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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Carlos the Jackal, once one of the world’s most wanted terrorists. Personal Birth date: October 12, 1949 Birth place: Caracas, Venezuela Birth name: Ilich Ramirez Sanchez Father: José Altagracia Ramírez Navas, a Marxist, millionaire lawyer Mother: Elba Maria Sánchez Marriages: Isabelle Coutant-Peyre (2001-present);

By David Culver, Karol Suarez and Rachel Clarke, CNN Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico (CNN) — There’s a bustling trade in people and goods across the Guatemala-Mexico river border this week. But almost the entire flow of people skirts the route across the road bridge and tries to avoid official eyes by floating across the water. Makeshift

CNN By David Culver, Karol Suarez and Rachel Clarke, CNN Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico (CNN) — There’s a bustling trade in people and goods across the Guatemala-Mexico river border this week. But almost the entire flow of people skirts the route across the road bridge and tries to avoid official eyes by floating across the water.

By Christian Edwards and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Fears were growing of a humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh Tuesday as a senior US official warned of malnutrition among the thousands attempting to flee the breakaway region for Armenia. The US Agency for International Development (USAID) chief Samantha Power and US State Department acting assistant secretary

CNN By Olga Voitovych, Clare Sebastian, Florence Davey-Attlee and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s military has said it is “clarifying” information received about the alleged assassination of Russian commander Viktor Sokolov, after Moscow released a video that appears to show him alive and well. Kyiv claimed on Monday it killed Sokolov, the commander of

By Jessie Gretener and Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — A Russian court has rejected an appeal by jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny against a 19-year prison sentence on extremism charges, according to Russian state media RIA, in the latest crackdown on the outspoken Kremlin critic. Navalny was sentenced in August, after he was found guilty

By Olga Voitovych, Clare Sebastian, Florence Davey-Attlee and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s military has said it is “clarifying” information received about the alleged assassination of Russian commander Viktor Sokolov, after Moscow released a video that appears to show him alive and well. Kyiv claimed on Monday it killed Sokolov, the commander of Russia’s

By Hafsa Khalil, CNN (CNN) — A “mesmerizing” electric blue tarantula species has been discovered in Thailand, according to new research. A group of Thai researchers found the spider during an expedition to Phang-Nga province in southern Thailand to research the diversity and distribution of tarantulas in the country. “(We found) a new species of

By Dalal Mawad and Claudia Colliva, CNN Paris (CNN) — It’s 6.30 a.m. on a late summer morning in Paris. Amid the rumbling coming from the Stalingrad Métro station, in the northeast of the French capital, hundreds of migrants, mostly men, sleep crammed under an overpass. Some rest on pieces of cardboard and old mattresses

By Jessie Yeung and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea showcased an arsenal of advanced weaponry in a military parade on Tuesday, rolling tanks and missiles down the streets of its rain-soaked capital during the first event of its kind in a decade. The parade, held to mark the 75th Armed

CNN By Kathleen Magramo and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — A floating barrier installed by China to prevent Filipino boats from fishing in a disputed area of the South China Sea has been removed, Philippine authorities said Monday, in the latest flashpoint between Manila and Beijing over their competing maritime claims. Video released by the

By Wayne Chang and Jessie Yeung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — A Chinese dissident who has been living in a Taiwanese airport since Friday has pleaded for the United States or Canada to grant him asylum after he fled Thailand saying he feared being deported back to China. Chen Siming, known for his annual commemorations

By Helen Regan, Radina Gigova and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN (CNN) — Russian warships were still launching attacks on Ukraine following the claim from Kyiv that the commander of Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet was killed Friday, as President Volodymyr Zelensky praised the arrival of US Abrams tanks to the country. A spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy

By Kathleen Magramo and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — A floating barrier installed by China to prevent Filipino boats from fishing in a disputed area of the South China Sea has been removed, Philippine authorities said Monday, in the latest flashpoint between Manila and Beijing over their competing maritime claims. Video released by the Philippine