By Nimi Princewill, CNN It was a roll call of Nigeria’s most powerful political elites during the wedding of Yusuf Buhari, son of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, to the daughter of a prominent monarch in northwestern Kano State, in a lavish ceremony over the weekend. The nuptials, spanning over two days, commenced Friday amid tight
Continue ReadingCNN By Atika Shubert, CNN From his office window, Brig. Gen. Joshua Olson can see a daily football match organized by the Afghan children who are temporarily calling his air base home. “This is now my family — at least until they get off our airpatch,” Olson, the installation commander at Ramstein Air Base in
Continue ReadingCNN, GOOGLE EARTH, IRANIAN STATE TV By Frederik Pleitgen, Claudia Otto, Angela Dewan and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN The ferries that once shuttled tourists to and from the little islets in Iran’s Lake Urmia sit rusty, unable to move, on what is rapidly becoming a salt plain. Just two decades ago, Urmia was the Middle East’s
Continue ReadingBy Frederik Pleitgen, Claudia Otto, Angela Dewan and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN The ferries that once shuttled tourists to and from the little islets in Iran’s Lake Urmia sit rusty, unable to move, on what is rapidly becoming a salt plain. Just two decades ago, Urmia was the Middle East’s biggest lake, its local economy a
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta and Chris Liakos, CNN Greece has finished building a 40-kilometer (25-mile) wall along its border with Turkey, amid concerns in parts of Europe that the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan could cause an influx of people seeking asylum. Greek government ministers toured the fence on Friday and said the overthrow of Afghanistan’s government
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Beslan School Siege. On September 1, 2004, armed Chechen rebels took approximately 1,200 children and adults hostage at a school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia, at approximately 9 a.m. local time. The siege ended on September 3, 2004, with more than 330 killed, including 186 children, and
Continue ReadingCNN By Rob Picheta, Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails, Anna Coren and Nic Robertson, CNN Hundreds of people poured onto the tarmac at Kabul’s international airport, desperately seeking a route out of Afghanistan on Monday, after the Taliban’s sudden seizure of power sparked a chaotic Western withdrawal and brought to a crashing end the United States’
Continue ReadingBy Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Ivana Kottasová, CNN As news broke that the Taliban had captured Kabul, some images of uncovered women adorning the walls of beauty salons in the Afghan capital were painted over. The Taliban says it has changed, promising that women living under their rule will have more rights this time
Continue ReadingCNN By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN Just last week, US intelligence analysts had predicted it would likely take several more weeks before Afghanistan’s civilian government in Kabul fell to Taliban fighters. In reality, it only took a few short days. On Sunday, Taliban militants retook Afghanistan’s capital, almost two decades after they were driven from Kabul
Continue ReadingBy Anita Patrick, CNN It is one of the most anticipated Nollywood films of all time and the trailer for King Of Boys: The Return Of The King was released Monday amid frenzy from fans of the crime and political thriller, who call themselves the KOB Army. The seven-part project is Netflix’s first Original Series from
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails, Anna Coren and Nic Robertson, CNN Hundreds of people poured onto the tarmac at Kabul’s international airport, desperately seeking a route out of Afghanistan on Monday, after the Taliban’s sudden seizure of power sparked a chaotic Western withdrawal and brought to a crashing end the United States’ two-decade
Continue ReadingCNN By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN Just last week, US intelligence analysts had predicted it would likely take several more weeks before Afghanistan’s civilian government in Kabul fell to Taliban fighters. In reality, it only took a few short days. On Sunday, Taliban militants retook Afghanistan’s capital, almost two decades after they were driven from Kabul
Continue ReadingBy Julia Hollingsworth, CNN Just last week, US intelligence analysts had predicted it would likely take several more weeks before Afghanistan’s civilian government in Kabul fell to Taliban fighters. In reality, it only took a few short days. On Sunday, Taliban militants retook Afghanistan’s capital, almost two decades after they were driven from Kabul by
Continue ReadingCNN By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN Just last week, US intelligence analysts had predicted it would likely take several more weeks before Afghanistan’s civilian government in Kabul fell to Taliban fighters. In reality, it only took a few short days. On Sunday, Taliban militants retook Afghanistan’s capital, almost two decades after they were driven from Kabul
Continue ReadingCNN By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN Just last week, US intelligence analysts had predicted it would likely take several more weeks before Afghanistan’s civilian government in Kabul fell to Taliban fighters. In reality, it only took a few short days. On Sunday, Taliban militants retook Afghanistan’s capital, almost two decades after they were driven from Kabul
Continue ReadingCNN By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Last year was Europe’s hottest on record, according to a report published Wednesday by the American Meteorological Society, which also found 2020 to be among the three hottest years globally. The UK Met Office, which contributed to the report, said record had been broken “by a considerable amount.” Average temperatures
Continue ReadingBy Gul Tuysuz, CNN Flash floods across Turkey’s Black Sea coast have killed 58 people, officials said Sunday. The country’s Natural Disasters and Emergency Directorate (AFAD) said in a statement that 48 people died in the Kastamonu province, nine people died in Sinop and one person died in Bartin. Eight people are also receiving treatment
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite Muslim militant group. Personal Birth date: August 31, 1960 Birth place: Beirut, Lebanon Father: Abd al-Karim, who worked as a grocer Marriage: Fatima Yassin Children: Muhammad Hadi (died in 1997), Muhammad Jawad, Zeinab, Muhammad Ali and Muhammad
Continue ReadingBy Katharina Krebs, Zahra Ullah and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN A BBC journalist working in Moscow said Saturday that she felt shocked she was being expelled from Russia and said she had been told she could never return to the country, in what her employer, the UK’s public broadcaster, described as a “direct assault on media
Continue ReadingBy Gul Tuysuz and Zahra Ullah, CNN A Russian aircraft deployed to Turkey to fight wildfires crashed on Saturday, killing all eight people on board, officials said. The aircraft’s five crew members were Russian and three Turkish nationals were also on board, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday, according to state
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