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By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Hard-right and populist leaders from across the globe have appeared in an online video endorsing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ahead of an election that polls suggest could end his long premiership. The campaign video, published by Orbán this week, shows 11 national leaders and hard-right figureheads – including

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hailed a new “strategic partnership” with China during a meeting with leader Xi Jinping Friday, as the US ally took steps to reset ties with Beijing in the face of historic friction with Donald Trump. Canada would ease tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — When Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado walked into the White House on Thursday, she came bearing the gift US President Donald Trump has long coveted: a Nobel Peace Prize. Machado, a fierce critic of Venezuela’s former strongman Nicolás Maduro, won the award last year for her campaign for

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The world passed a nuclear milestone this week. And, perhaps surprisingly given the recent run of saber-rattling from the likes of Russia and the United States, it’s a positive one. “As of today, the world has gone eight years, four months, and 11 days without a nuclear test …

By Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Two pro-Palestinian activists ended their hunger strikes Wednesday, marking the conclusion of an action believed to be among the longest in UK history. Heba Muraisi refused food for 73 days and Kamran Ahmed for 66. Muraisi, 31 and Ahmed, 28, began their hunger strike late last year, as part

By Jessie Yeung, Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — As millions of Venezuelans wait to see what will become of their economically and politically ravaged country, a battle has emerged between two female leaders for control over the nation’s future – and for the American president’s favor. On one side is opposition leader and Nobel Prize

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Several European NATO countries are deploying small numbers of military personnel to Greenland to participate in joint exercises with Denmark as US President Donald Trump ramps up his threats to forcibly annex the Arctic island. Trump’s declarations have thrown Europe’s decades-old, US-led security alliance into crisis, raising the prospect

CNN By Isobel Yeung, Adam Cancryn, Aida Karimi, Catherine Nicholls, Augusta Anthony, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump indicated Wednesday that Iran had backed away from executing a detained Iranian protester for joining anti-government demonstrations after his case drew the attention of human rights activists and the US State Department. “We were told that

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Italy’s most famous influencer, Chiara Ferragni, has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing in a 2-million-euro ($2.33 million) fraud case involving Christmas cakes, Easter eggs and children with cancer. A judge in Milan ruled Wednesday that aggravated fraud charges against Ferragni relating to her alleged promise to donate proceeds

By Isobel Yeung, Adam Cancryn, Aida Karimi, Catherine Nicholls, Augusta Anthony, CNN (CNN) — The family of detained Iranian protester Erfan Soltani have said his execution was postponed, as US President Donald Trump said he had received assurances that the “killing has stopped.” “We were told that the killing in Iran is stopping, and there’s

By Mostafa Salem, Jeremy Diamond, Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — Some personnel at the United States’ largest military base in the Middle East have been urged to leave, a US official told CNN on Wednesday, as regional nations press the Trump administration to reconsider taking military action against Iran. The US official described the directive

By Ivana Kottasová, Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine estimates that 200,000 of its soldiers are absent without official leave (AWOL), meaning they have left their positions without permission to do so, the country’s new Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov revealed on Wednesday. Speaking in the Ukrainian Parliament ahead of the vote that confirmed him as

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Polling got underway Thursday in Uganda’s presidential election, but logistical delays hampered voting in some areas while restrictions on internet access drew criticism for potentially compromising electoral transparency. Millions of Ugandans are signed up to vote in a crucial presidential rematch between a former pop star and their long-time

By Amarachi Orie, CNN London (CNN) — The Red Arrows, the United Kingdom’s famous Royal Air Force Aerobatics Team, has appointed its first ever female commander, less than three years after it was roiled by a sexual harassment scandal. Wing Commander Sasha Nash has replaced Wing Commander Adam Collins as the most senior officer in

By Kara Fox, CNN London, UK (CNN) — Heba Muraisi knows exactly what is happening to her body. “My organs are slowly but surely shutting down,” she said late Monday via phone call from HMP New Hall, a prison in northern England. The 31-year-old Londoner and pro-Palestinian activist is refusing food as part of a

By Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan officials, including acting President Delcy Rodriguez, returned to X late Tuesday in an apparent reversal of Nicolas Maduro’s 2024 decision to block the site in the country. “We will resume contact through this channel,” Rodriguez posted on her official account. “Venezuela remains standing, with strength and historical awareness.”

By Jessie Yeung, and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — In recent weeks, a morbid-sounding app has taken China by storm, tapping into widespread loneliness and youth disaffection in the world’s second most populous country. The app, named “Are You Dead” and aimed at those who live alone, has a simple premise: users must check in

By Chris Lau, Gawon Bae, Yumi Asada, CNN (CNN) — The leaders of Japan and South Korea staged a surprise drum session on their first day of talks in Japan, smashing out K-pop hits in a loud and unconventional display of diplomacy between a self-confessed metalhead and an aspiring novice. Japanese Prime Minster Sanae Takaichi

By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — As waves of protests have tested the Iranian regime’s ability to manage dissent, the country with arguably the most to gain has been waiting in the wings, reluctant to intervene even when its regional adversary is at its most vulnerable point in years. After months of publicly threatening Iran,

By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — An intense wave of Russian drone attacks has left hundreds of thousands of households in the Kyiv region without power, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday, as temperatures fall well below freezing. Kyiv mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said about 500 high-rise buildings have no heating, and