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By Jessie Yeung, Stefano Pozzebon and Tara John, CNN Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — Criticism is mounting against Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro after deadly protests erupted across the country following its disputed presidential election. Venezuela’s opposition and multiple Latin American leaders have refused to recognize Maduro’s victory in the July 28 vote, which was announced by

By Larry Madowo, Caitlin Stephen Hu and Jessie Yeung, CNN Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Security forces protecting Haiti’s leader provided covering fire as he left a hospital in Port-au-Prince after an interview with CNN, in a stark illustration of the violence that continues to plague the gang-ravaged nation. CNN had been interviewing interim Prime Minister

By Tara John, Stefano Pozzebon, Mia Alberti, Jennifer Hansler and Avery Schmitz, CNN Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — Protests broke out in several Venezuelan cities on Monday after authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro was formally declared a winner by the county’s electoral authority in a presidential race marred by accusations of electoral fraud. In the capital Caracas,

By Tim Lister, Avery Schmitz and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — The video is as triumphant as it is gruesome. Rebel fighters, rifles slung over their shoulders, step among more than a dozen bodies strewn across the sand and rocks. Off camera, the pop of gunshots can be heard. The scene is from another battle in

By Rob Picheta, Tamar Michaelis, Mike Schwartz and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — A major political rift has broken out in Israel over the detention of nine Israeli soldiers, who are being investigated over the alleged abuse of a Palestinian inmate at a controversial desert detention facility. Far-right lawmakers and protesters breached the perimeter of

By Lauren Kent, Jessie Gretener, Niamh Kennedy and Ivana Kottasová, CNN London (CNN) — Two children have been killed and nine injured in a knife rampage targeting a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in a town in northern England on Monday, with a teenage suspect arrested over an attack one witness described as a “horror movie”.

By Sarah Dean and Jessie Gretener, CNN (CNN) — South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been expelled from the African National Congress (ANC), the party he once led. “Former President Jacob Zuma has actively impugned the integrity of the ANC,” ANC Secretary General Comrade Fikile Mbalula outlined at a press briefing on Monday. “This

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — One woman sleeps with a knife under her pillow, in the hope she can protect herself against armed men who might storm her house at night. Another was raped “repeatedly for days” along with her four daughters, while her husband and sons were forced to watch. Another was thrown

By Simone McCarthy and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — Some 5,000 people were rescued from flood-hit areas along North Korea’s border with China over the weekend in efforts supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, the country’s state media reported Monday. The North Korean army launched emergency operations in North Pyongan province as the region reeled

CNN By CNN Stefano Pozzebon, Karol Suarez, Abel Alvarado, Ivana Kottasová, Jessie Yeung and Tara John, CNN Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — Both Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and his political opponent claimed victory in the country’s election on Monday, a vote that was marked by accusations of fraud and counting irregularities. With 80% of votes counted,

By Xiaofei Xu and Chris Lau, CNN Paris (CNN) — Olympics organizers have “deeply apologized” to South Korea over a “human error” that saw its 143 athletes wrongly introduced as North Korean at the opening ceremony. The mishap occurred on Friday, when the South Korean athletes made their debut on a boat cruising down the