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By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — When Jocelyn Zelaya was caught in a hail of gunfire on the streets of San Salvador in 2017, the young mother was simply “in the wrong place, at the wrong time,” says her aunt Jackelyne. A group of gunmen armed with automatic weapons had opened fire to assassinate a member

By Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky, Kevin Liptak, Oren Liebermann and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The United States on Friday conducted major airstrikes on dozens of targets across Iraq and Syria in retaliation for a drone attack in Jordan last month that killed three US troops. The strikes were larger in number and scale than

By Amanda Schupak, CNN (CNN) — Is your dog a small male with a long nose? Or a medium-size female with a face of average canine proportions? If so, your furry companion is more likely to be at your side for a long time, according to new research. But if yours is a pooch with

By Sophie Tanno and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — Farmers are holding protests across Europe, clogging the streets with their tractors, blocking ports and pelting the European Parliament with eggs over a long list of complaints from environmental regulation to excessive red tape. “We are no longer making a living from our profession,” one aggrieved farmer

By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — For anyone worried that Taylor Swift might not make it home from her overseas tour in time to see her boyfriend Travis Kelce in the Super Bowl, the Japanese Embassy has a comforting message: “Be fearless.” The diplomatic mission in Washington put out a statement Friday apparently to ease

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Personal Birth date: October 7, 1952 Birth place: Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia Birth name: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin Father: Vladimir Putin, factory foreman Mother: Maria Putina Marriage: Lyudmila (Shkrebneva) Putina (July 28, 1983-2014, divorced) Children: Yekaterina and Maria Education:

By Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — More than 800 officials from the United States and Europe have signed a scathing criticism of Western policy towards Israel and Gaza, accusing their governments of possible complicity in war crimes. In a statement obtained by CNN, the officials say there is a “plausible risk that our governments’ policies

By Sophie Tanno and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations’ top court on Friday said that it will move forward with a case brought by Ukraine over Russia’s justification of its February 2022 invasion. Kyiv had asked the court to declare it did not commit genocide in eastern Ukraine – a claim made

By Ayurella Horn-Muller, CNN (CNN) — Trees are believed to have originated hundreds of millions of years ago. Ever since, evidence of these ancient plant sentinels has been in short supply. Now, a new discovery of uniquely 3D tree fossils has opened a window into what the world was like when the planet’s early forests

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — An Italian mafia boss who escaped from a maximum security prison last year by using bed sheets to scale the walls has been captured in France, authorities say. Marco Raduano, the 40-year-old boss of the Gargano Mafia in the southern Italian region of Puglia, was caught Thursday

By Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — The White House has set its sights on Israel’s settlers, a controversial movement that has grown in power over the years and is seen by the outside world as a major impediment to peace between Israel and the Palestinians. On Thursday, the State Department announced the first round