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By James Legge, CNN (CNN) — Iran has vowed a heavy retaliation if US President Donald Trump carries out a threat to bomb Iran’s power plants, with Tehran warning that critical infrastructure across the region may be “irreversibly destroyed.” Trump said he would order the bombardment if the Strait of Hormuz was not fully open

By Mitchell McCluskey and Cristopher Ulloa, CNN (CNN) — Tickets that go for $9,000 each; fans who plant trees so their idols can see them from their plane; devotees who listen for up to 11 hours a day. Few places have caught the K-pop bug as intensely as Latin America. After nearly a four-year break,

By Joseph Ataman, Isobel Yeung, Brice Laine and Sarah Dadouch, CNN Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — Lebanon is a nation that’s no stranger to war, but this conflict feels different. Just 18 months ago, Israeli bombs rained down across the country for weeks. Intent on defanging the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah and uprooting it from its strongholds,

By Anna Chernova, Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — Replying to a friend’s message, ordering a pizza or hailing a ride on your handheld device may seem like simple tasks in a fully wired 21st-century city like Moscow. But residents of the Russian capital are finding that their smartphones have been dumbed down amid an unprecedented

By Laura Sharman, Kara Fox, Moriah Thomas, CNN (CNN) — As the US-Israel war with Iran enters its fourth week, the Trump administration granted a temporary license for Iran to sell around 140 million barrels of crude oil to calm jittery markets. Israel says that US and Israeli strikes will “increase significantly” this week. This

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Israeli police attacked a group of journalists outside the Old City of Jerusalem on Tuesday evening, including a CNN producer who suffered a fractured wrist in the violent incident. Police officers also damaged photographic equipment and confiscated memory cards from journalists who were outside the Lion’s Gate of the

By Isabel Rosales, Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Since 1959, when Fidel Castro seized power, Cubans on the island have endured navigating a system defined by scarcity, surveillance and state control. Today, that system is under a level of strain not seen perhaps since the fall of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, when the

By Junko Ogura, Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — For Yoko Toshima, winter hits harder these days. “Perhaps it is because I am getting older, but the way the snow falls seems more extreme than before,” she said. During the warmer months, the 76-year-old’s small hometown in northern Japan seems an ideal place to live,

By Jessie Yeung, Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — As the US-Israel war against Iran nears the end of its third week, US President Donald Trump has downplayed prospects of a ceasefire contending the US has the upper hand and would like a decisive end to the war. A fresh wave of attacks began in Tehran

By Leila Gharagozlou, CNN (CNN) — Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a time of family, renewal, and the promise of fresh beginnings. Falling on the spring equinox, it is a celebration of a “new day” for millions in Iran and around the globe. But for many Iranians, there’s little enthusiasm for festivities this year.

By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Wright, and Sarah Dadouch, CNN Beirut (CNN) — The prime minister of Lebanon made an urgent appeal Thursday to President Donald Trump to intervene in the cause of peace, calling for an immediate ceasefire and direct talks with Israel. Nawaf Salam told CNN in an exclusive interview that he sought

CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Wright, and Sarah Dadouch, CNN Beirut (CNN) — The prime minister of Lebanon made an urgent appeal Thursday to President Donald Trump to intervene in the cause of peace, calling for an immediate ceasefire and direct talks with Israel. Nawaf Salam told CNN in an exclusive interview that he

By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Moments after reports emerged that Israeli jets had struck Iran’s largest gas production plant on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump posted a combative message on Truth Social. “We are putting them out of business,” he said, following the attack on Iran’s part of the world’s biggest natural gas reserves.

By Helen Regan and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli strike on Iranian facilities linked to the South Pars gas field marked a significant escalation in the war, prompting a furious Iran to attack major energy facilities of its Persian Gulf neighbors and Israel. Energy prices were already spiking because the effective closure of

By Stephanie Yang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Recent years have brought heightened concern in Western intelligence circles that China could invade the self-governing island of Taiwan as early as next year. But the United States now says an imminent attack is unlikely. An annual threat assessment by the US intelligence community said Beijing prefers

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — The price of energy is soaring after Israel — in a major escalation — struck production infrastructure linked to Iran’s South Pars natural gas field, part of the largest gas reserves in the world, prompting Iran to target energy facilities in neighboring Persian Gulf states and Israel. Although President

By Mauricio Torres, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Almost three months after the US effectively imposed an oil blockade on Cuba that worsened its energy crunch, nearly every aspect of Cuban society has been feeling the strain. Trash has been piling up on the streets of the capital, hospital stays and surgeries are being limited,

By Jeremy Diamond, Zeena Saifi, CNN Khirbet Humsa, West Bank (CNN) — Dozens of masked Israeli settlers stormed into Qusai Abu al-Kebash’s small village last weekend in the middle of the night. They grabbed Abu al-Kebash, bound him by his hands and legs and stripped him. He says they then zip-tied his genitals and paraded

CNN By Jeremy Diamond, Zeena Saifi, CNN Khirbet Humsa, West Bank (CNN) — Dozens of masked Israeli settlers stormed into Qusai Abu al-Kebash’s small village last weekend in the middle of the night. They grabbed Abu al-Kebash, bound him by his hands and legs and stripped him. He says they then zip-tied his genitals and