National-World

By Maria Kostenko and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has launched a counterattack in the southern Russian border region of Kursk, warning that Russia is “getting what it deserves.” Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation, an official body, said Ukrainian forces had launched surprise attacks against Russian forces in

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — US President-elect Donald Trump hailed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as a “fantastic woman” as she became the latest world leader to visit his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida. “This is very exciting,” he told a crowd at the residence. “I’m here with a

By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — When an Army veteran “hell-bent” on creating carnage rammed a 6,000-pound pickup truck into a crowd of revelers, the massacre in New Orleans followed a disturbing trend -– assailants using vehicles to run over innocent civilians. More than a dozen high-profile vehicle attacks on crowds have taken place in

By Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Russia is demanding the United Nations condemn Kyiv following an alleged drone attack that it claims killed a journalist working for a Russian outlet and injured several others. Russia’s Izvestia newspaper reported Saturday that its freelance correspondent Alexander Martemyanov died from his injuries after the drone hit the vehicle

By Associated Press (CNN) — Mexico opened the possibility Friday of receiving non-Mexican migrants deported by the United States after initially saying they would push President-elect Donald Trump to return other nationalities directly to their countries of origin. President Claudia Sheinbaum said during her daily press briefing that in cases where the US would not

By Tamar Michaelis and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — The family of a hostage who appears in the latest video released by Hamas has called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seize the opportunity to do a ceasefire deal, describing the footage as having “torn our hearts to pieces.” The release of the video

By Associated Press Vienna (Associated Press) — Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Saturday he will resign in the coming days after talks on forming a new government failed a second time. The announcement came after the People’s Party and the Social Democrats continued coalition talks a day after the liberal Neos party’s surprise withdrawal from

By Rob Picheta and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — The head of Moldova’s breakaway region Transnistria has urged residents to burn firewood for heating and warned that blackouts cannot be avoided, after Moscow stopped supplying gas via Ukraine. Vadim Krasnoselskyi, the president of the Russian-backed separatist sliver on Moldova’s eastern flank, said in a message

By Catherine Nicholls and Natasha Maguder, CNN (CNN) — Chile’s President Gabriel Boric travelled to Antarctica’s South Pole on Friday, a place where no other Latin American president has set foot, according to the Chilean government. Boric led the historic two-day trip, named Operation Pole Star III, to extend the environmental monitoring of pollutants on

By Maria Kostenko and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Russia has vowed retaliation after claiming to have shot down eight US-made ATACMS missiles fired by Ukraine on Saturday morning. Moscow sees the use of such missiles, which have a range of up to 300 kilometers (186 miles), as a major escalation. The country’s air defenses

By Eugenia Yosef and Lucas Lilieholm, CNN (CNN) — Israel is considering limiting humanitarian aid to Gaza after Donald Trump comes into office later this month in a bid to deprive Hamas of resources, according to an Israeli official familiar with the matter. Since October 7, Israel has been waging war in Gaza trying to

By Kathy Rose O’Brien, CNN (CNN) — Sweden began its annual wolf hunt this week, allowing nearly 10% of the endangered species population to be killed, as conservationists raise concerns about the controversial policy. Since 2010, Sweden has allowed wolves to be hunted on a licensed quota basis. Conservationists say this goes against European Union

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Transgender dancer Jin Xing’s ascent to the upper echelons of Chinese show business is extraordinary in a nation where it has become increasingly difficult for LGBTQ+ people to live openly. The 57-year-old has been a transgender icon in China for years, admired by some of the country’s

By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — A group of security forces from Guatemala and El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Friday to reinforce a multinational mission tasked with tackling the country’s rampant gang violence, the Haitian National Police announced. The 75 Guatemalan and eight Salvadoran troops were greeted on the tarmac of the international airport