National-World

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The United States has sanctioned former Haitian President Michel Martelly for alleged drug trafficking, accusing him of fueling the ongoing violence and instability in the Caribbean nation. The US Treasury Department alleges that Martelly abused his influence to facilitate drug trafficking into the US. It also accuses him of

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Emergency workers in southern Italy are still hunting for at least one person who remains missing after a tornado sank a luxury yacht early Monday – prompting an air and naval operation off the coast of Sicily. Twenty-two people are thought to have been

By Eve Brennan, Olga Voitovych, Anna Chernova and Kostyantyn Hak, CNN (CNN) — A Russian soldier has defected to Ukraine, according to the Freedom for Russia Legion, the “I Want to Live Project,” and the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine. The defected soldier – with the call sign “Silver” – was an active serviceman for the

By Mostafa Salem, Frederik Pleitgen and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s pledged retaliation against Israel for the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran will take time, according to a spokesperson for the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). “Time is on our side and the waiting period for this response may

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The world’s oldest person, US-born Maria Branyas Morera, has died at the age of 117, her family announced on social media. Guinness World Records (GWR) also released a statement confirming her death at the age of 117 years 168 days, making her the eighth-oldest person with a verifiable age

By Dana Karni, Lex Harvey and Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — The bodies of six Israeli hostages have been retrieved from Gaza during an overnight military operation in Khan Younis, Israeli authorities said Tuesday, as the latest ceasefire negotiations continue. In a joint announcement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Israeli Security Agency (ISA)

By Mick Krever, Jeremy Diamond and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Sham Abu Tabaq, age 5, has a piercing stare. Behind her dark eyes are memories she has hardly begun to process. She has experienced war. She has been forced from her home. And she was in her father’s arms when he was fatally shot,

CNN By Mick Krever, Jeremy Diamond and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Sham Abu Tabaq, age 5, has a piercing stare. Behind her dark eyes are memories she has hardly begun to process. She has experienced war. She has been forced from her home. And she was in her father’s arms when he was fatally

By Adam Pourahmadi and Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — Nicaragua has revoked the registration of 1,500 non-profit organizations, the latest in a years-long crackdown in the small Central American nation. The organizations, which include hundreds of religious groups, are accused of failing to report their financial statements for a period of between one and 35

By Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch’s former co-defendant in a US fraud trial has died after being hit by a car just days before a yacht carrying the now-missing tycoon sank off the coast of Sicily. Stephen Chamberlain, 52, a former VP of finance at Lynch’s former company Autonomy, was

By Aishwarya S Iyer and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Ukraine, officials said Monday, weeks after he made his first trip to Moscow since Russia launched its full-scale invasion. His forthcoming visit to Ukraine – also his first since the start of the war – comes at a crucial

CNN By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers were on Monday searching for six people – including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch – who went missing after a luxury yacht was hit by a tornado and sank off the coast of Sicily, killing one of the 22 people on board. The vessel was hit

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The warlord leader of Chechnya has mounted a machine gun on a Tesla Cybertruck that he says he plans to send to Russian forces on the battlefields in Ukraine. Ramzan Kadyrov published a video on Saturday of himself driving the vehicle, which he said had been sent to him

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — A witty pun about a sailing trip has been crowned the funniest joke told at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Thousands of performers flock to Scotland’s capital each year to entertain and delight crowds at the Fringe. British entertainment channel U&Dave, owned by British broadcaster UKTV, has handed out