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By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia and its allies dispatched top security officials to Iran for talks on Monday amid fears of a fresh US-Israeli offensive that could plunge the Middle East into further instability. Pakistani military chief Asim Munir and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin joined Saudi Arabia’s defense minister, Prince Khalid

Story by Hilary Whiteman, Photos by Dan Peled Dalby, Australia (CNN) — The first rainfall in months splashes off the windshield as the mayor of Western Downs Andrew Smith drives to the site of a proposed AI data center behind a cattle feedlot in rural Queensland. It’s feeding time and 16,000 cattle are standing under

By Lex Harvey, Yumi Asada, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese prosecutors have indicted a US Marine on suspicion of murdering and robbing a woman in Okinawa earlier this month, multiple Japanese media outlets have reported, in a case that has prompted renewed outrage over the conduct of US troops in the country. Lance Corporal Devin

The Associated Press Sofia, Bulgaria (AP) — The presidential election in Bulgaria on Sunday ended inconclusively, with the next head of state to be picked in a runoff, according to election officials. A record low turnout, attributed by observers to a general mistrust in politicians resulting in voter apathy, will pit two contrasting political visions

The Associated Press Belgrade, Serbia (AP) — The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat on Sunday in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government. It was a seismic political shift in the Balkan country where Vucic, who

By Tal Shalev, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — Polls opened Tuesday morning in Israel for one of the country’s most significant elections in its history. Voters now face a familiar question: Should Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving prime minister, stay in power? Nearly every recent election has been a referendum on Netanyahu. This time, many

By Michael Rios, Jessie Yeung, Mary Triny Mena CNN Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — After more than 10 months in exile, Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado has returned home to a political landscape that has been reshaped by her ally the United States without her involvement. “In Venezuela! Together! For freedom!” she

By Lauren Kent, Kosta Gak, Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has accused Ukraine’s military of violating Starlink’s terms of service, after Kyiv said that access to the service had been restored. In a post on X Saturday, Musk said that Ukraine’s armed forces had “violated Starlink terms of service and used

By Alessandra Freitas, CNN (CNN) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was reelected to a historic fourth term Sunday, but his defeated rival and Trump ally Senator Flávio Bolsonaro said he would not accept the results and would mount a legal challenge. The 80-year-old leftist leader won more than 51% of votes, securing

By Jonny Hallam, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 1,000 people were detained across France Saturday as a wave of largely-peaceful protests airing economic grievances returned to the streets of its major cities, mirroring similar demonstrations across Europe. A massive police presence was met with some violent clashes in Marseille and Bordeaux as well as

By CNN La Guaira, Venezuela (CNN) — The deafening roar of excavators echoes through the rubble, drowning out all other sounds. The midday heat is stifling, even more so for Eilyn Solano, who has been sheltering in a tent for over 100 days. But she endures the discomfort in the hopes of finding her youngest

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — It has been a bewildering period in US-Ukraine relations, after US President Donald Trump slammed his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky for failing to negotiate an end to the war and Kyiv accused Washington of withholding key military support. Trump then sent his envoy to Norway and Russia to try

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The kids are not alright. Across Europe, young people are protesting issues ranging from a lack of funding for education to the cost of housing, posing massive challenges to governments already under pressure and providing a visible sign of the intergenerational frustration felt by Gen Z. The precise configuration

By Tal Shalev, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — One of Gadi Eisenkot’s strongest electoral assets is a simple, undeniable fact: He is not Benjamin Netanyahu. And for many voters in one of the most critical elections in Israel’s history, that appears to have been enough. But one of his other assets became the center of

By Hanako Montgomery, Junko Ogura, Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — In the 18 days Runa spent in a police cell in Japan, she wrote about how much she yearned to come home. The teenager missed her mother’s cooking, her hugs, and their small, ordinary rituals of life together – reading, shopping, and singing. “Please,

By Ivana Kottasová, Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — France is bracing for yet another wave of protests this weekend with authorities racing to prevent a repeat of the kind of violence and riots that hit the nation last week. French authorities will be launching a massive security operation with some 70,000 police officers deployed across

CNN By Max Foster, Kathleen Magramo, CNN London (CNN) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, said Friday she was “deeply distressed” by a report that her father had a large collection of images depicting child sex abuse and revealed she had been told of “disturbing allegations” against him in 2018. Britain’s The Sun newspaper reported

By Jomana Karadsheh, Mostafa Salem, Farida Elsebai and Sarah Tamimi, CNN (CNN) — At least nine people were killed and another 40 injured after gunmen opened fire on a church in Jordan’s southern Karak province, in an unprecedented attack that has left the nation stunned. The “unidentified” gunmen have not yet been captured, the public

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — A Florida woman died after plunging more than 300 meters (around 1,000 feet) while hiking in the Italian Dolomite mountains, according to police in the northern city of Trentino. Her death on Saturday was announced late this week after her next of kin were notified, police say.

By Max Foster, Kathleen Magramo, CNN London (CNN) — Meghan, Duchess of Sussex said Friday she was “deeply distressed” by a report that her father had a large collection of images depicting child sex abuse and revealed she had been told of “disturbing allegations” against him several years ago. Britain’s The Sun newspaper reported late