Berlin's oldest queer nightclub, SchwuZ, has filed for bankruptcy. But closing will mean more than a party hotspot closing. It will mean the death of a community space that has been the cornerstone of Berlin's queer nightlife for decades.
Berlin's oldest queer nightclub, SchwuZ, has filed for bankruptcy. But closing will mean more than a party hotspot closing. It will mean the death of a community space that has been the cornerstone of Berlin's queer nightlife for decades.
More than two dozen people were held hostage in a bank in Naples, Italy, according to Italian news agency LaPresse. The hostages were held for about an hour and a half in an incident that happened around 12:30pm on Thursday. A nationwide search is underway for three or four robbers who escaped through a tunnel and into the sewers, the Naples prosecutor general told CNN.
On a flight from Cameroon to Angola, Pope Leo XIV spoke to reporters about the recent criticism from President Trump.
Iranian Revolutionary Guards gunboats fired on two tankers traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, according to an advisory from the UK Maritime Traffic Organization. CNN's Nic Robertson says the reported incident comes as Iran’s military says restrictions on the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz are being reimposed, alleging “repeated breaches of trust” by the United States.
Thousands of women and young girls attended the “Devoted Girls of Iran” rally in central Tehran Friday. Pro-regime protests across Iran by the general population have been an almost daily occurrence since Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, who ruled Iran with an iron fist as its supreme leader for nearly four decades, was killed on February 28 after US and Israeli joint strikes targeting his regime.
Pope Leo XIV traveled to Douala, Cameroon, where more than 100,000 people attended a liturgy, the largest Mass so far during his 10-day trip to Africa. CNN's Christopher Lamb explains why Africa is crucial to the future of the Catholic Church.
Tehran, along with its proxies, has been using psychological warfare in the war with the US and Israel. Experts say the number of fake text messages, cyberattacks and phishing emails sent to people in the Gulf states and beyond have ramped up since the start of the war, in a bid to sow panic among Iran’s enemies. CNN's Mostafa Salem reports.
Locals and tourists alike gathered to celebrate Songkran, Thailand's annual traditional New Year festival. The three-day event is often associated with water fights in crowded streets and music.
A wolf that escaped a zoo in South Korea has captured the attention of the nation.
