National-World

By CNN staff (CNN) — On Thursday 5 September, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour spoke with General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, in his first television interview in that role. It was conducted near the frontlines, at an undisclosed location for security reasons. What follows is a transcript of their full interview, lightly edited for

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Everyone thought he was the professor. But the gray-haired older man was a freshman medical student, just like the rest of the class. “My family and friends were surprised at first. Several of my friends thought I was crazy wanting to study medicine at this age,” Toh

By Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN (CNN) — Three people were killed and two wounded in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, authorities in the country said Saturday. The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said three emergency workers were killed in the attack as they tried to contain a fire in the town of Froun, Nabatieh district.

By Jennifer Hauser, CNN (CNN) — Three people were injured in a fire at a high school for girls in Kenya, authorities in the country reported, just one day after more than 20 people were killed by a blaze at an elementary school for boys. “Isiolo Girls on fire, several students reportedly trapped inside,” state-owned Kenya

CNN By Brad Lendon, Isaac Yee and Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine appears to be calling on a fleet of fire-spewing “dragon drones” in its war with Russian invaders, putting a modern twist on a munition used to horrific effect in both world wars. A series of videos posted on social media, including on

By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Massive train disruptions in Germany left hundreds of passengers stranded on Saturday, as authorities worked to restore traffic following a technical malfunction. Some traffic has since resumed. Train services in central Germany have been “massively affected” due to a technical fault, the German rail company Deutsche Bahn said. There

By Christopher Lamb, CNN Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (CNN) — Pope Francis emphasized the importance of a Catholic Church serving marginalized communities during his trip to Papua New Guinea over the weekend, flying in a military plane to one of the most remote parts of the Pacific nationas part of his lengthy Asia tour. Speaking

By Niamh Kennedy and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Debris from a downed drone was found outside Ukraine’s parliament building on Saturday morning after the country’s defense systems largely succeeded in fending off a widescale drone attack launched overnight by Russia. Ukraine managed to shoot down 58 of the 67 Shahed drones launched by Russia, the Ukrainian Air

CNN By Avery Schmitz, Amanda Musa, Lucas Lilieholm and James Legge, CNN (CNN) — The family of an American woman shot and killed while protesting in the occupied West Bank has blamed Israel for her death and called for an independent investigation, saying in a statement that an Israel-led probe would be inadequate. Two eyewitnesses

By Nick Paton Walsh, Sophie Tanno and Radina Gigova, CNN London (CNN) — CIA chief Bill Burns said Saturday he hoped to have a “more detailed” hostage and ceasefire proposal to put before Israel and Hamas negotiators in the coming days, but stressed that its success would come down to “political will” on their part. He