National-World

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk “on issues of misinformation and distortions about South Africa,” the presidency announced on Tuesday. “In the process, the President reiterated South Africa’s constitutionally embedded values of the respect for the rule of law, justice, fairness and equality,” it said. The

By Henrik Pettersson and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Police said at least 10 people were killed at a school on Tuesday, in what has been described as the worst mass shooting in Sweden’s history. The suspected perpetrator also died. A large number of people were injured after a gunman opened fire at a

By Larry Madowo, Eve Brennan and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A rebel group that claimed to have captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, after fighting with the Congolese military has left hundreds of people dead. In a statement on

By Stefano Pozzebon, Jessie Yeung, Marlon Sorto and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — El Salvador has agreed to house violent US criminals and receive deportees of any nationality, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday, in an unprecedented – and legally problematic deal – that has alarmed critics and rights groups. Rubio unveiled the

By Sebastian Shukla, CNN Berlin (CNN) — As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on tightening the country’s immigration policy — shifting the nation to the right. Speaking to CNN in Berlin following his Christian Democratic Party’s (CDU) convention, Friedrich

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Kensington Place released a photo of a smiling Princess of Wales in honor of World Cancer Day on Monday. According to the palace’s post on X, the photo was taken by her six-year old son Prince Louis. It shows Catherine with arms outstretched atop a log in a forest.

By Anna Cooban, CNN Ecuador will apply a 27% tariff on Mexican goods to “ensure fair treatment” of Ecuadorian producers, President Daniel Noboa said on Monday. In a post on X, Noboa said he is open to signing a free trade deal with Mexico, but “not when there is abuse,” though did not elaborate. The

CNN By Larry Madowo, Eve Brennan and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A rebel group that claimed to have captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, after fighting with the Congolese military has left hundreds of people dead. In a statement

By Ivana Kottasová, Anna Chernova and Victoria Butenko, CNN The founder of a pro-Russian militia group in eastern Ukraine, described by authorities in Kyiv as a “criminal mastermind”, has died following a bombing in central Moscow, according to Russian state media. Armen Sarkisyan died Monday at a Moscow hospital from injuries sustained in an explosion

By Abeer Salman, Jomana Karadsheh and Tareq Al Hilou, CNN (CNN) — A Palestinian toddler forced to wait weeks for permission to leave Gaza for life saving medical treatment has finally arrived in Jordan. The girl is now in hospital receiving critical medical treatment. Two-year-old Habiba al-Askari left the besieged Palestinian enclave after a mammoth

By Kareem Khadder, Zeena Saifi and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — The mayor of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, told CNN on Monday that the Israeli assault on the Jenin Refugee Camp was akin to the war in Gaza, saying it had destroyed 120 buildings and displaced 15,000 people. “What has been happening in

By Larry Madowo, Catherine Nicholls, Nimi Princewill and Sarah Dean, CNN (CNN) — Rwandan President Paul Kagame has told CNN he doesn’t know if his country’s troops are in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where fighting between the M23 armed group and Congolese soldiers has killed more than 900 people and