On the heels of his separate summits in Beijing with the US and Russian presidents, Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in North Korea on Monday for his first visit to the country in seven years. CNN's Steven Jiang explains why the rare trip matters.
On the heels of his separate summits in Beijing with the US and Russian presidents, Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in North Korea on Monday for his first visit to the country in seven years. CNN's Steven Jiang explains why the rare trip matters.
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Mindanao region in the southern Philippines, triggering tsunami alerts across the region and prompting coastal evacuations.
Iran fired ballistic missiles into northern Israel on Sunday night, the first time since a ceasefire was agreed in early April. Last week, Iran threatened to attack Israel directly if Israel struck Beirut. Earlier Sunday, Israel struck the Lebanese capital in response to Hezbollah fire that targeted northern Israel. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond reports on this breaking news.
Loud explosions were heard in several Iranian cities early Monday, after Israel confirmed it has struck targets in western and central Iran. It came hours after Iran fired missiles at Israeli targets in retaliation for an attack on Beirut. CNN’s Fred Pleitgen reports on the ground in Tehran with the permission of the government. CNN maintains full editorial control of our reports.
The renewed war with Israel has divided opinions on Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group, as Isobel Yeung found while reporting in Lebanon.
The Trump administration projected the US-Iran war would be over in weeks shortly after it began February 28, but it has now stretched to 100 days.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei told CNN's Frederik Pleitgen what he believes are the "sticking points" and the "main problem" of negotiating a peace deal with the United States. CNN operates in Iran only with the permission of the government but maintains full editorial control of its reports.
