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By Eve Brennan and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Police are searching for a burglar who stole more than £10 million ($12.5 million) worth of bespoke jewelry in north-west London in what is thought to be one of the biggest thefts from a British home. London’s Metropolitan police said an intruder targeted a home in

By Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Trinidad and Tobago has declared a state of emergency after a spate of killings over the weekend added to what was already an exceptionally deadly year for the Caribbean nation. Under emergency powers announced Monday by the office of the Prime Minister Keith Rowley, the police will be able

By Larry Madowo and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of protesters have been arrested in Kenya during nationwide clashes between police and demonstrators, according to rights groups, as anger swells over a wave of alleged abductions of government critics. Over the weekend, Kenyan President William Ruto promised to put an end to the abductions

Associated Press HELSINKI, Finland (Associated Press) — Finnish investigators probing the damage to a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables said they found an anchor drag mark on the seabed, apparently from a Russia-linked vessel that has already been seized. The discovery heightened concerns about suspected sabotage by Russia’s “shadow fleet” of fuel

CNN By Mike Valerio, Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Muan County, South Korea (CNN) — The sounds of sobbing, prayers and anguish echoed through the departures hall of an airport in southwestern South Korea on Monday as families of the victims killed when a passenger jet crash-landed over the weekend waited for

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Iran has confirmed the arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, state news agency IRNA said, citing the Iranian Ministry of Culture. Italy’s foreign ministry said in a statement Friday that Sala was detained in Tehran. IRNA said Monday that Sala had been detained on December 19 after “violating the

CNN By Mike Valerio, Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Muan County, South Korea (CNN) — The sounds of sobbing, prayers and anguish echoed through the departures hall of an airport in southwestern South Korea on Monday as families of the victims killed when a passenger jet crash-landed over the weekend waited for

By Nadeen Ebrahim and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Northern Gaza’s last remaining major hospital is now out of service after a raid by Israeli forces severely damaged the building and emptied its wards of patients and doctors. On Friday, Israeli forces raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, putting some 75,000 Palestinians remaining

By Kara Fox and Pierre Bairin, CNN Paris (CNN) — Seventeen men convicted in the Pelicot mass rape trial have appealed the verdict, according to the prosecutor’s office in the French city of Avignon. All 51 men on trial were found guilty of rape or sexual assault when the trial concluded earlier this month. Pelicot

By Nadeen Ebrahim and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Elections may not be held in Syria for up to four years, the country’s de facto leader has said, in his first comments on an electoral timeline since his rebel group overthrew the Assad regime earlier this month. After Ahmad al-Sharaa’s comments, it remains unclear how

By Jacopo Prisco and Evan John, CNN (CNN) — One of the original stereotypes about robots is that their movements are stiff and abrupt, something that endures in the “robot dance” that first became popular in the 1980s. Robots have since evolved and now exhibit far more human-like qualities, with movements that have become softer

By Mike Valerio, Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Muan County, South Korea (CNN) — The sounds of sobbing, prayers and anguish echoed through the departures hall of an airport in southwestern South Korea on Monday as families of the victims killed when a passenger jet crash-landed over the weekend waited for their

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Former US President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100, is remembered in China for bringing an end to decades of hostility and establishing diplomatic relations with Beijing – at the expense of Taiwan. The diplomatic switch in 1979 led to profound changes in

By Abeer Salman, Tareq Al Hilou, Hira Humayun and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — A prominent Palestinian hospital director who was arrested by Israel in a raid that closed the last major functioning health facility in northern Gaza is being held at a controversial military base that doubles as a detention facility, recently released former

By Duarte Mendonca and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Three women have died after eating a Christmas cake in a suspected poisoning case in Brazil. Five members of the same family – four women and one child – fell ill and sought hospital treatment after eating the cake on Christmas eve in the city of

By Michael Rios and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — World leaders have offered their condolences following the death of former US President Jimmy Carter, who passed away Sunday at the age of 100. The 39th American president led consequential foreign policy initiatives that still endure today, including a Middle East peace deal between Israel and

By Associated Press (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent successful surgery Sunday to have his prostate removed, hospital officials said, a procedure that came as he manages multiple crises including the war in Gaza and his trial for alleged corruption. Netanyahu, who has had a series of health issues in recent years, has

CNN By Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae, James Legge and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Scores of people were killed on Sunday when a passenger jet crash-landed at an airport in southwestern South Korea, with the aircraft careening down the runway on its belly before bursting into flames. Just two of the 181

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — An Air Canada Express flight “experienced a suspected landing gear issue” after arriving at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Nova Scotia on Saturday night, though no injuries were reported, according to the airline. Flight AC2259 – which took off from St. John’s, Newfoundland – was subsequently “unable to reach

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has accused Russia of accidentally shooting down an airliner on Christmas Day in a disaster that killed 38 people, and covering up the cause. “We can clearly say today that the plane was shot down by Russia. This is a fact,” Aliyev said in a