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By Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — Walid Daqqa, one of the longest-serving Palestinian prisoners in Israel, died of cancer on Sunday at the age of 63 after almost four decades of incarceration. Daqqa’s case was unique. At the time of his death, he was the longest imprisoned Palestinian in Israel, with the second-longest sentence served

By Rob Picheta and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Simon Harris has become the youngest-ever prime minister of Ireland, officially taking office in Dublin on Tuesday after Leo Varadkar suddenly stepped down last month. Harris, 37, ran unopposed to replace Varadkar as leader of the ruling Fine Gael party, and the final formalities of his

By Katie Polglase, Zahid Mahmood, Ibrahim Dahman and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Jihad Abu Watfa was standing in the rubble along a dark stretch of coastal road southwest of Gaza City when he saw Israeli military tanks approaching. He began recording on his phone just as a heavy barrage of gunfire flashed before his eyes.

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A rare, blind mole, about which scientists know relatively little, has been spotted and photographed in Australia, Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa – an indigenous organization that deploys rangers – said as it announced the “incredible news.” The northern marsupial mole was spotted in Martu Country, an area in northern Western Australia

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with top Russian diplomat Sergey Lavrov in Beijing Tuesday, state media reported, in yet another sign of the importance China gives to its increasingly robust ties with Moscow. Lavrov is making a two-day visit to the Chinese capital, which comes after Russian

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — An international court in France on Tuesday ruled Switzerland’s failure to adequately tackle the climate crisis was in violation of human rights, in a landmark climate judgment that could have a ripple effect across the globe. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France delivered its ruling

By Brad Lendon and Moeri Karasawa, CNN (CNN) — Fighter pilots practice scrambling their jets so they can take off in minutes should a military threat arise. But what do they do when Mother Nature is the enemy? At one Japanese air base, they take to the streets. After a 7.4-magnitude earthquake off Taiwan last

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Monday’s total solar eclipse, one of the most highly anticipated events of 2024, has come and gone. Millions of people were in the path of totality, where the moon completely blocks the face of the sun from view, and sky-gazers enjoyed stunning views, despite cloudy conditions in some locations.

By Marlon Sorto and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas has been hospitalized, days after his arrest during a high-profile raid of the Mexican embassy in Quito. Glas was taken a hospital in Guayaquil after falling ill, the country’s national prison agency SNAI said Monday. He became ill after he

By Tareq Alhelou, Mohammad Al-Sawalhi, Abeer Salman, Zeena Saifi, CNN Khan Younis, Gaza (CNN) — Palestinians forced from their homes in Khan Younis by Israel’s military offensive have begun returning in small numbers to the southern Gaza city following the withdrawal of Israeli forces, with many arriving to find their former neighborhoods looking like wasteland.

By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Religious authorities in Malaysia have stepped up moral policing efforts during the holy month of Ramadan in what critics warn has been part of a wider recent shift toward a more conservative form of Islam in the multi-racial and culturally diverse nation. Ramadan, regarded as the holiest month in the

By Christian Edwards and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine “will lose the war” if the United States Congress does not approve military aid to help it resist Russia’s invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. “It’s important to specifically address the Congress: if the Congress doesn’t help Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war,” Zelensky said Sunday

By Inke Kappeler, CNN (CNN) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has created a TikTok account—and he promises he will not dance on it. “I don’t dance. Promise,” Scholz said on X on Monday after his social media team published his first post on TikTok. In the first post on the account, a member of Scholz’s

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — The Vatican has issued a strong warning against “gender theory” and said that any “sex-change intervention” risks threatening “the unique dignity” of a person, in a new document signed off and approved by Pope Francis. Titled “Dignitas Inifinita” (Infinite Dignity) the declaration focuses on what it describes as a

By Jack Guy and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in the Russian Republic of Chechnya have announced a ban on music that they consider too fast or slow. Minister of Culture Musa Dadayev announced the decision to limit all musical, vocal and choreographic compositions to a tempo ranging from 80 to 116 beats per

By Ashley Strickland, Jackie Wattles and Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The total solar eclipse that swept across Mexico, the United States and Canada has completed its journey over continental North America. Last to see the dramatic celestial spectacle were sky-gazers located along the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada, at 5:16 p.m. local time (3:46

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — El Salvador is offering 5,000 “free passports” to highly skilled workers from abroad, President Nayib Bukele announced Saturday in his latest attempt to boost the country’s economy with foreign investment. Scientists, engineers, doctors, artists, and philosophers will be granted “full citizen status” including voting rights, the president said in

By Mia Alberti, Josh Pennington and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine was damaged Sunday in a drone attack, the United Nations’ energy watchdog said, as both Russian and Ukrainian officials denied responsibility for the strike and accused the other of carrying it out. The International Atomic Energy

CNN By Vasco Cotovio, Benjamin Brown and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military said it has withdrawn its ground forces from Khan Younis in southern Gaza after months of fierce fighting that left much of the city in ruins. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday that its 98th division had “concluded

CNN Analysis by Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Colonization, bloodshed, war crimes, occupation, controversial military bases. These are all issues intertwined in the collective history of the United States, Japan and the Philippines. But when the leaders of the three countries sit down at the White House on Thursday, a key topic