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By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — A historian and populist firebrand who boasted about his brawls with soccer hooligans has narrowly won Poland’s presidential election, in a political upset that could torpedo the centrist government’s efforts to unspool the legacy of authoritarianism in the country. Karol Nawrocki, the candidate aligned with Poland’s right-wing populist Law

By Svitlana Vlasova, Victoria Butenko, Tim Lister, Mitchell McCluskey and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian forces have destroyed dozens of Russian warplanes parked at air bases thousands of miles from the front lines, according to a source in the country’s security services, in one of Kyiv’s most audacious and sophisticated counter assaults since the

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Athletes, coaches and officials are among 22 people killed in a road accident in northern Nigeria as they returned from the country’s National Sports Festival on Saturday, local authorities have said. Others were left “seriously injured” by the accident, according to a statement issued by Kano’s government office. The

By Abeer Salman, Mohammad al Sawalhi, Eyad Kourdi and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of Palestinians were shot dead by the Israeli military near an aid distribution site in Gaza on Sunday according to Palestinian officials and eyewitnesses, with Israel’s military denying that its troops fired “within or near” the aid site. The Palestinian

By Mariya Knight, Helen Regan, Svitlana Vlasova and Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Two bridges have collapsed in Russia’s western regions bordering Ukraine, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens, authorities said. It was not clear on Sunday morning whether the two incidents — which both involved trains — in neighboring Bryansk and Kursk

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — After half a year of political turmoil, uncertainty and division, South Koreans voted Tuesday for a new president to succeed Yoon Suk Yeol, the disgraced former leader who plunged the democratic nation into chaos by declaring martial law in December. Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is projected

By Ibrahim Dahman, Abeer Salman, Lauren Izso and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Hamas on Saturday said that it has responded to a Gaza ceasefire plan put forward by the US, repeating its call for an end to the war, in a move the US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff called “totally unacceptable.” In a

By Ibrahim Dahman and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 80 aid trucks traveling through southern and central Gaza were looted by desperate civilians on Saturday, the UN World Food Programme said as famine conditions worsen in the Palestinian enclave. In a statement issued on X, the WFP said 77 trucks had crossed into Gaza

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — India’s military has acknowledged for the first time that an unspecified number of its fighter jets were shot down during strikes on Pakistani-controlled territory amid intense fighting between the neighbors in early May. Indian officials had previously refused to confirm even a single aircraft loss. Asked by a Bloomberg

By Olivia Kemp, Soph Warnes and Quinta Thomson, CNN London (CNN) — The sale of disposable vapes will be banned in the United Kingdom from Sunday, as the country becomes the latest to tackle the “environmental nightmare” of the single-use devices. However, some campaigners warn that the new restrictions are just “a drop in the

By CNN’s Tim Lister and Eyad Kourdi (CNN) — ISIS has claimed two attacks on Syrian security forces – the first since the transitional government under former jihadist Ahmed al-Sharaa took office. The terror group, also known as Islamic State, said it had killed and injured seven members of “the apostate Syrian regime” with an

By Maddie Araujo, Niamh Kennedy and Nada Bashir, CNN (CNN) — When Adefemola Akintade learned that the Trump administration had suspended the processing of foreign student visas, she immediately went blank. “I don’t know what to do; this is something I’ve always wanted for the longest of times,” she told CNN, still with an air

CNN By Mike Valerio, Brad Lendon, Gawon Bae and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — New satellite images show North Korea has deployed what appear to be balloons alongside its damaged 5,000-ton warship that has been laying on its side and partially submerged since a botched launch last week. While the purpose of