US & World

By Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan officials, including acting President Delcy Rodriguez, returned to X late Tuesday in an apparent…

By Jessie Yeung, and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — In recent weeks, a morbid-sounding app has taken China by storm, tapping into…

By Chris Lau, Gawon Bae, Yumi Asada, CNN (CNN) — The leaders of Japan and South Korea staged a surprise drum session on their first day of…

By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — As waves of protests have tested the Iranian regime’s ability to manage dissent, the country with arguably the…

By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — An intense wave of Russian drone attacks has left hundreds of thousands of…

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to the United States, has apologized for continuing his friendship with…

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A much-loved annual literary festival has been canceled after more than 180 writers quit…

Story by the Associated Press London (AP) — London’s murder rate fell in 2025 to its lowest level in decades, officials said Monday. Mayor…

By Michael Rios, Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela’s promise last week to release “a significant number” of political prisoners is…

By Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Iranians screamed in anguish and cried in confusion as they gathered beside bodies shrouded in black bags in a…

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian civilians endured the deadliest year since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of their country…

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Anti-government protests have erupted across all 31 of Iran’s provinces in a wave of unrest that marks the…

By Laura Sharman, Junko Ogura, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of worshipers took a deep breath and a brave plunge into icy waters at a Tokyo shrine Sunday,…

By Laura Sharman, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Cuba’s leader has pushed back on Donald Trump’s demand that the Caribbean nation “make a…

CNN By Caitlin Danaher and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Robina Aminian, a 23-year-old studying at university in Tehran, had dreams of moving to…

By Caitlin Danaher and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Robina Aminian, a 23-year-old studying at university in Tehran, had dreams of moving to Milan…

By Sophie Tanno, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine battled Sunday to restore power to tens of thousands of people left without…

By Catherine Nicholls, Billy Stockwell, Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — Several people who protested in Iran in recent days have told CNN of…

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Anti-government protests in Iran erupted for a thirteenth consecutive day on Friday, in a wave of nationwide…

CNN By Kosta Gak, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Rhea Mogul, Sana Noor Haq, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Russia fired a hypersonic Oreshnik missile at a target in…

By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Russia launched an Oreshnik missile into Ukraine overnight into Friday for the second time since the…

CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Russia launched an Oreshnik missile into Ukraine overnight into Friday for the second time since the…

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV has said the prohibition on countries violating one another’s borders has been “completely…