Mahsa Amini’s father detained by Iranian authorities on anniversary of daughter’s death
By Niamh Kennedy, Sophie Tanno, Nechirvan Mando and Heather Law, CNN (CNN) — Iranian authorities detained the father of Mahsa Amini on the…
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Derna valley was once a ‘paradise.’ Now there’s nothing left but devastation
By Sarah El Sirgany and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Derna, Libya (CNN) — Tarek Fahim was taking videos of the water filling behind the dam in the…
Continue ReadingMorocco’s quake survivors must rebuild their homes and lives. But decimated communities can do little to help
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Atlas Mountains, Morocco (CNN) — Khadija Ait Si Ali was just starting to rebuild her life when the earthquake struck.…
Continue ReadingOne year since Mahsa Amini’s death, a protester shot in the eye during Iran’s crackdown continues her struggle from exile
By Adam Pourahmadi, Sarah El Sirgany and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Milan, Italy (CNN) — Elahe Tavakolian’s shooter was so close, she could see…
Continue ReadingRussia gives Kim Jong Un an inside look at its warplanes and frigates
By Yoonjung Seo, Akanksha Sharma, Josh Pennington and Aruzhan Zeinulla, CNN (CNN) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected warplanes, toured…
Continue ReadingEl Chapo’s son extradited from Mexico to the US, Justice Department says
By Juliana Gonzales and Brad Parks, CNN (CNN) — Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has been…
Continue ReadingOrnate Indian Hindu temple will open on old mosque site, fulfilling Modi’s election promise
By Rhea Mogul and Vedika Sud, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is close to fulfilling a decade-old election promise…
Continue ReadingWinemaker dies in Italy while trying to save colleague who fainted in wine vat
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — A winemaker in Italy has died while trying to save his colleague who had passed out in wine vat, according…
Continue ReadingFrench ambassador is being ‘held hostage at the French embassy’ in Niger, says Macron
By Dalal Mawad and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — The French ambassador to Niger and other French diplomats are “literally being held hostage at…
Continue ReadingUAE official says visa restrictions not lifted for Nigerians
By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — The United Arab Emirates has contradicted claims by the Nigerian government that it is to lift a year-long visa…
Continue ReadingNASA astronaut, 2 Russian cosmonauts launch to space station
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A NASA astronaut on her inaugural spaceflight and two cosmonauts launched aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft…
Continue ReadingNose hairs, dead spiders and licking rocks are among this year’s Ig Nobel Prize-winning topics
By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — How do you feel when you read the same word many, many, many times? Do people have an equal number of…
Continue ReadingDubai police seize over $1 billion of captagon drug smuggled inside furniture
By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — The United Arab Emirates foiled an attempt to smuggle 13 tonnes of the addictive amphetamine captagon…
Continue Reading7,000 people arrive on Italian island of 6,000 as migrant crisis overwhelms Lampedusa
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Chris Liakos, Claudia Colliva and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Lampedusa has seen an influx of migrants with 7,000…
Continue Reading‘Utter destruction:’ Derna left like a war zone by Libya’s catastrophic flooding
By Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Derna, Libya (CNN) — Driving into Derna in the early hours was like arriving in a ghost town. The city, decimated by…
Continue ReadingSpeculation grows over whereabouts of China’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday skirted questions on the whereabouts of the country’s defense…
Continue ReadingPrince William wants to be a global statesman
By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — It’s only a fleeting visit but it speaks volumes about the heir to the British…
Continue ReadingSecond Australian woman this year dies after being shot by police taser
By Angus Watson and Chris Lau, CNN Sydney (CNN) — A 47-year-old woman has died after being tasered by police in New South Wales in the second…
Continue ReadingThousands of plastic tents are being discarded at festivals. Could cardboard tents be the answer?
By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — Dotted across rolling green fields at Bramham Park, a rainbow of plastic sheets flapped in the wind. The country…
Continue ReadingTeacher who killed wife sentenced for abusing 16-year-old student
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — An Australian teacher who killed his wife so he could start a new life with a teenage…
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