By Djenane Villanueva and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Óscar Arias says he has had his visa to enter the United States revoked. Arias, 84, said he doesn’t know why his visa was canceled but accepts that the US has the right to make such a
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By Associated Press Minneapolis (AP) — A University of Minnesota graduate business student who’s being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement is suing for his immediate release, saying his arrest violated his rights and he’s been given little explanation for why he’s being held. The lawsuit filed this week on behalf of Doğukan Günaydın, 28,
Continue Reading CNN By Shoshana Dubnow and Pamela Brown, CNN Arlington, Virginia (CNN) — Greg Cabana, a veteran government teacher, remembers a time where his job as an educator felt secondary to being the phone police. “It was absolutely every class period,” Cabana told CNN. “It wasn’t the question of if students would have their cell phones
Continue Reading By Alexandra Skores and Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is sending a “stress management team” to meet with air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and making other changes after a rash of recent incidents. The “Critical Incident Stress Management” team, which offers “confidential support for staff following
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — A serial rapist who was convicted of raping 10 women in the United Kingdom and China last month also attacked dozens more victims before he was arrested, police said on Wednesday. London’s Metropolitan Police Service said that 23 women came forward with new accusations against Zhenhao Zou following an
Continue Reading By Alexandra Skores and Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Army has not yet provided Congress with records showing when they used a collision avoidance technology that was turned off during January’s midair collision that killed 67 people, Sen. Ted Cruz, chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, said during a
Continue Reading By Holly Yan and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — Audrey Hale felt no hatred against anyone at the school where the former student gunned down six people. In fact, the 28-year-old relished fond memories of The Covenant School and wanted “to die somewhere that made her happy,” Nashville police said. “Hale bore no grudge against
Continue Reading By Eve Brennan, and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Myanmar’s ruling military government has announced a temporary ceasefire in operations against armed opposition groups to aid recovery efforts following Friday’s devastating earthquake that killed more than 3,000 people. “For paying sympathy to the victims of the earthquake across the country, for providing the effective rescue
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has commuted the death sentences of three Americans convicted of attempting a coup to life imprisonment, days before US government officials are due to visit the central African country. The Americans, Marcel Malanga, Tyler Thompson Jr., and Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — One of the largest rounds of conscription to Russia’s military for several years is underway, as President Vladimir Putin pushes ahead with an expansion of the country’s military at a crucial moment in the war in Ukraine. Putin signed a decree authorizing the latest phase of
Continue Reading By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 hours after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar, search teams rescued a survivor from the rubble in Naypyidaw. As the tired and disheveled man was extricated from the broken slabs of concrete, he and the rescuers received a round of applause. Here’s what else you need
Continue Reading By Shoshana Dubnow and Pamela Brown, CNN Arlington, Virginia (CNN) — Greg Cabana, a veteran government teacher, remembers a time where his job as an educator felt secondary to being the phone police. “It was absolutely every class period,” Cabana told CNN. “It wasn’t the question of if students would have their cell phones out,
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The United States has approved the potential sale of 20 F-16 fighter jets to Manila, giving the key US ally in the Indo-Pacific a major upgrade to its air force just days after US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed to counter “China’s aggression.” The US Defense
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Buildings in Myanmar are continuing to collapse five days after a powerful earthquake struck the country, creating perilous conditions for rescuers as they attempt to extricate survivors from the rubble. More than 2,700 people were killed in the 7.7-magnitude quake, with thousands more injured, according to Myanmar’s military junta.
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, Haley Britzky and Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon has sent at least six B-2 bombers – 30% of the US Air Force’s stealth bomber fleet – to the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, in what analysts have called a message to Iran as tensions once again flare in the
Continue Reading By Eugenia Yosef, Kareem Khadder and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Wednesday a major expansion of the military’s operation in Gaza involving the seizure of large areas of land that would be “incorporated into Israel’s security zones.” In the statement, Katz said the operation would also involve a “large-scale
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and Eric Cheung, CNN Hong Kong/Taipei (CNN) — The Chinese military staged a second day of exercises around Taiwan on Wednesday, launching live-fire strikes in the East China Sea and practicing blockade operations near crucial shipping lanes to the east and west of the island. China has ramped up the frequency and
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By Gloria Pazmino and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The case against pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil will remain in New Jersey after a judge denied a government motion to have the case transferred to Louisiana where the Columbia graduate student remains in federal custody. Nearly a month after Khalil’s arrest, US District Judge Michael Farbiarz
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