By Abeer Salman and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Fatima Hassouna, a war documentarian who had covered the conflict in Gaza on the ground for 18 months and the subject of a new documentary to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival next month, was killed along with seven members of her family in an
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By Fernando Ramos and Sanika Tank, CNN (CNN) — Colombia’s health ministry declared a nationwide health emergency on Thursday due to the “active circulation” of yellow fever. Since September 2024, there have been 75 recorded cases of yellow fever and 34 deaths from the illness, according to the Colombian Health Ministry. Nine of the country’s
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By Alisha Ebrahimji and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Florida State University’s dining coordinator, one of two people who died Thursday when a gunman opened fire on campus, was remembered Friday at an emotional campus vigil as a dedicated member of the community. Robert Morales “… didn’t just do the job. He lived the job,”
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Despite being dead for more than 300 years, this Indian ruler is still making waves in the nation’s politics. Aurangzeb Alamgir has become so central to India’s fraught political moment, his memory is leading to sectarian violence across the country. The sixth emperor of the famed Mughal dynasty, he
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By Mariya Knight and Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — A St Petersburg court has sentenced a 19-year-old woman to nearly three years in a penal colony after she was accused of repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian army, including by gluing a quotation on a statue of a Ukrainian poet. Darya Kozyreva was sentenced to two years
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — A second round of nuclear talks between the United States and Iran concluded on Saturday, with both sides indicating progress. Delegations from both countries met in Rome for negotiations following an initial round in Oman last weekend. The Gulf Arab nation has mediated both rounds of the indirect talks,
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — UK police have seized a 4-foot-long caiman – a carnivorous reptile native to Central and South America – during a drugs raid in Essex, the force said on Friday. Officers found the animal at a property in Aveley, a small town in Essex on the outskirts of Greater London.
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By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — Holy Week and Easter marks the high point of the Christian calendar. It is an intense period of prayer and reflection and a time when the pope would be expected to be front and center of celebrations, presiding at several long public liturgies as Catholics mark the suffering,
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CNN By Casey Tolan, John Miller, Curt Devine, Audrey Ash and Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — The suspect accused of gunning down two people and injuring five others at Florida State University on Thursday is the son of a local sheriff’s deputy, authorities say, and spent time training with law enforcement and serving on a
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By Gul Tuysuz, CNN Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) — Turkey started hastily organized mass trials on Friday to prosecute some of the hundreds of people who took part in the widespread demonstrations over the jailing of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the major rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Some 189 people, including journalists, students and activists,
Continue Reading Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced on social media this week that grocery prices are “going down.” But that doesn’t seem to be the case in my neck of the woods (nearly $11 for a bag of Ghirardelli semisweet chocolate chips? Seriously?). CNN did a fact-check and it turns out Trump’s claim
Continue Reading CNN Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced on social media this week that grocery prices are “going down.” But that doesn’t seem to be the case in my neck of the woods (nearly $11 for a bag of Ghirardelli semisweet chocolate chips? Seriously?). CNN did a fact-check and it turns out Trump’s
Continue Reading CNN Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced on social media this week that grocery prices are “going down.” But that doesn’t seem to be the case in my neck of the woods (nearly $11 for a bag of Ghirardelli semisweet chocolate chips? Seriously?). CNN did a fact-check and it turns out Trump’s
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WCTV, CNN By Alaa Elassar and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Before they even knew a mass shooter was on campus, Dakota Bages and her classmates heard screams of terror and started barricading themselves. It was shortly before noon Thursday at Florida State University. The students were in the library just steps away from the
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By Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — In a matter of days, millions of students will be finalizing one of the biggest decisions of their lives: what college they will attend. The choice could prove to be even more daunting for international students hoping to study in the United States, as the Trump administration revokes hundreds
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By Kara Scannell and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Harvard University’s finances have become the latest target of the Trump administration – and experts say the hits could hurt. In the past week, the administration has threatened Harvard University’s funding from multiple angles: freezing billions in federal funds, and potentially revoking its non-profit tax status
Continue Reading By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — A striking portrait of a young Palestinian boy who lost both arms in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City has been named Press Photo of the Year. Photographer Samar Abu Elouf, who is also from Gaza, met nine-year-old Mahmoud Ajjour three months after an explosion severed one of his
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CNN By Alex Stambaugh, Max Saltman, Victoria Butenko, Ross Adkin, Sophie Tanno and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The United States could end its efforts on ending the Ukrainian conflict within “days” if there are no signs of progress, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Friday. “If it is not possible to end the
Continue Reading CNN, WCTV, @MIAMERP, TMX, BRYCE VANCE, GABRIEL SANTORO, @miamerp/TMX By Alaa Elassar and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Before they even knew a mass shooter was on campus, Dakota Bages and her classmates heard screams of terror and started barricading themselves. It was shortly before noon Thursday at Florida State University. The students were in
Continue Reading CNN By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — It was an ordinary afternoon for Jayden D’Onofrio, who was spending time with a friend at their apartment complex when they received a text that made their blood run cold. An active shooter was on campus, and their friend was hiding in the library. Without a second thought,
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