By CNN staff As women burn headscarves and cut off their hair in nationwide protests, an Iranian official on Tuesday said that school students participating in street protests are being detained and taken to mental health institutions. In an interview with an independent reformist Iranian newspaper, Iran‘s Education Minister Yousef Nouri confirmed that some school
Continue ReadingCNN, IRANWIRE, AFPTV, TWITTER, @1500TASVIR, TWITTER, @RADIOFARDA, TELEGRAM, TWITTER, @MAMLEKATE, INSTAGRAM, @ILIAEN, CNN By CNN staff As women burn headscarves and cut off their hair in nationwide protests, an Iranian official on Tuesday said that school students participating in street protests are being detained and taken to mental health institutions. In an interview with an
Continue ReadingBy Olga Voitovych and Alex Hardie, CNN Ukraine’s government has appealed to people to reduce their electricity consumption to avoid blackouts as Russian missiles target the country’s energy infrastructure, saying peak demand needs to be reduced by 25%. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal called on citizens and businesses to reduce electricity consumption from 5 p.m. to
Continue ReadingCNN By Olga Voitovych and Alex Hardie, CNN Ukraine’s government has appealed to people to reduce their electricity consumption to avoid blackouts as Russian missiles target the country’s energy infrastructure, saying peak demand needs to be reduced by 25%. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal called on citizens and businesses to reduce electricity consumption from 5 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Amid decades of hostility, Lebanon and Israel on Tuesday reached a historic maritime border deal, finally demarcating a disputed area in the Mediterranean Sea that is believed to be rich in oil and gas. The deal opens doors to exploration and drilling when gas prices are skyrocketing amid a global supply
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Continue ReadingCNN By Josh Pennington and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Eight people have been detained over Saturday’s blast that damaged the only bridge connecting annexed Crimea with Russia, marking a critical juncture in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed the main intelligence department of the Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, its head Kyrylo Budanov,
Continue ReadingBy Josh Pennington and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Eight people have been detained over Saturday’s blast that damaged the only bridge connecting annexed Crimea with Russia, marking a critical juncture in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed the main intelligence department of the Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, its head Kyrylo Budanov, and
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Continue ReadingCNN By Adam Pourahmadi, CNN The mother of Nika Shahkarami, a 16-year-old protester who was found dead in Tehran last month, says her daughter was killed by Iranian security forces at a protest. In interviews with Iranian newspaper Etemad and BBC Persian and a video message published by US-funded Radio Farda, Shahkarami’s mother, Nasrin Shahkarami,
Continue ReadingBy Adam Pourahmadi, CNN The mother of Nika Shahkarami, a 16-year-old protester who was found dead in Tehran last month, says her daughter was killed by Iranian security forces at a protest. In interviews with Iranian newspaper Etemad and BBC Persian and a video message published by US-funded Radio Farda, Shahkarami’s mother, Nasrin Shahkarami, rejected
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Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger and Tim Lister, CNN As deadly Russian airstrikes continued into a second day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday asked the Group of 7 nations to help his country establish an “air shield” against aerial attacks. Zelensky’s plea comes amid one of the fiercest bombing campaigns that Russia has waged against Ukraine
Continue ReadingCNN By Joshua Berlinger and Tim Lister, CNN As deadly Russian airstrikes continued into a second day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday asked the Group of 7 nations to help his country establish an “air shield” against aerial attacks. Zelensky’s plea comes amid one of the fiercest bombing campaigns that Russia has waged against
Continue ReadingBy Mia Alberti, Hadas Gold, Lianne Kolirin and Mostafa Salem, CNN Israel and Lebanon have reached a historic agreement, leaders on each side said separately on Tuesday, settling a years-long maritime border dispute involving major oil and gas fields in the Mediterranean. The United States has been trying to broker a deal between the neighboring
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Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN After a rare six months of relative calm, Yemen’s warring sides last week failed to renew a truce deal, with calls from the United Nations for an extension falling on deaf ears. With one side backed by Iran and the other by Saudi Arabia, it remains to be seen whether the
Continue ReadingCNN By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN After a rare six months of relative calm, Yemen’s warring sides last week failed to renew a truce deal, with calls from the United Nations for an extension falling on deaf ears. With one side backed by Iran and the other by Saudi Arabia, it remains to be seen whether
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Iran is a republic in Asia, sharing a border with seven countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey and Turkmenistan. It has been officially known as the Islamic Republic of Iran since the overthrow of the Shah in 1979. About Iran (from the CIA World Factbook)Area: 1,648,195 sq km, slightly smaller than
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