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CNN By Christian Edwards, Antoinette Radford and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — In the blue skies above western India, flight AI171 was struggling to gain altitude. The London-bound plane had barely left the runway at Ahmedabad airport before it was careening back to earth. In a video, the aircraft is seen slowly sinking behind residential

By Antoinette Radford, Esha Mitra, Aditi Sangal and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — It seemed impossible, but shortly after news broke that an Air India flight had crashed in the city of Ahmedabad, video started circulating on social media showing a man walking from the scene in a bloodstained shirt. Then, it emerged there was

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Outrage over the death of a Kenyan blogger in police custody sparked protests in the capital Nairobi this week after doctors refuted a police claim that the activist died in his cell from a self-inflicted head injury. The protests first erupted on Monday, a day after Kenya’s National Police

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A huge collection of historic gold coins, recovered from the wall of a house in France after their owner passed away, has been sold for millions of euros at auction. Auction house Beaussant Lefèvre and Associates told CNN on Thursday that all of the coins had sold in Paris

By Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — Western countries have slashed foreign aid budgets this year and reductions will steepen in 2026, with the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Canada cutting the most, according to a new analysis from the Center for Global Development (CGD). The aid cuts will mean “significant losses” for many

By Christian Edwards, Antoinette Radford and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — In the blue skies above western India, flight AI171 was struggling to gain altitude. The London-bound plane had barely left the runway at Ahmedabad airport on Thursday before it was careening back to earth. In a video, the aircraft was seen slowly sinking behind

By Nadeen Ebrahim and Annoa Abekah-Mensah, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of activists from around the world are expected to descend on Egypt on Thursday for a “Global March to Gaza,” a movement aiming to break the Israeli blockade that has pushed the territory to the brink of famine. Some 4,000 volunteers from over 80 countries

By Mostafa Salem and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN (CNN) — Iran has warned it will ramp up its nuclear activities after the United Nations nuclear watchdog’s 35-member board of governors adopted a resolution Thursday declaring it in breach of its non-proliferation obligations. Tehran retaliated by announcing the launch of a new uranium enrichment center and the

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A Chinese fighter jet came within about 150 feet of a Japanese naval reconnaissance plane over the weekend, the Japanese Defense Ministry said Thursday, an action the US ambassador to Tokyo called “dangerous” and “reckless.” Saturday morning’s close encounter between the Japanese P-3C Orion, a four-engined,

By Sophie Tanno, Aishwarya S. Iyer, Rhea Mogul and Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — At least 290 people are feared to have died after a plane bound for London crashed into a residential area shortly after taking off from an airport in India’s western city of Ahmedabad. Images from the scene showed thick black smoke

By Lauren Iszo, CNN (CNN) — Multiple aid workers were killed after a bus was attacked in Gaza on Wednesday night, according to a US-backed humanitarian aid organization which accused Hamas of carrying out the assault. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a controversial US and Israeli-backed aid initiative, said on Wednesday night that a bus

By Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — The bodies of two deceased hostages were recovered from southern Gaza in a military operation, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet security agency announced Wednesday evening. Yair Yaakov was killed by Islamic Jihad militants during the Hamas-led terror attack on October 7, 2023. Yaakov, who was 59

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — At least 49 people are confirmed dead after flooding hit South Africa, including children whose school bus was swept away during the extreme weather, officials said. An intense cold front has ripped across parts of South Africa, bringing rain and snow and triggering floods. In the Eastern Cape, one

By Eugenia Yosef and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — US President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza and stop talk of an attack on Iran, according to a source familiar with the conversation. The two leaders spoke on the phone on Monday. Trump later said the

By Frederik Pleitgen, Claudia Otto, Nadine Schmidt and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Police in Austria were hunting for clues on Wednesday after a gunman opened fire at his former high school a day earlier, killing nine students and a teacher in a deadly spree that stunned the country. Scores of shocked people gathered near

By Fred He and Ross Adkin (CNN) — A rare, first-generation Labubu figure has sold for $150,000 in Beijing at an auction held exclusively for the toys that have taken the world by storm. The 131-centimeter (51-inch) mint green figurine with a gremlin-like appearance, sharp teeth and puckish grin went for 1.08 million yuan ($150,325)

CNN By Rob Picheta, Stephanie Halasz, Claudia Otto and Nadine Schmidt, CNN (CNN) — A shooter opened fire at a high school in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, killing 10 people, mostly teenagers, in one of the worst rampages in the country’s history. Austrian police and hospital officials confirmed the fatalities, raising the

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life Friedrich Merz, chancellor of Germany. Personal Birth date: November 11, 1955 Birth place: Brilon, Germany Birth name: Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz Father: Joachim Merz, judge Mother: Paula Sauvigny Marriage: Charlotte Gass (1981-present) Children: Three Education: Studied law at the University of Bonn and the

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Syria issued a conservative new dress code Tuesday requiring women to wear burkinis or full-body swimwear on all public beaches, the latest cultural shift since Islamist-led rebels toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime last December. The Tourism Ministry said the new guidelines were made in “the requirements of public interest.”