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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at nightclub fires, including the 2003 fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, that killed 100 people. Nightclub Fires This list includes nightclub fires with 50 or more victims. It is not exhaustive. April 23, 1940 – Natchez, Mississippi – More than 200

By Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — Leaders of the 27 member states of the European Union will meet in Brussels on Thursday and try to unlock €50 billion of funding for Ukraine that was blocked by Hungary in December, in a crucial summit at a pivotal moment in the war. Failure to reach an agreement would mark a

By Anna Chernova, Christian Edwards and Clare Sebastian, CNN (CNN) — Boris Nadezhdin, an anti-war candidate vying for the Russian presidency, announced Wednesday he had submitted the signatures required to be listed on the presidential election ballot, potentially allowing him to stand against Vladimir Putin in March. Nadezhdin said he had delivered 105,000 signatures, the maximum

By Lamide Akintobi, CNN Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — For the first time, African music will have its own category at the Grammys. The Recording Academy will showcase three new categories for this year’s awards, including “Best African Music Performance” — featuring some of Afrobeats’ global superstars. “By introducing these three new categories, we are able

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Concern is mounting for thousands of sheep and cattle stranded off the coast of Australia after authorities ordered the Israeli-owned ship transporting the live cargo to turn around over fears it could be targeted by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. More than 16,000 animals are aboard the

By Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan has protested against China’s “unilateral” adjustment of civil aviation flight routes that could result in civilian aircraft flying closer to the sensitive Taiwan Strait median line, adding pressure on Taipei in its aviation safety and aerial defense. China’s Civil Aviation Administration said it in a statement

By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — A Thai court on Wednesday ordered the kingdom’s most popular political party to end its campaign to amend the country’s notoriously strict royal defamation law, dashing its supporters hopes for reform of the powerful monarchy. The Constitutional Court in Bangkok ruled the progressive Move Forward

By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Azaz Syed, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Pakistan’s incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption, his Pakistan Tehreef-e-Insaaf (PTI) party said Wednesday, in the second legal blow to beset the beleaguered politician this week. Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi,

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has expelled a leading rocket scientist from its top political advisory body, the latest sign of a widening purge in the Chinese military’s missile force and aerospace contractors. The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) removed Wang Xiaojun at a meeting in Beijing on Monday –

By Brad Lendon and Oren Liebermann, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A United States Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed after suffering an in-flight emergency off the coast of South Korea Wednesday, in the third crash of one of the US military’s Korea-based warplanes in less than a year. The incident occurred during a

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Oren Liebermann and Aqeel Najim, CNN (CNN) — In a surprise move, the most powerful Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Kataib Hezbollah, announced on Tuesday the suspension of its military operations against US forces in the region two days after a drone attack killed three US service members and wounded dozens of others.

By Stefano Pozzebon and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The US has reimposed economic sanctions against a Venezuelan state-owned mining company and says it could go on to reimpose further sanctions on the country’s oil and gas sector after Venezuela’s Supreme Court barred main opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado from running for president last week.

CNN, AFPTV, NTN24, WCBS, WLOS, WLUK By Stefano Pozzebon and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The US has reimposed economic sanctions against a Venezuelan state-owned mining company and says it could go on to reimpose further sanctions on the country’s oil and gas sector after Venezuela’s Supreme Court barred main opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome, Italy (CNN) — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s first major event of Italy’s G7 presidency got off to a rocky start after the cornerstone plan of her summit on Africa was criticized for failing to include African nations in its planning. Two dozen African leaders, along with Ursula Von

By Claudia Colliva and Maya Szaniecki, CNN Paris (CNN) — The French National Assembly has passed a historic bill that moves the country one step closer to enshrining the right to abortion in its constitution. In a vote in the lower house of the French parliament on Tuesday, 493 lawmakers voted in favor of the

By Kareem Khadder, Tim Lister and Richard Greene, CNN (CNN) — Israeli tanks fired live ammunition and smoke grenades after entering a hospital complex in southern Gaza where more than 8,000 people are sheltering, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said Tuesday. After surrounding the Al Amal hospital in Khan Younis for more than a

CNN By Abeer Salman and Christian Edwards, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli special forces, dressed as civilians and medical staff, infiltrated the Ibn Sina hospital in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday and killed three Palestinian men, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials. CCTV footage shared on social media appeared to show

By Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — The main pro-union party in Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), said Tuesday it had reached a deal with the UK government that would end its near two-year government boycott and mark a return to power-sharing in the province. Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of the pro-UK DUP, made the announcement at a press conference in the early hours

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A decade-long survey of the night sky has revealed a mysterious new type of star astronomers are referring to as an “old smoker.” These previously hidden stellar objects are aging, giant stars located near the heart of the Milky Way galaxy. The stars are inactive for decades and fade

By Sana Noor Haq and Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Hanadi Gamal Saed El Jamara, 38, says sleep is all that can distract her children from the aching hunger gnawing at their bellies. These days, the mother-of-seven finds herself begging for food on the mud-caked streets of Rafah, in southern Gaza. She tries to feed