By Lianne Kolirin, CNN More than 3 tons of cocaine floating in the ocean have been seized by authorities in New Zealand in one of the country’s single biggest drugs busts. Some 81 bales of cocaine weighing 3.2 metric tons (3.5 short tons) were intercepted in the Pacific Ocean as part of Operation Hydros —
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton and Emma Tucker, CNN A NewsNation correspondent was arrested on Wednesday after he began reporting live during a news conference held by Ohio authorities regarding a train derailment — an incident police said involved a confrontation between him and a National Guard official after he was told to stop speaking during the
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN North Korea showcased almost a dozen advanced intercontinental ballistic missiles at a nighttime military parade on Wednesday, in the biggest display yet of what its state-run media described as Pyongyang’s “nuclear attack capability.” The missiles were paraded through Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung square as leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN Russia has potentially lost up to half of all its operational tank fleet since the start of the Ukraine war, according to information collected by a monitoring group, as its military struggles to meet the goals of Vladimir Putin’s invasion. Oryx, an open source intelligence website, has been collecting visual evidence
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Victoria Butenko and Josh Pennington, CNN A former Chechen commander wanted by Ukraine for alleged war crimes committed last year is leading the Russian earthquake relief effort in Turkey. Daniil Martynov was in several locations in Ukraine last year in the early weeks of the Russian invasion. He is thought to be
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, Rhea Mogul, Teele Rebane and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Survivors of Monday’s earthquake in Turkey and Syria could face “a secondary disaster” as cold and snow lead to “worsening and horrific conditions,” the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Thursday. Speaking at a press conference in Geneva, WHO incident response manager Robert Holden warned
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN In China’s eyes, the newest superpower battlefield sits between 12 and 60 miles above the Earth’s surface in a thin-aired layer of the atmosphere it calls “near space.” Lying above the flightpaths of most commercial and military jets and below satellites, near space is an in-between
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN Russia has potentially lost up to half of all its operational tank fleet since the start of the Ukraine war, according to information collected by a monitoring group, as its military struggles to meet the goals of Vladimir Putin’s invasion. Oryx, an open source intelligence website, has been collecting visual evidence
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By Sharif Paget and Caroll Alvarado, CNN At least two Philadelphia high school students are facing disciplinary action after a racist video recorded outside of school surfaced on social media showing one girl spraying black paint on another girl’s face as they made racist comments a week into Black History Month. Two of the girls
Continue Reading By Sharif Paget and Caroll Alvarado, CNN At least two Philadelphia high school students are facing disciplinary action after a racist video recorded outside of school surfaced on social media showing one girl spraying black paint on another girl’s face as they made racist comments a week into Black History Month. Two of the girls
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine, CNN A man arrested after allegedly firing a replica gun several times in a San Francisco synagogue now faces a hate crime enhancement, the city’s district attorney said Wednesday. The hate crime allegation against 51-year-old Dmitri Mishin is tied to statements he made during the incident as well as social media posts
Continue Reading By Alta Spells, Dakin Andone and Steve Almasy, CNN Witnesses in the murder trial of disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh on Wednesday shored up earlier testimony of his former law group’s chief financial officer, who’d spoken about discovering what prosecutors allege were his financial crimes that could have helped lead to the killings of
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, CNN A 12-year-old boy was shot and killed last weekend by a man who found the child in his car after it was stolen, Denver police said. The man, who authorities did not identify, reported that his car had been stolen Sunday and told police that he was tracking the vehicle using
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, CNN A 61-year-old man was arrested and charged Tuesday in the theft of 12 squirrel monkeys from a zoo in Broussard, Louisiana, police said. The animals, however, have not yet been found, Broussard Police Chief Vance Olivier told CNN. The 12 squirrel monkeys were taken during a break-in at the zoo that
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN North Korea showcased almost a dozen advanced intercontinental ballistic missiles at a nighttime military parade on Wednesday, in the biggest display yet of what its state-run media described as Pyongyang’s “nuclear attack capability.” The missiles were paraded through Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung square as leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The husband of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh will be forced to serve the rest of a five-year prison sentence, Sotoudeh told CNN on Tuesday. Reza Khandan was summoned to report to the judiciary within 30 days to begin serving out the sentence, which was initially handed down in
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq, CNN A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has told CNN that while a brutal state crackdown has succeeded in quieting the demonstrations that gripped the country for months, many Iranians still want regime change. In an exclusive interview Wednesday from her home in Tehran, Nasrin Sotoudeh told CNN’s Chief International Anchor
Continue Reading By Kiely Westhoff and Steve Almasy, CNN The suspect in the shooting death of off-duty New York Police Department officer Adeed Fayaz has been charged with murder, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Randy Jones, 38, was arraigned Wednesday and did not enter a plea. He was remanded to police custody, according to the
Continue Reading By Nicki Brown and Lauren del Valle, CNN The man who allegedly attacked New York police officers with a machete on New Year’s Eve pleaded not guilty to state charges in court Wednesday. Trevor Bickford, 19, appeared in a Manhattan courtroom wearing a tan uniform with his wrists and ankles shackled. He spoke only to
Continue Reading By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Isil Sariyuce, Zeena Saifi and Reyhan Baysan, CNN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has admitted to his government’s “shortcomings” amid growing anger over the state’s response to the massive earthquake earlier this week, which is now known to have killed more than 21,000 people. Days after the quake hit Turkey’s Gaziantep province
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