CNN By Taylor Galgano Caroll Alvarado and Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — Aggressive tactics by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents drew the ire of Rhode Island’s governor and state Supreme Court chief justice this week when a high school intern was detained and questioned before being released. The incident, captured on video, showed ICE agents
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By Sophie Tanno, Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — World leaders on Saturday expressed concern over a US peace plan for Ukraine seen as favoring Russia, saying it needs “additional work” as they scramble a coordinated response to the proposal. European powers have been caught off guard by the plan which contains major concessions to Russia
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By Tim Lister, Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s drone strikes against boats allegedly bringing illicit drugs to the US come amid an explosion in the amount of cocaine being produced in Colombia and Peru. But there is a new – and lethal – factor that is turbo-charging production – especially in Peru:
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By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Garry McFadden, a charismatic and opinionated detective-turned-TV personality, was elected sheriff of North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County years ago after promising that he’d limit the jail’s cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But this month, agents with ICE’s sister agency, Customs and Border Protection, marched into Charlotte and other parts
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By Tim Lister, Kostya Gak, CNN (CNN) — A top-secret Russian unit based in Moscow has changed the landscape of drone warfare, turning what was an advantage for the Ukrainians into a vulnerability. The unit is known as Rubicon and has expanded rapidly under Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov since his appointment in June last
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By Billy Stockwell, Max Saltman, Marcelo Madeiros, CNN (CNN) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was arrested on Saturday over concerns he was plotting to escape house arrest after he took a soldering iron to his ankle bracelet, authorities said. The arrest at his home in Brasília, just days before he was due to begin
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By Alaa Elassar, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — This story doesn’t begin with a twist. It starts with a warning. Before a single scene plays, Hulu’s “Murdaugh: Death in the Family” true crime miniseries flashes a familiar disclaimer across a black screen: “While this program is inspired by actual events, certain parts have been fictionalized
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By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — A fire that erupted Friday evening on a cargo ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles — requiring more than 180 firefighters to battle the blaze — is now “substantially contained,” according to a news release Saturday from the seaport. An electrical fire on a lower deck of
Continue Reading By Taylor Galgano Caroll Alvarado and Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — Aggressive tactics by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents drew the ire of Rhode Island’s governor and state Supreme Court chief justice this week when a high school intern was detained and questioned before being released. The incident, captured on video, showed ICE agents detaining
Continue Reading Story by Reuters Washington (Reuters) — The US Federal Aviation Administration warned major airlines on Friday of a “potentially hazardous situation” when flying over Venezuela and urged them to exercise caution. The FAA notice cited the “worsening security situation and heightened military activity in or around Venezuela” and said threats could pose risks for aircraft
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By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — She was once cast as a secular heroine, the daughter of a revolutionary leader, whose brutal assassination in the 1970s defined her political ascent. But Sheikh Hasina’s rise to the top of Bangladesh’s politics preceded a stunning fall from power to self-exile in India. A death sentence delivered in
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A one-time leading figure in Britain’s right-wing populist Reform UK party has been jailed for accepting cash bribes in exchange for making pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament. Nathan Gill, 52, was sentenced to ten and a half years at London’s Central Criminal Court on Friday after he admitted
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By Svitlana Vlasova, Catherine Nicholls and Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has given Ukraine less than a week to accept his plan – widely seen as favoring Russia – to end the war, as President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country faced “one of the most difficult moments” in its history. “I’ve
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN Vice President JD Vance has expressed hope that his Hindu wife will convert to Christianity. His comments have sparked a backlash in India and stirred debate about interfaith marriage. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣ Mamdani meeting President Donald
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Vice President JD Vance has expressed hope that his Hindu wife will convert to Christianity. His comments have sparked a backlash in India and stirred debate about interfaith marriage. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣ Mamdani meeting President
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Vice President JD Vance has expressed hope that his Hindu wife will convert to Christianity. His comments have sparked a backlash in India and stirred debate about interfaith marriage. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣ Mamdani meeting President
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By Andy Rose, CNN Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) — The upbeat, Spanish music still floats through the aisles of Sav/Way Foods, the Latino supermarket in the heart of the bustling and boisterous Plaza Midwood neighborhood. But at 8:30 on a chilly morning this week, the songs on the loudspeakers are about all the Spanish you
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By Dalia Faheid, Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Even with a federal indictment hanging over her, claiming she had been a threat to law enforcement, Marimar Martinez was confident she could eventually prove her innocence. “I know the truth,” Martinez told CNN Friday in an exclusive interview. “I know what really happened that day.” After
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By Nimi Princewill, Hira Humayun, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Armed bandits kidnapped more than 300 students at a private Catholic school in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State, authorities say, the latest in a spate of mass abductions and attacks that have drawn the attention of the Trump administration. Despite some students managing to get to
Continue Reading By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — A Canadian man has lost his 16-year legal battle to get back more than 1.2 million Canadian dollars he had stored in bizarre locations around his home. On December 1, 2009, police visited Marcel Breton’s rural property on the outskirts of Thunder Bay, a city in northwest Ontario, looking
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