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By Olivia Kemp, CNN (CNN) — A woman has died in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki after a bomb she was carrying exploded in her hands. The 38-year-old was apparently attempting to place the device outside the bank early on Saturday, police reported. The blast damaged several storefronts and vehicles. “It appears that she

By Hilary Whiteman and Angus Watson, CNN Brisbane and Sydney, Australia (CNN) — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has secured a second term in office in a disastrous night for his conservative rivals, as voters chose stability over change against a backdrop of global turmoil inflicted by US President Donald Trump. Australia’s return of a

By Kara Fox, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Sitting inside her new apartment in kibbutz Tzora, a leafy community just west of Jerusalem, Almog Holot ran her fingers over a bowl of crystals as the wind chime on her balcony blew in the breeze. Eighteen months ago, she spent 12 hours gripping the handle of her

By Hilary Whiteman and Angus Watson, CNN Brisbane and Sydney, Australia (CNN) — Polls have closed in Australia in a national election dominated by cost-of-living concerns that’s being closely watched abroad for signs of a Donald Trump-inspired swing against conservative candidates. Early counts suggest a swing towards Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s center-left government, according to

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. Facts The organization’s charter states that the signing parties will “seek to promote stability and well-being in the North Atlantic area,” and will “unite their efforts for collective defense and for the preservation of peace and

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the social media network Meta, formerly known as Facebook. Facts Meta had 3.07 billion monthly active users around the world, as of December 31, 2023. There were 72,404 full-time employees at Meta, as of September 30, 2024. Facebook introduced words such as “friending” to the lexicon.

By Catherine Nicholls, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Sophie Tanno, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s Prince Harry has revealed that his father, King Charles, no longer speaks to him and that he cannot imagine bringing his family back to the UK after losing a court case over his security arrangements on Friday. In an explosive interview with

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — US Vice President JD Vance said the war in Ukraine is “not going to end any time soon,” just hours after Washington and Kyiv signed a key minerals agreement that has peace in Ukraine among its goals. Speaking to Fox News on Thursday, Vance poured some cold water on

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The world’s oldest person, Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, has died at age 116, her order announced on Wednesday. The soccer-loving Brazilian nun officially became the oldest person in the world in January following the death of Japan’s Tomiko Itooka, according to Guinness World Records (GWR). When Canabarro was born

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The United States is stepping up pressure on India and Pakistan to avoid conflict in Kashmir after a tourist massacre in an Indian-administered area of the divided territory last week. US Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that Washington hopes Pakistan will help hunt down the militants behind the

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The CIA has released two new videos aimed at luring Chinese officials to spy for the United States, tapping into disillusion within China’s vast bureaucracy and fear of leader Xi Jinping’s relentless anti-corruption purge. The sleekly produced clips, filmed in Mandarin with Chinese subtitles, are the latest

By Kathleen Magramo, Abeer Salman, Todd Symons and Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — A Gaza-bound activist aid ship caught fire and issued an SOS, after what its organizers claimed was an Israeli drone attack off the coast of Malta in international waters in the early hours of Friday. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), which is

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Health officials in India are investigating reports that hundreds of children were served food that had contained a dead snake at a school last week. More 100 children who consumed the contaminated lunch meals fell ill in the town of Mokama, CNN affiliate CNN News 18 reported. At

By Issy Ronald, Rosa Rahimi and Niamh Kennedy, CNN London (CNN) — Hip hop Irish trio Kneecap is being investigated by UK counter-terrorism police after videos emerged allegedly showing the band calling for politicians to be killed and shouting “up Hamas, up Hezbollah.” It comes after the group, who are vocal critics of Israel’s war

By Jeremy Diamond and Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that defeating Israel’s enemies is more important than securing the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza. While the prime minister acknowledged that freeing the 59 remaining hostages is a “very important goal,” he described Israel’s fight against its

By Ivana Kottasová and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine managed to wrangle some more favorable terms out of the United States before signing the long-awaited minerals deal on Wednesday. The agreement on natural resources was finally struck late on Wednesday, after weeks of tense bargaining that at times turned sour and temporarily halted Washington’s

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela is demanding that a 2-year-old girl be returned to her family after the United States deported her parents and kept the toddler in government custody. The Venezuelan foreign ministry on Monday accused the US of “kidnapping” Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal, saying she was separated from her mother as

By Eyad Kourdi, Dana Karni and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Syria strongly condemned foreign intervention in the country following a rare Israeli strike near Damascus on Wednesday amid deadly sectarian violence. Syria said the Israeli strike killed at least one security officer and injured several other people. Earlier on Wednesday Israel’s military said it