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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant seen from Nikopol

Work underway to restore power at Ukrainian nuclear plant as UN announces rare local ‘ceasefire zones’

By Caitlin Danaher, Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — The UN’s nuclear watchdog has said work is underway to restore power to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant (ZNPP) following the establishment of rare “ceasefire zones.” The plant has been without power from the electricity network for four weeks, the longest blackout since the war began. “Work has

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Pope Leo XIV speaks at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' ceremony for World Food Day in Rome

Catholic Church must do more to help sexual abuse survivors and hold church leaders to account, hard-hitting report says

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — A Vatican commission for the protection of children has said the mishandling by the Catholic Church’s leaders of sexual abuse allegations involving clergy is causing “ongoing harm” to victims, in a hard-hitting report released Thursday. The report also called out parts of Italy and Africa for failing to implement

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Opposition leader María Corina Machado during a protest against the re-election of President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas

Venezuela’s Nobel Peace Prize winner calls on Trump to stop Maduro’s ‘war’ on her country

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize last week, has called for greater US support to stop what she described as a “war” on her country by President Nicolás Maduro. In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Wednesday, Machado echoed the Trump

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin

Syria’s interim president visits Putin in Moscow for first meeting since fall of Assad regime

By Catherine Nicholls, Anna Chernova and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Syria’s interim president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, travelled to Moscow for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, the first face-to-face contact the pair have had. The meeting was especially notable considering Putin’s long-standing backing of Al-Sharaa’s predecessor, Bashar al-Assad, whose dictatorial regime was

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Armed Taliban security personnel keep guard near the closed gate of the zero point border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan at Spin Boldak district in Kandahar province on October 12.

Afghanistan and Pakistan agree ceasefire after trading their deadliest fire in years. Here’s what we know

By Lex Harvey, Sophia Saifi and Masoud Popalzai, CNN Islamabad (CNN) — Afghanistan and Pakistan said they had agreed a 48-hour ceasefire on Wednesday, following days of deadly clashes between the neighbors and former allies. The fighting followed strikes in the Afghan capital Kabul and the border province of Paktika last Thursday – which the

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