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By Zeena Saifi, Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Israeli settlers torched a mosque and sprayed it with graffiti in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to Palestinian authorities, the latest in a surge of increasingly brazen settler attacks against Palestinians. The Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs said settlers attacked the Hajjah Hamidah Mosque

By Kara Fox, Sana Noor Haq, CNN London (CNN) — A British journalist and political commentator detained by US immigration officers for more than two weeks warned of “an attack on the freedoms of ordinary Americans and citizens worldwide” as he returned to the UK Thursday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had detained Sami Hamdi,

By Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump’s much-heralded peace declaration between Thailand and Cambodia is falling apart after the two countries accused each other of opening fire along their disputed border on Wednesday, in skirmishes that killed at least one person. The brief clash came two days after Thailand said

CNN staff (CNN) — From concern to skepticism, Venezuelans in Caracas are expressing a range of emotions a day after the United States’ most advanced aircraft carrier strike group arrived in the Latin American region and intensified the friction between both nations. The US Navy says the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group will

By Kara Fox, CNN London (CNN) — British police published an appeal for information indicating that they want to speak to two people following what police called a “racially aggravated” incident in central London. The British Transport Police on Monday released a photograph of individuals they are seeking to question regarding the incident. CNN has

By Abeer Salman and Zeena Saifi, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Yamen Al-Najjar recalls his past life – the days when he went to school and laughed regularly. Today, the 16-year-old lives with his mother in a cramped 6-square-meter room, just large enough to hold a hospital bed he seldom leaves. “Life is hard. I am

By Catherine Nicholls and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Kazakhstan’s lower parliament pushed ahead with anti-LGBTQ legislation Wednesday that appears to mirror Russian law, as the country’s president met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The new measures would ban the “dissemination of information containing propaganda of pedophilia and/or non-traditional sexual orientation” in public

By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was forced Wednesday to address reports that rivals in his Labour Party are plotting to replace him as leader, just two weeks ahead of a government budget announcement that could worsen his already dire poll ratings. Several British news outlets quoted Starmer allies

By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — US President Trump penned a letter asking the Israeli president to grant a full pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his ongoing corruption trial. In a letter distributed by the Israeli president’s spokesperson, Trump wrote, “I hereby call on you to fully pardon Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been

By Rocio Muñoz-Ledo, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A report by Human Rights Watch and Central American rights group Cristosal alleges that dozens of Venezuelans deported from the United States to a Salvadoran prison earlier this year were subjected to torture and other serious abuses including sexual violence. The report released Wednesday includes interviews with