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By Manveena Suri, Chris Lau, Robert Shackelford and Edward Szekeres, CNN (CNN) — At least five people have died as Storm Bert swept across the United Kingdom, causing power outages and widespread train and flight cancelations. Dramatic footage that emerged over the weekend showed rivers in Wales, one of the hardest hit areas, bursting their

Helen Regan, Edward Szekeres, Sandi Sidhu, Manveena Suri and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — One crew member was killed after a cargo plane crashed early Monday on the outskirts of Vilnius Airport in Lithuania, skidded into a house and burst into flames. Remarkably, three others on board the flight, including the pilot, survived the crash,

By Kathleen Magramo, photo curation by Noemi Cassanelli, CNN (CNN) — A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families homeless as flames billowed for nearly eight hours. Drone footage from the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office showed raging orange flames razing

By Nic Robertson, Hira Humayun and Michael Rios, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A ceasefire deal between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is “very close,” a regional source told CNN on Sunday, even as an uptick in Israeli attacks saw the death toll in Lebanon since mid-September pass a grim milestone. More than 3,000

By Mike Schwartz and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Israel says it is investigating after Hamas released photos purportedly showing the body of a female hostage in Gaza. Speaking during his weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at this point Israel could not verify the images. “We are in contact with

By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — A man was killed and three other people were injured after a hand grenade accidentally exploded at a house party in Croatia Saturday, authorities said. The 25-year-old died after another man, also aged 25, handed him the Yugoslavia-era weapon during the party in the city of Knin, police said.

By Billy Stockwell and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Russia has removed a senior commander from his post for making false claims about the progress of the war in parts of eastern Ukraine, according to military bloggers and Russian media. Colonel General Gennady Anashkin, the commander of the South Forces Group, was dismissed after providing

By Rob Picheta and Natasha Bertrand, CNN London (CNN) — Unidentified drones have been spotted flying over three bases used by the United States Air Force in Britain, the two countries have confirmed. The objects were seen between Wednesday and Saturday flying over the Royal Air Force’s Lakenheath, Mildenhall and Feltwell bases, all used by

By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Armed and hooded members of the Venezuelan security forces have surrounded Argentina’s embassy in Caracas, according to leaders of the country’s opposition. Six members of the opposition are currently taking refuge in the embassy, having fled there to escape a crackdown by Venezuelan authorities in the run-up to July’s

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Kirra Pendergast talks to thousands of teenagers each year in her role as a cyber safety educator. She knows what they get up to online – the texting, the bullying, the sextortion, the threats – but nothing prepared her for the hostility she faced this month in

By Tamar Michaelis, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Sophie Tanno and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Three people have been arrested in connection with the death in the UAE of an Israeli rabbi who, according to Israel, was killed in an “antisemitic act of terror.” Zvi Kogan, who also holds Moldovan citizenship and is a representative of Chabad,

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — The discovery of a severed horse head, and a cow quartered with its bloodied dead calf on top, have rattled a Sicilian town, with authorities treating the incident as a mafia threat. The dead animals were discovered on the property of a building contractor in the town of

By Katharina Krebs, Darya Tarasova and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will continue to test and start mass-producing the hypersonic ballistic missile that it fired at Ukraine Thursday. The experimental strike Thursday marked a decisive moment in Moscow’s war and capped off a dramatic week that has transformed

By Charbel Mallo, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Catherine Nicholls (CNN) — Dozens of people have been killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon this weekend, including 29 who died after an attack flattened a multi-story residential building in central Beirut, according to Lebanese officials. In the densely populated Basta area of the Lebanese capital, rescue workers were

By Chris Lau and Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — A kayaker’s leg was amputated during a dramatic, hours-long rescue operation to free him from between rocks on a river in Australia on Saturday, local police said. The man, a foreign tourist in his 60s, was airlifted to a hospital in Tasmania’s state capital Hobart where

By Abel Alvarado, CNN, and Osmary Hernandez and Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español (CNN) — Venezuelan authorities are investigating opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for alleged treason after she expressed support for a US bipartisan bill that seeks to block Washington from doing business with any entity that has commercial ties with the government of

By Esha Mitra, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — A knife attack on a doctor in India has renewed an impassioned debate about whether enough is being done to protect medical staff in the world’s most populous nation’s often crowded and overstretched hospital wards. Last week, thousands of doctors went on strike, shutting down private hospitals

By Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN (CNN) — Human error led to the death of a young gorilla in Alberta, Canada, according to officials at the Calgary Zoo. Eyare, a 2-year-old western lowland gorilla, died last week after being struck in the head by a hydraulic door a staff member accidentally activated, the zoo said in

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — A decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials was met with anger and annoyance at Jerusalem’s bustling Mahane Yehuda Market. But the most palpable sentiment was one of unity. “I think it’s terrible. What about Putin? What about the real evil people?” Sarita

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — The 27-year-old son of Norway’s crown princess has been accused of a second rape just days after he was arrested on suspicion of the same offense. Following a detention hearing at Oslo District Court on Wednesday for the first alleged offense, police prosecutor Andreas Kruszewski said Oslo Police District