


Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, shared a video detailing defense preparations amid rising tensions with Washington - saying the new military zones are part of a national plan to counter potential US aggression.

CNN's Salma Abdelaziz explains three signs that show why mediation efforts are continuing to work in Gaza.

President Donald Trump responded to reports Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro offered preferential access to the nation’s natural resources in exchange for lowering the temperature as the US conducted a series of Caribbean strikes, telling reporters Maduro “doesn’t want to fuck around with the United States.”

Some European countries are increasing their defense spending as tensions grow amid the war between Russia and Ukraine. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen visited Rheinmetall in Germany, one of the largest defense companies in Europe, to look at some of the weapons and ammunition they're supplying to militaries across the continent.

In Russia, a teenage singer’s performance of a protest song drew a crowd in Russia’s second city of St. Petersburg - and the attention of police. She was arrested and faces further charges.

Funerals are underway in Israel for the returned Hamas hostages. On Friday, Inbar Hayman, who was kidnapped from the Nova Festival on October 7 2023, was laid to rest.

CNN’s Nada Bashir reports from outside Ofer military prison in the occupied West Bank, where prominent Palestinian paediatrician and director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan hospital, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya is currently being held without charge. Many had hoped Abu Safiya would be released as part of the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners following a ceasefire agreement. However, his legal representatives say Israeli authorities have since extended his detention.

Researchers conducted a controlled explosion at a quarry, discovering one of the longest dinosaur trails ever found. It stretches more than 700 feet long and dates back at least 166 million years.

A massive explosion rocked Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul last week igniting one of the bloodiest border conflicts between Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan in decades. CNN's Sophia Saifi reports.

CCTV footage captured the moment a woman wearing earphones narrowly avoided being struck by an oncoming tram.

A vehicle exploded outside a shopping centre in Guayaquil on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen, according to the state governor’s office.

After President Trump suggested he might send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine if the war “is not going to get settled,” CNN’s Matthew Chance in Moscow looks at why that makes Russia nervous.

President Donald Trump said today he authorized the CIA to operate inside Venezuela to clamp down on illegal flows of migrants and drugs from the South American nation, but stopped short of saying they would have authority to remove President Nicolas Maduro.

The US military conducted another deadly strike on a boat alleged to be trafficking drugs near Venezuela's coast, according to President Trump. This is at least the fifth time the US has announced such a strike. CNN analyst Brett McGurk discusses whether these strikes are legal.

Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, speaks with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour from an undisclosed location and explains why she believes she may still be in harm’s way despite the prestigious honor.

CNN's Jeremy Diamond breaks down growing frustrations in Israel over Hamas' slow return of the deceased hostages and Israel's plans to limit aid in response.

Displaced Palestinians slowly resume daily routines following the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal brokered by US President Donald Trump.