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By Nadeen Ebrahim, Ibrahim Dahman, Eugenia Yosef and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Optimism about an Israel-Hamas ceasefire-hostage agreement waned this week as Israel set conditions for the deal and Hamas warned that Israeli actions in Gaza could jeopardize the talks. Last week, a US official told CNN that a framework agreement is “in place”

By Isaac Yee, Ivana Kottasová and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Belarus and China kicked off 11-day joint military training exercises Monday, Belarus’ defense ministry said – with activities taking place just miles from the border of Poland, a NATO and European Union member. The joint anti-terrorist training “Attacking Falcon” exercises in Belarus would see

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — On Sunday night, joy: French voters had, once again, kept the far right out of power. On Monday morning, uncertainty: A hung parliament, shaky alliances and the threat of turbulent years ahead. President Emmanuel Macron called France’s snap parliamentary election to “clarify” the political situation. But after the shock

By Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — As the presidential race in the United States heats up, many other countries around the world are also conducting pivotal elections in 2024. More than 70 nations – home to nearly half the world’s people – have already or will soon select their own leaders at the polls, according

By Svitlana Vlasova, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Maria Kostenko, Victoria Butenko and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — A Russian missile strike partially destroyed a children’s hospital in Kyiv on Monday, causing terrified patients and their families to flee for their lives. Moscow launched a brazen daytime aerial assault on targets in cities across Ukraine during

By Joyce Jiang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A fashion major from a vocational high school in rural China has amazed the nation by outshining elite students in a global math contest – but the teenager’s underdog story has now been mired by controversy. Jiang Ping, born in a poor village in eastern China’s Jiangsu

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing Monday, days after a controversial visit to Moscow and another to Kyiv that the far-right European leader described as a “peace mission.” Orban, who has been widely criticized in the West for his Russia-friendly

By Radina Gigova, Maria Kostenko and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Moscow has vowed to respond to Ukrainian attacks within its borders after a drone set on fire a warehouse allegedly storing munitions, prompting a state of emergency in Russia’s south-western Voronezh region. The drone attack took place in a settlement in the Podgorensky district,

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A month ago, the New Popular Front (NFP) did not exist. Now, it has won the most seats in the French parliament and could provide France with its next prime minister. The left-wing coalition chose its name in an attempt to resurrect the original Popular Front that blocked the

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By Christian Edwards and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — A left-wing alliance has won the most seats in the French parliament after tactical voting in Sunday’s second round election thwarted Marine Le Pen’s far-right party, but France will be left in political limbo after no party came close to winning an absolute majority. In a

By Eugenia Yosef, Kareem El Damanhoury and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN (CNN) — The condition of an American citizen injured Sunday after the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired missiles toward northern Israel is “worsening,” according to the medical center treating him. The 31-year-old man suffered shrapnel injuries to his upper body and was admitted to the

By Ibrahim Dahman and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli airstrike in Gaza City killed a senior official in the Hamas-run government Sunday, according to the organization. Hamas said that Ehab al-Ghussein, the Deputy Minister of Labor, was among four people killed by an Israeli airstrike on the Holy Family School in Gaza City. “Civil Defense crews in Gaza Governorate