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By Helen Regan, Ivan Watson, Rebecca Wright and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul (CNN) — A South Korean politician who grappled with an armed soldier in a show of defiance outside the country’s National Assembly on Tuesday night said she felt like the “last line” of defense in preventing security forces from entering parliament. One of

CNN By Helen Regan, Ivan Watson, Rebecca Wright and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul (CNN) — A South Korean politician who grappled with an armed soldier in a show of defiance outside the country’s National Assembly on Tuesday night said she felt like the “last line” of defense in preventing security forces from entering parliament. One

By Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Mick Krever and Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces dressed in civilian clothes raided a hospital in the northern occupied West Bank on Wednesday night and detained an alleged Palestinian militant who had days earlier been injured in an Israeli airstrike that killed two Hamas members. “Around 20 undercover

By Mostafa Salem and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Syrian rebels have driven government forces from Hama, a major city that the country’s regime had held over more than a decade of civil war, further weakening President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on the nation. The Syrian military said on Thursday that it had to withdraw from

By Ivan Watson, Rebecca Wright, Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The leader of South Korea’s main opposition party thought the president’s late night martial law announcement was a deepfake when he first saw it, he told CNN on Thursday as his party now seeks to impeach the country’s leader.

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — A Syrian photographer working for the German press agency DPA has been killed in an airstrike in the Hama countryside, where the government forces of Bashar al-Assad are involved in fierce fighting with an advancing rebel opposition group. DPA, or Deutsche Presse-Agentur, said its photographer Anas Alkharboutli was killed

By Yoonjung Seo, CNN (CNN) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has accepted the resignation of his Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun amid growing criticism over the leader’s short-lived declaration of martial law. The defense ministry said South Korea’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia Choi Byung-hyuk has been nominated as the new minister. Kim had submitted

By Nada Bashir, CNN (CNN) — Amnesty International on Wednesday said that it had gathered “sufficient evidence to believe” that Israel’s conduct during the war in Gaza amounts to genocide against the Palestinian people – a charge the Israeli government has vehemently denied. The 296-page report details evidence gathered over nine months, outlining numerous instances

By Mick Krever, Jeremy Diamond, Eugenia Yosef and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military on Wednesday said that a February strike on Khan Younis in southern Gaza may have led Hamas militants to execute six hostages. The bodies of those six male hostages were recovered in late August. Two days later, the Israel

CNN By Rob Picheta, Joseph Atama, Sophie Tanno and Pierre Bairin, CNN Paris (CNN) — French Prime Minister Michel Barnier submitted his resignation Thursday after losing a vote of no confidence, that triggered the collapse of the government and deepened the country’s political turmoil. Barnier formally handed in his resignation to President Emanuel Macron, who

By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Mexican authorities have announced what they say is the largest fentanyl bust in the country’s history, with over a ton of the synthetic opioid seized in two raids in the cartel-ridden northern state of Sinaloa. “It is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills that has ever been made,” Mexican

CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea is reeling after a whiplash six hours during which the country’s embattled president declared martial law but was forced to lift it amid widespread condemnation, throwing the country’s political landscape into chaos and uncertainty. The saga began unfolding Tuesday night as most South

By Helen Regan and Eunseo Jeong, CNN Seoul (CNN) — Candle-lit vigils and rallies were held across South Korea on Wednesday, a nation outraged and frustrated by the president’s surprise declaration of martial law the night before called for his resignation. Outside the National Assembly Hall in the capital Seoul, hundreds of people gathered on

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A leader of one of Georgia’s opposition parties has been detained by police after he was beaten unconscious by officers in the capital Tbilisi, his party said Wednesday, in the wake of fierce protests in the former Soviet republic. The Coalition for Change party – which comprises four opposition

By CNN staff (CNN) — Iran’s parliament has enacted a harsh new modesty law, significantly tightening existing dress restrictions that have already fueled nationwide protests and posed a serious challenge to regime stability. Two years after protests against Iran’s strict dress codes rocked the nation, a new “chastity and hijab” law was passed on Sunday

By Sana Noor Haq and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Mahmoud Almadhoun, 33, walked towards Kamal Adwan Hospital early Saturday to drop off produce to hundreds of patients in the besieged Beit Lahiya neighborhood, in northern Gaza. But moments later, an Israeli drone struck and killed Mahmoud, according to two relatives – months after he

By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Havana, Cuba (CNN) — Cuba’s energy grid has collapsed, leaving millions without power, the latest in a series of failures on an island struggling from creaking infrastructure, natural disasters and economic turmoil. The state-run utility company, the Cuban Electric Union, said workers were attempting to get the grid back online but

CNN By Frederik Pleitgen and Edward Szekeres, CNN Moscow (CNN) — Russia will resort to “even stronger military means” in its war with Ukraine if the US and its allies fail to recognize it cannot be tested indefinitely, Moscow’s deputy foreign minister told CNN’s Fred Pleitgen in an exclusive interview on Wednesday. “Risks are high

By Rob Picheta, Joseph Ataman, Sophie Tanno and Pierre Bairin, CNN Paris (CNN) — French Prime Minister Michel Barnier submitted his resignation Thursday, after losing a vote of no confidence that triggered the collapse of the government and deepened the country’s political turmoil. Barnier formally handed in his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, who accepted

By Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — Iranian authorities have allowed Narges Mohammadi, the country’s most prominent human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner, to leave prison for 21 days to recover from surgery for suspected cancer, a decision her family has criticized as “too little, too late.” An Iranian prosecutor on Tuesday suspended