Israeli settlement plans in the West Bank draw condemnation from US, UK, Europe
By Andrew Carey and Hadas Gold, CNN Israel’s plan to greenlight thousands of new Israeli housing units in the West Bank is drawing outcry from…
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Moscow launches fresh restrictions as Covid-19 deaths hit record high in Russia
By Katharina Krebs, CNN Tough new Covid-19 restrictions went into effect in Moscow on Thursday, with the Russian capital entering an 11-day paid…
Continue ReadingFrance detains UK boat as spat over fishing rights escalates
By Joseph Ataman and Rob Picheta, CNN France has detained a British fishing vessel and announced it will close nearly all of its ports to trawlers…
Continue ReadingThousands of dead sea creatures are washing up on English beaches
By Allegra Goodwin, CNN British environmental watchdogs have launched an investigation after thousands of dead sea creatures washed up on beaches in…
Continue ReadingIran agrees to resume nuclear talks before the end of November
By Mostafa Salem, CNN Iran has agreed to resume crucial nuclear talks “before the end of November,” the country’s chief nuclear…
Continue ReadingEU’s top court fines Poland 1 million euros per day over judiciary spat
By Martin Goillandeau and Ivana Kottasová, CNN The European Union’s top court has ordered Poland to pay a daily fine of €1 million ($1.2…
Continue Reading‘We live in fear:’ Daughter of former Saudi official says kingdom attempted to lure her to consulate in Istanbul
CNN By Emmet Lyons and Claire Calzonetti, CNN The daughter of a former top Saudi intelligence official has told CNN that representatives of the Saudi…
Continue Reading‘Medicane’ storm tears through southern Italy, flooding streets and leaving two dead
By Rob Picheta, Michael Guy, Barbie Nadeau, Livia Borghese and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Southern Italy is bracing for two more days of devastating…
Continue ReadingEx-Saudi intelligence official describes Crown Prince as a ‘psychopath’ who boasted he could kill the sitting monarch in 2014
CNN By Jo Shelley, CNN Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is a “psychopath,” who “poses a threat to his people, to the…
Continue Reading‘We live in fear:’ Daughter of former Saudi official says kingdom attempted to lure her to consulate in Istanbul
By Emmet Lyons and Claire Calzonetti, CNN The daughter of a former top Saudi intelligence official has told CNN that representatives of the Saudi…
Continue ReadingHassan Rouhani Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Personal Birth date: November 12, 1948 Birth…
Continue ReadingQueen Elizabeth II Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms. Personal Birth…
Continue ReadingFlash flooding in Italian city turns roads into rivers
By Sarah Dean, Livia Borghese and Monica Garrett, CNN Flash flooding has turned roads into rivers in the port city of Catania, on the Italian island…
Continue ReadingRussia imposes hospitality curfew to tackle spread of Covid
By Jack Guy and Anna Chernova, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a nationwide ban on hospitality events and catering from 11 p.m. to 6…
Continue ReadingGerman ISIS bride sentenced to 10 years in prison over death of Yazidi girl left to die in sun
CNN By Claudia Otto, Jo Shelley and Hannah Ritchie, CNN A German woman who joined ISIS was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday over the death…
Continue ReadingSix-year-old survivor of cable car crash must be returned to Italy, court rules
By Amir Tal, CNN An Israeli court has ruled that a six-year-old child who was the sole survivor of a cable crash accident in Italy in May should be…
Continue ReadingGerman ISIS bride sentenced to 10 years in prison over death of Yazidi girl left to die in sun
By Claudia Otto, Jo Shelley and Hannah Ritchie, CNN A German woman who joined ISIS was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday over the death of a…
Continue ReadingSudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok says he’ll never step down ‘willingly’ in the wake of coup
CNN By Yasir Abdullah, Kara Fox and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who is under house arrest following a military…
Continue ReadingThe military has taken over in Sudan. Here’s what happened
By Ivana Kottasová and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Sudan has descended into crisis after the military dissolved the country’s power-sharing…
Continue ReadingEx-Saudi intelligence official describes Crown Prince as a ‘psychopath’ who boasted he could kill the sitting monarch in 2014
By Jo Shelley, CNN Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is a “psychopath,” who “poses a threat to his people, to the…
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