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A Russian drone is shot down by Ukrainian air defences during a night strike on Kyiv on June 17

Ukraine worries about ‘losing the Americans’ as global attention shifts to the war in the Middle East

By Tim Lister, Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine does not “want to lose the Americans” while they are “without question, currently more focused on the Middle East,” President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. There is growing apprehension in Kyiv that the conflict in the Middle East will divert attention, and weapons, from the war that

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Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland is shown.

Retired Air Force major general missing for weeks once led Wright-Patterson, an Ohio base steeped in decades of UFO theories

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Streetlights shaped like alien heads line the roads of Roswell, New Mexico, where murals of flying saucers streak across storefronts and tourists pose beside statues of little green men. Nearly eight decades after a mysterious crash in the desert sparked global fascination with extraterrestrials, the small city remains synonymous

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Cuba's Colonel Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro

With the US pressuring Cuba, a Castro known as ‘the Crab’ is making appearances. Here’s why it matters

By Mauricio Torres, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, grandson of former Cuban President Raúl Castro, appeared in several public events led by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday, raising questions, according to analysts, about his role in Cuba’s leadership as the island faces calls for regime change from the United States.

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A photograph taken on March 14 shows a police car parked outside a Jewish school

Explosion rocks Amsterdam Jewish school in what mayor says is ‘targeted attack’ against Jewish community

By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — An explosion struck overnight at a Jewish school in Amsterdam in what the city’s mayor called a “targeted attack against the Jewish community.” The blast hit the outer wall of the school, located in Buitenveldert, considered the city’s modern Jewish quarter and home to synagogues, religious schools and Jewish

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Travelers wait in line to get into a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston

TSA workers grapple with loss of first paycheck: ‘I don’t want to depend on anybody else’

By Alexandra Skores, Tami Luhby, CNN Washington (CNN) — A father and Transportation Security Administration officer said he “crumbled” when one of his children asked whether he needed money in the wake of the four-week-long government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. “I’ve always been self–motivated,” said Johnny Jones, secretary-treasurer of the American Federation

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A view of the control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on October 9

Passengers face hours-long delays across DC-area airports after equipment malfunction at air traffic control center

By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Passengers at three airports in the Washington, DC, area faced significant delays after a ground stop was issued Friday afternoon due to an equipment outage, according to the FAA and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who posted details on X. The disruptions were caused by the temporary closure of a

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