Skip to Content

National-World

Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar speaks to CNN on May 12.

‘We hope sense will prevail,’ Pakistan’s foreign minister says as delicate India-Pakistan ceasefire holds

By Nic Robertson and Sophia Saifi, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — As tensions ratcheted up over the last week of fighting, Pakistan did not consider deploying nuclear warheads to strike India, the country’s foreign minister Ishaq Dar told CNN on Monday. In his first interview since India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire Saturday, Dar

Continue Reading
Harvard's interim president Alan Garber attends the university's 373rd commencement exercises.

Harvard says it has ‘common ground’ with Trump administration, but is ‘undermined’ by government overreach

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — While Harvard and the Trump administration share “common ground” on issues such as ending antisemitism and other bigotry on campus and encouraging a “multiplicity of viewpoints” at the Ivy League school, the “overreach” of the federal government has hindered those objectives, Alan Garber, the university’s president, said Monday in

Continue Reading
Starmer announced the measures during a Monday press conference.

Britain sets out plan to toughen rules on migration, as Starmer combats surge in support for populists

By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — Britain will toughen its requirements for legal migrants and extend the wait for newcomers to claim citizenship, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday, announcing a slew of policy changes as he resists a political barrage from the country’s emboldened populist right. Immigrants will now have to wait up

Continue Reading
A plane taxis on the tarmac after an air traffic control outage at Newark International Airport in Newark

DOT Secretary blames Biden administration for air traffic control failures as Newark experiences more delays

By Pete Muntean, Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration is to blame for the ongoing air traffic control failures at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport, and throughout the system, Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday. “I think it is clear that the blame belongs with the last

Continue Reading
People celebrate in Ghaziabad

Missiles, drones and airstrikes, until a sudden ceasefire. How India and Pakistan agreed to an uneasy truce

By Kunal Sehgal, Sophia Saifi, Alex Stambaugh, Nic Robertson and Matthew Chance, CNN New Delhi/Islamabad (CNN) — India and Pakistan engaged in the most intense fighting in decades with four days of escalating conflict that included fighter jets, missiles and drones packed with explosives. It ended almost as abruptly as it began. New details reveal

Continue Reading

5 things to know for May 12: Trade war, PKK disarms, Habeas corpus, Newark airport, Air Force One

By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — “Sinners,” the new period piece/crime thriller/vampire horror hybrid from director Ryan Coogler, scored top marks with critics and fans (97% on Rotten Tomatoes) and has earned more than $200 million at the box office. But the closest movie theater to Clarksdale, Mississippi, which served as the inspiration for the

Continue Reading
The exterior of the Riverside Aviation Center at Tulsa Community College in Oklahoma is pictured.

The US needs more air traffic controllers. These graduating students just got fast-tracked to enter the job market quicker

By Sarah Dewberry, CNN Tulsa, Oklahoma (CNN) — The United States aviation industry continues to grapple with the worst air traffic controller shortage in nearly 30 years as a recent spate of incidents has thrust the high-stress profession into the spotlight. Now a federal collegiate training program is aiming to fill vacancies at US air

Continue Reading