Robert Prevost elected as first American pope and takes the name Leo XIV
By Lauren Kent, Christopher Lamb, Rob Picheta, Christian Edwards and Kara Fox, CNN Rome (CNN) — Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has made…
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Robert Prevost elected as first American pope and takes the name Leo XIV
CNN By Lauren Kent, Christopher Lamb, Rob Picheta, Christian Edwards and Kara Fox, CNN Rome (CNN) — Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has made…
Continue ReadingWhite smoke rises from Vatican as cardinals agree on Pope Francis’ successor
VATICAN MEDIA By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — White smoke has risen above the Sistine Chapel, the signal that cardinals have chosen a new pope on…
Continue ReadingA new Pope has been elected, Pope Leo XIV
THIS JUST IN: The new Pope’s new is Pope Leo XIV. He is from Chicago,…
Continue ReadingIsrael vows to ‘defend ourselves alone’ after Trump strikes truce with Houthis
By Eugenia Yosef and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “defend ourselves alone”…
Continue ReadingIsraeli military extends detention of Palestinian journalist despite acknowledging lack of evidence
By Jeremy Diamond and Kareem Khadder, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The Israeli military acknowledged Thursday that it does not have “sufficient…
Continue ReadingXi and Putin agree to ‘deepen’ China-Russia ties during Moscow talks
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a joint statement “further…
Continue ReadingSyrian president says his government is holding indirect talks with Israel
By Abbas Al Lawati and Becky Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has said that his government is holding indirect talks with…
Continue ReadingPutin’s 3-day ceasefire comes into effect, but Ukraine claims Russia already broke it
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Kyiv accused Moscow of breaching its own ceasefire on Thursday, saying Russian forces struck hundreds of times…
Continue ReadingCardinals fail to pick new pope on day one of the conclave
By Lauren Kent and Christian Edwards, CNN Rome (CNN) — Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, meaning that…
Continue ReadingOctober 7 families demand to know the number of Gaza hostages still alive, after Trump said 3 more have died
By Eugenia Yosef, Samantha Waldenberg, Kathleen Magramo and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Families of October 7 hostages held in Gaza demanded…
Continue ReadingTears of joy as Valerie the runaway dachshund finally reunited with owners
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Valerie the dachshund has finally been reunited with her owners after surviving 540 days alone on Kangaroo Island in…
Continue ReadingPakistan and India are blaming each other as their Kashmir conflict spirals. Here’s what we know
By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Jessie Yeung, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan / New Delhi, India (CNN) — Tensions between India and Pakistan remain…
Continue ReadingXi Jinping arrives in Moscow as Putin’s ‘guest of honor’ ahead of Victory Day military parade
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — As Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares for his heavily choreographed May 9 “Victory Day”…
Continue ReadingIndia strikes deep inside Pakistan, Pakistan claims 5 Indian jets shot down, in major escalation
By Sophia Saifi, Vedika Sud, Jerome Taylor, Ross Adkin, Rhea Mogul and Helen Regan, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan / New Delhi, India (CNN) — India…
Continue ReadingIsraeli strikes kill 48 at Gaza shelters for displaced Palestinians, hospitals say, as military operation intensifies
By Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Hira Humayun and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Forty-eight people were killed, including at least seven…
Continue ReadingCardinals choosing the next pope have been offered a dossier on candidates – with a subtext
By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of…
Continue ReadingIsrael says it has ‘fully’ disabled Yemen’s main airport in escalating strikes on Houthi rebels
By Dana Karni, Oren Liebermann and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel struck multiple sites in Yemen’s capital Sanaa Tuesday,…
Continue ReadingMerz appointed German chancellor hours after unprecedented parliamentary defeat
By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Germany’s Friedrich Merz has formally become chancellor at the second attempt, hours after an unprecedented…
Continue ReadingWhy Pizzaballa, Jerusalem’s first cardinal and an advocate for peace, could be a long-shot contender for pope
By Noga Tarnopolsky for CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, cuts an unmistakable figure…
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