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Anti-ICE protests touch every corner of the US as Minnesota officials stand off with the Trump administration

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Restaurant tables sat empty, business windows went dark and students’ desks were abandoned in several cities across the country Friday amid a nationwide strike in protest of the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota. “No work, no school, no shopping” was the organizers’ rally cry, leading to school walkouts, canceled

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a press conference in Istanbul

Iran is open to US talks but won’t be dictated to and won’t negotiate on missiles, foreign minister says

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Iran is ready to participate in “fair and just” nuclear talks with the United States amid rising tensions between the two nations, but will not be dictated to, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday. “We are under no circumstances willing to accept dictation or imposition,” Araghchi said at

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A mourner carries the body of a child during the funeral of Palestinians who were killed in overnight Israeli strikes outside the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City

Israeli military reportedly acknowledges 70,000 killed in Gaza after previously casting doubt on health ministry’s count

By Oren Liebermann and Ibrahim Dahman (CNN) — The Israeli military has acknowledged in a briefing to Israeli journalists that approximately 70,000 Palestinians were killed during the war in Gaza and that the figures from the health ministry in the enclave are largely accurate, local media reports. Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth quoted military officials Thursday

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5 things to know for Jan. 30: Frigid cold, Government shutdown, Federal Reserve, Canada tariffs, Nipah virus

By Alexandra Banner, CNN Nationwide protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown are expected today, with organizers calling for a boycott of schools, workplaces and shopping in cities across the country. CNN is monitoring dozens of demonstrations and marches planned for major metropolitan areas, including Minneapolis, New York City and Atlanta. Here’s what else you

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A federal officer monitors the scene as protesters gather near the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis

They were asylum seekers and refugees in Minnesota. Still, ICE detained and flew them to Texas to face deportation

By Ray Sanchez, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Two days after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota reportedly tackled a home caregiver from sub-Saharan Africa to the snowy pavement and took her away in a van, a close friend made the 1,400-mile journey to a controversial Texas detention facility where she’s being held. “She

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A Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) oil pumpjack on Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas

Venezuela approves new law opening its oil industry as Trump threatens more tariffs on countries selling oil to Cuba

By Mauricio Torres, Moriah Thomas, Michael Rios, Laura Sharman CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan lawmakers have approved a law change that will make it easier for foreign companies to take part in the country’s oil industry, in a move by Caracas to meet the demands of US President Donald Trump. The reform, backed by acting President

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A woman stands among the debris at the Holy Dormition Male Monastery damaged by a Russian drone attack in Odesa

Russia says it agreed to pause strikes on Kyiv until Sunday at Trump’s request

By Donald Judd, Kevin Liptak, Hira Humayun, Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump claimed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to a week-long pause in attacks on major Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Kyiv, as the country grapples with plummeting winter temperatures, with the Kremlin appearing to at least partially confirm Trump’s

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