Month: May 2023

By Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — A nationwide border system issue has hit electronic gates at British airports, causing chaos for holidaymakers and passengers arriving into the country. Images on social media showed long queues building at major airports, with many looking to travel ahead of a public holiday Monday and with schools also on

By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, William Bonnett and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — The drive takes us through unmarked roads and fresh trails in a remote wooded area. “We’re nearly there,” our driver signals, pointing at a dot on a map, a location shared by the Ukrainian military. We turn a corner and, in the

By Abeer Salman and Hadas Gold, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank Friday left a man in critical condition and drew international condemnation, including from the US. Settlers on Friday attacked local farmers and set cars and farms alight near the villages of Turmosayia and Al Mughayyer north

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Turkey’s long-term leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan is going up against opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Sunday’s run-off presidential election. The build-up to the first round suggested a narrow race, with Erdogan facing unprecedented pressure after 20 years in power. Instead Erdogan defied expectations and only narrowly missed out on

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A social media influencer died soon after live-streaming himself drinking several bottles of strong alcohol on China’s version of TikTok, state-run media in the country are reporting, in a development likely to renew debate about how to regulate the industry. The influencer “Sanqiange” (or “Brother Three Thousand”)

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — “Murderers.” “Criminals.” “We are watching you.” These are just a handful of the threats and abuse sent to meteorologists at AEMET, Spain’s national weather agency, in recent months. They come via social media, its website, letters, phone calls – even in the form of graffiti sprayed across one of

By Jonny Hallam and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Al-Shabaab fighters launched a deadly attack on an African Union military base in Somalia on Friday, with both sides reportedly suffering heavy casualties. The militant fighters attacked a forward operating base in Buulo Mareer, about 120 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu, the African Union Transition Mission in

By CNN’s Rafael Romo (CNN) — Scott Lieberman, an American who lives in San Francisco, always knew that he was adopted from Chile. What he did not know was that he had been stolen as an infant. “I lived 42 years of my life without knowing that I was stolen, not knowing what was happening

By Angus Watson and Chris Lau, CNN Sydney/Hong Kong (CNN) — A hostage video released by West Papuan independence fighters Friday includes a warning from captive New Zealander Philip Mehrtens, saying the group is ready to kill him. The rebels took the pilot captive in February, demanding seccession talks with Indonesia involving regional powers Australia

By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Firearms manufacturer Kalashnikov has unveiled an upgraded AK-12 assault rifle, with modifications based on the weapon’s use in the war on Ukraine. Kalashnikov Group Chief Designer Sergey Urzhumtsev told Russian state media TASS on Friday the upgrade followed “input” gathered from “experience of the gun’s use in the special

By Richard Roth and Heather Law, CNN (CNN) — United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres was “shocked,” according to his spokesman, by a letter received on Friday from Sudan’s military ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan reportedly asking that his envoy to Sudan be removed. “The Secretary-General is proud of the work done by (UN special

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — It’s a day seared into America’s collective memory: December 7, 1941. The day Imperial Japanese warplanes launched a devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, sinking or damaging 19 US Navy ships, destroying 180 US aircraft and killing more than 2,400 Americans, servicemen and civilians. “A day that will