Tension mounts as Gambian lawmakers debate repealing landmark FGM ban
By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Gambia’s parliament debated Monday whether to overturn a landmark law that banned female genital mutilation…
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Russia confirms naval chief replaced after Black Sea failures
By Radina Gigova and Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) — Russian state media confirmed on Tuesday that the Kremlin replaced the head of the…
Continue ReadingKate’s photo of late Queen was doctored, agency says, as princess spotted in public for first time in months
By Rob Picheta, Sarah Tilotta and Bernadette Tuazon, CNN London (CNN) — Another official photograph involving Catherine, Princess of Wales was…
Continue ReadingHong Kong passes second national security law, widening crackdown powers and aligning city more closely with mainland China
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong’s legislature unanimously passed sweeping new powers on Tuesday that critics and analysts…
Continue ReadingChinese envoy meets Hamas chief Haniyeh after first visit to Israel since Gaza war began
By Simone McCarthy and Wayne Chang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese diplomat Wang Kejian met Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar,…
Continue ReadingIsraeli Supreme Court temporarily halts plan to return Palestinian hospital patients to Gaza after doctors appeal
CNN By Jeremy Diamond, Kareem Khadder, Mick Krever and Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court has temporarily halted a…
Continue ReadingFamine in northern Gaza is imminent as more than 1 million people face ‘catastrophic’ levels of hunger, new report warns
By Helen Regan, Niamh Kennedy and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — Famine is imminent in northern Gaza where 70% of the population are already suffering…
Continue Reading‘Enlist or die’: Fear, looming famine and a deadly ultimatum swell the ranks of Sudan’s paramilitary forces
By Pallabi Munsi, Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis and Mark Baron, CNN (CNN) — In mid-December, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…
Continue Reading‘Enlist or die’: Fear, looming famine and a deadly ultimatum swell the ranks of Sudan’s paramilitary forces
CNN By Pallabi Munsi, Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis and Mark Baron, CNN (CNN) — In mid-December, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support…
Continue ReadingSome Palestinian patients in East Jerusalem hospitals will be sent back to Gaza by Israel
By Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond and Mick Krever, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli authorities are preparing to send a group of Palestinian…
Continue ReadingThe world’s 100 worst polluted cities are in Asia — and 83 of them are in just one country
By Helen Regan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — All but one of the 100 cities with the world’s worst air pollution last year were in Asia, according to…
Continue ReadingVigilantes battle gangs in Port-au-Prince as Haiti’s elites vie for power
CNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver and Evelio Contreras, CNN Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — The wide road that passes in front of Haiti’s…
Continue ReadingA dissident in Europe is enraging Beijing. Now Chinese police are coming for his social media followers
By Nectar Gan and Yong Xiong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — For more than a decade, Lee has been able to circumvent China’s internet controls to go…
Continue ReadingVigilantes battle gangs in Port-au-Prince as Haiti’s elites vie for power
CNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver and Evelio Contreras, CNN Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — The wide road that passes in front of Haiti’s…
Continue ReadingIsraeli military launches new raid at Gaza’s largest hospital, once the epicenter of the fighting
By Kareem Khadder, Celine Alkhaldi and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military launched an operation on Monday against Gaza’s…
Continue ReadingHow much are wind turbines dragging down home values? A new study has surprising answers
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — As wind energy expands in the United States, concerns have grown about the potential for tall turbines to be a drag…
Continue ReadingCuba sees rare protests amid power cuts and food shortages
By Patrick Oppmann, CNN (CNN) — Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has said that his government is willing to engage with protesters after…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu says he’s trying everything to get more aid to Gaza. Aid groups say that’s not true
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN in an interview on Sunday that his country’s policy is to…
Continue ReadingGlobal ocean heat has hit a new record every single day for the last year
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The world’s oceans have now experienced an entire year of unprecedented heat, with a new temperature…
Continue ReadingVigilantes battle gangs in Port-au-Prince as Haiti’s elites vie for power
By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver and Evelio Contreras, CNN Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — The wide road that passes in front of Haiti’s…
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