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By Ivana Kottasová and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — The family of Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot made an emotional plea to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump after Hamas released a new propaganda video featuring him and another captive begging for their lives. “Please, imagine this is your son, the father

By Jeremy Diamond and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Israel is making plans for a potential major ground offensive in Gaza that would involve sending tens of thousands of troops into combat to clear and occupy large swaths of the enclave, an Israeli official and a second source familiar with the matter said. The potential

By Niamh Kennedy and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — More than a thousand people have been detained during protests following the jailing of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Monday. In a post on X, Yerlikaya said that “1,133 suspects were detained in illegal activities carried out between March 19

By Dana Karni, Tim Lister and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s security cabinet has approved a controversial proposal to facilitate Palestinian emigration from Gaza, a move critics warn could amount to ethnic cleansing. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday said the security cabinet approved the proposal by Defense Minister Israel Katz to organize

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, arrived at a police station in Romania on Monday, where the self-proclaimed misogynist and internet demagogue faces charges of human trafficking and forming an organized criminal group to sexually exploit women. Both siblings registered with authorities in the capital Bucharest early Monday

By Pierre Bairin, Saskya Vandoorne and Serene Nourrisson, CNN Paris (CNN) — The trial of Gérard Depardieu, who has been accused of sexually assaulting two women on a movie set in 2021, began on Monday after a five-month delay due to the French actor’s poor health. The 76-year-old arrived in the courtroom wearing a formal

By Angus Watson, Anna Chernova, Lauren Kent and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — A United States delegation met Monday with Kremlin negotiators in Saudi Arabia, where the Trump administration is pushing for progress toward a ceasefire in separate talks with Russia and Ukraine, just as Russian strikes injured scores of people in Ukraine, including children.

By Simone McCarthy and Fred He, CNN Hong Kong/Beijing (CNN) — China is prepared for “possible unexpected shocks,” Premier Li Qiang told a gathering of global executives in Beijing, where he urged them to “resist protectionism” and defend globalization. CEOs including Apple’s Tim Cook, FedEx’s Raj Subramaniam and Pfizer’s Albert Bourla gathered in the Chinese

By Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea is struggling to contain wildfires ravaging the country’s southeast after more than two dozen blazes broke out over the weekend, killing four people and forcing thousands to evacuate. As of Sunday night, nearly 9,000 firefighters, police and civil servants and 120 helicopters had been

By Lex Harvey and Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — Greenland’s prime minister said a planned visit to the island by US officials, including second lady Usha Vance, is “highly aggressive,” plunging relations to a new low after President Donald Trump vowed to annex the autonomous Danish territory. But despite the backlash, Trump has insisted the

By Michael Rios and Omar Fajardo, CNN (CNN) — The first flight carrying Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States landed in Venezuela early Monday, after the two governments reached an agreement to resume repatriation flights. Nearly 200 deportees were on the plane, which landed at an airport just north of capital Caracas. Video of

By Kara Fox and Zeena Saifi, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — At a military prison in central Israel, 18-year-old Itamar Greenberg sat in a US Army-issued army uniform as the Hollywood blockbuster “American Sniper” blared from the rec room’s TV. But Greenberg is not a soldier, and the desert camouflage fatigues are the only

Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul (CNN) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court struck down the impeachment of the country’s prime minister Han Duck-soo and restored his powers on Monday, the latest twist in a months long political saga that started when President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late last year. The ruling comes as South Korea

By Merlin Delcid, CNN en Español (CNN) — Families of Venezuelan deportees held in El Salvador’s infamous Cecot prison can petition the Salvadoran government for their release – but the fruitfulness of that process is an open question in a country accused of arbitrary detention by rights groups and even the US State Department. The

By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a federal election in a widely anticipated move where he met with Governor-General Mary Simon on Sunday to request for Parliament to be dissolved. “I’m asking Canadians for a strong, positive mandate to deal with President [Donald] Trump and to build a new