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By Billy Stockwell, Tim Lister, Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — The US ambassador to France, Charles Kushner, has been blocked from directly accessing French government ministers after he failed to appear to a summons by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot. Kushner had been summoned over comments made about the death of French far-right activist Quentin

By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo and Michael Rios (CNN) — A Colombian congresswoman whose conservative party is closely aligned with the right-wing ideologies of US President Donald Trump says her son was detained last month by ICE agents amid the US crackdown on immigration. Ángela Vergara says she decided to go public with the case last week

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The whole mountain rumbles when an avalanche rolls off it. The swirling, whirling mass approaches like a steam train, picking up thousands of tons of matter on its descent, throwing clouds of snow into the air as its gathers speeds of up to 130 kph (80 mph). They are

By Sophia Saifi, CNN Islamabad (CNN) — Pakistan said Sunday it carried out airstrikes on militant camps across the border in Afghanistan, in a serious test of an uneasy peace between the neighbors. Pakistan’s information ministry said its military conducted “intelligence-based, selective operations” against seven camps belonging to militants it blames for a recent series

By Victoria Butenko and Rhea Mogul, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — At least one person was killed and dozens more wounded in explosions that hit the western Ukrainian city of Lviv early Sunday, in what authorities have labeled a “terrorist attack.” A 23-year-old policewoman was killed in the attack, while a patrol car and

By Tim Lister and Farida Elsebai, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff has said that Trump is “curious” as to why Iran has not yet “capitulated” and agreed ⁠to curb ⁠its nuclear program, as rallies have taken place at universities in the Iranian capital, Tehran, for the second day. “I don’t

By Helen Regan, Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — It took just 11 days for South Korean lawmakers to impeach former President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law and threatened to unravel decades of hard-won democracy. Now, 14 months after that ill-fated announcement, which led to lawmakers forcing their way past soldiers

By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — The US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has said it would be “fine” if Israel took control of a vast swathe of the Middle East, drawing a swift rebuke from regional and other majority-Muslim states. Suggesting even nominal support for Israeli sovereignty over much of the Middle East is

By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — The death of a far-right activist in France after a street brawl earlier this month has deepened political polarization in the country as elections loom – and sparked criticism from the Trump administration. French President Emmanuel Macron called for calm ahead of rallies planned Saturday by far-right groups in

By Matthew Chance, Chief Global Affairs Correspondent, CNN (CNN) — In the early hours of February 24 2022, standing on the freezing roof of a hotel in Kyiv, the idea that Russia would launch a full-scale assault on Ukraine, despite a troop buildup on the border, still seemed almost impossible to imagine. Yes, Vladimir Putin,

By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — A man has been charged with committing a hate crime after a car smashed into the gates of the biggest synagogue in Brisbane, the latest of a series of attacks on Australia’s Jewish community. The attack follows a string of assaults on Jewish people and their religious establishments in

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Some people will go to extreme lengths to avoid paying for regular garbage collection – and sometimes they enlist help from man’s best friend. Authorities in Sicily, Italy, have released footage of a dog carrying garbage to a rogue land dump near Catania. The cunning canine can

By Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — Most days, the country’s top newspapers have a wide range of photos gracing their front pages. But on Friday, every image topping the British front pages was identical: A snap of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, slouched in the back of a car, looking shell-shocked on his 66th birthday as he

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, James Frater, CNN London (CNN) — Slouched in the back of a car, wide-eyed and unnerved, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor makes his way home from the police station. It’s an image that was splashed across pretty much every UK newspaper on Friday morning, a day after the brother of King Charles III was arrested