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By Sophia Saifi and David Shortell, CNN Islamabad (CNN) — Independent candidates affiliated with jailed Pakistani political leader Imran Khan’s party won the most National Assembly seats in Pakistan’s general election, delivering a surprise victory in a vote marred by a slow count and rigging allegations. According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, independent candidates

By Amir Tal, Mick Krever, Abeer Salman, Eve Brennan and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directed the country’s military to plan for the “evacuation of the population” from Rafah, his office said in a statement on Friday, ahead of an anticipated ground assault on the southern Gaza city. More

By Rob Picheta, Caitlin Danaher and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Harry will receive a “substantial” payout after settling the remaining parts of his phone-hacking case against the publisher Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), his lawyer told the High Court in London Friday, according to the UK’s PA Media news agency. Lawyer David Sherborne

By Ivana Kottasová and Adi Koplewitz CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — The deadly Hamas attacks of October 7 united a shocked, grieving Israel behind its leaders, burying at a stroke the divisions that had riven the country for years. Four months into the war and with hopes for a new deal to return Israeli hostages from

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Travel across China ramped up in recent days as millions boarded trains and planes and braved heavily trafficked roads in what officials have estimated will be a record 9 billion trips surrounding the Lunar New Year on Saturday. Train stations, airports and highways were packed with travelers carting

By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Australian police are combing a large swathe of bushland in the state of Victoria for a woman who has been missing without a trace since going for a run six days ago. Samantha Murphy left her Ballarat home for a run in the Woowookarung Regional Park at 7am on

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A young girl was pulled from a deadly landslide in a “miraculous rescue” Friday, authorities in the southern Philippines said, as rescue efforts hampered by poor conditions resumed for more than 110 others who have been missing for days. At least 27 people have been killed and 35 injured,

By Sebastian Shukla, CNN Freienthal (CNN) — A village in Brandeburg, north-eastern Germany, made up of a crossroad and 80 residents, became a microcosm of the country last week. As darkness pressed in on Freienthal, protesters whistled and brandished soccer-style red cards at cars heading toward the local village hall. Outside the hall, people grabbed

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping heralded a new year of growing coordination with Russia during a call with counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday that comes as the two countries continue to cement their partnership amid frictions with the West. Xi told Putin the two sides should “strengthen strategic

By Sahar Akbarzai and Jeremy Dupin, CNN (CNN) — Elections in Haiti will take place when the security situation improves, Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry said in a national address on Wednesday evening. Anti-government protesters angered by the gang violence sweeping the country and deepening levels of poverty have been calling on Henry to step

By Nathan Hodge, Katharina Krebs and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested “an agreement can be reached” with the United States to release detained American journalist Evan Gershkovich, as he brought up the conviction of a “patriotic” Russian hitman in Germany. The comments came during a lengthy and at times

By Yulia Kesaieva, Olga Voitovych and Zahid Mahmood, CNN (CNN) — Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war on Thursday. One hundred Russian service members were exchanged for 100 members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) following negotiations that were mediated by the United Arab Emirates, the Russian Ministry of Defence said in