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By Hira Humayun and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN One American man is dead, and an American woman is injured in Iceland following a collapse of the Breiðamerkurjökull ice cave, Iceland’s public broadcaster RUV said Monday. The rescue operation, which started Sunday evening, is now complete, with police saying that no one was trapped under the ice, according

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — They were the self-styled political “commandos” with aspirations of bringing down the authoritarian government of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro. Now, the opposition says, hundreds of its activists and electoral witnesses are fleeing the country amid the fallout from last month’s contested presidential election. CNN spoke to about half a dozen Venezuelans

CNN By Rebecca Wright, Anna Coren, Salman Saeed and Mark Phillips, CNN Feni, Bangladesh (CNN) — Wading through muddy floodwaters up to chest height, hundreds of people slowly make their way to safety, their belongings held high above their heads to keep them dry. Entering the city of Feni in southeast Bangladesh, it becomes clear

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — John Alfred Tinniswood was born the same year the Titanic sank and when New Mexico and Arizona became US states. Now, the world’s oldest living man, who was born on August 26, 1912, is celebrating his 112th birthday. Tinniswood is marking the occasion with friends and family at his

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — The captain of the luxury Bayesian yacht that sank near Porticello, off the coast of Sicily, last week will face an investigation into multiple counts of manslaughter and negligent shipwreck, the Italian prosecutor’s office announced Monday. James Cutfield, 51, was the head of crew aboard the 56-meter (184-foot)

By Svitlana Vlasova, Ivana Kottasová, Daria Tarasova and Christian Edwards, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russia launched a “massive” missile and drone attack aimed at energy infrastructure across Ukraine at the start of the week, marking the biggest air assault since the war began, Ukrainian officials said. Moscow has since followed that with a second wave of strikes

By Ivana Kottasová and Kosta Hak, CNN Pokrovsk, Eastern Ukraine (CNN) — The empty boxes are piling up on the floor as Halyna goes through her medical kit, taking out packs of pills and discarding any unnecessary packaging. She can’t afford to waste space. She’s running away and the journey ahead is long and risky.

By Rebecca Wright, Anna Coren, Salman Saeed and Mark Phillips, CNN Feni, Bangladesh (CNN) — Wading through muddy floodwaters up to chest height, hundreds of people slowly make their way to safety, their belongings held high above their heads to keep them dry. Entering the city of Feni in southeast Bangladesh, it becomes clear why

By Niamh Kennedy, Lauren Kent, Michelle Velez and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — A British safety adviser for the Reuters news agency was killed and two journalists injured when a Russian strike hit a hotel in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, on Saturday night. Reuters had a six-person crew staying at the Hotel Sapphire as part of

CNN By Dana Karni, Tamar Michaelis, Alex Marquardt and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — The Israeli military launched what it called “preemptive” strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, as the Iran-backed militant group said it carried out its own attacks in response to the killing of a top commander. The overnight strikes are