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By Nick Paton Walsh, Rachel Wilson, Lou Robinson, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin met Friday for a summit in Alaska aimed – on the US side at least – at bringing an end to the grinding war that has followed Russia’s full-scale invasion of 2022. Any peace deal

By Kara Fox, CNN Westport, Ireland (CNN) — In ancient Celtic folklore, Tír na nÓg is the land of eternal youth, where time stands still and people don’t age. Today, in the west of Ireland, they’ve come close to bottling it. Westport, a small coastal town in picturesque County Mayo, is the unlikely nerve center

By Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel has given final approval to a controversial plan to build thousands of new housing units in the occupied West Bank that effectively cuts the territory in two. Plans for settlement in E1, an area east of Jerusalem, had been frozen for decades in the face of international

By Christian Edwards, Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the Trump administration’s “energetic” efforts to stop the war in Ukraine and hinted that Moscow and Washington could strike a deal on nuclear arms control during their summit on Friday in Alaska. In his first public comments since US President Donald Trump

By Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul (CNN) — A copyright battle over the viral song “Baby Shark,” adored by young children and often dreaded by their parents, has come to an end with a court clearing the Korean creators of the most popular version of plagiarism. The internet fell in love with Pinkfong’s version of “Baby

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A US Navy guided-missile destroyer performed a Freedom of Navigation operation (FONOP) near disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Wednesday, just two days after two Chinese military vessels collided while chasing a Philippine Coast Guard ship in nearby waters. The presence of the US ship in

By Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte signed into law Wednesday a bill granting amnesty to police officers, military personnel and members of civilian self-defense committees who took part in counterterrorism activities during the country’s bloody 20-year fight against leftist guerilla groups. The amnesty will cover members of the security forces who

By Nectar Gan, Chris Lau, Kristie Lu Stout, Yong Xiong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Days before winning his second presidential term, Donald Trump made a bold promise: if he returned to the White House, he would free a pugnacious, self-made billionaire from a Hong Kong prison. “100% I’ll get him out. He’ll be easy

By Christian Edwards, Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Since US President Donald Trump announced he will meet Vladimir Putin in Alaska, European leaders have been on edge. Although Trump has lately signaled support for Ukraine, Europe fears that Putin, a former KGB spy, will be able to bring the US president back round to seeing

Story by the Associated Press Tel Aviv, Israel (AP) — Israel is in discussions with South Sudan about the possibility of resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the war-torn East African country, part of a wider effort by Israel to facilitate mass emigration from the territory left in ruins by its 22-month offensive against

By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Last week, British foreign minister David Lammy went fishing with US Vice President JD Vance at his retreat in the English countryside. Now, he could be fined for doing so. Lammy on Wednesday referred himself to the UK’s environment watchdog for fishing without a rod license – an

By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — The Trump administration has published a report claiming that human rights in the United Kingdom “worsened” over the past year. The annual report, part of the US State Department’s global survey of human rights and covers the 2024 calendar year, criticized what it said were “serious restrictions” on