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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Jack Guy, CNN Rome (CNN) — It was the dark hair on the back of the neck, hands and chin of the elderly woman renewing her identity card that first tipped off authorities to an alleged crime and led to the arrest of a 57-year-old man in northern Italy. The man,

By Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — Four more people suspected of involvement in the robbery of the French crown jewels from the Louvre have been detained, the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN Tuesday. Two men, aged 38 and 39, and two women, aged 31 and 40, all from the Paris region, were detained by

By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — The Vatican has issued a warning against the rise of polyamory, insisting marriage is the stable, lifelong and exclusive partnership between a man and woman. A new document defending monogamy, signed off by Pope Leo XIV, was written as “various public forms of non-monogamous unions – sometimes called

CNN By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A volcano in Ethiopia has erupted for the first known time in 10,000 years, spewing plumes of thick smoke and ash high into the sky and impacting air travel thousands of miles away in India. The long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar region in Ethiopia’s northeast roared

By Natasha Bertrand, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll held meetings with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi on Monday about a proposed plan for ending the war in Ukraine, with talks to continue Tuesday, a US official told CNN. The meetings, which follow days of intense diplomatic efforts as the US

By Jessie Yeung, Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — A “once in 300 year” storm has battered southern Thailand, bringing floodwaters more than eight feet high that in one city cut off access to a maternity ward holding 30 newborn babies, staff and officials said. At least 19 people across southern Thailand have died,

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A volcano in Ethiopia has erupted for the first known time in 10,000 years, spewing plumes of thick smoke and ash high into the sky and impacting air travel thousands of miles away in India. The long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar region in Ethiopia’s northeast roared to

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A US Air Force drone, part of a squadron permanently assigned to South Korea amid simmering military tensions in the region, crashed early Monday off the country’s west coast, according to military and media reports. The MQ-9 Reaper drone, assigned to Kunsan Air Base, “was involved in an incident

By Reuters The Trump administration said on Monday it is ending temporary legal status for citizens of Myanmar in the United States, arguing they can safely return to the war-torn Southeast Asian country and citing the military junta’s planned elections as evidence of an improving situation. The move sparked concern for individuals who may be

Story by Associated Press Seoul, South Korea (AP) — A 33-year-old South Korean man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for running an online blackmail ring that sexually exploited or abused 261 victims, including more than a dozen minors he raped or assaulted, over a four-year period before his arrest in January. The Seoul