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By Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — A year into the war in Gaza, the Israeli government’s objective of defeating Hamas still seems far from reach as Israel ramps up its military activity in the enclave with the announcement of new operations and civilian evacuation orders. On Monday, as Israel marked a year since Hamas’ October 7 attacks, Israeli Prime

CNN By Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — A year into the war in Gaza, the Israeli government’s objective of defeating Hamas still seems far from reach as Israel ramps up its military activity in the enclave with the announcement of new operations and civilian evacuation orders. On Monday, as Israel marked a year since Hamas’ October 7 attacks, Israeli

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — It was 6:29 a.m. when the blasting music stopped without warning. The brief silence that followed was pierced by the screams of a woman somewhere in the crowd in this remote site in the Negev Desert. The woman and hundreds of others were reliving in real time

By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — The mayor of a crime-ridden city in Mexico has been killed less than a week after taking office, the latest in a string of violent attacks targeting politicians in the country. The killing of Alejandro Arcos, who took office as the mayor of Chilpancingo on October 1, comes just

By Lauren Kent, Svitlana Vlasova and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Anti-Kremlin Russian activist Ildar Dadin has been killed while fighting for Ukraine in Kharkiv, according to his friend and Russian independent media. Dadin was once jailed in Russia for repeatedly protesting the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a series of peaceful street

By Lauren Kent and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — A Moscow court sentenced American citizen Stephen Hubbard, 72, to six years and 10 months in prison on Monday for allegedly fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine, according to Russian state media TASS. Hubbard, originally from Michigan, was accused of fighting against Russia for monetary compensation

By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Africa is home to the world’s largest free trade agreement, in terms of number of countries, territory, and population – the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Fifty-four of 55 African Union member countries have signed up to the deal which covers a market of 1.3 billion people and a

By Sophia Saifi and Simone McCarthy, CNN Karachi, Pakistan (CNN) — Two Chinese nationals were killed and one was injured in a suicide attack near Karachi’s international airport Sunday evening, China’s embassy in Pakistan said Monday, marking the latest in a string of violence against China’s personnel and investments in the country in recent years.

By Nectar Gan and Eric Cheung, CNN (CNN) — It is “absolutely impossible” for Communist China to become Taiwan’s motherland because the island’s government is older, Taiwan’s president has said in a carefully timed speech that underscores the intense historical rivalry between the two. Lai Ching-te, who took office in May, has long faced Beijing’s

By Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — New Zealand’s navy lost its first ship since World War II after the HMNZS Manawanui sank on a reef off the coast of Samoa on Sunday creating a potential environmental disaster in waters used for fishing and tourism. The specialist dive and hydrographic vessel lost power and ran aground

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis has chosen 21 new cardinals in a move that once again shows his determination to reshape the group of churchmen who will elect his successor. Francis, 87, made the surprise announcement after commenting on the spiraling conflict in the Middle East and recalling the anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Israel. Among

By Abeer Salman, Irene Nasser and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military says it has encircled Jabalya, northern Gaza and launched a new ground operation, after seeing signs of Hamas rebuilding, despite nearly a year of fighting and strikes in the territory. As attention shifts to Lebanon after Israeli forces escalated their attacks on

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Glance up while strolling through parts of downtown Hong Kong and, chances are, you’ll notice the glassy black lens of a surveillance camera trained on the city’s crowded streets. And that sight will become more common in the coming years, as the city’s police pursue an ambitious

By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Scores of people including three infants were killed in a gang attack in central Haiti, the United Nations Human Rights Office said in a statement on Friday. Members of the Gran Grif gang used automatic rifles to kill at least 70 people on Thursday, including 10 women and three

By Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Israel has pummeled Lebanon with an unprecedented airstrike campaign in less than three weeks, killing over 1,400 people, injuring nearly 7,500 others and displacing more than one million people from their homes, according to the Lebanese health ministry. The bombardment, which Israel says is targeting Hezbollah strongholds in the country,

By Nechirvan Mando, Michael Rios and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — A 21-year-old Yazidi woman has been rescued from Gaza where she had been held captive by Hamas for years after being trafficked by ISIS. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Thursday that Fawzia Amin Sido was freed this week in an operation coordinated between Israel, the

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The fate of a possible successor to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is unclear following an Israeli airstrike on Beirut. Hezbollah has lost contact with Hashem Safieddine since the strike, a Lebanese security source told CNN on Saturday. An Israeli official previously told CNN that the cleric was the target

By Yoonjung Seo and Lex Harvey, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons to destroy South Korea if attacked, state media reported Friday, after South Korea’s president warned that if the North used nuclear weapons it would “face the end of its regime.” The fiery

By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Mexican soldiers opened fire at a pickup truck carrying migrants, killing six people from Egypt, El Salvador, and Peru, in an incident that the country’s President Claudia Sheinbaum described as a “regrettable.” The tragic event occured on Tuesday evening when soldiers spotted a vehicle carrying 33 migrants “going at

By Tamara Qiblawi, Jomana Karadsheh, Mohammad Tawfeeq and Charbel Mallo, CNN Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — When Israel struck the center of Beirut in the early hours of Thursday, it seemed to wipe out what little sense of safety remained in the Lebanese capital. For nearly a week, Israel has been bombarding Hezbollah-dominated residential neighborhoods in