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By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — The death of a monarch can boost national unity, and support for the crown. Norway’s new King Haakon VIII will be hoping that sentiment rings true following the death of his father, King Harald who died Friday after 35 years on the throne, marking the latest blow for a

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — China is ramping up pressure on Taiwan, with Beijing sending a record number of government vessels to waters around the island last month, according to figures provided by Taiwan’s coast guard. The 244 sightings of Chinese government vessels – ships belonging to the China Coast Guard, scientific research agencies

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Iceland’s freezing temperatures typically last about five months of the year, but the government has chosen a balmy summer day for its pivotal national referendum. Residents of the Nordic island are today voting on another un-thawing of sorts – whether to restart long-frozen talks to join the European Union.

By Simone McCarthy, Yong Xiong, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Perilous rescue efforts along the China-Nepal border are being complicated by the risk of new flooding or landslides, with authorities in China and Nepal briefly pausing rescue operations Friday due to those fears. A barrier lake – holding enough water to fill an estimated 1,000 Olympic

By James Frater, CNN (CNN) — King Harald V of Norway, Europe’s oldest monarch, has died at the age of 89, after 35 years on the throne. He died on Friday just after 6:35 a.m., the Royal House of Norway announced on its website. Harald is succeeded as monarch by his son King Haakon VIII.

By Alessandra Freitas, CNN (CNN) — A Canadian city council is considering renaming a street named after US President Donald Trump – and among the contenders for a replacement are “Obama Avenue” and “Taco Avenue.” In a unanimous vote on Wednesday, Ottawa City Council took a first step toward renaming Trump Avenue, a residential street

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — An 86-year-old Austrian man has been reunited with climbing equipment he was forced to abandon in a glacier crevasse more than six decades ago, after melting ice brought the long-lost belongings back to the surface. A hiker discovered the backpack on the Sulztalferner glacier in Austria’s western Tyrol region

CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian-Serb general who orchestrated the Srebrenica massacre and the siege of Sarajevo during the Balkan wars, has died in prison aged 84. Known as the “Butcher of Bosnia,” Mladić was convicted in 2017 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for masterminding

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian-Serb general who orchestrated the Srebrenica massacre and the siege of Sarajevo during the Balkan wars, has died in prison aged 84. Known as the “Butcher of Bosnia,” Mladić was convicted in 2017 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for masterminding a

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Two workers at Germany’s Frankfurt Airport have died after contracting malaria believed to have been spread by a mosquito brought into the country via an aircraft. A total of six employees became infected with what is known as airport malaria, Fraport, the company that operates the airport, told CNN.

CNN By Jessie Yeung, Laura Sharman, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — When floodwaters cascaded down deep mountain gorges and swept into a Nepali valley on Wednesday, it devastated already-vulnerable communities that sat along the swollen river, home to many ethnic groups and farmers. But it also sent shockwaves across the world, with hundreds of foreign