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By Olivia Kemp and Sam Hudson CNN (CNN) — The United Kingdom could become one of the first European countries to lower the voting age to 16 in all national elections, in what the government is calling a landmark effort to “future-proof” its democracy. If passed by the parliament, the proposed reforms, unveiled Thursday, would

By Nick Paton Walsh, Lauren Kent and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — US President Donald Trump’s 50-day pause ahead of possible secondary sanctions on Russia gifts the Kremlin a window to exploit the incremental gains of recent weeks, which analysts say increasingly put key Ukrainian strongholds in the east in peril. Russia is thought

By Ian Wafula for CNN (CNN) — Roy Wanyonyi steps into the dark and dusty living room, its armchairs still carefully adorned in white lace covers, though it has been many months since guests sat here. The last time he and his wife, Maximilla Mwanga, were in this home in Webuye, an industrial town in

By Will Ripley and Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — For thirty minutes, under the punishing midday sun, Taiwan’s capital Taipei rehearsed for war. Presidential alerts began blaring on cell phones at 1:30pm on Thursday across this city of more than two million people: “[Air Defense Drill] Missile attack. Seek immediate shelter.” Then came

By Laura Sharman, Aqeel Najim and Teele Rebane, CNN (CNN) — A huge fire tore through a large shopping center in Iraq’s eastern city of Kut on Wednesday, killing dozens of people and devastating a community. At least 61 people – including men, women and children – died in the blaze at the five-story Al-Kornish

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ordered the setting up of a new investigation team, involving police and prosecutors, to look into the deadly Halloween crowd crush that killed 159, mostly young people, in 2022, his spokesperson said on Thursday. Lee’s move to launch a new probe came as

Story by Associated Press (AP) — A Turkish court on Wednesday convicted Istanbul’s jailed opposition mayor and the chief rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of insulting and threatening a public official and sentenced him to a year and eight months in prison. Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who is being held in a prison west of

By Ana María Cañizares and Michael Rios, CNN Quito, Ecuador (CNN) — Desperation is mounting in Ecuador’s capital as thousands of people remain without drinking water a week into Quito’s worst shortage in 25 years. The daily lives of some 400,000 residents have been seriously disrupted by the emergency, which happened after a landslide damaged

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Asif Ali Zardari, president of Pakistan. Personal Birth date: July 26, 1956 Birth place: Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan Father: Hakim Ali Zardari, politician and businessman Mother: Bilquis Zardari Marriage: Benazir Bhutto (December 18, 1987-December 27, 2007, her death) Children: Bilawal, Bakhtawar and Aseefa

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — A huge fire has consumed the main stage of Belgium’s world-famous Tomorrowland festival, days ahead of its planned opening on Friday. “Due to a serious incident and fire on the Tomorrowland Mainstage, our beloved Mainstage has been severely damaged,” festival organizers said in a statement Wednesday evening. “We can

By Elinda Labropoulou and Lauren Kent, CNN Athens, Greece (CNN) — Greek police have charged five people in the case of murdered UC Berkeley professor Przemyslaw Jeziorski, including his ex-wife and her current partner. Jeziorski was shot multiple times at close range on July 4 while visiting Athens to see his children and attend a