In the statement, Katz said the operation would also involve a “large-scale

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