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CNN By Brad Lendon, Isaac Yee and Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine appears to be calling on a fleet of fire-spewing “dragon drones” in its war with Russian invaders, putting a modern twist on a munition used to horrific effect in both world wars. A series of videos posted on social media, including on

By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Massive train disruptions in Germany left hundreds of passengers stranded on Saturday, as authorities worked to restore traffic following a technical malfunction. Some traffic has since resumed. Train services in central Germany have been “massively affected” due to a technical fault, the German rail company Deutsche Bahn said. There

By Christopher Lamb, CNN Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (CNN) — Pope Francis emphasized the importance of a Catholic Church serving marginalized communities during his trip to Papua New Guinea over the weekend, flying in a military plane to one of the most remote parts of the Pacific nationas part of his lengthy Asia tour. Speaking

By Niamh Kennedy and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Debris from a downed drone was found outside Ukraine’s parliament building on Saturday morning after the country’s defense systems largely succeeded in fending off a widescale drone attack launched overnight by Russia. Ukraine managed to shoot down 58 of the 67 Shahed drones launched by Russia, the Ukrainian Air

CNN By Avery Schmitz, Amanda Musa, Lucas Lilieholm and James Legge, CNN (CNN) — The family of an American woman shot and killed while protesting in the occupied West Bank has blamed Israel for her death and called for an independent investigation, saying in a statement that an Israel-led probe would be inadequate. Two eyewitnesses

By Nick Paton Walsh, Sophie Tanno and Radina Gigova, CNN London (CNN) — CIA chief Bill Burns said Saturday he hoped to have a “more detailed” hostage and ceasefire proposal to put before Israel and Hamas negotiators in the coming days, but stressed that its success would come down to “political will” on their part. He

By Mauricio Torres and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan security forces surrounded the Argentine embassy in the capital Caracas on Friday after two opposition members took refuge inside, according to posts by the opposition on social media. The pair joined four other Venezuelan opposition figures who have taken refuge in the embassy this year.

By Avery Schmitz, Amanda Musa, Lucas Lilieholm and James Legge, CNN (CNN) — The family of an American woman shot and killed while protesting in the occupied West Bank has blamed Israel for her death and called for an independent investigation, saying in a statement that an Israel-led probe would be inadequate. Two eyewitnesses told

By Brad Lendon, Isaac Yee and Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine appears to be calling on a fleet of fire-spewing “dragon drones” in its war with Russian invaders, putting a modern twist on a munition used to horrific effect in both world wars. A series of videos posted on social media, including on Telegram

By Mick Krever, Ibrahim Dahman, Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Eyad Kourdi and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — A young Turkish-American woman, Aysenur Eygi, was shot and killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, according to US and Palestinian officials, while she was taking part in a protest near Nablus. Eygi was shot in the

By Mick Krever, Abeer Salman and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — Residents of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, are taking stock after nine days of what they say has been the most intense and sustained Israeli military operation in their city since October 7. Witnesses describe widespread destruction of infrastructure, severed water and electricity

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China is ending most foreign adoptions of its children, leaving hundreds of American and other foreign families with pending applications in limbo. Since the early 1990s, China has sent tens of thousands of adoptees overseas – with about half arriving in the United States – as its

By Larry Madowo, Manveena Suri and Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — At least 17 students have been killed and 14 injured following a fire in an elementary school dormitory in central Kenya, while a further 70 children remain unaccounted for, authorities said Friday. The inferno occurred late Thursday at the Hillside Endarasha Academy in Kieni,

By Nick Paton Walsh, Kostya Gak, Victoria Butenko and Muhammad Darwish, CNN (CNN) — The troops emerge and stagger into the middle of the dusty track, then onto their knees, their hands placed on their heads. Seconds later, the Ukrainian drone footage shows, they lie face down, motionless, dust trailing nearby. Video obtained exclusively by

CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Kostya Gak, Victoria Butenko and Muhammad Darwish, CNN (CNN) — The troops emerge and stagger into the middle of the dusty track, then onto their knees, their hands placed on their heads. Seconds later, the Ukrainian drone footage shows, they lie face down, motionless, dust trailing nearby. Video obtained exclusively

By Christopher Lamb, CNN Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) — Pope Francis has repeated his divisive comments that in some countries people prefer having pets to children, a message that has struck a chord with many conservatives around the world. The idea has re-entered the American political dialogue in the wake of a resurfaced clip of now-Republican

By Ivana Kottasová, Madalena Araujo and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Russia had been planning to launch a new attack on Ukraine from the Kursk region before Kyiv’s surprise cross-border incursion, Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi told CNN in an exclusive interview Thursday. In his first television interview as army chief in February, the general

CNN By CNN staff (CNN) — On Thursday 5 September, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour spoke with General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, in his first television interview in that role. It was conducted near the frontlines, at an undisclosed location for security reasons. What follows is a transcript of their full interview, lightly edited

By Mick Krever, Jennifer Hansler and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday was as clear as he has ever been that he does not believe a ceasefire and hostage deal is likely in Gaza in a sharp rebuke to the Biden administration’s insistence it’s close at hand. “There’s not a deal

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Initial autopsies of four of the seven victims who died when a superyacht sank in a storm in Italy last month show they died of “dry drowning,” according to authorities. The phenomenon, also known as “atypical drowning,” means they had no water in their lungs, tracheas