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By Laura Sharman, Hanna Park, Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — A police officer was shot and wounded near a synagogue in Ontario, Canada, on Sunday evening during an exchange of gunfire with a 29-year-old man armed with a shotgun as congregants gathered for Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, officials said. The

By Sebastian Shukla, CNN Berlin (CNN) — “It is a disaster.” Those were the words of a forlorn-looking German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as he addressed his party in the seconds after regional elections handed his center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) their second and third electoral drubbings in a month. The results of Sunday’s elections in the

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome, Italy (CNN) — It was a necklace that helped Denise Cosco identify her mother after she was murdered by her father and boyfriend. Cosco, her father Carlo, and mother Lea Garofalo went on holiday together in November 2009 on what she thought was a chance for them to reconcile

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Days after Hong Kong socialite and influencer Abby Choi was reported missing in 2023, some of her remains turned up in a rural village house far from the glitzy skyscrapers and magnificent wealth that were her world. The death of Choi, who rubbed shoulders with Hong Kong’s

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Logan Schiciano, CNN (CNN) — As world leaders prepare to gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this week, a growing number of flashpoints across the Middle East are raising concerns about a wider regional escalation, from renewed fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The United Russia party is easily on track to win Sunday’s tightly controlled Russian parliamentary elections, with President Vladimir Putin once again set to cement his dominance over domestic politics. Final election results will not be tallied before September 25, but according to initial data from the Central Election

By Sebastian Shukla, Sophie Tanno, Thom Poole, CNN Berlin (CNN) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party is facing a dire set of results in state elections, exit polls show, and is set to be squeezed both by the surging far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and parties on the left. The AfD

By Oren Liebermann, Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog pardoned a soldier who shot and killed an incapacitated Palestinian attacker in the occupied West Bank in 2016, despite opposition from the military’s chief of staff. Announcing the move on Saturday, Herzog said the decision would allow Elor Azaria, who was in his

CNN By Laura Sharman, Svitlana Vlasova, Darya Tarasova, Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine carried out its largest ever drone attack on the Russian capital and the surrounding area as voting in parliamentary elections entered the final day. The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Sunday that more than 1,900 drones, eight

By Laura Sharman, Svitlana Vlasova, Darya Tarasova, Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine carried out its largest ever drone attack on the Russian capital and the surrounding area as voting in parliamentary elections entered the final day. The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Sunday that more than 1,900 drones, eight guided

By Mostafa Salem, Leila Gharagozlou, Aida Karimi, CNN (CNN) — When 35-year-old Sima walked into a Tehran pharmacy, her eyes raced across the shelves behind the counter, searching for the box that would keep her kidneys from failing. Without it, she was running out of time. She finally found the medication in the seventh pharmacy

By Mustafa Qadri, CNN (CNN) — Deep inside the labyrinthine alleys of Acre’s Old City – home to a 700-year-old Crusader fortress – Muhammad Hani could not order a takeaway pizza. Delivery drivers struggled to navigate the maze of tightly packed ancient buildings, narrow alleyways and winding streets – leaving many of the Arab citizens

By James Frater, CNN London (CNN) — Soldiers in bright red uniforms and tall, black fur hats outside Buckingham Palace are a familiar sight for anyone who’s visited London. But the distinctive caps – among the most recognizable symbols of the British monarchy – have become increasingly contentious for their use of real bear fur.

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Little Gus Lamont was wearing a gray sun hat over his long blond curls and a blue Minions T-shirt as he played in the sand outside his grandparents’ house in the Australian outback last September. When his grandmother went to check on him, he was gone. The disappearance of