National-World

By Dana Karni, Eyad Kourdi and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A far-right Israeli minister sparked outrage on Sunday after leading a group of worshippers in prayer at the most sensitive holy site in Jerusalem, despite a decades-old agreement that bars Jews from worshipping there. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who has previously been

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — European countries hoping to mirror Italy’s controversial practice of sending some asylum seekers rescued at sea to overseas deportation centers have been dealt a setback by Europe’s top court. On Friday, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that while Italy could still utilize the centers it

Story by Reuters (CNN) — The overnight eruption of the Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka, its first in 600 years, may be connected to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia’s Far East last week, Russia’s RIA state news agency and scientists reported on Sunday. “This is the first historically confirmed eruption of Krasheninnikov Volcano in 600

By Reuters (CNN) — More than 120 firefighters were trying to extinguish a blaze at an oil depot in the Russian city of Sochi that was sparked by a Ukrainian drone attack, regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said early on Sunday on the Telegram messaging app. In the Krasnodar region on the Black Sea where Sochi

By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Dmitry Medvedev has traveled a long way from his time as Russian president, when he once stood beside then-US President Barack Obama and declared that “the solution of many world problems depends on the joint will of the United States and Russia.” This week, in his semi-official role as

CNN By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Dmitry Medvedev has traveled a long way from his time as Russian president, when he once stood beside then-US President Barack Obama and declared that “the solution of many world problems depends on the joint will of the United States and Russia.” This week, in his semi-official role

By Cristopher Ulloa, Veronica Calderon and Gerardo Lemos, CNN (CNN) — All five workers who were trapped in a Chilean copper mine that partially collapsed last week have been found dead, authorities said on Sunday, bringing the total number of fatalities to six. The partial collapse of El Teniente, one of the world’s largest copper

By Billy Stockwell, Eugenia Yosef, Ibrahim Dahman, Mitchell McCluskey, Dana Karni, Catherine Nicholls and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — Tens of thousands of protestors joined a rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening to call for the hostages still held in Gaza to be freed following the release of propaganda videos showing two emaciated Israeli

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Africa is adjusting to the new reality of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with countries on the continent facing some of the highest export charges. But what could become a crisis is an opportunity for United States rival China, which has long courted African countries and is now offering

By Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN (CNN) — Six watches that had been stolen from actor Keanu Reeves in Los Angeles were handed over to the FBI this week at the US Embassy in Santiago, Chile, nearly 9,000 kilometers away, to be returned to their owner. The discovery of the luxury watches “was circumstantial,” the embassy said,

By Eugenia Yosef and Catherine Nicholls (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed making a decision on the actions his country’s military will take in Gaza if Hamas does not agree to a ceasefire deal, a source familiar with the matter told CNN on Friday. A decision will no longer come this week,