Same-sex couples face up to 15 years in prison in Iraq’s LGBTQ crackdown
By Nechirvan Mando and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Iraq has passed a new law that penalizes same-sex relations with up to 15 years in prison, a…
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Tornado kills at least 5, injures 33, in Chinese metropolis as region battles deadly floods
By Jennifer Hauser, CNN (CNN) — At least five people were killed and 33 injured in a tornado Saturday that struck Guangzhou, a city of 19…
Continue ReadingTennessee governor signs bill allowing teachers and staff to be armed on campus
By Amanda Musa and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation Friday allowing teachers and school staff in the state…
Continue ReadingAmerican-Israeli hostage appears in Hamas video for first time
By Lauren Izso and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Hamas on Saturday published a video of two hostages, American-Israeli Keith Siegel and Israeli Omri…
Continue ReadingShip with 400 tons of food aid destined for Gaza has left Cyprus
By Zeena Saifi, Kareem Khadder and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A desperately needed shipment of food aid destined for Gaza…
Continue ReadingForbes journalist placed under house arrest for allegedly spreading fake news about Russian army
By Olga Voitovych, Darya Tarasova and Jessie Gretener, CNN (CNN) — A Russian court has placed Forbes journalist Sergey Mingazov under house…
Continue Reading1 climber dies and 1 survives with traumatic injuries after 1,000-foot fall off mountain in Alaska’s Denali National Park
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A 52-year-old woman is dead and another was seriously injured after the two-person team fell 1,000 feet while…
Continue ReadingAncient DNA pulls back curtain on mysterious empire
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — From a speck of bone, scientists can tease out astonishing information about the past. Analysis of ancient DNA…
Continue ReadingAn apology 47 years in the making: New Orleans ‘juvenile lifer’ who killed 3 men in 1977 is granted parole
By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Warren Harris Jr. said he was sorry. He directed his remorse to the families of the three men he robbed and fatally…
Continue ReadingIraqi TikTok star Umm Fahad shot dead in Baghdad
By Aqeel Najim, Nechirvan Mando and Duarte Mendonca, CNN Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — Iraqi social media star Ghufran Sawadi, better known as Umm…
Continue ReadingExamining the long history of the ‘outside agitator’ narrative
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — As university administrators and law enforcement crack down on campus protests over Israel’s war in Gaza,…
Continue ReadingDaughter of prominent Palestinian poet killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza
By Zeena Saifi, Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Shaima Refaat Alareer, the daughter of a prominent Palestinian…
Continue ReadingBritish man seriously injured in Tobago shark attack
By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A 64-year-old British man is receiving “critical care” after he was attacked by a shark 10 meters from…
Continue ReadingRussian oil refineries and military airfield targeted in drone attack, as thermal energy plants are damaged in Ukraine
By Olga Voitovych and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine launched drone attacks on Russia’s Kushchevsk military airfield in the…
Continue ReadingXi shakes up China’s military in rethink of how to ‘fight and win’ future wars
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has rolled out the largest restructuring of its military in almost a decade, focusing on…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa’s democracy is turning 30 – but a silent crisis threatens its hard-fought gains
By David McKenzie and Sarah Dean, CNN Soweto, South Africa (CNN) — Seth Mazibuko strides into the intersection of Moema and Vilakazi…
Continue ReadingGuatemalan prosecutors raid Save the Children’s offices over migrant children complaint
By José Álvarez, CNN en Espanol (CNN) — Guatemalan authorities raided the offices of the NGO Save the Children on Thursday citing…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania school board reinstates talk by ‘30 Rock’ actor after canceling over his ‘lifestyle’
By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — A school board in Pennsylvania reversed its unanimous decision to cancel a speech by former “30 Rock” actor…
Continue ReadingSecond paramedic involved in Elijah McClain’s death sentenced to probation, work release and community service
By Mallika Kallingal and Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — Jeremy Cooper, a former paramedic in Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced to four years…
Continue ReadingOrca calf stranded in British Columbia lagoon for more than a month swims out on her own
By Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — An orca calf that spent over a month stranded in a remote lagoon on Vancouver Island off the west…
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