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By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — India has emerged as a growing player in the illicit fentanyl trade, a new US intelligence report says, a designation likely to raise alarm in New Delhi as President Donald Trump wields tariffs on countries he accuses of not doing enough to stop the deadly drug from flowing into

By Hilary Whiteman and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — A former police officer who fatally Tasered a 95-year-old Australian woman after she refused his orders to drop a knife has been spared jail, with the victim’s family decrying the sentence as a “slap on the wrist.” Kristian White was found guilty of manslaughter after shocking

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The United States will enhance its military alliance with the Philippines as it aims to “reestablish deterrence” to counter “China’s aggression” in the Indo-Pacific region, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday during a trip to Manila. The efforts reflect the strength of the US-Philippines’ “ironclad alliance,

By Todd Symons and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will fight for his job in a tightly contested election campaign expected to be dominated by cost-of-living concerns, the country’s relationship with China and jitters over the fast-changing global order under US President Donald Trump. The election pits an incumbent who

By Kareem El Damanhoury, Kareem Khadder and Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — More than a dozen aid workers have been killed or gone missing in Gaza over the past few days, several groups say, as Israel’s complete blockade of humanitarian aid neared the one-month mark amid its renewed military assault on the Palestinian enclave. The

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Canada will have to “dramatically reduce” its reliance on the United States as the two countries’ relationship darkens, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned on Thursday, adding that the old bilateral relationship was “over.” After holding a cabinet meeting to discuss Canada’s response to US President Donald Trump’s tariffs

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles “required a short period of observation in hospital” on Thursday after experiencing “temporary side effects” from a scheduled cancer treatment in the morning, Buckingham Palace has said. Charles, 76, has now returned to Clarence House and, on medical advice, has canceled his engagements on Friday, the

By Lauren Kent, Niamh Kennedy and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s European allies say now is not the time for lifting sanctions on Russia, in a clear message to the Trump administration as Moscow pushes Washington for concessions ahead of signing a US brokered deal on ending the fighting in the Black Sea. The

By Rob Picheta, Anna Chernova, Nadeen Ebrahim, Kareem El Damanhoury, Olivia Kemp, and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Six Russian tourists were killed on Thursday after a viewing submarine sank near the Egyptian resort city of Hurghada, according to the local governor. Maj. Gen. Amr Hanafy confirmed the deaths in an update on the Red

CNN By Kara Fox and Zeena Saifi, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — At a military prison in central Israel, 18-year-old Itamar Greenberg sat in a US Army-issued army uniform as the Hollywood blockbuster “American Sniper” blared from the rec room’s TV. But Greenberg is not a soldier, and the desert camouflage fatigues are the

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — North Korea appears to have sent at least 3,000 more soldiers to Russia early this year, South Korea’s military said Thursday, demonstrating Pyongyang’s continued support for Moscow’s war on Ukraine as world leaders push for an end to the three-year conflict. The news comes as Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister