CNN – World

By Hafsa Khalil, CNN (CNN) — The world is facing an “unprecedented water crisis” driven by soaring demand and the accelerating climate crisis, according to a new report. A quarter of the world’s population currently faces “extremely high water stress” each year, with an additional 1 billion people expected to be affected by 2050, according

By Heather Chen, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Indonesia’s capital Jakarta is the world’s most polluted city, according to a new study, and the country’s president may have the cough to prove it. Ministers in the Southeast Asian country confirmed this week that President Joko Widodo had been battling a cough for weeks and suggested

By Su Chay, Sophie Jeong and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has killed at least 32 people, a local fire services official told CNN on Wednesday. The landslide took place in the remote and mountainous town of Hpakant in the northern state of Kachin on Sunday,

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea’s first public confirmation that a US soldier crossed into its territory in July has prompted an appeal from his family to treat him humanely, as questions remain about why he entered one of the most hostile countries on Earth at a time of heightened

By Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — China’s defense minister Li Shangfu on Tuesday warned against “playing with fire” when it comes to Taiwan in a veiled jab at the United States as he addressed a security conference in Russia. Speaking at the Moscow Conference on International Security, Li said attempts to “use Taiwan to contain

By Hamdi Alkhshali and Ruba Alhenawi, CNN (CNN) — At least 55 people were killed and 146 others injured when clashes broke out between two powerful armed factions in the southern Libyan capital of Tripoli, emergency services spokesman Malik Marseet told local media outlets on Wednesday. Fighting began Monday after the detention of the commander

Exclusive by Nick Paton Walsh, Victoria Butenko and Florence Davey-Attlee, CNN Dnipro, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukrainian security services have released to CNN exclusive footage showing the moment in July when they used an experimental sea drone to attack Russia’s bridge to annexed Crimea, providing new details on the attack and warning more such assaults will

CNN Exclusive by Nick Paton Walsh, Victoria Butenko and Florence Davey-Attlee, CNN Dnipro, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukrainian security services have released to CNN exclusive footage showing the moment in July when they used an experimental sea drone to attack Russia’s bridge to annexed Crimea, providing new details on the attack and warning more such assaults

By Gawon Bae, Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea on Wednesday confirmed publicly for the first time that US Army Pvt. Travis King crossed into its territory. A statement from the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) claimed King had expressed “his willingness to seek refugee” in North

By Emi Jozuka and Eru Ishikawa, CNN Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — Evacuation warnings have been issued to more than 237,000 people across 11 prefectures in Japan as Typhoon Lan hit the west of the country on Tuesday, according to Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency. The typhoon made landfall near Shionomisaki in Japan’s Wakayama prefecture

By Uliana Pavlova, Duarte Mendonca, Alex Stambaugh, Aruzhan Zeinulla and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — At least 35 people were killed and dozens more injured when a fire caused an explosion at a gas station in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, local authorities said. The blaze started at a car repair shop on Monday

By Jessie Yeung, Anna Coren and Jawad Temori, CNN (CNN) — When Zahra thinks back to her life before the summer of 2021, it seems like another reality. As a student in Afghanistan, she had “lots of friends.” “We were happy together,” she recalled. “We were studying, sometimes we were gathering together … we were

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — The woman at the center of a suspected mushroom poisoning case that killed three people in Australia claims she bought the ingredients from two separate stores, according to a statement she gave to police cited by public broadcaster ABC. Erin Patterson, 48, said she wants to “clear up the

By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — New Zealand scrapped the last of its Covid restrictions Tuesday, bringing the final curtain down on one of the world’s strictest pandemic policies as the government said the country suffered a far lower mortality rate than many other nations. Health Minister Ayesha Verrall said the island nation was ending

By Kocha Olarn and Helen Regan, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Two estranged sons of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn said Monday they hoped to return to the country soon after an unexpected visit that has fueled speculation among many in the kingdom. The brothers’ surprise trip was their first back to their homeland in 27

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Poland is holding its largest military parade in decades on Tuesday, in a flex of defensive muscle that comes as tensions rise on the border between the NATO nation and key Russian ally Belarus. Poland’s Defense Ministry said the celebration of Polish Army Day on Tuesday would be marked

By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is the kind of “see it everywhere, can’t remember where you learned it” concept that pops up every so often in conversations about psychology, social issues and self-improvement. Once you understand the hierarchy and its applications you will notice its influence everywhere, including business management

CNN By Kristen Rogers and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A cosmic object in the shape of a glowing question mark has photobombed one of the latest images captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope — and scientists think they know what it might be. The original near-infrared image, released July 26, depicted a pair

From Bethlehem Feleke and Mihir Melwani, CNN (CNN) — At least 26 people have been killed in an explosion in the town of Finote Selam in northwestern Ethiopia, amid heavy fighting between government forces and a local militia group. A further 50 people were injured in Sunday’s blast, according to Manaye Tenaw, CEO of the

CNN By Umaro Djau, Hande Atay Alam and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Niger’s junta claimed Sunday it had gathered evidence to prosecute the country’s ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason,” upping the stakes in their brinkmanship against key neighbors in West Africa who have vowed to restore constitutional order in the coup-hit country.