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By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Israel launched a series of strikes targeting Hamas’ leadership in the Qatari capital Tuesday, in an unprecedented attack inside the territory of an important US ally and key mediator in the Gaza ceasefire talks. Israel took the unusual step of swiftly claiming responsibility for the strikes saying it was

By Brad Lendon, Isaac Yee, Nina Subkhanberdina and Ivana Kottasová NATO fighter jets shot down multiple Russian drones that violated Polish airspace during an attack on neighboring Ukraine early on Wednesday, as the military alliance denounced Moscow for “absolutely dangerous” behavior that ratcheted up tensions to a new level. The operation marked the first time

By Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — Beleaguered President Emmanuel Macron has appointed outgoing defense minister Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister, handing him the daunting task of trying to find consensus in a divided parliament and pass the 2026 budget. Earlier on Monday, outgoing Prime Minister François Bayrou submitted his resignation, which Macron accepted. He

By Ivana Kottasová, Daria Tarasova-Markin, Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — A Russian cruise missile that hit a government building in central Kyiv on Sunday was filled with dozens of foreign parts, including chips and other electronic components made in the United States, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday. The Iskander 9M727 missile that struck the building

By Tal Shalev, Mostafa Salem, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Israel carried out an attack targeting Hamas leadership in Qatar on Tuesday, in an unprecedented strike on a key mediator in the Gaza conflict that threatened to derail renewed peace efforts and further inflame tensions in the region. A senior Israeli official told CNN that

By Christian Edwards, Lucas Lilieholm, Dalia Abdelwahab, CNN (CNN) — An activist group seeking to break Israel’s siege on Gaza by sea said one of its main boats was struck by a drone at a port in Tunisia on Monday night, but all six passengers and crew are safe. Tunisia’s National Guard said claims of

By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Lauren Kent, Ivana Kottasová, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — A Russian aerial bomb attack on Tuesday killed at least 25 people and wounded 19 more in the rural Ukrainian village of Yarova in the eastern Donetsk region, according to Ukrainian officials. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky described the airstrike as “brutally savage” and

By Lucas Lilieholm, Kareem Khadder and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Israel on Tuesday ordered a complete evacuation of Gaza City, home to around a million Palestinians, ahead of its controversial military takeover. “To all residents of Gaza City and all its neighborhoods, from the Old City and Tuffah in the east to the sea

Exclusive by Stefano Pozzebon, Osmary Hernandez, Rocio Muñoz, CNN Caracas (CNN) — Venezuela is not seeking a military confrontation with the United States or any other regional actor, its Foreign Minister Yván Gil told CNN in a rare interview, as tensions rise with Washington, including over the recent deadly US Navy strike on a vessel

By Lex Harvey, Sugam Pokharel, Esha Mitra and Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Nepali protesters, angered by a bloody crackdown, defied a police curfew and took over the streets of the capital Kathmandu on Tuesday, setting fire to the Supreme Court, parliament and other government buildings in the latest day of Gen Z-led protests

CNN By Brad Lendon, Yoonjung Seo, Mike Valerio, Marianna Kim, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The detention of hundreds of South Korean nationals after a immigration raid on a factory in Georgia last week was an “unjust infringement” on the rights of South Korean people and businesses operating in the United States, the Asian

By Brad Lendon, Nectar Gan, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Kim Jong Un on Monday watched a test of North Korea’s new high-thrust rocket engine, an event that sets the stage for Pyongyang to test its newest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Hwasong-20, which state media said last week would be powered by the

By Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — Thailand’s top court ordered the influential former prime minister and billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra to prison for one year on Tuesday in a dramatic turn of events for the embattled political titan. Thaksin, 76, a towering and divisive figure, served as prime minister from 2001 until he

By Becky Anderson, Jeremy Diamond, and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Qatar’s prime minister pressed Hamas to “respond positively” to the new US ceasefire proposal in a meeting in Doha, according to an official familiar with the meeting. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani met with Khalil Al-Hayya, Hamas’ chief negotiator, on Monday to

By Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — A check-in area at London’s Heathrow airport was briefly evacuated on Monday due to a possible hazardous substance incident, but police later said no harmful substances were found at the scene. “Service and conducted a thorough search of the area. No trace of any adverse substance was found,”

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of award-winning screen legend Sophia Loren. Personal Birth date: September 20, 1934 Birth place: Rome, Italy (grew up in Pozzuoli, outside of Naples) Birth name: Sofia Villani Scicolone Father: Riccardo Scicolone Mother: Romilda Villani Marriages: Carlo Ponti (April 9, 1966-January 10, 2007, his death;

By Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — French lawmakers voted to oust Prime Minister François Bayrou Monday, plunging the country into a new political crisis and leaving it without a government at a time of increasing economic strain and geopolitical tensions. A total of 364 MPs voted against Bayrou and 194 voted for him after

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A train collided with a double-decker passenger bus in Mexico on Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring at least 41, an official at the Civil Protection of the State of Mexico said. The cause of the collision is not yet known but a video shared on social

By Ivana Kottasová and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — It has been a fast and furious game of cat and mouse but Czech police have finally arrested a “phantom” racing car driver repeatedly spotted on the nation’s highways. Police were first alerted to the bizarre case of a red Formula One-style racing car illegally driving