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By Michael Rios and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — An airport in northern Denmark was forced to close because of unauthorized drones in its airspace, police said early Thursday, the second drone-caused shutdown of a Danish airport this week as Europe grapples with a rise in cyberattacks and suspected Russian airspace violations. “More than one

By Eugenia Yosef, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — At least 22 people were injured, including two seriously, after a drone fired from Yemen hit the city of Eilat in southern Israel on the Red Sea coast on Wednesday, Israeli officials said. Video and images from emergency responders and the Israeli military appear

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump all but nominated himself for the Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, claiming in his address to the United Nations that he has “ended seven un-endable wars,” which “were raging, with countless thousands of people being killed.” “I ended seven wars, and in all cases, they

By Mostafa Salem, Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s sudden decision to indefinitely close the sole land crossing giving more than 3 million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank access to international travel has intensified fears of more restrictions amid Israel’s threats of retaliation against Western recognition of a Palestinian state. The closure of the

By Char Reck, CNN London (CNN) — The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has fired back at Donald Trump’s false claims that Sharia law is being introduced in the British capital, calling the US president “racist,” “sexist,” “misogynistic” and “Islamophobic.” Trump used his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on

By Sophie Tanno, Oren Liebermann, Ibrahim Dahman and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Italy and Spain say they are sending vessels to help a flotilla that was targeted by drones while trying to deliver aid to Gaza, with activists claiming that Israel was behind the strikes. Volunteers from the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) – an

By Antonia Mortensen, Lianne Kolirin, CNN A Polish hotelier and property developer is offering to throw a party for customers who conceive while staying with them, in a bid to boost his country’s low birth rate. Władysław Grochowski, who owns one of Poland’s largest hotel and property chains, has pledged to host a free celebration

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — A man in his forties has been arrested in connection to a cyber attack that knocked out automatic check-in systems at some of Europe’s busiest airports last week. The man, who was arrested in West Sussex, England, on Tuesday evening, was detained on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act

By Jessie Yeung, Wayne Chang, Laura Sharman, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Nearly 2 million people in southern China were evacuated as a powerful typhoon hurtled into one of the world’s most densely populated coasts, having already unleashed deadly flooding in Taiwan. Ragasa brought finance hub Hong Kong and swathes of southern China to a

By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Havana, Cuba (CNN) — Despite what you may have heard recently, and contrary to what US President Donald Trump apparently believes, there is autism in Cuba. For years the island’s state-run medical system has operated clinics to treat Cubans with autism and carried out campaigns to raise awareness of the neurological

By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Some 160 states have signed up to recognize a Palestinian state. In the last week, the United Kingdom, France, Canada and Australia have done so, but the prospect of it becoming a reality amid US opposition and Israeli resistance is at best a distant one. What does recognizing a

By Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — Backlash has been swift and forceful as other parts of the world woke up to US President Donald Trump’s comments blaming – without solid evidence – acetaminophen and certain vaccines for autism in children. “Don’t pay any attention whatsoever to what Donald Trump says about medicine. In fact,