National-World

By Michael Rios and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela is set to inaugurate a head of state on Friday – but there are still two men claiming to be the nation’s rightful president. Incumbent Nicolás Maduro is scheduled to attend a swearing-in ceremony on January 10 to begin his third term in power, despite

By Kathy Rose O’Brien, CNN (CNN) — A baby girl was born at sea on a migrant dinghy en route to Spain from Africa on Monday, according to the Spanish maritime rescue service. Rescue workers from Spain’s Canary Islands, encountered the inflatable raft, containing 60 people including 14 women and four children, off the coast

CNN By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — Lebanon’s parliament has elected the US-backed army chief to be the country’s new president, ending a years-long political stalemate and presidential vacuum. Army chief Joseph Aoun was voted president after two rounds of voting. This came after a robust efforts by Saudi Arabia and the United

By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — Lebanon’s parliament has elected the US-backed army chief to be the country’s new president, ending a years-long political stalemate and presidential vacuum. Army chief Joseph Aoun was voted president after two rounds of voting. This came after a robust efforts by Saudi Arabia and the United States

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — “If you need one word to describe Venezuela these days, it would be fearful.” That’s what one Latin American diplomat told CNN this week, reflecting on the strange atmosphere in the country. Venezuelans are bracing for yet another wave of repression as strongman leader Nicolas Maduro prepares to be

By Lauren Izso and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military has announced new media engagement rules for its members after a Brazilian court ordered an investigation into war crime allegations against a soldier visiting the country. The guidelines, announced Wednesday, require the names and faces of most of its soldiers – both active duty

By Lauren Izso and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Israel (CNN) — The Israeli military said Wednesday it had recovered the body of a hostage from a tunnel in southern Gaza. Yousef Al-Ziyadnah, 53, who was kidnapped during the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, was found dead in a tunnel in the Rafah area,

By Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Greenland’s public broadcaster has been canvassing residents’ opinions on US President-elect Donald Trump’s pitch to buy the autonomous Danish territory – and some of their responses might raise some eyebrows. While some of those questioned described Trump’s interest as “dangerous” and “worrying,” others suggested they might “have more trust

By Caroline Baum and Sérène Nourrisson, CNN (CNN) — At least 10 Jewish homes and businesses around Paris and a synagogue in the northern French city of Rouen have been defaced, according to police, with antisemitism being considered as a motive. The acts of vandalism came as France marked 10 years since the Paris terrorist

By Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military, in an effort to defend its devastating assaults on Gaza’s hospitals, this week released an edited interrogation video that it said bolstered its case that Hamas uses medical facilities as cover for military activity. In the footage, a man who is said to be a staff