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Sophia Saifi, CNN Islamabad (CNN) — The first time he flew his cargo plane through the clouds over his hometown of Kabul, Tauheed Khan swelled with pride. “I flew over my childhood home,” he told CNN, on a quiet spring morning in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. “And I was so proud, there was so much

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — British police raided a Quaker meeting house in London on Thursday and arrested six women attending a meeting on climate change and the war in Gaza, according to a statement from Quakers UK. “No-one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory,” said Paul Parker, recording

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Hillsborough Disaster, a 1989 tragedy at a British soccer stadium. Overcrowding in the stands led to the deaths of 97 fans in a crush. Another 162 were hospitalized with injuries. It was the worst sports disaster in British history, according to the BBC. Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the International Space Station (ISS), a station operated by a partnership of five space agencies from 15 countries. Information on ISS crews and expeditions can be found here. Statistics The ISS includes three main modules connected by nodes: the US Laboratory Module Destiny, the European Research

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at human spaceflight programs in the United States and around the world. Facts The United States ended its crewed space shuttle program with the launch of Atlantis on July 8, 2011, and landing on July 21, 2011. China and Russia are the only other countries to have

By Tamara Qiblawi, Charbel Mallo, Eyad Kourdi, Eugenia Yosef and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military struck southern Beirut on Friday for the first time since November, after Israel said that two projectiles had been fired from Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it “struck a terrorist infrastructure site used to store

By Edward Szekeres and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Communities across the Australian state of Queensland are bracing for more rain after record-breaking floods cut off roads and inundated vast areas of the region’s outback. Several areas in western Queensland have recorded their worst flooding in 50 years after days of heavy rainfall engorged rivers

By Kara Fox, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — On a bright Sunday afternoon outside of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem, a group of teenage girls was creating chaos. “Bibi, Bibi, we love Bibi,” they yelled, using a popular nickname for the Israeli leader, as one spat into a “Bring Home the Hostages” hat

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — At 64 and 60 years old, Antoinette and Brucie-Baby are thin and bony. Their skin hangs looser than it did in their youth, but their eyes still gleam with energy. But these aren’t just any sexagenarians we’re talking about; these are geckos, believed to be the world’s oldest on

By Ross Adkin, Alex Stambaugh and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the heart of war-ravaged Myanmar of Friday, killing scores of people and prompting the country’s military junta to make a rare plea for international assistance. The earthquake cut through a vast and varied corner of Southeast Asia, sending

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — India has emerged as a growing player in the illicit fentanyl trade, a new US intelligence report says, a designation likely to raise alarm in New Delhi as President Donald Trump wields tariffs on countries he accuses of not doing enough to stop the deadly drug from flowing into

By Hilary Whiteman and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — A former police officer who fatally Tasered a 95-year-old Australian woman after she refused his orders to drop a knife has been spared jail, with the victim’s family decrying the sentence as a “slap on the wrist.” Kristian White was found guilty of manslaughter after shocking

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The United States will enhance its military alliance with the Philippines as it aims to “reestablish deterrence” to counter “China’s aggression” in the Indo-Pacific region, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday during a trip to Manila. The efforts reflect the strength of the US-Philippines’ “ironclad alliance,

By Todd Symons and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will fight for his job in a tightly contested election campaign expected to be dominated by cost-of-living concerns, the country’s relationship with China and jitters over the fast-changing global order under US President Donald Trump. The election pits an incumbent who