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By Helen Regan, and Su Chay, CNN (CNN) — Maung Nu Sein needs fuel to plow, and fertilizer to nourish his rice as planting season approaches. But the ships carrying his crucial cargo are trapped 2,000 miles away by Iran’s stranglehold of one of the world’s most important waterways. Now, the farmer is running the

By Eugenia Yosef, Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Despite a fragile US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza, Israel carried out strikes on Gaza City targeting Hamas’ most senior military leader, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, according to a joint statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz. The Israeli strikes killed at least seven people,

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Somali pirates are profiting from the war in Iran as commercial ships, bypassing conflict routes through lengthy detours around Africa, sail into their strike zone. The intensifying conflict in the Middle East has choked traffic through the Strait of Hormuz – a vital route for roughly 20% of the

By Jessie Yeung, Sylvie Zhuang, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump spent his final morning in Beijing in Zhongnanhai — the highly secretive, tightly guarded leadership compound of China’s ruling Communist Party. Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping strolled through its pristine gardens, with Trump admiring the roses and Xi offering to send seeds

CNN By Patrick Oppmann, CNN (CNN) — Cuba’s dire energy woes are about to become even more critical, the nation’s energy minister warned Wednesday. A Russian donation of oil in late March has been exhausted, Cuban Minister of Energy and Mines Vicente de la O Levy said in a special televised appearance Wednesday night. “The

By Patrick Oppmann, Hira Humayun, Michael Rios, CNN Havana, Cuba (CNN) — The US is ramping up pressure on Cuba’s government, preparing an indictment against former President Raúl Castro, according to sources, as Washington demands reforms from the Cuban government in exchange for humanitarian relief from an energy crisis it orchestrated. News of the potential

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 peacocks are wreaking havoc in the Italian seaside town of Punta Marina on the Adriatic coast, leading to local divisions over what to do about the swelling colony. By some estimates, nearly 150 peacocks are roaming free, causing a ruckus and showing aggressive

By Tal Shalev, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A prolonged stalemate in Gaza risks cementing the territory’s permanent division, a top international official overseeing the ceasefire has warned, as Israel deepens its control over the enclave. Nikolay Mladenov, the official in charge of implementing the US-brokered ceasefire deal in Gaza, said failure to advance the agreement

By Kosta Gak, Svitlana Vlasova, Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — A huge wave of Russian strikes overnight targeted Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, killing at least 17 people and injuring dozens of others, according to Ukrainian authorities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia fired more than 1,560 drones on Ukraine since the start of Wednesday

By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Wes Streeting has resigned as Britain’s health secretary, saying Thursday that he has “lost confidence” in Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership and that it would be “dishonourable and unprincipled” to remain in his government. The move comes after days of speculation about whether Streeting would formally challenge Starmer’s

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Prince Harry has warned of Britain’s “deeply troubling rise in anti-Semitism” following a string of antisemitic attacks directed against the country’s Jewish community. In an op-ed published Thursday by British left-wing magazine The New Statesman, Harry outlined his fears for what he called “a divided kingdom” and urged people

By Patrick Oppmann, CNN (CNN) — Cuba’s dire energy woes are about to become even more critical, the nation’s energy minister warned Wednesday. A Russian donation of oil in late March has been exhausted, Cuban Minister of Energy and Mines Vicente de la O Levy said in a special televised appearance Wednesday night. “The situation

By Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Matthew Chance, CNN Near Tabriz (CNN) — Flanked by glistening, snow-capped peaks, the long road to Tehran winds through picturesque valleys of Tabrizi poplar trees and fields with green shoots of wheat. We trace the narrow Qotur river, brown and swollen from the spring thaw, as it surges past shepherds

By Zahra Ullah, Brad Lendon, CNN Moscow (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that what he called the world’s most powerful missile system — dubbed “Satan II” by NATO — will be ready for “combat duty” by the end of the year after a successful test on Tuesday. The Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile

By Joseph Ataman, Pierre P Bairin, Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — As many as 1,700 passengers are being held on board a cruise ship in southwest France, after dozens of cases of possible gastroenteritis on board. The ship, named Ambition, was scheduled to sail around France and Spain after picking up passengers from the UK

By Kathleen Magramo, Lauren Kent, Jinky Jorgio, CNN (CNN) — The sound of gunshots rang out Wednesday evening inside the Philippine parliament, as a senator took refuge to resist arrest on allegations of crimes against humanity. The chaotic scenes unfolded as Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, former President Rodrigo Duterte’s top enforcer of a bloody war

By Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — With brisk strides, Chinese leader Xi Jinping will descend 39 red-carpeted steps outside Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, a political landmark at the very heart of the Chinese capital. Each step is timed so that he walks past top officials from the Chinese and US delegations,

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Scurrying through the backhalls and stairwells of the Philippine Senate, trailed by aides and falling over at least once, the large, bald man was trying to evade local agents. At the center of this comedic cat-and-mouse chase was Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, a longtime ally of former Philippine President

By Max Foster, CNN Reggio Emilia, Italy (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales, has been given a rapturous welcome in Italy on her first official overseas trip since being treated for cancer. The British royal is on a two-day solo working trip with the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, which she launched in 2021

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Plans to build Australia’s first Trump Tower have been scrapped just three months after being announced, with the local developer saying the Trump brand has become “toxic.” “Let’s just say that with the Iran war and everything else, the Trump brand was increasingly unpopular in Australia,” David Young, CEO