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By Oren Liebermann, Charbel Mallo, Michael Rios, Eyad Kourdi and Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli airstrike rocked southern Beirut on Sunday soon after the military issued an evacuation warning for the Lebanese capital. Footage from Reuters showed a huge plume of smoke rising from the area shortly after 6:00 p.m. (11 a.m. ET).

By Daria Tarasova Markina and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — The Russian military is planning to increase the use of small squads on motorcycles and quadbikes on the frontlines in Ukraine as it plans fresh offensives, according to the Ukrainian military and analysts of the conflict. The Russian Defense Ministry published video on Saturday showing

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Crowds of mourners waited in line on Sunday for a chance to visit Pope Francis’ final resting place in the Santa Maria Maggiore church in Rome, a day after his funeral service that was attended by world leaders and royalty. Hundreds were seen filing past his tomb early on

By Leila Gharagozlou, Tim Lister, Eve Brennan, Max Saltman and Frankie Vetch, CNN (CNN) — Iranian authorities have said there was a “failure to observe safety principles” at the port of Bandar Abbas, where an explosion Saturday killed dozens of people, but testing is required to determine the causes of the blast. Eyewitness accounts and

By Lucas Lilieholm, Kathleen Magramo, Ross Adkin and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A suspect has been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder after a car plowed into a crowd at a street festival celebrating Filipino heritage in Vancouver on Saturday night killing at least 11 people in what police are calling “the darkest

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis had a great sense of humor. When I met him once at the back of the papal plane, I cracked a joke with him that was a little bit close to the line. Luckily, he roared with laughter and told me “Sei cattivo!” (“You’re naughty!”). Every day,

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to lead the Catholic church in 2013, he chose the papal name Francis, after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ecologists and champion of the poor. It was a befitting choice. Pope Francis was the fiercest

By Victoria Butenko and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Russian authorities say they have charged a “Ukrainian special services agent” with terrorism, after he was detained in connection with a car explosion that killed Russian General Yaroslav Moskalik on Friday. The suspect – Ignat Kuzin – allegedly purchased the car that exploded in Balashikha, less

By Ibrahim Dahman, Eyad Kourdi, Dana Karni and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — A senior Hamas delegation departed Cairo late Saturday following talks with Egyptian officials aimed at brokering a ceasefire agreement and the entry of desperately needed humanitarian aid into Gaza, according to a statement by Hamas. The delegation, led by Chairman of the Hamas

CNN By Christian Edwards and Henrik Pettersson, CNN (CNN) — The funeral of Pope Francis gave Catholics across the globe the chance to bid farewell to a beloved pontiff – and for world leaders to rub shoulders at a fraught time for international diplomacy. More than 250,000 people packed into St. Peter’s Square for Saturday’s

By Christian Edwards and Henrik Pettersson, CNN (CNN) — The funeral of Pope Francis gave Catholics across the globe the chance to bid farewell to a beloved pontiff – and for world leaders to rub shoulders at a fraught time for international diplomacy. More than 250,000 people packed into St. Peter’s Square for Saturday’s service,

CNN By Tim Lister, Catherine Nicholls and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump questioned whether Russian leader Vladimir Putin wants a peace deal, shortly after meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in the heart of the Vatican minutes before the start of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday. Saturday marked

CNN By Lauren Kent, CNN Vatican City (CNN) — The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled to mark the end of the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican City, where tens of thousands of mourners gathered to give a final send-off to a pontiff who was celebrated during the service as a champion of migrants