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By Ibrahim Dahman, Eugenia Yosef, Tim Lister, Tala Alrajjal and Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has warned Hamas that Israel will maintain a permanent presence in parts of Gaza unless the hostages in Gaza are released as Israel escalates a new offensive in the territory. The shaky ceasefire collapsed on

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China is practicing “dogfighting” satellites as part of its expanding capabilities in space, according to the United States Space Force, which warned that Washington’s key rivals are closing the technology gap as space becomes increasingly critical to security on Earth. The Space Force observed “five different objects

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Sudan’s army has reclaimed the Presidential Palace in the capital, Khartoum, in a significant victory over a rampaging militia that controls swaths of the war-torn country. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have viciously scrambled for territory since fighting broke out between them

By Edward Szekeres, CNN (CNN) — The southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa was engulfed in flames late Thursday after being struck by a large-scale Russian drone attack, hours after US President Donald Trump expressed optimism about ending the war and as peace talks are set to resume on Monday. Trump – who recently held

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Conor McGregor will run for the Irish presidency in elections later this year, the controversial former fighter said on Thursday, as he announced his candidacy for the largely ceremonial role on an anti-immigration stance. McGregor, who in recent years has emerged as a figurehead for the far-right in Ireland,

By Eugenia Yosef, Lauren Izso, Tim Lister and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court has frozen the government’s dismissal of Ronen Bar, head of the country’s internal security service Shin Bet, sparking anger from senior officials including the prime minister. Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that Israel “is a state of law and according

By Paula Newton and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to ask the country’s governor general to dissolve parliament and call for federal elections on Sunday, according to two government sources. If that happens, Canadians will likely head to the polls on April 28, both sources told CNN. Unlike

By Saskya Vandoorne, CNN (CNN) — Competing narratives have emerged between Washington and Paris over why a researcher was recently denied entry to the United States, in the latest example of an immigration refusal under the Trump administration testing international relations. France on Thursday said the unnamed researcher was blocked from entering the US earlier

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian forces since the early days of the war, could be restored and protected by US ownership – at least according to the Americans. But it’s unclear how the operation would work in practice, experts say, especially as the plant is on

By Alireza Hajihosseini and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — An American citizen who has spent more than two years in detention in Afghanistan was released on Thursday, and is now on his way to the United States, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. George Glezmann, 66, was released after weeks of negotiations led by

By Dana Karni, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Jo Shelley and Mahmoud Atef, CNN (CNN) — Hamas fired rockets at Israel from Gaza Thursday, the militant group’s first response to Israel’s renewed offensive in the Strip that shattered a fragile two-month ceasefire. Israel resumed its offensive on Gaza on Tuesday, first bombarding the Strip with airstrikes

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — For the mayor of London, it’s clear that the rush of Americans applying for British citizenship is connected to the return of Donald Trump to the White House. Sadiq Khan has told CNN in an exclusive interview that there is “clearly a link between (that and) the results

By Mauricio Torres and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela’s leader has described the deportation of more than 200 mostly Venezuelan migrants sent by the United States to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador as a “kidnapping,” and denied they are criminals while backing calls for their return. “Nayib Bukele should not be an accomplice

By Allegra Goodwin, Nada Bashir and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Bardala, West Bank (CNN) — Jihad Suleiman Al-Sawafta, 46, has lived on his farm in the occupied West Bank village of Bardala his entire life. But when Israeli settlers showed up in December, Al-Sawafta said his land, and his livelihood, shrank to a fraction of its

By Lauren Izso, Kareem El Damanhoury and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military intercepted a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels early Thursday, the second to target Israel since the collapse of the Gaza ceasefire, as the United States’ intensifies airstrikes against the Iran-backed militant group. The Houthis claimed responsibility for what it said

By Hira Humayun and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa wants foreign armies to help crack down on gang violence in the country. In an interview with the BBC published Tuesday night, Noboa said he wants US, European and Brazilian armies to join his “war” on gangs, telling the broadcaster that his

CNN By Jessie Yeung, Maria Kostenko, Lauren Kent and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine and Russia exchanged aerial assaults overnight, just hours after the Kremlin agreed to temporarily halt attacks on energy infrastructure targets, but stopped short of signing off on a broader ceasefire sought by the US. President Vladimir Putin and US President

By Mick Krever, Lauren Izso, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Jo Shelley and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Israel pounded Gaza overnight, killing dozens of Palestinians, a day after launching a fresh ground campaign as part of its renewed assault on the territory that shattered the two-month-old ceasefire with Hamas. At least 59 people died in

By Lisa Klaassen, CNN Paris (CNN) — France is preparing to distribute a “survival manual” to every household to help citizens prepare for “imminent threats” – including armed conflict on French soil. “The survival manual aims to encourage citizens to develop their resilience in the face of different crises,” a spokeswoman for Prime Minister François