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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — “Murderers.” “Criminals.” “We are watching you.” These are just a handful of the threats and abuse sent to meteorologists at AEMET, Spain’s national weather agency, in recent months. They come via social media, its website, letters, phone calls – even in the form of graffiti sprayed across one of

By Jonny Hallam and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Al-Shabaab fighters launched a deadly attack on an African Union military base in Somalia on Friday, with both sides reportedly suffering heavy casualties. The militant fighters attacked a forward operating base in Buulo Mareer, about 120 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu, the African Union Transition Mission in

By CNN’s Rafael Romo (CNN) — Scott Lieberman, an American who lives in San Francisco, always knew that he was adopted from Chile. What he did not know was that he had been stolen as an infant. “I lived 42 years of my life without knowing that I was stolen, not knowing what was happening

By Angus Watson and Chris Lau, CNN Sydney/Hong Kong (CNN) — A hostage video released by West Papuan independence fighters Friday includes a warning from captive New Zealander Philip Mehrtens, saying the group is ready to kill him. The rebels took the pilot captive in February, demanding seccession talks with Indonesia involving regional powers Australia

By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Firearms manufacturer Kalashnikov has unveiled an upgraded AK-12 assault rifle, with modifications based on the weapon’s use in the war on Ukraine. Kalashnikov Group Chief Designer Sergey Urzhumtsev told Russian state media TASS on Friday the upgrade followed “input” gathered from “experience of the gun’s use in the special

By Richard Roth and Heather Law, CNN (CNN) — United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres was “shocked,” according to his spokesman, by a letter received on Friday from Sudan’s military ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan reportedly asking that his envoy to Sudan be removed. “The Secretary-General is proud of the work done by (UN special

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — It’s a day seared into America’s collective memory: December 7, 1941. The day Imperial Japanese warplanes launched a devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, sinking or damaging 19 US Navy ships, destroying 180 US aircraft and killing more than 2,400 Americans, servicemen and civilians. “A day that will

By Mia Alberti, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations has chosen Brazil to host the international climate meeting, COP30, in the Amazonian city of Belém do Pará in 2025, the country’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced on Friday. “I’ve participated in COPs in Egypt, Paris, Copenhagen and all people talk about is the

By Delia Gallagher, Xiaofei Xu, Rob Picheta and Sophie Tanno, CNN Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis Saturday addressed a conference attended by prominent artists and directors including Martin Scorsese, a day after he canceled his regular work schedule due to a fever. Returning to his duties on Saturday, Francis made a speech at the event

By Mostafa Salem, Catherine Nicholls and James Frater, CNN (CNN) — A Belgian aid worker who was imprisoned in Iran for more than a year has been freed after the Gulf state of Oman said it had facilitated a prisoner swap deal. The aid worker, Olivier Vandecasteele, is set to arrive in Belgium later Friday,

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — A recently as March, Iran’s national security chief found himself on the front pages of the world’s top news outlets as he shook hands with a Saudi minister in a landmark deal brokered by China. That was perhaps the biggest international moment in Ali Shamkhani’s career – and possibly

By Gianluca Mezzofiore, Bethlehem Feleke and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Eritrean forces prevented a UN-led humanitarian mission from entering a village in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray on Thursday, in what would mark violation of a peace deal ending fighting in the area, aid workers on the ground told CNN. After two years

By Nima Elbagir and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — The US Treasury has sanctioned the head of the Wagner private military group in Mali, Ivan Maslov, as part of its pushback against Wagner activities in Africa funneling support to Russia’s war against Ukraine, according to a press release published on Thursday. The sanctions come after

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II faced a potential assassination threat 40 years ago, ahead of a trip to the United States, according to newly released documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A cache of 103 pages were posted to the FBI’s online records site, The Vault,

By Emiko Jozuka, Junko Ogura, Xiaofei Xu and Rhea Mogul, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — The son of a local Japanese government official is in police custody after allegedly going on a shooting and stabbing rampage in the central city of Nakano on Thursday, a rare crime in a country with tough gun laws and a