National-World

By Eyad Kourdi and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Syrian rebels have launched a large-scale attack on regime forces in western Aleppo, according to a Free Syrian Army source and local residents, marking the first major flare-up in years between both sides. Opposition factions announced the offensive Wednesday on their Telegram channel, calling it the

By Rob Picheta, Lou Robinson, Henrik Pettersson and Soph Warnes, CNN (CNN) — The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah is a major diplomatic breakthrough that follows 13 months of escalating conflict, upheaval and displacement in Lebanon. It starts a 60-day truce that the US and other stakeholders hope will be permanent. In that time,

By Jeremy Diamond and Mike Schwartz, CNN Shtula and Nahariya, northern Israel (CNN) — A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon is now in force, but many residents of Israel’s northern communities refuse to return home, while those who have remained say the deal is unlikely to bring permanent peace. The Israeli security

CNN By Nick Paton Walsh and Kosta Gak, CNN Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine (CNN) — The Russian assault, caught in grainy feeds from multiple drones, is relentless and daily. Aging armored vehicles race across a pockmarked field. Then, in broad daylight, one tank is stopped by Ukrainian attack drones. Yet two vehicles make it to the

By Nick Paton Walsh and Kosta Gak, CNN Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine (CNN) — The Russian assault, caught in grainy feeds from multiple drones, is relentless and daily. Aging armored vehicles race across a pockmarked field. Then, in broad daylight, one tank is stopped by Ukrainian attack drones. Yet two vehicles make it to the treeline

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A mother who kept her baby daughter in a drawer under her bed for almost three years has been jailed for seven and a half years in Britain. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was jailed at Chester Crown Court in northwest England after the judge

By Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, according to state-affiliated media in the Southeast Asian country. The deaths of two Australian teenagers, a British woman,

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — North Korea is expanding a weapons plant that manufactures missiles used by Russia against Ukraine, according to new research from a US-based think tank. The facility produces both KN-23 missiles (Hwasong-11A) and KN-24 missiles (Hwasong-11B), according to researchers at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A police officer who fatally shocked a 95-year-old woman with a Taser in an Australian nursing home has been found guilty of manslaughter after the jury found that the great-grandmother, who was holding a knife, did not pose an “imminent” threat. Senior Constable Kristian White was one

By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN (CNN) — The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon appears to be largely holding, despite accusations of violations from both sides of the border. US President Joe Biden said the deal that took effect early Wednesday morning – raising hopes of a lasting respite after a 13-month border conflict

CNN By Jeremy Diamond, Christian Edwards, Tamara Qiblawi and Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — A ceasefire between Israeli forces and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah took effect Wednesday morning local time, according to a timeline laid out by US President Joe Biden, after Israel and Lebanon agreed a deal to end the more than year-long conflict.