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By Max Foster, Pauline Lockwood, Niamh Kennedy and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom’s data watchdog is “assessing” reports that a staff member at a London hospital allegedly tried to access the private medical records of Catherine, Princess of Wales during her stay in January. The Daily Mirror tabloid reports The London Clinic

CNN By Max Foster, Pauline Lockwood, Niamh Kennedy and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom’s data watchdog is “assessing” reports that a staff member at a London hospital allegedly tried to access the private medical records of Catherine, Princess of Wales during her stay in January. The Daily Mirror tabloid reports The London

By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — In an expanse of desert 30 miles east of Cairo, Egypt, a new city is rising. Already boasting the tallest tower in Africa and the biggest cathedral in the Middle East, the city is one of a series of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s grand megaprojects intended to develop the

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The crowd at Quintana Beach was enjoying a respite from a sweltering June day two years ago when the calm was shattered by a fiery explosion. A sphere of orange flame flew into the air above Freeport LNG, a liquefied natural gas export terminal between two beaches near the

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday reiterated the United States’ “ironclad commitment” to defend the Philippines as rising tensions with China in the South China Sea raise fears of a broader regional conflict. Stability in the region is seen as being increasingly threatened by clashes between Chinese coast guard

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The Indian Navy’s rescue of a commercial ship from pirates off Somalia’s coast last weekend shows how Delhi’s military has developed special forces capabilities on par with some of the world’s best, analysts say. The navy rescued 17 crew members of the vessel MV Ruen during an anti-piracy operation

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers are expecting a “new star” to appear in the night sky anytime between now and September, and it promises to be a once-in-a-lifetime celestial sight, according to NASA. The expected brightening event, known as a nova, will occur in the Milky Way’s Corona Borealis, or Northern Crown constellation,

By Chris Stern, Frederik Pleitgen and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Two individuals accused of planning a firearms attack on Sweden’s parliament were arrested in Germany on Tuesday, according to a statement by the Office of the German Federal Prosecutor. The pair, who authorities said are Afghan citizens, were arrested near the city of Gera

By Tara John and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Brazil’s former leader Jair Bolsonaro has been indicted by the country’s federal police on suspicion of fraud over allegations that he falsified Covid-19 vaccination data while he was still president, affiliate CNN Brasil reported Tuesday. Police say the far-right leader allegedly ordered one of his closest

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Jewish holiday of Passover. The holiday will be celebrated from sundown on April 12 through April 20, 2025. Facts Passover, also called Pesach, is the Jewish festival celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery in the 1200s BC. The story is chronicled in

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Gambia’s parliament debated Monday whether to overturn a landmark law that banned female genital mutilation (FGM) in the country, as some religious groups in the largely Muslim nation pushed for the law to be repealed. There were protests outside the building as lawmakers discussed the private member’s bill that

By Radina Gigova and Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) — Russian state media confirmed on Tuesday that the Kremlin replaced the head of the country’s navy following a string of successful Ukrainian attacks on its Black Sea fleet. Adm. Alexander Moiseyev was for the first time officially introduced as acting commander in chief of the Russian Navy during

By Rob Picheta, Sarah Tilotta and Bernadette Tuazon, CNN London (CNN) — Another official photograph involving Catherine, Princess of Wales was digitally manipulated, according to a leading photo agency, sparking a second royal retouching controversy just as Kate was spotted in public for the first time in months. Getty Images said the photograph of Queen Elizabeth with

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong’s legislature unanimously passed sweeping new powers on Tuesday that critics and analysts warned would align the financial hub’s national security laws more closely with those used on the Chinese mainland and deepen an ongoing crackdown on dissent. The lengthy national security bill – the first draft ran to

By Simone McCarthy and Wayne Chang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese diplomat Wang Kejian met Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar, China’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, the first meeting between a Chinese and Hamas official publicly acknowledged by Beijing since the outbreak of the war in Gaza. The meeting follows visits from Wang

CNN By Jeremy Diamond, Kareem Khadder, Mick Krever and Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court has temporarily halted a government plan to send a group of Palestinian patients being treated in East Jerusalem and Tel Aviv hospitals back to Gaza. The decision follows a petition by the Israeli non-profit organization Physicians for

By Helen Regan, Niamh Kennedy and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — Famine is imminent in northern Gaza where 70% of the population are already suffering with catastrophic levels of hunger, a UN-backed report said Monday, as the EU’s top diplomat accused Israel of using “starvation as a weapon of war.” All 2.2 million people in

CNN By Pallabi Munsi, Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis and Mark Baron, CNN (CNN) — In mid-December, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) swept into Sudan’s central Al Jazira state, known as the country’s breadbasket, with an ultimatum: “Enlist or die.” Since then, the militia group has sought to use food as a weapon, withholding supplies

By Pallabi Munsi, Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis and Mark Baron, CNN (CNN) — In mid-December, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) swept into Sudan’s central Al Jazira state, known as the country’s breadbasket, with an ultimatum: “Enlist or die.” Since then, the militia group has sought to use food as a weapon, withholding supplies from

By Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond and Mick Krever, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli authorities are preparing to send a group of Palestinian patients who were being treated in East Jerusalem hospitals back to Gaza this week. The group of 22 Gazan Palestinians includes five newborn babies and their mothers, cancer patients now in remission, and