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By Tamar Michaelis, Oren Liebermann, Kareem El Damanhoury, Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Israel has received remains of one of the last deceased hostages held in Gaza, in the fourth such transfer this week. On Saturday morning, the Israel Defense Forces said the remains were identified as Command Sergeant Major Lior Rudaeff. The 61-year-old was

By Jennifer Hansler, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — An elite Iranian military unit plotted to assassinate the Israeli ambassador to Mexico, according to a US official familiar with the matter. The plan, hatched by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force, was initiated at the end of 2024 and was active through the first

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday that it used “professional marksmen” to kill a flu-exposed ostrich herd in British Columbia, bringing to an end a nearly year-long legal saga that had attracted attention from conservatives in the United States, including US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “As

By Cecilia Laurent Monpetit, Joseph Ataman, Philippe Cordier, CNN Paris (CNN) — Protesters disrupted a performance by the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris three times Thursday as flares, smoke bombs and physical clashes broke out in the concert hall. In video of the event shared on social media, several members of the audience could be

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The horrifying reports of the massacre of hundreds of Sudanese civilians after the Darfur city of El Fasher was captured by the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last week were the latest chapter in a brutal conflict that has killed more than 150,000 people over the past two and

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Prince Harry jokingly apologized to Canada on Thursday for wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball cap when he watched the team take on the Toronto Blue Jays during the World Series. “I was under duress,” he explained in an interview with Canadian broadcaster CTV News after apologizing. “There wasn’t

By Zeena Saifi, Jeremy Diamond, Cyril Theophilos, CNN Hamra, West Bank (CNN) — Umm Shukry inspects her olive trees one by one, just as she did every year for a decade. But this olive harvest season is different. Nearly all her trees are damaged; their branches bare and brittle. Examining each limb, she feels exhausted

By Laura Sharman, Brad Lendon, Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — China’s latest and most capable aircraft carrier has officially entered service, a significant step forward for Beijing as it seeks to catch up with the United States on naval supremacy. Chinese leader Xi Jinping attended the commissioning ceremony for the Fujian at a military port

Story by Associated Press Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CNN) — The wives of a missing Malaysian Christian pastor and a Muslim activist, both abducted years ago in cases that drew international concern, won a landmark lawsuit after a court ruled the government and police were responsible for the men’s enforced disappearances. The High Court on Wednesday

By Jessie Yeung, Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — When Japanese soldiers arrived in the northern prefecture of Akita on Thursday, they prepared to face a new kind of threat – one with fuzzy ears and up to 220 pounds of mass. This mountainous region is known for its lush forests, lakes and valleys –

Story by Associated Press Vienna (AP) — Austria’s domestic intelligence service has uncovered a weapons cache in Vienna that is believed to be linked to the Palestinian militant group Hamas for use in “possible terrorist attacks in Europe,” the government said Thursday. A 39-year-old unidentified British citizen allegedly “having close ties to the weapons cache”