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A soldier examines a building damaged by an Indian missile strike near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on May 7

Pakistan and India are blaming each other as their Kashmir conflict spirals. Here’s what we know

By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Jessie Yeung, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan / New Delhi, India (CNN) — Tensions between India and Pakistan remain high days after Delhi launched airstrikes on its neighbor, sparking tit-for-tat military action from both sides this week and widespread confusion as competing claims and disinformation spread online. Many countries are calling

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A US Department of Homeland Security "Real ID" compliant driver's license sign is seen outside the TSA checkpoint at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on April 23.

REAL ID is now required for air travel in America. Here’s what’s happening at airports across the US

By Cindy VonQuednow, Danny Freeman, Lauren Mascarenhas, and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — The time has come. Travelers flying within the US starting Wednesday must use a state-issued ID that is “REAL ID compliant” or be subject to further screening. Things seemed to be operating relatively smoothly at a sampling of US airports Wednesday morning.

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5 people charged after 3 dead, 1 missing in alleged human smuggling operation in San Diego, authorities say

By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Five people were charged Tuesday for their involvement in an alleged human smuggling operation after a small boat capsized off the San Diego coast Monday morning, according to court documents filed Tuesday. The incident left at least three people dead, four injured and one person missing, the US Attorney’s

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People carry a person who was injured in an Israeli strike on a school compound at the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on May 6.

Israeli strikes kill 48 at Gaza shelters for displaced Palestinians, hospitals say, as military operation intensifies

By Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Hira Humayun and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Forty-eight people were killed, including at least seven children, in Israeli airstrikes on school compounds sheltering thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza, hospital officials said. Dozens more were injured in the strike, they said. At the site of one attack in the

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Penny Pritzker attends the Ukraine Recovery Conference in June 2024 in Berlin.

Harvard board chair Penny Pritzker emerges as a target in Trump administration’s higher ed fight

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The fight between two of America’s most prominent institutions – the federal government and Harvard University – is getting personal. While President Donald Trump and Harvard President Alan Garber have been trading public barbs amid the legal battle over academic freedom and $2.2 billion in federal funding, hedge fund

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A vehicle in front of the damaged control tower of Sanaa airport

Israel says it has ‘fully’ disabled Yemen’s main airport in escalating strikes on Houthi rebels

By Dana Karni, Oren Liebermann and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel struck multiple sites in Yemen’s capital Sanaa Tuesday, including the main airport, which the Israeli military said has now been “fully” disabled. “A short while ago, IDF (Israel Defense Forces) fighter jets struck and dismantled Houthi terrorist infrastructure at the main airport

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