CNN – World

By Vasco Cotovio, Jomana Karadsheh, Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou, and Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou, CNN Almería province, Spain (CNN) — On a hot sunny summer afternoon, Amoateng Foster leans against a table in a makeshift open-air classroom in southern Spain, facing outward toward the improvised student seats. This is not an unfamiliar setting for Foster, 44, who

By Sadie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — The world’s oldest person, British woman Ethel Caterham, celebrated her 117th birthday on Friday. Caterham, who lives in a care home in Surrey, about 25 miles outside London, is the first British person ever to live to 117, according to Guinness World Records (GWR). “I’ve had a lovely day

By Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — A 15-foot python has made an impressive recovery after becoming what is believed to be the first snake in the world to receive a pioneering cancer treatment usually used in humans. The 50-kilogram (110-pound) reticulated python, named after Hollywood star Jodie Foster, lives at Chester Zoo in England’s northwest.

By Allie Torgan, CNN Nogales, Sonora, Mexico (CNN) — Francisco “Kiko” Trujillo’s efforts helping disabled patients along the US-Mexico border has saved and changed thousands of lives. It is work that found him and unexpectedly became his life’s mission. In 2008, he was contacted by Dr. Burris “Duke” Duncan, a pediatrician in Tucson, Arizona, who

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — What started as a business dinner between local officials and executives celebrating a lucrative real-estate deal has sparked public outcry in China, after two men were accused of sexually assaulting a woman in their party. Authorities in the affluent tech hub of Hangzhou have placed a senior executive

By Sophia Saifi, CNN Islamabad (CNN) — Pakistan’s former leader and cricket icon Imran Khan was taken back to prison Friday morning after a medical check at a private hospital in the capital Islamabad, the government said. Khan’s sons told CNN this month they were worried about his health, claiming they were unable to visit

By Nick Paton Walsh, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Victoria Butenko, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — A new wave of North Korean troops, already numbering 8,500 in Russia, contains a drone unit that could attack targets inside Ukraine, according to a senior Ukrainian intelligence official. North Korea, who signed a NATO-style mutual defense pact with Russia two years ago,

CNN By Diego Mendoza, Ivonne Valdes, CNN (CNN) — Two fishermen were rescued Wednesday after floating adrift more than 100 miles off the coast of Mexico with no food or water for five days, the Mexican navy announced. Search and rescue efforts began on August 14, when the men’s fishing cooperative sent out a distress

By Diego Mendoza, Ivonne Valdes, CNN (CNN) — Two fishermen were rescued Wednesday after floating adrift more than 100 miles off the coast of Mexico with no food or water for five days, the Mexican navy announced. Search and rescue efforts began on August 14, when the men’s fishing cooperative sent out a distress call

By Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — “Don’t forget me.” This is the desperate plea of Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery, who has spent more than two decades documenting life under the Iranian regime, including most recently the bloody crackdown on protests in January, the war with the United States, and a new campaign of repression currently

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Two key organizers behind what used to be the only large-scale public commemoration for the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre on Chinese soil have been found guilty of inciting subversion by a court in Hong Kong. The verdict is the latest chapter in a years-long crackdown by Hong

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at World War II, which lasted from 1939 to 1945. Causes of World War II The Peace of Paris – The treaties worked out in Paris at the end of World War I satisfied few. Germany, Austria and the other countries on the losing side of the

By Tal Shalev, Zeena Saifi, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli government advanced an internationally condemned settlement plan in the occupied West Bank that could split the territory and “bury” the possibility of a two-state solution. Israel’s Housing Ministry issued a notice inviting bids for the construction of more than 1,200 housing units in

By Jack Guy and Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Police in Australia have apologized after the family of an 18-year-old hiker missing in dense bushland for eight days was mistakenly informed that she had been found alive. In fact, Lily Hooper’s body was found and now an investigation is underway to determine how she went

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s upcoming return was plastered across UK’s front pages Thursday, as Britons woke to the surprise news that the couple will move back to the country after six years in the United States. The Sussex family are set to live in

CNN By Jennifer Hansler, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Five Americans and the head of Ecuador’s intelligence agency died after a helicopter carrying tourists crashed in central Kenya Wednesday. The aircraft was traveling from the Loisaba wildlife conservancy to the Ewaso Ngiro river area when it crashed around 9:13 a.m. at Mount Ololokwe in Samburu

CNN, POOL, INSTAGRAM, @MEGHAN, @TELEGRAPH By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s upcoming return was plastered across UK’s front pages Thursday, as Britons woke to the surprise news that the couple will move back to the country after six years in the United States. The Sussex family

By Kosta Gak, Lex Harvey, Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — At least 17 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a “massive” Russian attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight and on Thursday, Ukrainian authorities said. Attacks also bled into Moldova and Romania on Thursday. Romania said an explosive-laden naval drone believed