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By Brad Lendon, Mike Valerio and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea has moved a new warship damaged in a botched launch to a port near the Russian border, a move analysts say could point to a role for Moscow in repairing the vessel. Satellite images taken Sunday by Maxar Technologies

By Tim Lister, Ibrahim Dahman, Eyad Kourdi and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s blockade of Gaza may have been partially lifted – and a new US-backed plan to deliver aid has begun. But there are multiple indications that the plight of Gazans is rapidly worsening. Restrictions imposed by the Israeli military on aid routes,

By Kareem Khadder, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Abeer Salman, Helen Regan, Dana Karni and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The detained crew of the Gaza-bound aid ship that was intercepted by Israel on Monday morning docked in the Israeli port of Ashdod Monday evening, according to Israel’s foreign ministry. Those on board the Madleen aid ship, including

By Abeer Salman and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Israel vowed on Sunday to stop an aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists on board from reaching Gaza. As of Sunday evening, the UK-flagged civilian vessel was north of Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea, slowly approaching the coast of Gaza. The “Madleen” is part

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military says it has recovered the body of de facto Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar in a tunnel underneath the European Hospital in southern Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) made the announcement on Sunday after the body went through an identification process. Sinwar is the younger brother

By Tim Lister, Ibrahim Dahman, Oren Liebermann and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — The photo shows a lean, tanned man in a dark helmet. He’s grasping a rifle and UN vehicles move behind him as he waves through traffic. The man is Yasser Abu Shabab, who says he commands hundreds of armed men known as

By Sebastian Shukla, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Germany’s aging and decrepit bunker network is in need a major overhaul, according to the head of the federal agency tasked with nationwide civil protection in case of an attack. The Federal Agency for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief (BBK) President Ralph Tiesler said in an interview with

By Kosta Gak and Catherine Nicholls, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Russia claimed Sunday that its forces are for the first time pushing into the central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk, an area it has been trying to reach for months, in a move that could create new problems for Kyiv’s much-stretched forces. Subunits from the Russian

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine sent dozens of its own citizens to Russia last month, releasing them from prisons in an attempt to secure the release of dozens of Ukrainian civilians held illegally in Russian jails – a move described by human rights activists as desperate and worrying. According to the Ukrainian government,

By Jonny Hallam, Ibrahim Dahman and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military says it has killed the leader of a Palestinian militant group that took part in the October 7, 2023 attacks on southern Israel. Asaad Abu Sharia, who led the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement and its armed wing the Mujahideen Brigades, was killed

By Mauricio Torres, Fernando Ramos, Chris Lau and Sebastian Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Colombian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, in the running to join next year’s presidential race, is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot at an event in Bogota, allegedly by a teenager. The 39-year-old, from the center-right Centro Democrático – or

By Olivia Kemp and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — David Attenborough has described the human impact on the deep ocean floor as “unspeakably awful” in a conversation with Prince William to mark the launch of the veteran broadcaster’s latest documentary. In a video filmed at London’s Royal Festival Hall in early May and posted

By Christian Edwards, Kosta Gak and Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Russia said Sunday that trains carrying more bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were due to depart toward the Ukrainian border, escalating a spat with Kyiv over a prisoner of war swap. “I can tell you that in just an hour, repatriation trains carrying the bodies

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The body of a Thai hostage, Nattapong Pinta, who was abducted alive during the October 7 attacks was recovered from southern Gaza in a military operation on Friday, according to a statement from the Israeli military and the Shin Bet security service. The announcement comes just days after Israel