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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — They rattle through neighborhoods all over the Philippines decked out in gaudy hand-painted liveries featuring everything from the Virgin Mary to NBA stars, shuttling millions of people on their daily commutes to the tune of blaring horns and rumbling engines. Affectionately called “king of the roads,” this form of public

By Hamdi Alkhshali, Nechirvan Mando and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Monday launched ballistic missiles at what it said was a spy base for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad in northern Iraq, and at “anti-Iran terror groups” in Syria, in the latest escalation of hostilities that further risks spiraling into a wider regional

By Andrew Carey, Lianne Kolirin and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Israel said Monday that Hamas is carrying out “psychological torment” as the militant group released a third video in the space of 24 hours featuring the same three hostages being held in Gaza, the last of which appears to show two of the hostages

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The Peregrine spacecraft — which launched last week on the first US mission to aim for a moon landing in over 50 years — is headed back toward Earth and expected to make a fiery reentry after a critical fuel leak dashed its lunar ambitions. The failed moon landing attempt

By Jomana Karadsheh, Adam Pourahmadi, and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — The imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been sentenced to an additional 15 months in prison, Mohammadi’s family said in a written statement sent to CNN on Monday. She was charged with “spreading propaganda” against the Islamic Republic regime, her family