Ivan Watson

Ivan Watson

@ivancnn.bsky.social

CNN Senior International Correspondent based in Hong Kong

250 Followers 34 Following 115 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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The US military says 4 of 6 crew members are confirmed dead after a KC-135 Stratotanker crashed in Western Iraq.

Central Command says the plane did not go down due to hostile or friendly fire

The aircraft was part of the joint US-Israeli bombing campaign of Iran

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Thailand summons Iranian ambassador after vessel hit near Strait of Hormuz The Middle East conflict is escalating on multiple fronts with Iran launching new attacks on global energy supplies and neighbors as Israeli warplanes pummel Beirut. Follow for live updates

Thailand summons Iranian ambassador after unknown projectile hits Thai ship near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday.

3 Thai crew members are still missing from the Thai-flagged bulk carrier “Mayuree Naree”

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Oil tops again despite historic release of reserves The head of Iraq’s ports company said that 38 crew members of two foreign oil tankers were rescued after an Iranian attack set them ablaze in Iraq’s territorial waters in the Gulf. Also, three vessels...

Oil prices surge past $100 per barrel due to US-Israel/Iran war chaos

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On day 3 of the war, Qatar says it shot down 2 Iranian warplanes.

#Qatar #Iran

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Iran’s regime stood increasingly alone as Khamenei met his end The US president has called for regime change following a massive US and Israeli attack, which prompted an unprecedented wave of retaliatory strikes by Iran. Follow for live updates.

The Isolation of the Islamic Republic: the joint US and Israeli surprise attack on Saturday revealed how few friends were willing to stand beside Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

#Iran

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“The Americans have stabbed the Iranian people in the heart and we will stab them in their heart,”
--Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran on state media

“They must know they cannot just hit and run”

#Iran

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A former US Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer who was responsible for training new deportation officers warned that the agency's training program for new recruits is "deficient, defective and broken." https://cnn.it/4sbJyxe

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Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol handed life sentence for leading insurrection | CNN Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after a court found him guilty of leading an insurrection during his short-lived imposition of martial law, which p...

Korean criminal court finds former president Yoon Suk Yeol & his defense minister guilty of insurrection.

Judge says dispatching armed soldiers to National Assembly by helicopter on Dec 3 2024 to make arrests amounts to acts of insurrection.

Yoon gets life in prison
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On the Pakistani border with Afghanistan, the newest generation of Taliban militants is armed with guns that were made in the USA

To watch our special report in the US: edition.cnn.com/videos/title...

Everywhere else: youtube.com/watch?v=oMQh...

Team: Sophia Saifi and Javed Iqbal

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Neil Young's gift to Greenland: Free access to his entire music catalog | CNN Neil Young is giving the people of Greenland the gift of song -- his songs, that is.

Neil Young is giving the people of Greenland the gift of song — his songs, that is. https://cnn.it/45CMwBX

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Russia’s 1.2 million casualties in Ukraine dwarf all its conflicts since World War II, report says | CNN About 1.2 million Russian troops have been killed, wounded or are missing since its invasion of Ukraine almost four years ago, a rate of casualties for a major military power not seen since World War ...

"Compared to conflicts involving major powers since World War II, Moscow’s losses are staggering"

Report estimates Russia suffered 1.2 million casualties since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly 4 years ago

#Ukraine️
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is now providing free internet access via its Starlink satellite service to users in Iran as the country’s regime continues its bloody crackdown on anti-government protests, according to a tech expert in touch with Iranian Starlink users. https://cnn.it/49lqINB

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Trump administration efforts to shift blame for ICE shooting wreak havoc on Minnesota US attorney’s office | CNN Politics The Trump administration’s efforts to investigate Renee Good and others around her, and not the ICE officer who shot her in Minneapolis, is wreaking havoc on the US attorney’s office in Minnesota, whi...

The Trump administration’s efforts to investigate Renee Good and others around her, and not the ICE officer who shot her in Minneapolis, is wreaking havoc on the US attorney’s office in Minnesota, which is leading the probe.

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Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell Good evening. On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to my testi

"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
--Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

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Cuba is left reeling in the aftermath of the Venezuela strike | CNN For months as the US military prepared to strike Venezuela, many Cubans have asked a simple, if disconcerting, question: “Are we next?”

"Over the years as I traveled regularly between Cuba & Venezuela, it was hard to tell where one nation began & another ended," writes CNN Havana correspondent Patrick Oppmann

Maduro’s capture is a seismic reversal of fortune for Cuba’s communist-run government
www.cnn.com/2026/01/04/a...

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Painstaking search for victims of Hong Kong fire continues but some may never be found, official says | CNN The painstaking effort to search for the remains of those killed in the deadly blaze that engulfed a Hong Kong residential complex last week is nearly its conclusion.

Hong Kong officials blame substandard construction netting that didn't meet fire safety standards for the blaze that killed at least 151 people in Tai Po last week.

The city's top official calls for an independent investigation & vows justice for the victims

www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/w...

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Painstaking search for bodies after deadly Hong Kong housing complex fire nears end | CNN The painstaking effort to search for the remains of those killed in the deadly blaze that engulfed a Hong Kong residential complex last week is nearly its conclusion.

"Bodies were found in the building corridors, flats, staircases & even on rooftops"-Hong Kong police superintendent

Authorities so far searched 4 of 7 residential towers burned in last week's Tai Po fires. The inferno killed at least 146 people.

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As death toll continues to grow to at least 44 killed by Wednesday's horrific fire in Tai Po, the city's Chief Executive announces “inspections of all housing estates undergoing major repairs throughout Hong Kong to check the safety of scaffolding & building materials”

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Three men have been arrested in connection with the deadly Hong Kong high-rise fire, police say. Hundreds of people remain missing.
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Reporting from the scene of the deadly Tai Po fire in Hong Kong which has killed at least 13 people, including one fireman

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Ghazala Hashmi will win Virginia lieutenant governor's race, becoming the nation's first Muslim woman elected to a statewide office, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4qILgGn

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Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill will win New Jersey governor's race over Jack Ciattarelli, CNN projects, succeeding term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/3WBApQT

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Zohran Mamdani will become New York City's next mayor, CNN projects, after a meteoric rise in Democratic politics. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/43gCYeJ

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Democrat Jay Jones will become Virginia's next attorney general, overcoming the disclosure of his violent text messages, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/493LzVR

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Democrats defend the liberal majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in a race with 2028 implications, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/3JESDxJ

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Dick Cheney, the influential GOP vice president to George W. Bush and chief architect of the "war on terror," has died. He was 84.
https://cnn.it/4qIm8zy

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Happy Halloween from Hong Kong!

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Is the Trump Administration's crackdown on immigration and the new $100,000 price tag on H1B visas killing the American Dream for Indian students?

Preliminary statistics show Indian student visa arrivals to the US plunged 45% this summer...

#India

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The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice

Most of them got away.

NYT investigation reveals how top commanders from the former regime of Bashar al Assad escaped Syria [most apparently fleeing to Russia] as rebels took over Damascus.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...

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At least two dead after cargo plane slides off runway at Hong Kong airport | CNN At least two people were killed after a cargo plane veered off the runway at Hong Kong International Airport and landed in the sea, according to Hong Kong’s Civil Aviation Department (CAD).

A cargo plane slid off course at Hong Kong International Airport and crashed into the sea, killing at least 2 airport ground staff members

by CNN's Chris Lau and Heather Law
www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/c...

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