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By Billy Stockwell, Charlotte Reck, Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — King Charles stands ready to support British police as they assess a report that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor allegedly shared confidential material with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during the former prince’s role as UK trade envoy. The latest tranche of Epstein files released by

By Sophie Tanno, Ivana Scatola, CNN (CNN) — Toluwa was waiting for her flight in an airport lounge in Washington, DC, when she said she was approached by a stranger. The pair got chatting and, after a while, she agreed to exchange numbers with him. It wasn’t until she got home and searched his social

CNN By Sophie Tanno, Ivana Scatola, CNN (CNN) — Toluwa was waiting for her flight in an airport lounge in Washington, DC, when she said she was approached by a stranger. The pair got chatting and, after a while, she agreed to exchange numbers with him. It wasn’t until she got home and searched his

By Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — The Prince and Princess of Wales have been “deeply concerned” by revelations from the trove of new documents related to Jeffrey Epstein released by the US Justice Department, a Kensington Palace spokesperson has said. Speaking to journalists in Riyadh ahead of Prince William’s visit to Saudi

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, ending a years-long legal battle that has come to define Beijing’s transformational crackdown on the once-freewheeling financial hub. The 78-year-old self-made billionaire was among the highest-profile government critics charged since Beijing imposed

By Diego Mendoza, Ruben Correa, Gonzalo Zegarra, Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN (CNN) — Key Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa has been placed under house arrest, his son said, two days after he was re-arrested by heavily armed men following his release from a jail where he had been held as a political prisoner. “We are

By Tal Shalev, Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington, DC, this week, Israel has taken a series of sweeping steps to tighten its grip on the occupied West Bank. On Sunday, Israel’s security cabinet approved measures that expand the country’s enforcement powers and

By Tim Lister, Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of civilians in Ukraine face several days of extreme cold with very little heat and light, after sustained Russian drone and missile attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure. In the capital, Kyiv, temperatures well below zero and bitterly cold winds are expected for the

By Caitlin Danaher, James Frater, CNN London (CNN) — The chief of staff to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigned on Sunday over the scandal around Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to the US, despite his links to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong.

By Yumi Asada, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Japan’s conservative Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi swept to a landslide victory in a snap election on Sunday, marking a historic turnaround for her party, which had been hemorrhaging voter support in recent years — until she stepped to the helm. Since she was elected more than four

By CNN’s Tim Lister and Kosta Gak (CNN) — Russia’s Investigative Committee has accused Ukrainian intelligence of being behind the assassination attempt on a Russian general in Moscow on Friday – and says the alleged perpetrator was arrested in Dubai after fleeing Moscow. One other suspect – described as an accomplice – was also detained,

By Hilary Whiteman, Angus Watson, CNN Sydney, Australia (CNN) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog received two very different receptions in Australia on Monday – a warm welcome by a government determined to show solidarity with its grieving Jewish community, and mass protests by activists who consider him a war criminal. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese invited

By Ayushi Shah, CNN Mumbai, India (CNN) — On any given morning in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park, power-walkers circle the running track, fitness watches buzzing with every step. Minutes later, some drift toward nearby food stalls, where oil sizzles and hot samosas and syrupy jalebis land on paper plates. It’s a snapshot of India’s uneasy relationship

By Antonia Mortensen, Juan Pablo O’Connell, Aditi Sangal, CNN Milan, Italy (CNN) — Anti-Olympic protesters marched peacefully through Milan on Saturday afternoon, holding signs, marching arm-in-arm, singing and dancing. But when night fell, the demonstration turned violent as some protesters targeted police and their vans, and officials responded with tear gas and water cannons. This