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By Mostafa Salem and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s supreme leader has denounced a proposal by the United States aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear efforts and demanded that his country retains independence amid reports of Washington offering to become involved in Tehran’s nuclear program. Despite several rounds of talks between the two sides to

By Lucas Lilieholm and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The distribution of aid from a controversial new US- and Israel-backed organization into Gaza was paused for 24 hours on Wednesday after Palestinians en route to a distribution site came under fire for three straight days, with fatal consequences. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said that

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 1 million Russian soldiers have been killed or injured in the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to a new study, a grisly measure of the human cost of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked three-year assault on his neighbor. Russia will likely hit the 1 million casualty mark

By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The German city of Cologne has finished evacuating 20,500 people, its largest evacuation order since World War II, after officials defused three massive, unexploded bombs. The American bombs – two 20-ton weapons and another that weighs 10 tons – were found in a shipyard on Monday, the city said,

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has shared a video of her dancing while she was heavily pregnant with her daughter Lilibet four years ago. She uploaded the video to Instagram on Wednesday in one of several posts to mark Lilibet’s fourth birthday. In the short clip, Meghan can be seen

CNN By Kocha Olarn and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — An elephant never forgets – where the snacks are stored. A large wild elephant caught shopkeepers off guard at a convenience store in Thailand on Monday, when it lumbered into the shop in search of food. The hungry mammal can be seen on CCTV footage

By Kocha Olarn and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — An elephant never forgets – where the snacks are stored. A large wild elephant caught shopkeepers off guard at a convenience store in Thailand on Monday, when it lumbered into the shop in search of food. The hungry mammal can be seen on CCTV footage entering

By Jessie Yeung, Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — At age 14 he was an impoverished factory worker. On Wednesday, he became the leader of one of Asia’s most powerful economies, a US ally and cultural juggernaut. But after sweeping to a decisive victory over conservative rival Kim Moon-soo on

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Erin Patterson, the woman accused of murdering three guests with a meal laced with death cap mushrooms, told her trial on Wednesday she may have inadvertently added foraged mushrooms to the lunch because her duxelles tasted “a little bland.” On the third day of evidence on Wednesday,

By Rafael Romo, CNN (CNN) — It’s a dark chapter in Chile’s history. During the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet from 1973 to 1990, thousands of babies were stolen from their biological mothers and sold into adoption, mainly to foreign couples from the United States and Europe. In Chile, they’re known as “The Children of

By Michael Rios and Sol Amaya, CNN (CNN) — Mexico’s ruling party Morena will gain control of the Supreme Court following the country’s first-ever judicial elections, which were marred by low voter turnout and allegations of a power grab. Preliminary results from Sunday’s race showed candidates linked with Morena winning most seats on the judiciary.

By Mostafa Salem, Nadeen Ebrahim and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A new program for getting desperately needed food into the hands of starving Palestinians in Gaza is only days old, but it’s already mired in chaos and tragedy. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed over the past few days while on their way to