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CTV NETWORK, FILE, CNN By Lex Harvey, Max Saltman, Caitlin Danaher, Hira Humayun, Billy Stockwell, Christian Edwards, Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The tiny Canadian mountain town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, suffered one of the country’s worst school shootings in recent history on Tuesday, when an 18-year-old woman killed at least eight people and

By Brad Lendon, Trista Kurniawan (CNN) — Indonesia is embarking on a plan to make toll roads across the country into emergency runways for its fighter jets, giving it the equivalent of multiple aircraft carriers across the vast archipelago. The chief of staff of the Indonesian air forces, Marshal Tonny Harjono, said Wednesday that he

By Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — Gisèle Pelicot emerged as a global feminist hero in 2024 by transforming her horrific, personal story into a public battle against rape culture. On December 19, 2024, her former husband, Dominique Pelicot, was convicted of orchestrating her rape dozens of times by various men over nearly a decade

By Lex Harvey, Max Saltman, Caitlin Danaher, Hira Humayun, Billy Stockwell, Christian Edwards, Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The tiny Canadian mountain town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, suffered one of the country’s worst school shootings in recent history on Tuesday, when an 18-year-old woman killed at least eight people and wounded dozens. Police say

By Christiane Amanpour, Mostafa Salem, Jomana Karadsheh, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Jaya Sharma, CNN (CNN) — Imprisoned Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi was subjected to beatings and “life-threatening mistreatment” by Iranian authorities during her arrest and detention, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Wednesday, citing “credible reports” that its chairman described to CNN as “horrifying.” Jørgen Watne Frydnes,

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Australian authorities have released a recording of the emergency call made by hero teen Austin Appelbee after he swam for hours in rough seas to get help for his family. Austin, 13, can be heard calmly describing the situation and asking for a helicopter to search for his mother

By Ivana Kottasová, Kostya Gak, CNN (CNN) — Three toddlers and their father were killed in a Russian drone strike in eastern Ukraine that also injured their pregnant mother, local emergency services said. The family only arrived in the town of Bohodukhiv, some 60 kilometers (38 miles) west of Kharkiv, the previous day after fleeing

By Lex Harvey (CNN) — A remote mountain town in Canada has been shaken by the country’s deadliest school shooting in decades, when an armed assailant killed at least eight people. Police found six people dead and dozens injured when they arrived at the high school in Tumbler Ridge, a town of just 2,400 people

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — For years, Mahnoor Omer didn’t talk about it. Every time the topic arose, her school friends in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, flushed with embarrassment, Omer recalled. “This happened so many times. A class fellow of mine would get her period during class,” she told CNN late last year.

By Ivana Kottasová, Max Saltman, Kosta Gak, Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian authorities have begun restricting access to Telegram, one of the country’s most popular social media apps, as the government continues to push everyday Russians toward its own tightly controlled alternatives to foreign tech platforms. On Tuesday, the government said it was restricting

By Sharon Braithwaite, Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — Two men are set to appear in court in Italy following a dramatic armed robbery on an armored security truck on a highway on Monday. A masked gang attacked the vehicle with Kalashnikov rifles and robbed a student of her car as they tried to escape in

By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to discuss possible military options against Iran with US President Donald Trump during his visit to Washington this week as Israel prepares contingencies should US-Iran talks collapse, according to two Israeli sources. Israel remains skeptical that nascent negotiations between the US and Iran

By Pierre P Bairin, Billy Stockwell, CNN Paris (CNN) — It was the photo of a loved one nobody wants to receive. When the partner of a 35-year-old magistrate in France checked his phone last week, he saw a picture of his partner accompanied by a stark warning: pay a ransom in cryptocurrency or we

By Tim Lister, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — In the midst of a blizzard sweeping across central Ukraine last month, Iryna Vlasenko had a dilemma. She needed to get her 7-year-old daughter, who was seriously ill, to a children’s hospital in Kyiv. But she couldn’t get to the main railway station in Khmelnytskyi, more than

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The world is in an era of “wrecking-ball politics” led by US President Donald Trump, and it’s putting the decadeslong prosperous international order under unprecedented strain, according to the Munich Security Report 2026. The annual report, released ahead of the Munich Security Conference, described Trump point blank as the

By Rhea Mogul and Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — Bangladesh votes on Thursday in the first election since a Gen Z protest movement toppled an ageing autocrat – an uprising tens of millions of young people dreamed could chart a new course for their country. Images of longtime leader Sheikh Hasina fleeing by helicopter as

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Canada’s largest airline has said it is suspending flights to Cuba due to a shortage of aviation fuel on the island – a move that comes amid a US orchestrated squeeze on the country’s oil supply that has also forced Havana to ration health, transport and school services. Air

By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Keir Starmer was fighting to salvage his premiership on Monday after the resignations of key advisers and growing calls from senior Labour Party figures for the British prime minister to step down, following bitter fallout from the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Addressing a packed room of

By Billy Stockwell, Charlotte Reck, Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — King Charles stands ready to support British police as they assess a report that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor allegedly shared confidential material with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during the former prince’s role as UK trade envoy. The latest tranche of Epstein files released by

CNN By Sophie Tanno, Ivana Scatola, CNN (CNN) — Toluwa was waiting for her flight in an airport lounge in Washington, DC, when she said she was approached by a stranger. The pair got chatting and, after a while, she agreed to exchange numbers with him. It wasn’t until she got home and searched his