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Story by the Associated Press (AP) — Sudan’s army said Wednesday it had recaptured Khartoum’s international airport, and the military chief flew back to the capital for the first time in nearly two years of war, bringing the military closer to regaining full control of the city from the rival Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group.

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A member of the international force battling gangs in Haiti has been killed, as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio launches a tour of the Caribbean with Haiti’s security crisis high on the agenda. The Kenyan police officer was initially reported missing after suspected gang members ambushed two mine-resistant

By Ibrahim Dahman and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Belal Abu Zaid, a Palestinian from northern Gaza, took to the streets alongside hundreds of others on Tuesday to protest against Israel’s war and the Palestinian militant group Hamas – both of which he blames for bringing destruction to the enclave. Israel, he says, is primarily

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — European Union citizens should stockpile enough food and other essential supplies to sustain them for at least 72 hours in the event of a crisis, the EU Commission has said. In new guidance released Wednesday, the commission stressed the need for Europe to shift its mindset, to foster a

By Catherine Nicholls and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of troops and emergency workers are racing to find four US soldiers who went missing during a training mission near Lithuania’s border with Belarus, the US Army said Thursday, after their armored vehicle was found submerged in a body of water. The soldiers were reported

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro should stand trial on charges related to an alleged plot to overturn the 2022 election results, the country’s Supreme Court has determined. Bolsonaro was among 34 people charged last month with five crimes, including attempting a coup d’état. Part of the coup plot, prosecutors

By Anna Chernova and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — A Russian military court has handed down long prison sentences to several members of Ukraine’s Azov Regiment, which led the defense of the key city of Mariupol during the early months of the war. The defendants were convicted on Wednesday of charges including violent seizure of

By Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — Over the past two months, the United States has been talking with both Ukraine and Russia – separately – to try to fulfil one of President Donald Trump’s main campaign promises: ending the war in Ukraine. Trump repeatedly touted that he would end the war within 24 hours of

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Iran is currently mulling over US President Donald Trump’s offer for talks on a new nuclear deal. Its answer will hinge on one key factor: Whether it believes that it can come out of it undefeated. Last week, Trump sent Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a rare letter

By Joseph Ataman and Mick Krever, CNN Paris (CNN) — A generation ago, it would have been unthinkable: the leader of France’s far-right party – an organization infamously founded by Nazis – invited to speak at an Israeli antisemitism conference. But on Thursday, Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s National Rally party, will take to the

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — After five weeks of hospitalization with pneumonia, including moments where he came close to death, Pope Francis is back at home in the Vatican recovering. Now, the attention in the Vatican is on how the 88-year-old pontiff will lead the Catholic Church following what has been the worst health

By Christian Edwards and Stephanie Halasz, CNN (CNN) — US Vice President JD Vance has now said he will join his wife Usha on her highly contentious visit to Greenland later this week, a decision that added fuel to the diplomatic fire while revealing major changes to the United States’ itinerary on the Arctic island.