By Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN At least 33 people suffered following a collision between two passenger trains in the south of Tunis on Thursday evening, state news TAP said. TAP said a passenger train collided with a stationary train near Megrine Riadh station in the Tunisian capital, according to Hassen Miaadi, spokesperson for the Tunisian National Railway Company. More
Continue ReadingBy Bukola Adebayo The World Health Organization’s decision to recommend the widespread use of a long-awaited vaccine against malaria is an endorsement of the African scientists involved in developing it, a top official in the global health body told CNN on Thursday. Dr. Akpaka Kalu, WHO Regional Advisor for Tropical and Vector-borne Disease, said positive
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite and Nicola Ruotolo, CNN Rachele Mussolini, granddaughter of the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini, won the highest number of votes in Rome’s city council elections, official results showed Wednesday. Standing for the Fratelli d’Italia party, which descends from the neo-fascist conservative MSI party– or Italian Social Movement party — Mussolini won 8,264
Continue ReadingBy Hamzeh Noami The Israeli manufacturer of Pegasus spyware said Thursday it had terminated its contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the wake of a ruling by England’s high court that Dubai’s ruler hacked his ex-wife’s phone using the software. Andrew McFarlane, the UK’s most senior family court judge, said in his ruling
Continue ReadingCNN, GETTY IMAGES By Hamzeh Noami The Israeli manufacturer of Pegasus spyware said Thursday it had terminated its contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the wake of a ruling by England’s high court that Dubai’s ruler hacked his ex-wife’s phone using the software. Andrew McFarlane, the UK’s most senior family court judge, said
Continue ReadingBy Nima Elbagir, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN The Biden administration has described a CNN report that Ethiopian Airlines shuttled weapons to Eritrea as “incredibly grave” and warned that it was prepared to impose sanctions on Ethiopia and any other parties who prolonged the conflict in Tigray. On Wednesday CNN revealed that
Continue ReadingBy Nadine Schmidt and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN The trial of a 100-year-old former SS guard starts Thursday in the German town of Brandenburg an der Havel. He is accused of being an accessory to murder in 3,518 cases dating from his time as a guard at the Nazi concentration camp in Sachsenhausen, according to the
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ritchie, CNN The ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, used agents of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to hack into and monitor the phones of his ex-wife Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, her legal advisors, and staff, during an ongoing custody battle concerning their two children, England’s high court has
Continue ReadingCNN By Bethlehem Feleke, Vasco Cotovio and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The Ethiopian government’s air force carried out two air strikes in the northern region of Tigray, government spokesperson Legese Tulu told CNN Sunday. One of the strikes hit a military command post and training center belonging to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) — the
Continue ReadingCNN By Delia Gallagher and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Pope Francis on Wednesday called a report detailing decades of abuse in the French Catholic Church “a moment of shame,” and called upon leaders of the Church to ensure “similar tragedies” never happen again. Francis was speaking a day after a landmark report found that members of
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 US service personnel. Facts On October 23, 1983, 241 US service personnel — including 220 Marines and 21 other service personnel — are killed by a truck bomb at a Marine compound in Beirut,
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN Ndakasi, a mountain gorilla whose image went viral when she photobombed her caretaker’s selfie, has died at the age of 14. She died on September 26 after a prolonged illness, according to a statement published Tuesday by the Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “It is with heartfelt
Continue ReadingBy Delia Gallagher and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Pope Francis on Wednesday called a report detailing decades of abuse in the French Catholic Church “a moment of shame,” and called upon leaders of the Church to ensure “similar tragedies” never happen again. Francis was speaking a day after a landmark report found that members of the
Continue ReadingExclusive by Nima Elbagir, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase and Barbara Arvanitidis, CNN Video by Mark Baron, CNN Ethiopia’s government has used the country’s flagship commercial airline to shuttle weapons to and from neighboring Eritrea during the civil war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a CNN investigation has found. Cargo documents and manifests seen by CNN, as
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dean Anti-Semitic graffiti has been found at the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, staff from the museum said in a statement on Tuesday, denouncing the incident as “an outrageous attack” on the memorial site. The vandalism, some of which was anti-Semitic, was sprayed in English and German on nine wooden barracks at the Auschwitz-Birkenau
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Personal Birth date: October 28, 1956 Birth place: Aradan, Iran Birth name: Mahmoud Saborjhian Father: Ahmad Saborjhian, a blacksmith. Ahmadinejad’s father changed the family name from Saborjhian to Ahmadinejad after the family moved to Tehran. Mother: Seiyed Khano Marriage:
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of David Cameron, former prime minister of the United Kingdom. Personal Birth date: October 9, 1966 Birth place: London, England Birth name: David William Donald Cameron Father: Ian Cameron, a stockbroker Mother: Mary (Mount) Cameron Marriage: Samantha (Sheffield) Cameron (June 1, 1996-present) Children: Florence Rose Endellion,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Gerry Adams, former president of Sinn Fein, the leading republican political party in Northern Ireland. Personal Birth date: October 6, 1948 Birth place: Belfast, Northern Ireland Birth name: Gerard Adams Father: Gerry Adams, laborer and republican activist Mother: Annie (Hannaway) Adams, mill worker Marriage: Colette
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CNN By Saskya Vandoorne, Simon Bouvier and Sam Bradpiece, CNN Members of the Catholic clergy in France sexually abused an estimated 216,000 minors over the past seven decades, according to a damning report published Tuesday that said the Church had prioritized the protection of the institution over victims who were urged to stay silent. The
Continue ReadingBy Saskya Vandoorne, Simon Bouvier and Sam Bradpiece, CNN Members of the Catholic clergy in France sexually abused an estimated 216,000 minors over the past seven decades, according to a damning report published Tuesday that said the Church had prioritized the protection of the institution over victims who were urged to stay silent. The number
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