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By Dana Karni, Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military says “professional failures” led to the killing of 15 paramedics and first responders in an incident in Gaza in March, according to an investigation released Sunday. The group – most of whom worked for the Palestine Red Crescent Society

CNN By Christopher Lamb, CNN The Vatican (CNN) — Pope Francis gave the traditional Easter blessing on Sunday, appearing from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in front of delighted crowds after a brief meeting with Vice President JD Vance in what marks his highest-profile appearance yet since being discharged from hospital. The 88-year-old pontiff

By Christopher Lamb, CNN The Vatican (CNN) — Pope Francis gave the traditional Easter blessing on Sunday, appearing from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in front of delighted crowds after a brief meeting with Vice President JD Vance in what marks his highest-profile appearance yet since being discharged from hospital. The 88-year-old pontiff has

By Victoria Butenko, Helen Regan, Kosta Gak, Sophie Tanno and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine accused Russia of breaching the Easter truce that was announced without prior warning by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Putin of only being interested in PR. In a surprise move on Saturday,

CNN By Victoria Butenko, Helen Regan, Kosta Gak, Sophie Tanno and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine accused Russia of breaching the Easter truce that was announced without prior warning by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Putin of only being interested in PR. In a surprise move on

By Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Canada is heading into federal elections, where Prime Minister Mark Carney is vying for a chance to continue leading the country, as tensions grow with its closest neighbor. The former central banker’s main competition in the April 28 vote is Pierre Poilievre, Canada’s Conservative party leader whose political capital

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong’s oldest and largest pro-democracy political party is moving to disband as Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on the city leaves even moderate opposition groups with no room to operate. The Democratic Party, one of the leading voices of opposition in the semi-autonomous city for the past three

By Dana Karni and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue the war in Gaza in the face of growing opposition to Israel’s ongoing military campaign. In a pre-recorded video Saturday night, Netanyahu said Israel has “no choice” but to keep fighting “for our very own existence until victory.”

By Kosta Gak, Catherine Nicholls, Victoria Butenko and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a brief Easter ceasefire in his war with Ukraine, a declaration met with skepticism in Kyiv as the war enters a crucial phase and US-led negotiations stall. Putin said “all hostilities” would halt between 6 p.m. Moscow

By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — US Vice President JD Vance met senior Vatican officials on Saturday for talks that follow sharp criticism by Pope Francis of the Trump administration’s immigration policy. The Vatican said that during the meeting an “exchange of opinions” took place concerning migrants, refugees, and prisoners. The vice president, a

By Kylie Atwood and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is ready to recognize Russian control of Crimea as part of the US proposal to drive an end to the war with Ukraine, an official familiar with the framework told CNN on Friday. Crimea, southern Ukraine, has been under Russian occupation since it

By Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has ruled that a woman is defined by “biological sex” under the country’s equality law – excluding transgender women – in a case that is expected to impact accommodations for trans women in bathrooms, hospital wards, sports clubs and more. The court ruling

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — If the idea of robots taking on humans in a road race conjures dystopian images of android athletic supremacy, then fear not, for now at least. More than 20 two-legged robots competed in the world’s first humanoid half-marathon in China on Saturday, and – though technologically impressive

By Abeer Salman and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Fatima Hassouna, a war documentarian who had covered the conflict in Gaza on the ground for 18 months and the subject of a new documentary to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival next month, was killed along with seven members of her family in an

By Fernando Ramos and Sanika Tank, CNN (CNN) — Colombia’s health ministry declared a nationwide health emergency on Thursday due to the “active circulation” of yellow fever. Since September 2024, there have been 75 recorded cases of yellow fever and 34 deaths from the illness, according to the Colombian Health Ministry. Nine of the country’s

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Despite being dead for more than 300 years, this Indian ruler is still making waves in the nation’s politics. Aurangzeb Alamgir has become so central to India’s fraught political moment, his memory is leading to sectarian violence across the country. The sixth emperor of the famed Mughal dynasty, he

By Mariya Knight and Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — A St Petersburg court has sentenced a 19-year-old woman to nearly three years in a penal colony after she was accused of repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian army, including by gluing a quotation on a statue of a Ukrainian poet. Darya Kozyreva was sentenced to two years

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — A second round of nuclear talks between the United States and Iran concluded on Saturday, with both sides indicating progress. Delegations from both countries met in Rome for negotiations following an initial round in Oman last weekend. The Gulf Arab nation has mediated both rounds of the indirect talks,

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — UK police have seized a 4-foot-long caiman – a carnivorous reptile native to Central and South America – during a drugs raid in Essex, the force said on Friday. Officers found the animal at a property in Aveley, a small town in Essex on the outskirts of Greater London.

By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — Holy Week and Easter marks the high point of the Christian calendar. It is an intense period of prayer and reflection and a time when the pope would be expected to be front and center of celebrations, presiding at several long public liturgies as Catholics mark the suffering,