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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The fate of a possible successor to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is unclear following an Israeli airstrike on Beirut. Hezbollah has lost contact with Hashem Safieddine since the strike, a Lebanese security source told CNN on Saturday. An Israeli official previously told CNN that the cleric was the target

By Yoonjung Seo and Lex Harvey, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons to destroy South Korea if attacked, state media reported Friday, after South Korea’s president warned that if the North used nuclear weapons it would “face the end of its regime.” The fiery

By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Mexican soldiers opened fire at a pickup truck carrying migrants, killing six people from Egypt, El Salvador, and Peru, in an incident that the country’s President Claudia Sheinbaum described as a “regrettable.” The tragic event occured on Tuesday evening when soldiers spotted a vehicle carrying 33 migrants “going at

By Tamara Qiblawi, Jomana Karadsheh, Mohammad Tawfeeq and Charbel Mallo, CNN Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — When Israel struck the center of Beirut in the early hours of Thursday, it seemed to wipe out what little sense of safety remained in the Lebanese capital. For nearly a week, Israel has been bombarding Hezbollah-dominated residential neighborhoods in

By Pauline Lockwood and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had agreed to a 21-day ceasefire just days before he was assassinated by Israel. The temporary ceasefire was called for by US President Joe Biden, his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and other

By Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul (CNN) — A North Korean defector who escaped to the South more than a decade ago was detained after attempting to cross back into North Korea on a stolen bus, police said. The man drove about 800 meters on the Tongil Bridge, the last border checkpoint where civilians can go

By Chris Lau and Eric Cheung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Two people have died after a typhoon slammed into southwestern Taiwan, deluging the major port city of Kaohsiung with heavy rain and forcing the island to shut down for a second day. With winds of up to 135 kilometers per hour (85 miles per hour),

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — International concern is growing over the arrest of a prominent Cambodian journalist who helped expose human trafficking fueling online scam centers, with several governments and rights groups calling for his immediate release. Mech Dara was arrested Monday by Cambodian police and charged with incitement “to provoke serious social chaos”

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s Coast Guard claimed it entered waters of the Arctic Ocean for the first time as part of a joint patrol with Russia – in the latest sign of enhanced coordination between the two in a region where Beijing has long wished to expand its footprint. The

By Tamar Michaelis, Zahid Mahmood and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli military reservist who survived the Nova festival massacre has been hailed as a “hero” by the country’s security minister, for confronting two gunmen behind Tuesday’s shooting and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv. Seven people were killed and 16 wounded in the attack

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The Middle East is edging ever closer toward a full-blown regional war as Israel vowed to respond to Iran’s huge barrage of ballistic missiles fired at the country on Tuesday night, capping a day of dramatic military escalation in the region. “Iran made a big mistake tonight – and it will

By Clare Sebastian, CNN (CNN) — Russia has captured the key eastern Ukrainian town of Vuhledar, ending months of resistance and underscoring the scale of Kyiv’s challenge as it heads into its third wartime winter. Footage verified by CNN showed troops waving the Russian flag over the ruins of the city hall of the devastated town, whose population has dropped from

By Jackie Prager, CNN (CNN) — When Femi Aluko found himself isolating at home during the Covid-19 pandemic one question kept coming to mind — how was he going to get food? He says he struggled to find quick delivery options in Nigeria’s most populous city, Lagos, because restaurants were either closed or had incredibly

Analysis by Brad Lendon and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Iran has unleashed its largest ever attack on Israel, firing 180 ballistic missiles late Tuesday most of which were apparently intercepted by anti-missile defenses employed by Israel, the United States and Jordan, according to those countries’ governments. The aerial assault, far more serious than a

CNN Analysis by Brad Lendon and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Iran has unleashed its largest ever attack on Israel, firing 180 ballistic missiles late Tuesday most of which were apparently intercepted by anti-missile defenses employed by Israel, the United States and Jordan, according to those countries’ governments. The aerial assault, far more serious than

CNN Analysis by Brad Lendon and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Iran has unleashed its largest ever attack on Israel, firing 180 ballistic missiles late Tuesday most of which were apparently intercepted by anti-missile defenses employed by Israel, the United States and Jordan, according to those countries’ governments. The aerial assault, far more serious than

By CNN staff (CNN) — A woman with the rare condition of two uteruses delivered twins, one from each womb, last month at a hospital in northwestern China, according to health officials and state media. The mother, identified only be her last name Li, welcomed a boy and a girl via caesarean section, the Xi’an

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has controversially broken royal protocol and claimed in his upcoming memoir that Queen Elizabeth II was suffering from bone cancer before her death. In the book, which hits shelves on October 10 and has been serialized this week in

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has made his first public remarks since his release after he struck a deal with the United States, saying he is free because he pleaded “guilty to journalism.” The 53-year-old on Tuesday traveled to the French city of Strasbourg to appear before the Parliamentary Assembly

By Eric Cheung and Robert Shackelford, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan has put its military units on standby and closed schools and offices across several counties on Tuesday, as the island braces for a powerful typhoon set to make landfall in the next couple days, after bashing the Philippines. Super Typhoon Krathon, equivalent to