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Supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party display flags with a portrait of jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party leader

Kurdish separatist leader calls on followers to disarm, potentially ending a five-decade insurgency with Turkey

By Gul Tuysuz, Isil Sariyuce, Max Saltman, Nadeen Ebrahim, Eyad Kourdi, Nechirvan Mando and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms and dissolve the group, potentially ending a decades-long conflict with Turkey that is estimated to have killed

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5 things to know for Feb. 27: Cabinet meeting, Foreign aid, Measles outbreak, Transgender troops, Middle East

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Crowds are gathering in Vatican City and Rome to pray for the speedy recovery of Pope Francis. The 88-year-old pontiff has shown slight signs of improvement since he was diagnosed with pneumonia last week, though his condition is still being described as “critical.” Here’s what else you need to

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Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested in Romania in 2022.

Andrew Tate and brother arrive in Florida after leaving Romania, spokesperson says

By Amy Croffey, Christian Edwards, James Legge, Catherine Nicholls and Emmanuel Miculita, CNN (CNN) — Right-wing influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have landed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after leaving Romania on a private jet Thursday, according to Mateea Petrescu, the brothers’ spokesperson. The Tate brothers, who are dual US and UK nationals, had

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Palestinians inspect the destruction wrought by an Israeli military raid at Al-Shifa Hospital

Rights group says Israel has systematically abused Palestinian health workers for their profession

By Sana Noor Haq and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Israel has systematically targeted Palestinian healthcare workers in Gaza, arbitrarily detaining them without charge or access to legal counsel, and submitting them to torture and abuse, according to a new report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI). Between July and December, lawyers working with

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A small group of protesters demonstrated inside a building at Barnard College’s campus in Manhattan on February 26 in support of two students who were reportedly expelled for disrupting an Israeli history class last month

Pro-Palestinian student protesters clash with Barnard College staff during sit-in to protest student expulsions

By Emma Tucker and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — A small group of pro-Palestinian student demonstrators occupied a building at Barnard College’s Manhattan campus Wednesday, clashing with staff and sending one employee to the hospital, the school said. The demonstration, organized by Columbia University Apartheid Divest, was part of a week of action demanding the

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CNN video shows International Committee of the Red Cross buses heading to the Kerem Shalom crossing.

Coffins said to contain hostages’ bodies arrive in Israel and Palestinian prisoners freed as Gaza truce nears expiry

By Jeremy Diamond, Hira Humayun, Laura Izso, Abeer Salman and Helen Regan, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — Four coffins said to contain the remains of Israeli hostages have been received by Israel, as Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released in Gaza and the occupied West Bank in an overnight exchange as part of the

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A drone view shows the open pit mine of Zavallievsky Graphite

What we do and don’t know about Trump’s ‘very big deal’ on Ukraine’s mineral resources

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The United States and Ukraine are trying to hammer out a natural resources agreement that would give Washington access to Kyiv’s untapped mineral riches in exchange for investment and what Ukraine hopes would be concrete security guarantees. While US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that a deal has been

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Investigators from the Denver Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol

Federal charge filed against woman with incendiary devices following vandalism incidents at Colorado Tesla dealership

By Rebekah Riess and Andi Babineau, CNN Denver (CNN) — A woman is facing a federal charge for allegedly vandalizing a Tesla dealership in Loveland, Colorado, on four separate occasions, according to a federal affidavit filed Wednesday. Lucy Grace Nelson is facing a federal charge of malicious destruction of property filed by the US Attorney’s

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