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By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A once-feared army general, who ruled Indonesia with an iron fist for more than three decades, has a message for voters ahead of upcoming elections – from beyond the grave. “I am Suharto, the second president of Indonesia,” the former general says in a three-minute video that has racked

By Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Fourteen people were injured, including two seriously, after a tree fell onto the tracks of a children’s roller coaster at an amusement park in the Spanish region of Catalonia Sunday. Strong winds caused the tree to fall on the “Tomahawk” children’s roller coaster at the “PortAventura World” park in

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — For the first time since his death in 1882, Charles Darwin’s impressive library has been virtually reassembled to reveal the multitude of books, pamphlets and journals cited and read by the influential naturalist. The author of numerous works, Darwin is perhaps best known for his 1859 book, “On the

By Maria Kostenko and Simon Cullen, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence claims it has confirmed the use of Starlink satellite communications by Russian forces in occupied areas. It says it has intercepted conversations which indicate the Starlink terminals are being used to provide internet access to Russia’s 83rd Air Assault Brigade operating in the Donetsk region. Elon Musk’s

CNN By Abeer Salman and Khader Al Za’anoun, CNN (CNN) — A 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was trapped in a car with her dead relatives after it came under Israeli fire in Gaza last month has been found dead. On January 29, Hind Rajab had been traveling in a car with her uncle, his wife

By Simon Cullen, CNN London (CNN) — King Charles III has made his first public outing since his cancer diagnosis, attending church alongside Queen Camilla. The King waved to onlookers as he walked to St Mary Magdalene’s church on the monarch’s Sandringham estate in eastern England on Sunday morning. Earlier this week he was photographed

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Italy has been shaken by the alleged gang rape of a 13-year-old girl in front of her boyfriend in a public park in the Sicilian city of Catania, the latest in a string of shocking sexual attacks in the country. The case is reminiscent of two alleged

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Lengthy inspections, rejected humanitarian aid and Israeli bombs raining down. Those are some of the hurdles to relief reaching the 2.2 million Palestinians in war-torn Gaza. The United Nations’ Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief, Martin Griffiths, has described the process as “in all practical terms, impossible.” Gaza

By Heather Chen and Sophia Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Pakistan’s official election results were announced by the election commission on Sunday, with independent candidates affiliated with former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party securing the most seats in parliament. According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, independent candidates won 102 seats. The majority of

By Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Myanmar’s government has enforced a compulsory military service law as the junta continues to battle armed ethnic militias and resistance forces on multiple fronts across the nation. All men aged 18 to 35 and women aged 18 to 27 are required to serve for up to two years under

By Heather Chen, Hamdi Alkhshali and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Three soldiers from the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces and an officer from the Bahrain Defense Force were killed in an attack at a military base in Somalia’s capital, the UAE’s defense ministry said Sunday. The attack took place at the General Gordon military

By Sugam Pokharel, Matthew Chance and Mihir Melwani, CNN, and journalist Nishant Khanal Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) — Ramchandra Khadka stood in front of a temple in the middle of Kathmandu, Nepal, praying for his fellow countrymen who are fighting for Russia in Moscow’s war against Ukraine. As the ceremonial bells rang and the sweet smell

CNN By Sugam Pokharel, Matthew Chance and Mihir Melwani, CNN, and journalist Nishant Khanal Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) — Ramchandra Khadka stood in front of a temple in the middle of Kathmandu, Nepal, praying for his fellow countrymen who are fighting for Russia in Moscow’s war against Ukraine. As the ceremonial bells rang and the sweet

By Heather Chen and Pierre Meilhan, CNN (CNN) — Hungarian President Katalin Novak has announced that she is resigning from office following mounting public criticism over her decision to pardon a man implicated in a child sexual abuse case. “I decided to grant a pardon last April, believing that the convict did not exploit the