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By Alessandra Freitas, CNN In the weeks following the US military capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the world’s attention turned to who was best placed to run a country that had spent 13 years under his authoritarian regime. Since Maduro’s unceremonious ouster at the hands of US special forces on January 3, the right

By Tal Shalev, Tim Lister, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — The Israeli government has advanced the registration of territory in the occupied West Bank as state land in a move that Palestinians have decried as “de facto annexation.” For the first time since Israel occupied the territory in 1967, the government will create a mechanism

By Sophie Tanno and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — A former Ukrainian energy minister has been detained in connection with a major corruption scandal while trying to leave the country, authorities said on Sunday. Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau (NABU) said its detectives “detained the former minister of energy as part of the Midas case,” referencing a

By Zeena Saifi, Jeremy Diamond, CNN Sakhnin, Israel (CNN) — A mother shot dead outside a supermarket. A man killed after leaving a mosque. A doctor gunned down while treating patients. These shocking cases are no longer anomalies: they are the toll of a violent crime epidemic sweeping across Israel. The victims are all Palestinian

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — The deadly mass shooting at a school in British Columbia came as Canadian authorities face significant obstacles in rolling out a nationwide firearms buyback that is mired in practical and logistical complications. Canada already has far stronger gun laws than the United States, and mass shootings are extremely rare.

By Catherine Nicholls and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian opposition figure and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who died two years ago, was killed while in prison by a lethal toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America, five European countries have said in a statement Saturday. Analyses of samples taken from Navalny’s

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser to US President Donald Trump, discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take down” the pontiff, according to newly released files from the US Department of Justice. Messages sent between the

By Sebastian Shukla, Lauren Kent, Laura Sharman, CNN Munich, Germany (CNN) — European leaders focused on the end of the US-led international order on Friday at a combative Munich Security Conference – one of the few points of agreement between Washington and its NATO allies. German leader Friedrich Merz said the post-1945 settlement “no longer

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Tumbler Ridge is the type of town where everyone knows everyone. And as the tiny mountain community reels from one of Canada’s worst school shootings in decades, it is the type of place where “everybody’s going to be grieving,” as its mayor Darryl Krakowka said. At least eight people

By Kara Fox, CNN London (CNN) — The UK High Court on Friday ruled that the government’s decision to ban activist group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization last summer was unlawful, marking a major victory for civil liberties campaigners. The court found that then-Home Secretary Yvette Cooper’s decision to proscribe the group was disproportionate,

By Laura Sharman, Billy Stockwell, James Frater, CNN (CNN) — Norway’s former Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland has been charged with “aggravated corruption” after a police probe into his alleged ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to the law firm representing him. Elden Law Firm confirmed to CNN on Thursday that Jagland is

By Jessie Yeung, Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A young teenage girl shrouded in mystery and intrigue could very well be the next leader of the isolated hermit nation North Korea. Some experts believe leader Kim Jong Un is grooming his daughter to be his successor as he brings her along on