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National Guard troops stand outside the Edward Roybal Federal Building in Downtown Los Angeles

New Mexico’s governor called in the state’s National Guard to address crime issues. Here’s how they’re being used

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — In New Mexico’s most populous city, National Guard troops are listening to the police dispatch calls, monitoring traffic cameras and helping to secure crime scene perimeters, tasks not usually part of the job. The New Mexico National Guard is in Albuquerque to help counter what officials have called a

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This military junta is rebranding itself to hold elections. But a UN probe has found evidence of intensifying atrocities

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — As evidence mounts of intensifying atrocities, including the torture of children, being committed in Myanmar, the country’s military generals are rebranding their junta regime and planning stage-managed elections in a nation they only control parts of. They’ve rescinded a four-year state of emergency order, imposed during their 2021 military

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Russian President Vladimir Putin waves as he and US President Donald Trump (not pictured) conclude statements to the press after their Friday meeting in Alaska.

Putin gave his final words at Alaska summit in English, a language he speaks more of than he usually lets on

By Lauren Kent, Anna Chernova, Katharina Krebs, Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s final words at the Alaska summit were delivered with a smile, spoken in an unusual burst of English. “And next time in Moscow,” Putin said – no translation needed – in response to US President Donald Trump suggesting they

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The encounter between the two took place earlier this week at the jail where Marwan Barghouti is being held.

Video of far-right Israeli minister taunting imprisoned Palestinian leader sparks outrage

By Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s far-right security minister posted video footage of himself taunting the most high-profile Palestinian prisoner while visiting him in jail this week, in an encounter that has prompted outrage from supporters. The video is the first time that Marwan Barghouti, 66, who is serving

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