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By Mia Alberti, CNN (CNN) — Austrian authorities have arrested an 18-year-old Iraqi national in connection with an inquiry into an alleged ISIS-inspired plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, the country’s interior minister said Friday. Organizers took the extraordinary decision on Thursday to cancel three Swift concerts in Austria after authorities said

By Olga Voitovych, Victoria Butenko, Radina Gigova, Allegra Goodwin, Christian Edwards and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — A video that surfaced online appears to show bodies on burnt-out Russian military trucks in the country’s southwestern Kursk region, the latest sign that Ukraine’s cross-border assault is probing more deeply and inflicting significant damage on Moscow’s troops.

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has taken a major step forward in its bid to create a rival to SpaceX’s Starlink this week by launching the first of what it hopes will be a constellation of 14,000 satellites beaming broadband internet coverage from space. Eighteen satellites were blasted into low Earth orbit (LEO)

By CNNE’s Sol Amaya, Sebastián Jiménez and Jhasua Razo (CNN) — For over a week, Venezuela has been in suspense after a hotly contested presidential election left both the opposition and incumbent President Nicolas Maduro claiming victory. At CNN’s request, several experts analyzed the results offered by both the government-aligned National Electoral Council of Venezuela

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about Mars exploration. The United States, Soviet Union and China are the only three countries to land a spacecraft on Mars. Facts There have been nine successful US Mars landings: Viking 1 and Viking 2 (both 1976), Pathfinder (1997), Spirit and Opportunity (both 2004), Phoenix (2008),

By Lianne Kolirin and Rosanne Roobeek, CNN (CNN) — A Belgian publisher has removed an opinion column that has been accused of dangerously inciting antisemitic hatred, in which the writer said that the humanitarian suffering in Gaza made him want to “ram a sharp knife through the throat of every Jew I meet.” He later

By Nadeen Ebrahim and Mike Schwartz, CNN Nahariya, Israel (CNN) — In Israel’s northern city of Nahariya, a sense of anxiety lingers among residents as they struggle to maintain daily life with the threat of war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah edging closer to their doorsteps. The coastal city of 77,000 residents sits just 6 miles (10

By Larry Madowo, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — Young protesters in Kenya returned to the capital’s streets for an eighth week of demonstrations on Thursday as President William Ruto swore in a new cabinet. Police fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi city center as many businesses remain closed. Widely shared posters on social media

By Daria Tarasova, Jim Sciutto, Allegra Goodwin, Tim Lister, and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian forces are pushing further into the Kursk region of Russia, in a cross-border incursion that surprised even American officials, multiple US and Ukrainian officials tell CNN. Ukrainian forces are comprised of a mix of Ukrainian regular and special operations

By Yumi Asada, Nodoka Katsura and Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel will sit out Nagasaki’s peace ceremony over Israel’s exclusion from the annual commemoration of the 1945 atomic bombing of the city, the embassy said. This year’s ceremony will take place at Nagasaki Peace Park on Friday, where diplomats from more than

By Isaac Yee, Jessie Yeung and Samra Zulfaqar, CNN (CNN) — Tiffany Kidd, a 41-year-old nurse from Arizona, had never left the United States – but Taylor Swift was worth it. She bought her ticket last summer, and since then has gotten her first passport, sewn several Swift-inspired outfits and spent $5,000 to fly to Vienna to watch

By Christian Edwards and Rob Picheta, CNN London and Sheffield (CNN) — Thousands of anti-racism protesters have taken to the streets across the United Kingdom to counter a spate of far-right rallies planned to target immigration centers, seeming to thwart what looked set to be another day of rioting. After days of violence spurred by

By Tara John and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department called allegations of sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees by Israeli soldiers “horrific” and said Israel must investigate “swiftly” and “fully,” according to a State Department spokesperson. “There ought to be zero tolerance of any sexual abuse, rape, of any detainees, period,” said

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of François Hollande, former president of France. Personal Birth date: August 12, 1954 Birth place: Rouen, Normandy, France Birth name: François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande Father: Georges Hollande, a physician Mother: Nicole Tribert, a social worker Marriage: Julie Gayet (June 4, 2022-present) Children:

By Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Hamas’ choice of a hardline political leader did little to comfort Gazans displaced, hungry, and seeking a way out of their misery after nearly 10 months of war on Wednesday. The Palestinian militant group appointed Yahya Sinwar to lead its political bureau on Tuesday, replacing Ismail Haniyeh, who was

By Jessie Yeung and Samra Zulfaqar, CNN (CNN) — A Nobel laureate known as the “banker to the poor” will aim to bring stability to Bangladesh after he answered a call by student protesters for him to temporarily lead the restive country following weeks of deadly anti-government demonstrations. Muhammad Yunus, 84, is heading an interim

By Ivana Kottasová and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN (CNN) — Russian-American dual national Ksenia Karelina is admitting guilt in a treason case in Russia, her lawyer told state news agency TASS on Wednesday. TASS quoted Karelina’s lawyer Mikhail Mushailov as saying his client admits the charge. The next hearing is scheduled for August 8, TASS reported. Karelina, 33,

By Christopher Lamb and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Two animal rights activists briefly stormed Pope Francis’ general audience in the Vatican on Wednesday, in a protest against bullfighting. The activists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) climbed over barriers from the pews into the aisle of the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall.

By Ivana Kottasová, Darya Tarasova, Daria Tarasova-Markina and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — Russia has accused Ukrainian troops of crossing the border into its Kursk region, which, if confirmed, marks the first incursion of its kind from Ukraine and puts pressure on Moscow in an area largely unaffected by the two-year war. The Russian Ministry

By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — A 39-year-old Polish man has been found guilty of assaulting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in June, national broadcaster DR reported on Wednesday. The man, who DR didn’t name because of legal restrictions, could face four months in prison and deportation from Denmark for six years. Frederiksen was “hit by