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By Vasco Cotovio, Tim Lister and Laura Sharman, CNN Madrid, Spain (CNN) — Spanish Prime ⁠Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday called ⁠an ​early ​election in an apparent effort to seize the initiative following nationwide protests over a housing crisis sparked by the eviction of a 87-year-old woman. The election, scheduled for ​November ⁠29, will bring

By Alessandra Freitas, Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Brasília, Brazil (CNN) — Brazil is heading for another Lula-Bolsonaro showdown. But this time it is Jair Bolsonaro’s eldest son Flávio who stands between leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and another term in power. A Bolsonaro victory would push the region further towards the right, hand US

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Samoa’s prime minister has apologized after an old video of him surfaced performing the Nazi salute while leading a chorus of “Heil Hitler” at a family reunion in 2007. Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt said his words were “not intended for the public” and apologized in a statement published

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The quick-thinking actions of the captain of last week’s Flydubai flight bound for Israel prevented what could have been an unmitigated hijacking disaster. But aviation safety experts say the incident raises serious concerns about the security failures before the flight and how it happened in the first place. The

By Tim Lister, Svitlana Vlasova, Lex Harvey, and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of people were reported to be in isolation after a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague and other infectious diseases died of an undisclosed illness. The researcher, a 28-year-old female laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Research

By Tim Lister, Ibrahim Dahman and Mohammed Tawfeeq,CNN (CNN) — Yemeni government forces claimed Monday to have retaken key positions near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a vital chokepoint for global trade, as they launch a renewed campaign to roll back recent gains made by the Iran-backed Houthi movement. The developments came as the US Embassy

By Tal Shalev, Charlotte Reck, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — The co-pilot accused of attacking his colleague on board the Flydubai flight to Israel and trying to seize the controls probably acted alone, Israeli sources told CNN. International investigators are still working to determine a motive but an Israeli official said information from the inquiry

By Svitlana Vlasova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A Russian drone struck a major bridge in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in the city to the sound of air raid sirens, explosions and air defense systems being activated. Merz is in Kyiv to display support for

By Junko Ogura, Laura Sharman, CNN Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — A US Marine was arrested Sunday on suspicion of murder and robbery after a woman’s body was discovered in a hotel room in Okinawa, prompting outrage across Japan, with the local governor saying the incident showed the US efforts to maintain discipline among its troops

By Alessandra Freitas, CNN (CNN) — Brazil’s presidential election is heading to a runoff after a surprise first-round victory for right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of US President Donald Trump, who will face leftist incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after neither secured more than 50% of the vote on Sunday, the threshold required

CNN By Rhea Mogul, Ayushi Shah, CNN (CNN) — Smit Machchhar, the hero Flydubai captain who fought off a savage attack by his copilot, kept fighting because he could not “let everybody else die,” he said in his first public remarks since Wednesday’s suspected hijacking attempt. “In that moment, I was fighting for my life,”

CNN By Abbas Al Lawati, Tal Shalev, Kylie Atwood, Isaac Yee, Avery Schmitz, Thomas Bordeaux, Teele Rebane, CNN (CNN) — The pilot suspected of having attacked another pilot aboard a Tel Aviv-bound Flydubai flight on Wednesday was removed from a previous job at Oman’s national airline last year following concerns about his extremist views, two

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Two Iranian men charged with terror offenses over an alleged bomb plot to attack the Jewish community in Manchester, England, appeared in a British court on Saturday. The suspects – named as Salam Ahmadyan, 36, and Rahman Salehi, 34 – were arrested on September 20, on the eve of

By Svitlana Vlasova, Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — A Russian strike hit Kyiv’s Northern Bridge on Saturday, marking the latest in a series of attacks on the city’s infrastructure as Moscow escalates its campaign on the Ukrainian capital. Two people were injured in Saturday’s attack, Kyiv’s mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said, adding that the strike damaged

By Arina Porkhovnik, CNN (CNN) — When Sofa, 28, was sent a video of a bear in the yard of her former home in central Siberia, it made her sit up. The threat they posed had once seemed distant. “We were never afraid to go outside, even at night,” she told CNN. A bear entering

By Abbas Al Lawati, Tal Shalev, Kylie Atwood, Isaac Yee, Avery Schmitz, Thomas Bordeaux, Teele Rebane, CNN (CNN) — The pilot suspected of having attacked another pilot aboard a Tel Aviv-bound Flydubai flight on Wednesday was removed from a previous job at Oman’s national airline last year following concerns about his extremist views, two sources

By Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Two Iranian men have been charged with terror offenses over an alleged plot to attack the Jewish community in Manchester on the eve of Yom Kippur, the latest in a wave of antisemitic attacks in the UK this year. London’s Metropolitan police named the suspects as 36-year-old Salam Ahmadyan

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of murdering former UK lawmaker Ann Widdecombe has been charged with preparing acts of terror, including against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, British police said Friday. Joshua Kerry, 28, was charged with one count of preparation of terrorist acts, relating to activity which is alleged to

By Ivana Kottasová, Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — A daredevil Ukrainian operation using robots dropped behind enemy lines and “Trojan” armored personnel carriers laden with explosives has led to the capture of more than 250 Russian troops, Kyiv says. Ukraine’s army has been chipping away at Russian-controlled territories in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — After five shootings in less than a week left at least 46 people dead, South Africa is wrestling with how to tackle a spike in gun crime that threatens to undo recent progress in reducing its notoriously high murder rate. Even in a country with one of the highest