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CNN, CATHERINE LOUISE BIRMINGHAM, GETTY IMAGES By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — The self-described idyllic life of a family of five living in an Italian forest with horses, donkeys and chickens has stalled after a court ordered the children be removed and placed in foster care. Patrol cars were dispatched to remove the children

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — The self-described idyllic life of a family of five living in an Italian forest with horses, donkeys and chickens has stalled after a court ordered the children be removed and placed in foster care. Patrol cars were dispatched to remove the children from their home in Abruzzo to

By Nimi Princewill, Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Fifty students who were abducted from a Catholic school in northern Nigeria on Friday have returned to their families after they managed to escape, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Sunday. Armed bandits kidnapped 303 children and 12 teachers from the St. Mary’s Private Catholic

By Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — Armed with shovels and wheelbarrows, municipal workers from Tulum, Mexico, were deployed to the resort town’s famed beaches in June, tasked with removing large quantities of sargassum that had piled up to cover the crystal-clear waters. By that point in the year, authorities said they had collected 1,900 tons

By Charbel Mallo and Dana Karni (CNN) — The Israeli military says it killed Hezbollah’s second most senior figure in the first air strikes in months on southern Beirut. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) called Haytham Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah’s Chief of Staff, “a key operative and veteran in the terrorist organization.” “The strike was intended

By Billy Stockwell, Kit Maher, and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio projected optimism on Sunday after what he described as productive discussions between American and Ukrainian officials in Geneva, Switzerland, aimed at stopping the war in Ukraine. The talks were “probably the most productive and meaningful” so far, Rubio

By Sophie Tanno, and Inke Kappeler, CNN (CNN) — This year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to build Europe’s strongest army – a tall order for a country whose military has undergone years of neglect. The coalition government is hoping a new bill agreed upon last week will help make this a reality, bolstering Germany’s

By Sophie Tanno, Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — World leaders on Saturday expressed concern over a US peace plan for Ukraine seen as favoring Russia, saying it needs “additional work” as they scramble a coordinated response to the proposal. European powers have been caught off guard by the plan which contains major concessions to Russia

By Tim Lister, Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s drone strikes against boats allegedly bringing illicit drugs to the US come amid an explosion in the amount of cocaine being produced in Colombia and Peru. But there is a new – and lethal – factor that is turbo-charging production – especially in Peru: