National-World

CNN By Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s administration this weekend pressured Israel to allow more aid into Gaza and to restore internet connectivity to the enclave, a concerted effort to ease a growing humanitarian crisis that comes amid fears of a widening regional war. In Biden’s first phone

By Ivana Kottasová, Kareem Khadder, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Abeer Salman and Sarah Diab, CNN Gaza (CNN) — Three-year-old Joudi hasn’t uttered a word in 16 days, her father says. Wearing a gray dress adorned with a picture of an ice cream cone, she stares ahead, a vacant look in her eyes, while sitting in bed at

By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — A 23-year-old German-Israeli woman who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival by Hamas militants on October 7 has been declared dead, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. “We are devastated to share that the body of 23 year old German-Israeli Shani (Louk) was found and identified,”

By Simone McCarthy, Steven Jiang and Wayne Chang, CNN (CNN) — China is hosting defense officials from across the world for its flagship military diplomacy conference this week – a key opportunity for Beijing to promote its alternative vision for global security that has also underscored its increasing alignment with Moscow against the United States.

CNN By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Golf courses, despite occupying large green spaces, are not necessarily good for the environment. Land is often cleared to make way for a fairway and maintaining the pristine turf often requires a lot of water, regular mowing and the spraying of fertilizers and pesticides – none of which

By Akanksha Sharma and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — At least 45 coal miners were killed in a fire sparked by a methane gas explosion at a mine in Kazakhstan, authorities in the country said on Sunday. In a statement, the Ministry for Emergency Situations said the blast sparked a blaze early on Saturday at

CNN By Abeer Salman, Ivana Kottasová, Amir Tal, Pierre Meilhan, Paul P. Murphy and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Israel said Monday its ground offensive will “intensify” after troops appeared to advance more than two miles into Gaza, according to a CNN analysis. Meanwhile, aid groups say civil order is breaking down in the enclave,

By Abeer Salman, Ivana Kottasová, Amir Tal, Pierre Meilhan, Paul P. Murphy and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Israel said Monday its ground offensive will “intensify” after troops appeared to advance more than two miles into Gaza, according to a CNN analysis. Meanwhile, aid groups say civil order is breaking down in the enclave, as

By Jadyn Beverley Sham and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Hong Kong court has dropped charges against an American politician who turned himself in to customs authorities after bringing a gun into the city’s airport in what he called “an honest mistake.” Washington State Senator Jeff Wilson appeared at the West Kowloon

By Ivan Watson, Kocha Olarn and Heather Chen, CNN Udon Thani, Thailand (CNN) — Touching the side of his neck gingerly, 30-year-old Withawat Kunwong reveals a jagged network of scars he received after being attacked at a poultry farm where he had been working in southern Israel. The wound, Kunwong says, is a painful reminder

By Josh Pennington, Pierre Meilhan, Maija Ehlinger and Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — An angry crowd in Russia’s mostly Muslim region of Dagestan stormed an airport where a flight from Israel arrived on Sunday, forcing authorities to close the facility and divert flights. Multiple videos posted on social media showed a crowd of people inside the