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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) — President Donald Trump was speaking to reporters alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office on Monday when he made a surprise announcement: Direct nuclear talks are underway between the United States and Iran and a “very big meeting” will take place on Saturday.

By Svitlana Vlasova and Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said two Chinese nationals fighting in the Russian army have been taken prisoner in eastern Ukraine. Zelensky said Tuesday that Ukrainian forces fighting in the Donetsk region obtained the Chinese nationals’ documents, bank cards and personal data. “We have information

By Christian Edwards and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — The Duke of Sussex arrived at a London court on Tuesday to challenge the British government’s decision to downgrade his level of taxpayer-funded security while he is visiting the United Kingdom. After Harry and his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, announced they were stepping down

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China on Tuesday slammed US Vice President JD Vance for his comments about “Chinese peasants” in an interview that has drawn widespread ire and ridicule on China’s internet – and comparisons with Vance’s own self-proclaimed “hillbilly” background. Speaking to Fox News last Thursday, Vance defended President Donald

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Thailand’s arrest of a prominent American academic on charges of insulting the monarchy has “alarmed” the United States, the State Department said, in a rare case of a foreign national allegedly falling foul of the kingdom’s strict lese majeste law. Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Naresuan University in central

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Excitement is growing in cinema-mad India for the return of a movie star from Pakistan to its big screens after his long absence due to an industry ban on artists from the neighboring country. Fawad Khan, an actor, singer and producer with a huge following in India, announced his

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed for the first time on Monday that Ukrainian troops have been active in Russia’s Belgorod region as they seek to protect Ukrainian towns near the border. Ukrainian troops remain in parts of the neighbouring Russian region of Kursk eight months after a cross-border incursion, though

By Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Kareem Khadder, Jeremy Diamond, Abeer Salman, Mohammad Al-Sawalhi and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — When paramedic Hassan Hosni Al-Hila felt too sick to continue his late-night assignment with the Palestine Red Crescent Society on March 23, his son gladly agreed to cover his shift. That shift would prove to be 21-year-old Mohammad’s

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Elton John, award-winning singer, composer and pianist. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1947 Birth place: Pinner, Middlesex, England Birth name: Reginald Kenneth Dwight Father: Stanley Dwight, a Royal Air Force officer Mother: Sheila (Harris) Dwight Marriages: David Furnish (2014-present); Renate Blauel (1984-1988, divorced)

By Jeremy Diamond, Muhammad Darwish, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Mohammad al-Sawalhi, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s military has transformed every bit of Gazan territory within about half a mile of the Israeli border into a wasteland. Armored bulldozers have systematically leveled one home after another. Combat engineers have laid explosives and triggered controlled demolitions inside once-bustling

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Rats don’t always have the best reputations, but one named Ronin with a super sense of smell is working to change that. Ronin and his landmine-sniffing rat pack are making a name for rodents everywhere by saving innocent civilians from hidden explosives. The African giant pouched rat recently set

By Tim Lister and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — One month after Israel cut off humanitarian aid from the Gaza Strip, aid agencies say the humanitarian situation there has deteriorated dangerously, with the plight of two million civilians worsened by intensive Israeli military operations. The United Nations and several NGOs, as well as civilians in