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By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — In a slickly produced podcast interview published this week, Ivanka Trump talked about her latest real-estate project – what she described as an “unbelievable, beautiful 1,400-hectare private island in the middle of the Mediterranean” plus five beautiful miles of Albanian beachfront intended to become resorts and hotels. But the

By Christopher Lamb, CNN Madrid (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV urged against division and said the world is crying out for peace as he gave a speech after arriving in Spain for the first major European trip of his pontificate. “Our age, seemingly shaken by terrible imbalances and conflicts, cries out from its depths for

By Sophie Tanno, CNN London (CNN) — UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has hit out at people “trying to interfere in our democracy” after US Vice President JD Vance waded into a national controversy by blaming “mass migration” for the recent murder of a student. The killing of Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old White student, sparked

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Bogota, Colombia (CNN) — South American electoral authorities may want to consider the soccer calendar when setting the date for the next vote. That seem to be the lesson from Colombia, where the excitement for its first World Cup outing since 2018 spilled into the political arena ahead of a presidential

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — India’s youth have had enough. After years of exam scandals, persistently high unemployment, and opportunities slipping further out of reach, simmering frustration is boiling into open anger online and on the streets – and a demand for accountability that many say they can no longer ignore. For one Indian

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun delivered a searing rebuke to Iran on Friday, accusing it of using his country as a bargaining chip against the wishes of the Lebanese people in the conflict with the United States and Israel. In a rare and exclusive interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, President

CNN By Frederik Pleitgen and Claudia Otto, CNN Tehran, Iran (CNN) — A potential peace deal between the United States and Iran hinges on the Trump administration agreeing to release $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets, a top Iranian official told CNN on Friday, warning that the US would “enter into a dark corridor” should

By Frederik Pleitgen and Claudia Otto, CNN Tehran, Iran (CNN) — A potential peace deal between the United States and Iran hinges on the Trump administration agreeing to release $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets, a top Iranian official told CNN on Friday, warning that the US would “enter into a dark corridor” should it

By Issy Ronald, Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sublet and generated an income from three cottages on his estate in Windsor, England, an independent report into the British royal family’s property arrangements revealed on Friday. Mountbatten-Windsor — known as Prince Andrew until his brother King Charles III stripped him of his titles

By Lianne Kolirin and James Frater, CNN (CNN) — Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been placed on a waiting list for a transplant due to “life-threatening chronic lung disease,” the country’s royal household has announced. The 52-year-old princess will not be able to fulfil her duties as a working member of the royal family, according

By Sylvie Zhuang, Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week for a rare visit just weeks after the Chinese leader hosted US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin for separate, nearly back-to-back visits. Xi will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a

By Victoria Butenko, Katharina Krebs, Nina Subkhanberdina, Ivana Kottasová, Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian leader Vladimir Putin rebuffed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call for a face-to-face meeting, saying there was “no point.” Zelensky urged Putin to end the countries’ four-year war in an open letter posted Thursday, as the Russian leader was preparing to