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By Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — Norwegian police have seized a Russian-crewed ship on suspicion of being involved in causing “serious damage” to a fiber cable in the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Sweden. Troms Police in northern Norway located the Silver Dania ship on Thursday evening, following a request from Latvian authorities, and it

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will discuss the possibility of deporting suspected Tren de Aragua gang members to El Salvador in an upcoming meeting with Salvadorean president Nayib Bukele, according to State Department Special Envoy for Latin America Mauricio Claver-Carone. “We’re looking to do a new agreement that

By Jennifer Hauser, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — A 59-year-old male tourist was trampled to death by an elephant while reportedly trying to save his grandchild at Kruger National Park in South Africa last weekend, according to a statement from the park. Eyewitnesses say the man and his family parked close to the Malelane reception area

By Eyad Kourdi and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA. Atef Najib was detained in the Latakia region, an Assad family stronghold where some

By Kosta Gak, Victoria Butenko and Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — North Korean troops have not been seen on the frontlines in Russia’s Kursk region for several weeks, a Ukrainian military official said Friday, amid reports of mass casualties among Pyongyang’s forces. “The presence of DPRK troops has not been observed for about

CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Kareem Khadder and Mohammad Al-Sawalhi, CNN (CNN) — Khamis and Ahmad Imarah knew they wouldn’t find much more than rubble when returning to their home in northern Gaza. But they had to go. Their father and brother are still buried under the debris, more than a year after their home was

By Ivana Kottasová, Mick Krever, Tim Lister, Ibrahim Dahman and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Hamas announced on Friday that among the three Israeli hostages to be released from Gaza on Saturday are an American dual national and the father of the youngest hostages taken from Israel on October 7, 2023. It named three men

By Yumi Asada, Chris Lau and Minori Konishi, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more than 40 meters wide, hampering rescuers racing to reach an elderly truck driver whose vehicle was swallowed by the hole. On Tuesday, part

By Ivana Kottasová, Kareem Khadder and Mohammad Al-Sawalhi, CNN (CNN) — Khamis and Ahmad Imarah knew they wouldn’t find much more than rubble when returning to their home in northern Gaza. But they had to go. Their father and brother are still buried under the debris, more than a year after their home was struck

By Michael Rios and Andrew Raine, CNN (CNN) — When US President Donald Trump signed a recent executive order that would deny citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants living in the United States, he took aim at what he suggested was a peculiarly American principle: Birthright citizenship. “It’s ridiculous. We are the only country

By Stefano Pozzebon and Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — After a six-year long legal battle, a court in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo has authorized a child to be officially registered as the child of three fathers and one mother. Ana Paula Morbeck, the lawyer who represents the now ten-year-old child, told CNN affiliate

By Jennifer Hauser, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Singer, song writer and actress Marianne Faithfull has died, her spokesperson confirmed to CNN Thursday. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of the singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull. Marianne passed away peacefully in London today, in the company of her loving family. She

By Caitlin Danaher and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Migrant workers in Canada have been exposed to “shocking abuse and discrimination” while working under the country’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), according to a new report by Amnesty International. In the report published Thursday, Amnesty criticized the structure of Canada’s TFWP, which allows employers to

By Karol Suarez and Sophie Tanno, CNN Mexico City (CNN) — Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum sent a letter to Google contesting the tech giant’s decision to comply with US President Donald Trump’s order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. President Sheinbaum showed the letter to reporters Thursday saying, “In the