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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Personal Birth date: April 30, 1949 Birth place: Lisbon, Portugal Birth name: Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres Father: Virgílio Guterres Mother: Ilda Cândida de Oliveira Marriages: Catarina Vaz Pinto (2001-present); Luisa Melo (1972-1998, her death) Children: A

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — French prosecutors are piecing together clues over the death of South Africa’s ambassador to France, Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa. Early findings, authorities said, suggest Mthethwa had apparently fallen from a high-rise Paris hotel on Monday, hours after sending a “disturbing message” to his wife that he planned to kill

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — After weeks of repeated incursions into European airspace, officials are meeting in the Danish capital Copenhagen where they are expected to discuss several measures intended to protect the continent’s skies, including a flagship “drone wall” initiative. The commission, alongside the European Union, is working to build a “Defence Readiness

By Max Saltman, Inke Kappeler, Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — German police arrested three suspected Hamas members who were allegedly procuring weapons “for assassinations targeting Israeli or Jewish institutions,” German prosecutors said in a statement Wednesday. The three accused, who police only identified by first names and initials of their last names, were charged with

By Tal Shalev, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended US President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan to skeptics in his hardline cabinet Tuesday evening, telling ministers that coordination with Washington “is closer than you think,” according to two Israeli officials who participated in the meeting and another official briefed on

CNN By Helen Regan, Masrur Jamaluddin, CNN (CNN) — Indonesian rescue teams are frantically searching for scores of young students buried for two days under rubble in Sidoarjo, East Java, after their Islamic boarding school collapsed on them during afternoon prayers. In one pocket of the mangled concrete of the collapsed century-old Al Khoziny boarding

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A Japanese warship is on the way to the United States to be fitted with Tomahawk cruise missiles, the latest move by Washington and its Asian allies to beef up firepower as adversaries like China and North Korea expand theirs. The JS Chokai, an Aegis-equipped guided-missile

By Helen Regan, Masrur Jamaluddin, CNN (CNN) — Indonesian rescue teams are frantically searching for scores of young students buried for two days under rubble in Sidoarjo, East Java, after their Islamic boarding school collapsed on them during afternoon prayers. In one pocket of the mangled concrete of the collapsed century-old Al Khoziny boarding school,

By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is returning to the international limelight as the prospective head of an authority tasked with the reconstruction of Gaza. Blair would bring years of political and negotiating experience to the task after occupying 10 Downing Street for a decade and later acting as

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he is preparing to declare a state of emergency to protect his country in the event of an attack by the US military, amid rising tensions over the deployment of American warships to the Caribbean. In a televised address Monday, he told the country

By Oren Liebermann, Mostafa Salem, Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump called it “potentially one of the great days ever in civilization” as he laid out his administration’s 20-point proposal for a comprehensive end to the war in Gaza. In statements alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, Trump said, “We

By Christian Edwards, CNN Liverpool, England (CNN) — A year ago, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party won the largest majority in Parliament this century and consigned the Conservatives, Labour’s historic rival, to its worst defeat. Now, after 15 months in power, Starmer has become the most unpopular British prime minister on record. Although previous leaders have

By Mostafa Salem, Leila Gharagozlou, CNN (CNN) — The United States will deport 120 Iranians back to Iran over the next two days, Iran’s state-affiliated media reported Tuesday, citing a foreign ministry official. Most of the group entered the US “illegally” through Mexico, the head of consular affairs at Iran’s foreign ministry, Hossein Noushabadi, told

By Eve Brennan, Pierre Bairin, Joseph Ataman and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — South Africa’s ambassador to France had “expressed his intention to end his life” in a message to his wife the night before he was found dead in the courtyard of a high-rise hotel, Paris’ public prosecutor said Tuesday. Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa’s

By Chris Lau, Yumi Asada, CNN (CNN) — Japan’s biggest beer maker Asahi Group says it has suspended orders and shipping services in the country after a cyberattack brought its production operations to a standstill. Production at some of its 30 domestic factories remained suspended on Tuesday as the company continued to investigate how many

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — A court in China has sentenced 11 people to death for their roles in a billion-dollar family-run criminal empire built on online scam and gambling operations in a remote border region of Myanmar, and for the deaths of workers who tried to escape. Eleven members and associates of the

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The US Air Force is putting a permanent drone presence on the Korean Peninsula, reviving a World War II-era squadron to bolster security amid simmering military tensions in the region. The 431st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron was activated on Monday at Kunsan Air Base on South Korea’s

By Tim Lister, CNN, Kosta Gak (CNN) — The victory of a pro-European party in Moldova’s parliamentary elections was a litmus test in the former Soviet nation, where Russian interference and disinformation campaigns have spent millions in a bid to prevent the country from joining the European mainstream. The governing Party of Action and Solidarity

By Manuela Castro, CNN (CNN) — The torture and killing of two young women and a teenage girl, live-streamed on social media to an audience of dozens, has sent shockwaves through Argentina and triggered protests across the country. Thousands took to the streets this weekend to demand justice for the three victims – cousins Morena

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Ross Adkin, Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — Afghanistan faced a sweeping internet blackout on Tuesday after the ruling Taliban vowed to cut off access as part of a crackdown on “immoral activities,” sparking fears of further isolation for millions living under their increasingly harsh rule. Internet watchdog Netblocks said late Monday that