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By Masoud Popalzai and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The Taliban’s refugee minister was killed in a suicide bombing carried out by ISIS in…

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — A New Zealand man hailed as a Scrabble phenom dominated the Spanish World Scrabble Championships – despite…

By Gawon Bae and Helen Regan, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Former South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun has attempted to end his own…

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Vandals attacked a Jewish area of Sydney overnight, torching a stolen car and scrawling…

By Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — For more than a decade, Syria’s multi-front civil war had raged, leaving the country divided and scarred. And…

By Daria Tarasova and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — An armored vehicle belonging to the UN’s atomic watchdog was hit by a drone strike on its way…

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at ongoing civil war in Syria. Facts Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria as president from July…

By Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — The collapse of the Assad regime has prompted a punishing military response from Israel, which has launched…

By Wayne Chang, Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN Taipei/Hong Kong (CNN) — China has fielded its largest regional maritime deployment in…

By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Jessie Yeung, CNN Saydnaya, Syria (CNN) — As Syrians rejoiced across the country this week, many began the…

By Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — Animal rights activists have urged the Nepali government to stop what they’ve called “an appalling bloodbath”…

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Haiti’s government says the country’s gangs have crossed a “red line” after allegedly killing over 180…

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Emperor Emeritus Akihito of Japan. Personal Birth date: December 23, 1933 Birth…

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Hu Jintao, former president of the People’s Republic of China. Personal Birth…

By Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — At the historic Umayyad Mosque in the heart of Damascus, a red, white, black and green flag flies. On the…

By Wayne Chang, Simone McCarthy, Eric Cheung and Nectar Gan, CNN Taipei/Hong Kong (CNN) — Multiple formations of Chinese naval and coast guard…

By Sharon Braithwaite and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — At least two people were killed and four are missing following an explosion…

By Rob Picheta and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship seemed a distant prospect two weeks ago. But…

By Edward Szekeres and Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — An arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne last week is being investigated as terrorist…

By Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korean authorities have imposed an overseas travel ban on…

By Gabriel Kinder and Allie Torgan, CNN (CNN) — Stephen Knight, whose nonprofit saves lives by providing foster care for dogs while their…

CNN By Gabriel Kinder and Allie Torgan, CNN (CNN) — Stephen Knight, whose nonprofit saves lives by providing foster care for dogs while their…

CNN By Gabriel Kinder and Allie Torgan, CNN (CNN) — Stephen Knight, whose nonprofit saves lives by providing foster care for dogs while their…

By Sophie Tanno, Nic Robertson, Madalena Araujo, Catherine Nicholls, Mostafa Salem, and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — As many in Syria celebrated…

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Ghana’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has conceded defeat a day after a tense presidential election,…

By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Havana, Cuba (CNN) — For more than 60 years Cuba has buckled under US economic sanctions and its own government’s…

By Associated Press (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Sunday detained a former defense minister who allegedly recommended last week’s brief…

CNN By Associated Press (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Sunday detained a former defense minister who allegedly recommended last week’s…

By Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held…