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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has defended his country’s enrichment of uranium to near weapons-grade levels, claiming it was a response to European states not living up to their end of the 2015 nuclear agreement. “In the beginning, we were not seeking 60% levels of enrichment. They (European states) trampled

CNN By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has defended his country’s enrichment of uranium to near weapons-grade levels, claiming it was a response to European states not living up to their end of the 2015 nuclear agreement. “In the beginning, we were not seeking 60% levels of enrichment. They (European states)

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN Djibouti (CNN) — The US has not seen a withdrawal of Wagner forces from Africa “in any substantial or meaningful numbers,” a senior US defense official said, as the Kremlin continues to weigh what to do with the Russian mercenary group following its leader’s death last month. The number of Wagner

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An asteroid sample collected by NASA has touched down on Earth, giving scientists the opportunity to learn more about the origins of the solar system and capturing a piece of a massive space rock that has a chance of colliding with our planet in the future. It’s the first

CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An asteroid sample collected by NASA has touched down on Earth, giving scientists the opportunity to learn more about the origins of the solar system and capturing a piece of a massive space rock that has a chance of colliding with our planet in the future. It’s the

By Kareem Khadder, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Two Palestinian men were killed in the early hours of Sunday during an incursion by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said. Palestinian officials named them as Aseed Farhan Abu Ali, 21, and Abd

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — More than a decade after he became the first former migrant worker to soar into space as a NASA astronaut, José Hernández reached another milestone this month. The film about his remarkable journey from the fields of California to the International Space Station debuted as the most popular

By Alex Stambaugh, Manveena Suri and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The Philippines on Sunday condemned the Chinese coast guard for installing what it called a “floating barrier” in a disputed area of the South China Sea, saying that it prevented Filipino boats from entering and fishing in the area. In a statement on X,

By Stefano Pozzebon (CNN) — The Venezuelan government invited journalists to tour the Tocoron Penitentiary Center in Aragua state on Saturday – days after security forces reclaimed control of a prison that has spent many years under the control of gangs. The Tocoron prison, one of the largest in the country, had previously been under

By Alex Stambaugh, Josh Pennington, Heather Chen and Hafsa Khalil, CNN (CNN) — The ethnic Armenian population in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region will leave for Armenia after Azerbaijan reclaimed the territory in a brief offensive, a local official says. “Our people do not want to live as part of Azerbaijan. Ninety-nine point nine percent prefer

By Tim Lister and Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s playgrounds are becoming parade grounds. At schools from the Pacific to the Black Sea, children in nursery grade don uniforms and take part in marching practice. Older kids are being taught how to dig trenches, throw grenades and shoot with real ammunition. In schools across

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — It’s only early spring in Australia and the country is already grappling with heat and fire, sparking fears of a potentially devastating summer. Last weekend, more than 20 runners in the Sydney Marathon were hospitalized during a heat wave. Ski resorts, including Perisher, the country’s largest, have closed early

By Caitlin Hu, Sahar Akbarzai and Darya Tarasova, CNN New York (CNN) — After a week at the UN General Assembly dominated by discussion of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Moscow struck back on Saturday, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressing delegates first in a speech to the General Assembly hall, then turning to the

CNN By Caitlin Hu, Sahar Akbarzai and Darya Tarasova, CNN New York (CNN) — After a week at the UN General Assembly dominated by discussion of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Moscow struck back on Saturday, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressing delegates first in a speech to the General Assembly hall, then turning to

By Kathleen Magramo and Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Until recently, the upscale homes of the Redhill Peninsula seemed like an oasis for rich Hong Kongers aspiring to a tranquil lifestyle in an otherwise notoriously cramped metropolis of 7.5 million. Its cliffside location and unobstructed views of the South China Sea made for

CNN By Maija Ehlinger and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has told Volodymyr Zelensky never to “insult Poles again” after the Ukrainian president suggested his neighbor was putting on a show over their disputes on grain exports. The Polish leader fired back at Zelensky after the Ukrainian leader offered a

By Max Foster and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — A group of anti-monarchy campaigners on Saturday staged what organizers are calling the “first-ever” protest inside Buckingham Palace. “The group of local activists from different parts of the UK visited the palace as tourists, before standing in the Grand Hall,” Britain’s largest anti-monarchist group, Republic, said

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — It’s the little spacecraft that could. On September 8, 2016, the OSIRIS-REx probe launched with a lofty goal to become NASA’s first mission to collect a sample from a near-Earth asteroid and bring it to our planet. Each step of the seven-year journey has been an unexpected one, full

By Sarah El Sirgany and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Derna (CNN) — In the days that followed the devastating floods in the Libyan city of Derna, reports emerged of survival – a six-year-old boy plucked from the water from a third-floor balcony, a father saving his daughter by putting her in the fridge, an infant found

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Russell Brand has made his first public comments since being accused of rape and sexual assault, thanking followers for “questioning the information they have been presented with” while not addressing the claims. In a YouTube video published by the British comedian on Friday night, Brand – who denies the