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By Eric Cheung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan’s presidential office held a “tabletop” exercise on Thursday simulating military escalations by China, a first-of-its-kind drill involving government agencies beyond the armed forces that highlights Taipei’s urgency in ensuring preparedness against an increasingly assertive Beijing. The simulation involved central and local government units and civil groups,

By Brad Lendon and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — China has launched its first next-generation amphibious assault ship, adding a powerful cutting-edge warship to the country’s fast-expanding navy as it races to rival the military power of the United States. The Type 076 amphibious assault ship entered the water on Friday at a launch ceremony

By Abeer Salman, Irene Nasser, Ibrahim Dahman and Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military surrounded one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza, ordering patients and staff to evacuate and remove their clothing, say eyewitnesses, as concern grows for those who remain in the facility. Israeli forces “are besieging Kamal Adwan Hospital

CNN By Catherine Nicholls, Aruzhan Zeinulla, Hassan Tayir and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Early indications suggest a Russian anti-aircraft system may have downed the passenger jet that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, a US official told CNN, as authorities recovered a second black box that they hope will shed light on the cause

By Lex Harvey, Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul (CNN) — South Korea’s parliament voted to impeach prime minister and acting president Han Duck-soo on Friday, less than two weeks after parliament stripped President Yoon Suk Yeol of his powers over his short-lived martial law order that plunged the country into political disarray. A

Eugenia Yosef and Mohammed Tawfeeq Israel (CNN) — Israel’s Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has ordered an investigation into Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after a report alleged that she had harassed opponents. “An investigation should be opened into suspicions of witness harassment and obstruction of justice regarding the findings of

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Mostafa Salem and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces unleashed a series of strikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa and the western city of Hodeidah on Thursday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens more, the Houthi militant group said in a statement. An assault on the capital’s airport hit

By Aishwarya S Iyer, Abel Alvarado and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who steered the country through sweeping reforms and paved the way for its emergence as a global economic powerhouse, has died. He was 92. Singh was taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New

By Catherine Nicholls, Aruzhan Zeinulla, Hassan Tayir, Darya Tarasova and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Early indications suggest a Russian anti-aircraft system may have downed the passenger jet that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, a US official told CNN. The signs point to a Russian system striking Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 before it crashed

By Kareem El Damanhoury, Irene Nasser and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — At least 14 law enforcement personnel were killed in western Syria overnight in an “ambush” by the former forces of deposed leader Bashar al-Assad, the interior ministry said on Thursday, in an indication of challenges for the country’s new government. The attack in

Analysis by Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — This time last year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in the doldrums. “He started very low,” said Nadav Shtrauchler, a political strategist who has worked closely with Netanyahu. “The lowest point that he had.” Many Israelis accused him of being asleep at the wheel on October 7,

By Mohammad Al Sawalhi and CNN’s Abeer Salman, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Irene Nasser (CNN) — Five journalists have been killed in an overnight Israeli strike that hit their vehicle in Gaza, a hospital and their news outlet said in a statement on Thursday. The vehicle, belonging to Al-Quds Today Television, was parked outside Al-Awda Hospital