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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Three Chinese astronauts landed back on Earth on Friday more than a week later than their scheduled arrival, capping an extended stay in space after a suspected debris strike left their spaceship with a cracked window. The crew of the Shenzhou-20 spaceflight had been due to finish their mission

By Yoonjung Seo, Brad Lendon, Mike Valerio, CNN Seoul (CNN) — Secret drone flights from South Korea to the heart of Pyongyang were part of a ploy by the former president to rattle the North Korean leader, South Korean prosecutors have alleged as they released new details of plot they say preceded a foiled attempt

CNN By Kara Fox, Sana Noor Haq, CNN London (CNN) — A British journalist and political commentator detained by US immigration officers for more than two weeks warned of “an attack on the freedoms of ordinary Americans and citizens worldwide” as he returned to the UK Thursday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had detained Sami

By Eugenia Yosef, Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The Israeli government identified the deceased hostage whose remains were handed over by Hamas on Thursday as Manny Godard, 73, an Israeli resident of a kibbutz near the Gaza Strip. Godard and his wife Ayelet were killed during the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israeli

CNN By Stefano Pozzebon, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The people of the United States should unite with Venezuela for the peace of the Americas, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro told CNN’s Stefano Pozzebon in the middle of a rally in Caracas on Thursday. His exclusive remarks come amid heightened tensions with the US, which has

By Jennifer Hauser, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Canadian police say a member of the public who took an Ontario transit bus for a joyride, with about 10 passengers still onboard, didn’t even leave “a ding.” Police say the man, who drove the articulated bus along its route through the city, also carefully denied entry to

By Stefano Pozzebon, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The people of the United States should unite with Venezuela for the peace of the Americas, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro told CNN’s Stefano Pozzebon in the middle of a rally in Caracas on Thursday. His exclusive remarks come amid heightened tensions with the US, which has deployed

By Catherine Nicholls, Christian Edwards, Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — The BBC apologized to US President Donald Trump on Thursday over a documentary that Trump’s lawyers described as false and defamatory, seeking to defuse a row that has plunged the public broadcaster into its worst crisis in years. A BBC spokesperson said that lawyers

By German Padinger, CNN (CNN) — The buildup of US naval forces in the Caribbean, boosted by the recent arrival near Latin America of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, has raised speculation that both the United States and Venezuela may be preparing for a larger conflict. While the US has characterized the buildup

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — A self-styled clairvoyant who said a statue of the Virgin Mary cried tears of blood and claimed she could multiply gnocchi for her followers, has been charged with fraud, along with her husband. They are due to stand trial in April. For years, faithful Catholic pilgrims flocked

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate have once again raised questions over Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s account of his friendship with the late sex offender and his denials of the allegations of his accuser Virginia Giuffre. The former prince told Epstein and convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell “I can’t

By Zeena Saifi, Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Israeli settlers torched a mosque and sprayed it with graffiti in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to Palestinian authorities, the latest in a surge of increasingly brazen settler attacks against Palestinians. The Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs said settlers attacked the Hajjah Hamidah Mosque

By Kara Fox, Sana Noor Haq, CNN London (CNN) — A British journalist and political commentator detained by US immigration officers for more than two weeks warned of “an attack on the freedoms of ordinary Americans and citizens worldwide” as he returned to the UK Thursday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had detained Sami Hamdi,

By Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump’s much-heralded peace declaration between Thailand and Cambodia is falling apart after the two countries accused each other of opening fire along their disputed border on Wednesday, in skirmishes that killed at least one person. The brief clash came two days after Thailand said