By Jennifer Hansler, Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Germany, France and the United Kingdom are likely to start the process of reimposing UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program on Thursday, three European officials told CNN Wednesday. The snapback process, included as part of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, takes 30 days to complete.
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By Catherine Nicholls and Henrik Pettersson, CNN (CNN) — The US envoy to Denmark was summoned by the Danish foreign ministry on Wednesday after the country’s public broadcaster reported that a number of American men had attempted to conduct “influence operations” in Greenland. According to an investigation by Danish public broadcaster DR, at least three
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By Jade Walker, CNN President Donald Trump is planning to make a big adjustment to his Cabinet. On Monday, he told reporters that the Department of Defense is going to change its name within “the next week or so.” Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your
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By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — College students are heading back to campus under sexual assault rules created during President Donald Trump’s first term – ones that survivor advocates say offer more protections for students accused of sexual assault than those who survive it. The Trump administration told schools in January that Title IX, the
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By Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) — Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just like he had done thousands of times before. This time, he noticed a tiny scratch on his leg –
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By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A US Air Force F-35 pilot spent 50 minutes on an airborne conference call with Lockheed Martin engineers trying to solve a problem with his fighter jet before he ejected and the plane plunged to the ground in Alaska earlier this year, an accident report released this week says.
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Japan’s government would like you to know: no, they’re not giving away a city to Tanzania. Authorities have been in damage control mode for the last few days after widespread misinformation about a cultural exchange program sparked a public panic – reflecting Japan’s conservative attitudes toward immigration and a
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By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A man was arrested in Dallas Monday night after he allegedly walked to an entrance of an ICE facility and told officials he had a bomb in his backpack, the Department of Homeland Security said in a news release Tuesday. Bratton Dean Wilkinson, a 35-year-old US citizen, arrived at
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By Max Saltman, Dana Karni, Oren Liebermann, Tal Shalev, Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military has claimed its double strike on a Gaza hospital that killed health workers and journalists on Monday was targeting a camera positioned by Hamas, without providing evidence, as the United Nations condemned the attack and demanded “accountability and
Continue Reading By Sarah Hutter, CNN It’s a love story, baby just said yes! Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are officially engaged. After nearly two years together, the pop icon and NFL star shared the news in a joint Instagram post — sending Swifties (my little sister included!) into a frenzy. And to think: It all started
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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump wants to eliminate “cashless bail” in the nation’s capital and across the country. But what exactly does that mean, and what is the controversy all about? “Cashless bail” is a term for criminal justice reform policies that have upended the traditional practice of making bail –
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By Olivia Kemp, CNN (CNN) — The figurehead of the populist right in the United Kingdom has pledged to deport hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and withdraw the country from international human rights treaties. But experts say Nigel Farage’s plans – billed as the most radical immigration overhaul in modern British politics – are
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By Mostafa Salem and Charbel Mallo, CNN (CNN) — United States Special Envoy Tom Barrack sparked outrage after telling Lebanese journalists to act “civilized,” not “animalistic,” during a news conference in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday. Barrack, joined by deputy envoy Morgan Ortagus, was in the Lebanese capital as part of US efforts to
Continue Reading By Jade Walker, CNN Want to learn more about the victims of Jeffrey Epstein? A posthumous and “unsparing” memoir by Virginia Giuffre, one of the late convicted sex offender’s most prominent accusers, will be published this fall. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A terrifying text message sent students running for cover, barricading themselves in bathrooms and knocking over chairs in the frantic rush to hide from the active shooter reported on their university campus. Then, a few hours later and 700 miles away, it happened again. Reports of active shooters wielding
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By Mark Morales, CNN New York City (CNN) — Tennis fans, many with the US Open’s signature Honey Deuces in hand, are making their way to New York City to watch the sport’s biggest stars. The focus will be on Venus Williams’ return and which newcomer could have a breakout tournament. Law enforcement wants it
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A US Coast Guard cutter on Monday unloaded a record haul of illegal drugs that, if it had made it to the streets, would represent around 23 million deadly doses of cocaine, the service said. The cutter Hamilton offloaded about 61,740 pounds of cocaine and 14,400 pounds of marijuana
Continue Reading By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke, CNN Uvalde, Texas (CNN) — Thousands more emails related to the 2022 school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, are to be released after a lawyer said a mistake had been made in withholding them. The error was admitted at an emotional school board meeting Monday night, where elected
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Australia is expelling the Iranian ambassador to Canberra after the country’s intelligence agency found that Iran was behind at least two antisemitic attacks on Australian soil. Australia’s Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) had linked Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to two arson attacks last year, targeting a
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen and Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — Iran faces a renewal of UN-mandated sanctions within weeks unless it returns to negotiations on the future of its nuclear program and allows international inspections of its facilities. The process for restoring sanctions that were lifted a decade ago under a landmark nuclear deal
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