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By Billy Stockwell, Benjamin Brown, Nadine Schmidt and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Berlin have detained a teenage Syrian refugee after a man was stabbed near the city’s Holocaust Memorial late Friday – as divisive rhetoric swells over Germany’s immigration policy, ahead of a consequential national election. The 19-year-old suspect was arrested after

By Tim Lister, Nadeen Ebrahim and Tamar Michaelis, CNN (CNN) — Just what happened to Shiri Bibas and her two children after they were kidnapped on October 7, 2023, has become a source of torment for their family and millions of Israelis. The two boys and their mother were not released from Gaza during the

By Antonia Mortensen, Christopher Lamb and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis has received high flows of oxygen after suffering a respiratory crisis but had a peaceful night in hospital, the Vatican said. “The night passed quietly, the pope rested,” the Holy See Press Office said in a brief statement early Sunday morning,

CNN By Tamar Michaelis, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas was not among the four returned by Hamas from Gaza on Thursday, Israel’s military has said, accusing the Palestinian militant group of a “violation of utmost severity” of the precarious ceasefire deal. Hamas said it will

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A “window for peace is opening” in Ukraine, China’s top diplomat told a meeting of G20 foreign ministers on Thursday, as the Trump administration ramps up its push to end the war in close coordination with Russia. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Russian counterpart Sergey

By Manuel Cobela, CNN (CNN) — A plane carrying 177 Venezuelan migrants, who were held in Guantanamo Bay after being deported from the US, arrived in Venezuela on Thursday, nearly emptying the naval base of the migrants sent there after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The migrants were initially flown to Honduras for transfer to Venezuela,

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Fighting fish, thirsty camels and hairy shrimp are all featured among the winning images of the 2025 Underwater Photographer of the Year competition. Spanish photographer Alvaro Herrero was named overall winner for his image showing the relationship between a humpback whale and her newborn calf, according to a statement

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Arab leaders met in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Friday for the first time to formulate a response to President Donald Trump’s plan for the US to take ownership of Gaza, expel its Palestinian population and turn it into a Middle Eastern “Riviera.” The meeting – including Egypt, Jordan,

By Eugenia Yosef, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Tamar Michaelis, CNN (CNN) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israel’s military to conduct an operation in the occupied West Bank after three empty buses exploded in a suspected terror attack near Tel Aviv on Thursday. No casualties were reported and there was no immediate claim of responsibility for

By Tamar Michaelis, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas was not among the four returned by Hamas from Gaza on Thursday, Israel’s military has said, accusing the Palestinian militant group of a “violation of utmost severity” of the precarious ceasefire deal. Hamas said it will investigate

By Abel Alvarado and Gerardo Lemos, CNN (CNN) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she’ll propose reforms to the country’s constitution aiming to reinforce the nation’s sovereignty, after the US designated several Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations – a move that could potentially lay the groundwork for direct US strikes inside Mexican territory. “The