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By Rhea Mogul, Christian Edwards and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Fears are mounting of a potential environmental disaster off the coast of Britain after a cargo ship smashed into an oil tanker transporting jet fuel for the US military. The crash ignited a huge fire, which is still burning on one of the vessels

By Jessie Yeung, Edward Szekeres and Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — Russia said it was hit by a “massive” Ukrainian drone attack overnight Tuesday, just hours before critical talks between officials from Washington and Kyiv began. Moscow’s defense ministry said it had downed 343 drones it claimed Ukraine had fired at Russia, of which 91

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — All but one of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities last year were in Asia, a new study shows. The majority of these cities – 13 – are in the world’s most populous country, India, where booming economic growth is fired largely by coal and where hundreds of

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Elections in Greenland, an island home to about 57,000 people, are usually a local affair. There is little opinion polling, with only two newspapers in the Danish autonomous territory. Greenlanders mull over politics in private Facebook groups, with key issues in the past centering on the economy, mining, fishing

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Manila, Philippines (CNN) — Former President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by the Philippine government on Tuesday after it said it received an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity. Duterte has been investigated by the ICC over his brutal anti-drugs crackdown during his time in office that

By Eyad Kourdi and Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN (CNN) — Syria’s interim government says it has reached a landmark agreement with Kurdish-led forces to integrate them into state institutions as it tries to unify the country’s diverse communities after a decade of civil war. Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa announced the deal on Monday, saying the

From Associated Press SAN JUAN ALOTENANGO, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire is erupting, and authorities have evacuated nearly 300 families while warning that another 30,000 people in the area could be at risk. The eruption started overnight. There is no immediate report of casualties. The 12,300-foot (3,763-meter) high volcano is one of the

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — A Syrian military operation against remnants of the former Assad regime has now ended, having sparked some of the worst violence seen in the country in years. Hundreds of people have been killed in the crackdown and fighting between the security forces and supporters of former President Bashar al-Assad

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales, joined Britain’s King Charles III and other members of the royal family in celebrating Commonwealth Day on Monday, attending an event at London’s Westminster Abbey filled with performances from countries across the association. The Commonwealth is a voluntary organization of 56