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By Helen Regan, and Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday that his country will recognize a Palestinian state in September, joining a growing list of Western allies as international condemnation and anger builds over Israel’s actions in Gaza. A formal recognition will be made at the United Nations General

By Tal Shalev, Dana Karni, Abeer Salman, Catherine Nicholls, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended his planned military takeover of Gaza City in the face of growing international condemnation and anger, with United Nations officials warning Sunday the move would lead to “another calamity” in the

By Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Dana Karni, Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — An Israeli strike in Gaza City late Sunday night killed seven people including five staff members from the news network Al Jazeera, in an attack condemned by press freedom advocates and the United Nations human rights office. The Israeli military said it

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A fire broke out on Arthur’s Seat, a landmark dormant volcano in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Sunday, according to local authorities. A “large area” of shrubbery was affected by the blaze, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said in a Sunday evening statement. No casualties were reported, it added. The

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — A senior official from the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog will fly to Iran for talks on Monday, but no visit to nuclear sites is planned, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday. Since Israel launched its first military strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites during a 12-day war in June,

By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Not for the first time, European capitals are gripped with apprehension that Russian President Vladimir Putin will surgically divide the transatlantic alliance as well as get everything he wants in Ukraine. Ahead of the suddenly announced summit in Alaska on Friday between Putin and US President Donald Trump, one

By Tal Shalev, Dana Karni, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Families of Israeli hostages kept captive in Gaza are calling for a nationwide general strike next Sunday, in protest of the Israeli security cabinet’s recent decision to expand the war and take over Gaza City. “We are shutting down the country to save the soldiers and

By Michael Rios, CNN QUITO, Ecuador (CNN) — He says he was 18 years old when he first joined a gang in Ecuador a decade ago. Now a senior commander with a wife and kids, the man almost casually acknowledges he’s contributing to the deadly drug trade plaguing the country. “Yes, I’m part of the

By Sophie Tanno, CNN London (CNN) — It’s a quiet, unassuming road that lies a stone’s throw away from some of London’s most celebrated landmarks. But residents of Cartwright Street could soon be looking out of their windows to the balconies of Chinese embassy staff, if plans to build a new “super-embassy” in the area

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Soccer superstar Mohamed Salah called out European football’s governing body on Saturday for its limited statement after Palestinian footballer Suleiman Al-Obeid was killed in Gaza. The Egyptian Liverpool forward, the highest-profile Arab player in the game, pointedly noted that the post by UEFA made no reference to the circumstances

Story by Associated Press (AP) — South Korea’s military said Saturday it detected North Korea removing some of its loudspeakers from the inter-Korean border, days after the South dismantled its own front-line speakers used for anti-North Korean propaganda broadcasts, in a bid to ease tensions. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t disclose the sites

By Caitlin Danaher, CNN London (CNN) — Police have arrested 466 people in central London on Saturday for protesting the British government’s decision to ban the pro-Palestinian activist group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws. “As of 9pm, 466 people had been arrested for showing support for Palestine Action,” the Metropolitan Police wrote on X on

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — When Bosnia’s electoral authorities stripped Milorad Dodik of his post as president of the tiny Serb-majority statelet Republika Srpska, he did his best to appear unfazed. Instead, the divisive, genocide-denying nationalist laid down his own challenge to the institutions trying to topple him. “What if I refuse?” he asked.

By Hanako Montgomery, CNN (CNN) — When Kikuyo Nakamura’s adult son discovered bumps on his back, she assumed it was just a rash. Still, she urged him to go to the hospital — better safe than sorry. Hiroshi, her second son, was born in 1948, three years after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A hunter from the United States has been killed by a buffalo he was tracking during an expedition in South Africa, organizers said this week. Asher Watkins, from Texas, was killed on Sunday “while on a hunting safari with us in South Africa’s Limpopo Province,” Coenraad Vermaak Safaris (CVS),

By Nadeen Ebrahim, Tal Shalev, Dana Karni, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s security cabinet has voted to expand the war in Gaza, marking a major escalation at a time when it is under intense domestic and international pressure to end the conflict. The cabinet approved plans to capture Gaza City, in the north of the

CNN By Kevin Liptak, Anna Chernova, Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A day after US President Donald Trump told European leaders he intended to meet soon with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, gaps have emerged in how Washington and Moscow are characterizing a potential summit. While the Kremlin claimed Thursday a meeting next week was

By Ivana Kottasová, Michael Schwartz, Sanjiv Talreja, CNN (CNN) — Families of some of the Israeli hostages still held in Gaza have sailed towards the Palestinian enclave on Thursday, in a desperate attempt to put pressure on the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as it contemplates expanding the war in Gaza. The Hostages and

By Tal Shalev, Dana Karni, Christian Edwards, Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s security cabinet has approved a plan from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to occupy Gaza City, the Prime Minister’s Office said Friday. “The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) will prepare for the takeover of Gaza City while ensuring the provision of humanitarian aid to

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A British holidaymaker has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly tried to drown his daughter-in-law in a Florida swimming pool, authorities have said. Mark Raymond Gibbon, 62, was on vacation at the Solterra Resort in Davenport, Florida, with his family when deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s