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CNN By Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Abeer Salman, Sana Noor Haq and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — Men with rolled up trousers wade through floods, trying to salvage makeshift tents submerged in dirty water and floating plastic. Nearby, toddlers make toys out of garbage, pressing their bare feet into the wet sand. Torrential rain in Gaza is making an already brutal

By Andrew Carey, Radina Gigova, Katharina Krebs, Yulia Kesaieva, Anna Chernova, Olga Voitovych and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Russia accused Ukraine of downing a Russian military plane near the Ukrainian border Wednesday, saying all 74 people on board were killed including dozens of Ukrainian servicemen being transported for a prisoner swap. The Ilyushin-76 cargo

By Helen Regan and Wasu Vipoosanapat, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — A Thai political leader who led his party to a stunning electoral victory on a campaign that threatened to shake up the country’s powerful conservative establishment has escaped being disqualified from politics but his — and his party’s — political future remains in question. Thailand’s

By Yoonjung Seo and Lucas Lilieholm, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A South Korean research group has released rare footage that it claims shows North Korean teenagers sentenced to hard labor for watching and distributing K-dramas – which are banned in the hermit nation. The narrated footage released last Friday shows the two teens

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — “Gigantic” waves swamped parts of a key US military facility in the middle of the Pacific Ocean last weekend, causing damage that will take months to repair, according to a US Army report. A video posted on X showed the terrifying surge of water rushing into a dining facility

By Sara Smart and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Four passengers and two crew members were killed when a plane headed to a diamond mine crashed in Canada’s Northwest Territories, authorities said Wednesday. The lone survivor of Tuesday morning’s crash was initially taken to Fort Smith Health Centre and then transported by medevac to Stanton

By Giulia Radice and Jessie Gretener, CNN (CNN) — A mother in France was sentenced to 18 months in prison last week for abandoning her 9-year-old child, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV. BFMTV reported that the boy had been left to live alone in the family’s apartment in the town of Nersac in the Charente

By Mariya Knight and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Police in Gauteng have arrested a suspect in connection with the fire that tore through a five-story building in central Johannesburg last year and killed 77 people, South African public broadcaster SABC reported Tuesday. Gauteng police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhlwi said the suspect was arrested after he confessed

By Isil Sariyuce, Jessie Gretener, and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — The Turkish parliament voted Tuesday to approve Sweden’s NATO membership bid, bringing the Nordic country one step closer to joining the military alliance after months of delays. Of the 346 members of parliament who voted, 287 were in favor of Sweden’s accession and 55

By Kristen Rogers, Megan Marples and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The Doomsday Clock that has been ticking for 77 years is no ordinary clock — it attempts to gauge how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday, the clock was again set at 90 seconds to midnight — the closest to the

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — The United Kingdom and Ireland are braced for more strong winds and heavy rainfall as Storm Jocelyn approaches, just hours after deadly storm Isha swept the region on Sunday and Monday, leaving tens of thousands without power and leading to at least four deaths. Storm Jocelyn is expected to

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A United Nations envoy said he was “alarmed,” “distressed” and “seriously concerned” by the treatment of climate activists in the United Kingdom, in a damning report published Tuesday that criticized “increasingly severe crackdowns” on peaceful protesters in the country. Michel Forst, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders, who

By Ayurella Horn-Muller, CNN (CNN) — An ancient, interdependent relationship that contributes to food systems and ecosystem stability across the globe could be changing. Many flowering plants can self-pollinate, or transfer pollen between their own blossoms for seed generation and propagation, but most of these plants have relied on pollinators such as butterflies and bees

CNN By Amir Tal and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed during fighting in Gaza on Monday, the military said, in the deadliest day for its troops inside the battered enclave since the war with Hamas began. Most of the soldiers – 21 – were killed in an attack

By Adam Pourahmadi, CNN (CNN) — An Iranian protester with a mental health condition has been executed over the death of a local official during mass demonstrations that rocked the country in 2022, the Iranian judiciary’s news agency reported on Tuesday. “The death sentence of Mohammad Ghobadlou for the crime of intentional murder of Farid

By Amir Tal and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed during fighting in Gaza on Monday, the military said, in the deadliest day for its troops inside the battered enclave since the war with Hamas began. Most of the soldiers – 21 – were killed in an attack in

By Joseph Ataman, Frederik Pleitgen and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Near Avdiivka, Ukraine (CNN) — Straddling the frontlines, the small town of Avdiivka has become the epicenter of the war in Ukraine. Still in Ukrainian hands – just – it’s enclosed on three sides by Russian troops and cannons. Pounded by the Russians, the town itself

By Vedika Sud, Sania Farooqui and Rhea Mogul, CNN Ayodhya, India (CNN) — Half a million people entered the new Ram Mandir on Tuesday, a controversial Hindu temple in the holy town of Ayodhya that is built on the ruins of a destroyed 16th century mosque. Huge crowds of devotees queued outside the temple in

By Nectar Gan and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Three people have died after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked a mountainous and remote part of China’s far western Xinjiang region early Tuesday. State broadcaster CCTV reported that a further five people were injured and 12,426 evacuated from affected areas. The quake struck Wushi county, also

By Andrew Carey, Ivana Kottasová, Jessie Gretener and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has rejected suggestions by Slovakia’s new Prime Minister Robert Fico that it will need to cede territory to Russia to end the war. “There can be no compromise on territorial integrity, neither for Ukraine, nor for Slovakia, nor for any other