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By Isobel Yeung, Adam Cancryn, Aida Karimi, Catherine Nicholls, Augusta Anthony, CNN (CNN) — The family of detained Iranian protester Erfan Soltani have said his execution was postponed, as US President Donald Trump said he had received assurances that the “killing has stopped.” “We were told that the killing in Iran is stopping, and there’s

By Mostafa Salem, Jeremy Diamond, Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — Some personnel at the United States’ largest military base in the Middle East have been urged to leave, a US official told CNN on Wednesday, as regional nations press the Trump administration to reconsider taking military action against Iran. The US official described the directive

By Ivana Kottasová, Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine estimates that 200,000 of its soldiers are absent without official leave (AWOL), meaning they have left their positions without permission to do so, the country’s new Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov revealed on Wednesday. Speaking in the Ukrainian Parliament ahead of the vote that confirmed him as

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Polling got underway Thursday in Uganda’s presidential election, but logistical delays hampered voting in some areas while restrictions on internet access drew criticism for potentially compromising electoral transparency. Millions of Ugandans are signed up to vote in a crucial presidential rematch between a former pop star and their long-time

By Amarachi Orie, CNN London (CNN) — The Red Arrows, the United Kingdom’s famous Royal Air Force Aerobatics Team, has appointed its first ever female commander, less than three years after it was roiled by a sexual harassment scandal. Wing Commander Sasha Nash has replaced Wing Commander Adam Collins as the most senior officer in

By Kara Fox, CNN London, UK (CNN) — Heba Muraisi knows exactly what is happening to her body. “My organs are slowly but surely shutting down,” she said late Monday via phone call from HMP New Hall, a prison in northern England. The 31-year-old Londoner and pro-Palestinian activist is refusing food as part of a

By Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan officials, including acting President Delcy Rodriguez, returned to X late Tuesday in an apparent reversal of Nicolas Maduro’s 2024 decision to block the site in the country. “We will resume contact through this channel,” Rodriguez posted on her official account. “Venezuela remains standing, with strength and historical awareness.”

By Jessie Yeung, and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — In recent weeks, a morbid-sounding app has taken China by storm, tapping into widespread loneliness and youth disaffection in the world’s second most populous country. The app, named “Are You Dead” and aimed at those who live alone, has a simple premise: users must check in

By Chris Lau, Gawon Bae, Yumi Asada, CNN (CNN) — The leaders of Japan and South Korea staged a surprise drum session on their first day of talks in Japan, smashing out K-pop hits in a loud and unconventional display of diplomacy between a self-confessed metalhead and an aspiring novice. Japanese Prime Minster Sanae Takaichi

By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — As waves of protests have tested the Iranian regime’s ability to manage dissent, the country with arguably the most to gain has been waiting in the wings, reluctant to intervene even when its regional adversary is at its most vulnerable point in years. After months of publicly threatening Iran,

By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — An intense wave of Russian drone attacks has left hundreds of thousands of households in the Kyiv region without power, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday, as temperatures fall well below freezing. Kyiv mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said about 500 high-rise buildings have no heating, and

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to the United States, has apologized for continuing his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in the wake of the latter’s conviction. Mandelson, who was fired from his ambassadorial role in September over his ties to the disgraced financier, had faced criticism for

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A much-loved annual literary festival has been canceled after more than 180 writers quit the program to protest the dumping of a Palestinian Australian author, whose invitation was withdrawn due to “cultural sensitivities” following the Bondi Beach terror attack. Adelaide Writers’ Week has been mired in controversy

Story by the Associated Press London (AP) — London’s murder rate fell in 2025 to its lowest level in decades, officials said Monday. Mayor Sadiq Khan said the figures disprove claims spread by US President Donald Trump and others on the political right that crime is out of control in Britain’s capital. Police recorded 97

By Michael Rios, Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela’s promise last week to release “a significant number” of political prisoners is progressing far slower than many had hoped, as hundreds of families continue to wait in agony for their loved ones to be freed. Of the more than 800 people considered arbitrarily detained for political

By Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Iranians screamed in anguish and cried in confusion as they gathered beside bodies shrouded in black bags in a makeshift morgue at the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Center and lying on the ground outside the facility south of Tehran. Videos making their way past Iran’s internet blackout circulated over the

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian civilians endured the deadliest year since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of their country in 2022, with more than 2,500 people killed in 2025, the United Nations said in a new report Monday. The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said it verified that 2,514 civilians were

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Anti-government protests have erupted across all 31 of Iran’s provinces in a wave of unrest that marks the biggest challenge to the regime in years. An ongoing communications shutdown, which experts say is unprecedented in its scale, was imposed by authorities on Thursday and has mostly isolated the country

By Laura Sharman, Junko Ogura, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of worshipers took a deep breath and a brave plunge into icy waters at a Tokyo shrine Sunday, keeping afloat a New Year tradition to purify the soul and pray for good health. The cold endurance event, known as “Kanchu Misogi,” drew around 100 participants –

By Laura Sharman, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Cuba’s leader has pushed back on Donald Trump’s demand that the Caribbean nation “make a deal” with Washington, as the US president warned that Havana would be cut off from the Venezuelan oil and money that it’s relied on for decades. “No one dictates what we do,”