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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Former US President Barack Obama said he’s seen no evidence that aliens have made contact with Earth, clarifying his position on extraterrestrials after comments he made in a podcast went viral. Obama found himself in the spotlight over the weekend after he appeared to confirm the existence of aliens

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have been swept into the maelstrom that has engulfed their parents, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, forcing them to grapple with renewed scrutiny swirling around the British monarchy. The sisters, now 37 and 35 respectively, are named hundreds of times in the latest tranche

By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — Five years ago, Logan Paul set a world record when he purchased a Pokémon card for $5.275 million. It proved a sound investment – the influencer and wrestler sold that card for a jaw-dropping $16.492 million, with a diamond encrusted necklace thrown in. The rare Pikachu Illustrator card ––

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Defense chiefs from two major US allies have issued a rare public plea for people across Europe to support big boosts in defense spending to deter a possible war with an increasingly westward-looking Russia. The highest-ranking officials from Germany and the United Kingdom warned that European nations “must now

By Alessandra Freitas, CNN In the weeks following the US military capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the world’s attention turned to who was best placed to run a country that had spent 13 years under his authoritarian regime. Since Maduro’s unceremonious ouster at the hands of US special forces on January 3, the right

By Tal Shalev, Tim Lister, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — The Israeli government has advanced the registration of territory in the occupied West Bank as state land in a move that Palestinians have decried as “de facto annexation.” For the first time since Israel occupied the territory in 1967, the government will create a mechanism

By Sophie Tanno and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — A former Ukrainian energy minister has been detained in connection with a major corruption scandal while trying to leave the country, authorities said on Sunday. Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau (NABU) said its detectives “detained the former minister of energy as part of the Midas case,” referencing a

By Zeena Saifi, Jeremy Diamond, CNN Sakhnin, Israel (CNN) — A mother shot dead outside a supermarket. A man killed after leaving a mosque. A doctor gunned down while treating patients. These shocking cases are no longer anomalies: they are the toll of a violent crime epidemic sweeping across Israel. The victims are all Palestinian

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — The deadly mass shooting at a school in British Columbia came as Canadian authorities face significant obstacles in rolling out a nationwide firearms buyback that is mired in practical and logistical complications. Canada already has far stronger gun laws than the United States, and mass shootings are extremely rare.

By Catherine Nicholls and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian opposition figure and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who died two years ago, was killed while in prison by a lethal toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America, five European countries have said in a statement Saturday. Analyses of samples taken from Navalny’s

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser to US President Donald Trump, discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take down” the pontiff, according to newly released files from the US Department of Justice. Messages sent between the

By Sebastian Shukla, Lauren Kent, Laura Sharman, CNN Munich, Germany (CNN) — European leaders focused on the end of the US-led international order on Friday at a combative Munich Security Conference – one of the few points of agreement between Washington and its NATO allies. German leader Friedrich Merz said the post-1945 settlement “no longer

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Tumbler Ridge is the type of town where everyone knows everyone. And as the tiny mountain community reels from one of Canada’s worst school shootings in decades, it is the type of place where “everybody’s going to be grieving,” as its mayor Darryl Krakowka said. At least eight people

By Kara Fox, CNN London (CNN) — The UK High Court on Friday ruled that the government’s decision to ban activist group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization last summer was unlawful, marking a major victory for civil liberties campaigners. The court found that then-Home Secretary Yvette Cooper’s decision to proscribe the group was disproportionate,

By Laura Sharman, Billy Stockwell, James Frater, CNN (CNN) — Norway’s former Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland has been charged with “aggravated corruption” after a police probe into his alleged ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to the law firm representing him. Elden Law Firm confirmed to CNN on Thursday that Jagland is

By Jessie Yeung, Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A young teenage girl shrouded in mystery and intrigue could very well be the next leader of the isolated hermit nation North Korea. Some experts believe leader Kim Jong Un is grooming his daughter to be his successor as he brings her along on

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Anzoátegui State, Venezuela (CNN) — It’s a scenario that seemed impossible just 40 days ago: A high-ranking US official walking side by side with Venezuela’s leader to discuss investments in the country. Yet that was the scene Thursday when US Energy Secretary Chris Wright toured oil producing facilities in the South

By Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — Switzerland is to hold a landmark vote on a right-wing party’s proposal to restrict the nation’s population to 10 million, amid divisions over immigration. The proposal, put forward by the country’s largest political grouping the Swiss People’s Party (SVP), would require the government to act before the population –

By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Only one image was released from Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting Wednesday: a handshake in the Oval Office, distributed by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office. Beyond that single frame, there were no reporters, no statements, no spontaneous gaggle with shouted questions. The discretion added intrigue to what was