National-World

By Rhea Mogul and Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — A prominent Indian comedian is standing by his right to make jokes after an angry mob attacked a comedy club where he had made an onstage jibe at a right-wing politician. Kunal Kamra, known for his quips about popular culture and politics, is under investigation for

By Merlin Delcid and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A team of lawyers representing the families of 30 Venezuelans sent by the United States to a mega prison in El Salvador asked the Salvadoran Supreme Court of Justice on Monday to evaluate the legality of their detention. One of the attorneys, Jaime Ortega, said they

By Kareem Khadder, Kara Fox, Hira Humayun and Max Saltman, CNN Susya, occupied West Bank (CNN) — The Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning film “No Other Land” Hamdan Ballal was beaten up by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, taken away by Israeli soldiers and detained overnight, according to his family, friends, colleagues, eyewitnesses and

By Ivana Kottasová and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — The family of Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot made an emotional plea to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump after Hamas released a new propaganda video featuring him and another captive begging for their lives. “Please, imagine this is your son, the father

By Jeremy Diamond and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Israel is making plans for a potential major ground offensive in Gaza that would involve sending tens of thousands of troops into combat to clear and occupy large swaths of the enclave, an Israeli official and a second source familiar with the matter said. The potential

By Niamh Kennedy and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — More than a thousand people have been detained during protests following the jailing of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Monday. In a post on X, Yerlikaya said that “1,133 suspects were detained in illegal activities carried out between March 19

By Dana Karni, Tim Lister and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s security cabinet has approved a controversial proposal to facilitate Palestinian emigration from Gaza, a move critics warn could amount to ethnic cleansing. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday said the security cabinet approved the proposal by Defense Minister Israel Katz to organize

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, arrived at a police station in Romania on Monday, where the self-proclaimed misogynist and internet demagogue faces charges of human trafficking and forming an organized criminal group to sexually exploit women. Both siblings registered with authorities in the capital Bucharest early Monday

By Pierre Bairin, Saskya Vandoorne and Serene Nourrisson, CNN Paris (CNN) — The trial of Gérard Depardieu, who has been accused of sexually assaulting two women on a movie set in 2021, began on Monday after a five-month delay due to the French actor’s poor health. The 76-year-old arrived in the courtroom wearing a formal

By Angus Watson, Anna Chernova, Lauren Kent and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — A United States delegation met Monday with Kremlin negotiators in Saudi Arabia, where the Trump administration is pushing for progress toward a ceasefire in separate talks with Russia and Ukraine, just as Russian strikes injured scores of people in Ukraine, including children.

By Simone McCarthy and Fred He, CNN Hong Kong/Beijing (CNN) — China is prepared for “possible unexpected shocks,” Premier Li Qiang told a gathering of global executives in Beijing, where he urged them to “resist protectionism” and defend globalization. CEOs including Apple’s Tim Cook, FedEx’s Raj Subramaniam and Pfizer’s Albert Bourla gathered in the Chinese

By Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea is struggling to contain wildfires ravaging the country’s southeast after more than two dozen blazes broke out over the weekend, killing four people and forcing thousands to evacuate. As of Sunday night, nearly 9,000 firefighters, police and civil servants and 120 helicopters had been