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Rescuers search for survivors in the rubble on September 30

Frantic rush to reach scores of students missing for days after boarding school collapse in Indonesia

By Helen Regan, Masrur Jamaluddin, CNN (CNN) — Indonesian rescue teams are frantically searching for scores of young students buried for two days under rubble in Sidoarjo, East Java, after their Islamic boarding school collapsed on them during afternoon prayers. In one pocket of the mangled concrete of the collapsed century-old Al Khoziny boarding school,

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From ending conflicts to joining wars, ex-British PM Blair vies for Gaza reconstruction job with credentials and controversy

By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is returning to the international limelight as the prospective head of an authority tasked with the reconstruction of Gaza. Blair would bring years of political and negotiating experience to the task after occupying 10 Downing Street for a decade and later acting as

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NTSB report reveals what was going on inside the San Diego control tower when two planes nearly collided on the runway

By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — A distracted controller, along with a supervisor trying to fix a broken printer, led to two planes nearly colliding in 2023, a new report from the National Transportation Safety Board found. Southwest Airlines Flight 2493 was waiting to take off on San Diego International Airport’s Runway 27, when controllers

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Keir Starmer is polling as the UK’s most unpopular prime minister on record. Where did it all go wrong?

By Christian Edwards, CNN Liverpool, England (CNN) — A year ago, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party won the largest majority in Parliament this century and consigned the Conservatives, Labour’s historic rival, to its worst defeat. Now, after 15 months in power, Starmer has become the most unpopular British prime minister on record. Although previous leaders have

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Larry Ellison Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Larry Ellison, co-founder, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle. Personal Birth date: August 17, 1944 Birth place: New York, New York Full name: Lawrence Joseph Ellison Father: Adoptive – Louis Ellison, accountant; Birth – Italian-American air force pilot Mother: Adoptive –

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Nkosinathi Emmanuel Mthethwa

South Africa’s ambassador to France, found dead at Paris hotel, told wife he intended ‘to end his life’: official

By Eve Brennan, Pierre Bairin, Joseph Ataman and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — South Africa’s ambassador to France had “expressed his intention to end his life” in a message to his wife the night before he was found dead in the courtyard of a high-rise hotel, Paris’ public prosecutor said Tuesday. Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa’s

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Joshua Jahn

A 2nd detainee — a father of 4 — dies after a gunman opened fire at an ICE office in Dallas

By Holly Yan, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — A second detainee who was shot at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Dallas last week has died, according to a Homeland Security official and the League of United Latin American Citizens. Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, a 32-year-old Mexican immigrant, was one of three ICE detainees shot

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