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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A retired matador was killed by a bull on Friday as he prepared the animals for a bullfight at an arena in Málaga, in southern Spain, organizers said. Ricardo Ortiz was handling the bulls in their enclosures at La Malagueta, a historic bullring in Málaga, when one of the

By Stephanie Yang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — In the face of growing Chinese military aggression, Taiwan has increased defense spending, extended mandatory conscription and revamped its combat exercises, signaling its determination to fight off a potential invasion. Some of its people, like 51-year-old Nelson Yeh, have been making different plans. Three years ago, Yeh

By Barbie Latza Nadeau (CNN) — Italian authorities have opened a double murder investigation following the deaths of a mother and her teenage daughter following a Christmas Eve meal last year, after prosecutors said preliminary blood tests showed the pair had the poison ricin in their systems. Antonella Di Ielsi, 50, and Sara Di Vita,

By Max Saltman, Caitlin Stephen Hu, Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — A United Nations report from February details four sexual abuse investigations, one involving a 12-year-old child, that implicate members of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) forces, a Kenyan-led and US-backed military mission to combat gang violence in Haiti. “In 2025, the United Nations received

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump said this week that Iran’s new leadership is “less radical and much more reasonable.” Trump and the Pentagon have repeatedly claimed that regime change has happened. “If you look already because the one regime was decimated, destroyed. They’re all dead. The next regime is mostly

By Jessie Yeung, Patrick Oppmann, CNN Havana (CNN) — Cuba’s government will free 2,010 prisoners in the largest such release in years, it announced Thursday, as the island buckles under increasing pressure from the Trump administration. The government decided to grant its pardon based on the inmates’ good conduct, their health status, and the nature

By Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — French President Emmanuel Macron hit back at Donald Trump on Thursday after the US president mocked Macron’s relationship with his wife as he chided France for refusing to join the US-Israeli offensive against Iran. The two leaders have touted their friendly relationship in the past, especially during Trump’s

By Matthew Chance, CNN Doha (CNN) — Even as President Donald Trump took to the White House podium to tout the military successes of his war on Wednesday night, Iranian drones and missiles rained down on a region bearing the brunt of the Islamic Republic’s stubborn retaliation. The United Arab Emirates – its image as

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — “When we are finished, take over your government,” Donald Trump told the Iranian people late February, announcing the war. “It will be yours to take.” Weeks on, the US president is delivering a similar message to Europe, which is battling a fresh energy shock after Iran effectively closed the

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The USS Gerald R Ford, the US Navy’s newest and largest aircraft carrier, was only able to fly sorties two days after a March 12 laundry fire was extinguished, the US Navy’s top officer said, in the first indication that the blaze hindered combat operations against Iran. When the