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By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — The White House hosted an “African leaders” summit of sorts this week. But only five countries from the continent of more than 50 nations were welcome to join. US President Donald Trump hosted a working lunch in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, bringing together the presidents of Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia,

By Simone McCarthy and Joyce Jiang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — More than 200 kindergarten students in northwestern China were found to have abnormal blood lead levels after kitchen staff used paint as food coloring, authorities said, in a case that’s stoked outrage in a country long plagued by food safety scandals. Eight people, including

By Lex Harvey and Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — At least one person has been killed after Russia launched its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its invasion, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday, just hours after US President Donald Trump pledged more military support for Kyiv and accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most remarkable stories in the service’s history. More than 80 years ago, the crew of the USS New Orleans, having been hit by a

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Four men in Quebec, including two active members of the Canadian Armed Forces, were arrested and charged in what Canadian police say is a case of “ideologically motivated violent extremism.” Three of the men, all in their mid-twenties, “were planning to create an anti-government militia” with the intent to

By Ivana Kottasová and Dani Karni, CNN (CNN) — Thirteen women and two men who survived captivity by Hamas said they experienced or witnessed sexual violence while held hostage in Gaza, according to a new report by a group of Israeli researchers known as the Dinah Project. The Dinah Project experts — all women —

By Dana Karni, Mostafa Salem and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s defense minister said he told the military to advance plans for what he called a “humanitarian city” built on the ruins of Rafah in southern Gaza, according to reports in Israeli media. In a briefing to reporters Monday, Israel Katz said the

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The International Criminal Court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for two top Taliban leaders, accusing them of persecuting girls and women in Afghanistan. The pair are suspected of “ordering, inducing or soliciting” the persecution of girls, women and others who don’t conform with the Taliban’s policy on gender, the

By Antonia Mortensen and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Rome (CNN) — A man died after he was sucked into the engine of a departing plane at Milan airport in northern Italy, local media reported on Tuesday. The aircraft had just left the stand at Milan Bergamo Airport en route to Asturias, northwestern Spain, on Tuesday

CNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — King Charles III highlighted the crucial bonds between the United Kingdom and France in the face of a “multitude of more complex threats,” as he welcomed President Emmanuel Macron for the first state visit by a European leader to his country since Brexit. The

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — King Charles III highlighted the crucial bonds between the United Kingdom and France in the face of a “multitude of more complex threats,” as he welcomed President Emmanuel Macron for the first state visit by a European leader to his country since Brexit. The French