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Iranian spies tasked Israeli citizen with delivering severed animal head, Shin Bet says

By Pauline Lockwood, Benjamin Brown, Mike Schwartz and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — An Israeli citizen has been charged with colluding with Iranian spies, Israel’s domestic intelligence agency and police announced in a joint statement Tuesday. Twenty-one-year-old Elimelech Stern is suspected of completing “missions” given to him by a social media user with the

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Trump ready to be ‘peace broker’ on Ukraine, Orban tells skeptical European leaders

By Niamh Kennedy and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has told European leaders that Donald Trump is “ready to act as a peace broker” between Russia and Ukraine if elected president, amid concerns across the continent that Trump would attempt to force Kyiv into ceding territory to Moscow. Orban’s letter, addressed to

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Gazans endure deadly weekend of Israeli strikes as UN chief laments ‘incomprehensible and inexcusable’ destruction

By Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Palestinians in Gaza are reeling from a series of devastating Israeli attacks that have renewed focus on the high number of civilian casualties and widespread destruction caused by what Israel claims are targeted strikes against Hamas. Multiple United Nations officials have described harrowing scenes in the crowded strip

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North Korean fashion, drums, and jubilation: Here’s how South Koreans celebrated the first-ever Defectors’ Day

By Jessie Yeung, Mike Valerio and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — In the shadow of what looks like Seoul’s colossal chrome space station, Dongdaemun Design Plaza, hundreds of defectors from North Korea gathered for lively celebrations on Sunday marking the first nationwide North Korean Defectors’ Day. The inaugural event, declared by the

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Soldier in France’s anti-terrorism force stabbed in Paris ahead of Olympics opening ceremony next week

By Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — A French soldier deployed in the country’s anti-terrorism force was stabbed at a train station in central Paris on Monday evening, French government officials said, a little more than a week before the Paris 2024 Olympics’ opening ceremony is due to take place. “A soldier with Operation Sentinelle

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