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By Anna Cooban and Pierre P Bairin, CNN (CNN) — A man has escaped from a prison in France by hiding in a laundry bag belonging to his cellmate who was being released after finishing his sentence, an official told local media. Sébastien Cauwel, director of France’s prison administration, told CNN affiliate BFMTV Sunday that

By Tim Lister, Oren Liebermann, Eugenia Yosef, Ibrahim Dahman and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Several children were killed in an Israeli airstrike at a water distribution point in central Gaza Sunday, health officials said, one of several deadly incidents in the territory that come as ceasefire talks in Doha falter. Hopes had been high

By Svitlana Vlasova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s Security Service said Sunday they had killed Russian special service agents suspected of gunning down a fellow officer in Kyiv earlier this week, saying it believed Russia’s Federal Security Service was responsible. SBU officer Ivan Voronych was shot dead in Kyiv on Thursday morning in

By Eric Cheung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Silwanus Tangkotta was working aboard a Taiwanese fishing boat in the remote Pacific last year, when a heavy wave slammed a rolling metal door onto his hand, crushing his middle and ring fingers. The Indonesian migrant fisherman needed medical attention, but the captain refused to return to

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — An official report on the world’s deadliest aviation accident in a decade has answered one key question – but raised others. Air India flight AI171 had barely left the runway last month when it lost momentum and crashed in a densely populated area of India’s western city of Ahmedabad,

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Rudy Guede, the only person definitively convicted of the brutal 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, will be back in court this fall facing charges of sexual assault and violence against a former girlfriend. Guede, a 38-year-old Ivory Coast native who has lived in

By Kareem Khadder, Kareem El Damanhoury, Jennifer Hansler, Eugenia Yosef and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Israeli settlers killed a 20-year-old Palestinian-American man in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and an eyewitness, as settler violence against Palestinians ramps up in the occupied territory. Twenty-year-old Sayfollah Musallet “was martyred after being

By Heather Law, CNN (CNN) — For most world leaders, tariff letters from US President Donald Trump mean a big headache. But one Southeast Asian general is spinning the communique he was sent as welcome recognition of the embattled, isolated and reviled junta he leads. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military that

By Brad Lendon and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Poland has finalized a deal to acquire a second batch of 180 South Korean tanks under a 2022 agreement that will eventually see Warsaw boost its arsenal with almost 1,000 of the armored vehicles. The deal underlines Poland’s emergence as a substantial European

By Laura Sharman and Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — School principal Yoshiro Tobo is one of the few people left on his remote Japanese island, where the earth is constantly shaking from earthquakes, having chosen to stay behind while his family are on safer ground. The 52-year-old said he is exhausted and frightened to

By Ana María Cañizares and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s most notorious drug kingpin is headed to the United States. Jose Adolfo Macías, better known as “Fito,” agreed Friday to be extradited from Ecuador to the US, where he is wanted by the US Justice Department on charges of drug and weapons trafficking. The

By Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — A cut in the fuel supply to the engines caused last month’s Air India crash that killed 260 people, a preliminary report has found. The London-bound plane had barely left the runway at Ahmedabad airport when it hurtled back to earth. Everyone on board

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of the founder of Virgin Group, Ltd., Richard Branson. Personal Birth date: July 18, 1950 Birth place: Surrey, England Birth name: Richard Charles Nicholas Branson Father: Edward Branson, lawyer Mother: Eve (Huntley-Flindt) Branson, flight attendant Marriages: Joan (Templeman) Branson (1989-present); Kristen (Tomassi) Branson (1972-1976,

CNN By Gul Tuysuz and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — A ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday saw a handful of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants lay down their weapons, a small but hugely symbolic gesture that marks the beginning of an end to a conflict with the Turkish state that’s lasted nearly five decades

By Gul Tuysuz and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — A ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday saw a handful of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants lay down their weapons, a small but hugely symbolic gesture that marks the beginning of an end to a conflict with the Turkish state that’s lasted nearly five decades and

By Simone McCarthy, Kylie Atwood and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — There is a “high probability” that US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will meet this year, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday. “The odds are high,” Rubio told journalists gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday. “I think both

By Ivana Kottasová, Svitlana Vlasova and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Kyiv was burning as Dr. Borys Todurov sped through the city in an ambulance, undeterred by the deep thuds of explosions and the terrifying sounds of Russian drones flying overhead. He was determined to deliver his precious cargo: a human heart. Todurov’s patient –

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A case in which more than 200 kindergarten students in northwestern China were found to have abnormal blood lead levels is revealing a deep distrust in local government, as members of the public question the findings of an official investigation. Authorities in the city of Tianshui in

CNN By Hira Humayun and Ross Adkin, CNN (CNN) — Detained for more than 100 days without charge, and with the threat of deportation looming over him, Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil was convinced he would eventually prevail. In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Khalil, who is now back with his young family, describes

By Hira Humayun and Ross Adkin, CNN (CNN) — Detained for more than 100 days without charge, and with the threat of deportation looming over him, Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil was convinced he would eventually prevail. In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Khalil, who is now back with his young family, describes the