Jerusalem/Gaza CNN —A ceasefire between Israel and Islamic Jihad over Gaza appeared to be holding early Monday after going into effect at 11:30 p.m. local time Sunday (4:30 p.m. Rockets launched toward JerusalemEarlier Sunday, Palestinian militants launched...
(CNN) Hundreds of Haitian and Cuban migrants using 16 different vessels were taken into custody after making landfall or reaching the US coast off Florida from Friday to Saturday, US Customs and Border Patrol said. In one dramatic incident, more than 330 mi...
Jerusalem (CNN) Palestinian militants launched rockets toward Jerusalem on Sunday, after Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip overnight killed a senior militant commander -- the second since Israel's operation against Islamic Jihad began. The response from...
It also said drones “intruded” into outlying islands controlled by Taiwan. China announced the drills – whose scale marks a significant escalation from past activities – within an hour of the arrival of Pelosi and a congressional delegation in Taiwan on Tue...
Hong Kong (CNN) The deputy head of Taiwan's government-controlled weapons developer has died after suffering a heart attack on a trip to the south of the island. Ou Yang Li-hsing, 57, the deputy head of the military-owned National Chung Shan Institute of Sc...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured the Philippines on Saturday that the United States would come to its defense if attacked in the South China Sea, seeking to allay concerns about the extent of the US commitment to a mutual defense treaty. In meet...
(CNN) Ukrainian officials and international experts have been warning for months of the risk that fighting poses to a sprawling nuclear power plant on the banks of Dnipro River in southern Ukraine. Earlier this week, the global nuclear watchdog said the sit...
Hong Kong (CNN) Taiwan says it detected "multiple" Chinese aircraft and naval vessels taking part in military drills around the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, in what could be a possible simulated attack against the island. The ministry said some of the aircraf...
Islamabad (CNN) Flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month, with remote communities in the impoverished southwestern province of Balochistan among the hardest hit, a government agency sai...
The White House has hailed the CIA operation that killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul on Saturday as evidence that using over the horizon counterterrorism capabilities in Afghanistan has been effective. Especially now that we’re out I’m worrie...
Jerusalem and Gaza (CNN) The Israeli military launched deadly strikes against what it described as Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza on Friday as tensions continue to rise between Israel and Palestinian militant groups. Islamic Jihad said in a statement that on...
London (CNN) Yemen's warring parties have renewed a two-month-long truce , first signed in April this year. While many in the international community celebrate, some families in Yemen are left watching their children slowly die. There are around 30,000 peop...
London (CNN) The starting point of England's famous River Thames has dried up and moved downstream, following weeks of little rainfall and a heat wave in July that smashed the UK's all-time temperature record. The Thames usually begins in the English market...
(CNN) The White House summoned China's ambassador on Thursday to condemn China's "irresponsible" military activities near Taiwan as tensions continue to escalate in the region following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island this week. "After C...
Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters in Cambodia that the Kremlin is “ready to discuss this topic, but within the framework of the channel that has been agreed by the presidents,” state news agency RIA Novosti reported. Shortly later, US S...
A version of this story appeared in the August 5 edition of CNN's Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on Britain's royal family. London (CNN) Succession planning isn't something most of us have to give much thought to, but for the ro...
(CNN) US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed Friday that the United States would not allow Taiwan to be isolated, as Beijing stepped up military drills and warplane incursions after her visit to the island. Speaking at a news conference in Tokyo during the las...
Seoul, South Korea CNN —South Korea launched its first moon mission on Thursday as its homegrown lunar orbiter took off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a SpaceX rocket. A live broadcast of the launch on Friday morning in South Korea...
Bangkok (CNN) At least 13 people have been killed and 35 injured after a fire broke out in the early hours of Friday at a nightclub in Thailand, police said. The fire broke out at around 1 a.m. at the Mountain B nightclub, a one-story building in the Sattah...
CNN —Ten miners have been trapped in a flooded coal mine in northern Mexico for over 24 hours, as rescuers battle to reach them. The incident was reported Wednesday afternoon, when the miners encountered an abandoned tunnel with water that flooded the mine,...