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By Sahar Akbarzai, Karen Smith and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN The death toll from the worst flooding Nigeria has seen in a decade has passed 600 people, the country’s humanitarian affairs ministry tweeted on Sunday. According to the ministry, more than 2 million people have been affected by flooding that has spread across parts of the

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Hira Humayun, CNN Details of a chaotic night marked by tear gas and explosions have emerged from an Iranian prison following a deadly fire at the facility on Saturday. The death toll from the blaze at Tehran’s Evin prison has risen to eight, state-aligned news agency Tasnim posted on Twitter Monday.

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By Allegra Goodwin and Chris Liakos, CNN The United Nations’ refugee agency (UNHCR) has said it is “deeply distressed” by reports of nearly 100 naked migrants at the border between Greece and Turkey. “UNHCR is deeply distressed by the shocking reports and images of 92 people, who were reported to have been found at the

By Mariya Knight, Josh Pennington and Chandler Thornton, CNN Two gunmen opened fire on Russian military recruits at a training ground in Russia’s Belgorod region, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 15, Russia’s state news agency TASS reports. The attack took place Saturday during a training session at the Western Military District, according

By Teele Rebane and Olga Voitovych, CNN Mykhailo Yatsentiuk left the basement to make tea for his granddaughter just as the bomb struck. When he came to his senses a half hour later the entire middle section of his apartment block had been destroyed; the basement where he had been sheltering with his family and

By Niamh Kennedy, Negar Mahmoodi, Ivana Kottasová and Andrew Raine, CNN Iran has denied supplying Russia with weapons for use in Ukraine, saying it “has not and will not” do so. The denial, reportedly made in a phone call between Iran’s Foreign Minister and his Portuguese counterpart on Friday, follows claims by Kyiv and US

By Celine Alkhaldi and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Video from Tehran has shown a large group of male security forces surrounding and grabbing a female in the street. They eventually let her go and she hurries away quickly. The clip has been shared widely on Persian language news channels outside Iran. Iran’s Vice President for Women

By Philip Wang, Tim Lister, Josh Pennington and Heather Chen, CNN Russia is using rape and sexual violence as part of its “military strategy” in Ukraine, a UN envoy said this week. The claim follows data released by a panel of UN experts recently that verified “more than a hundred cases” of rape or sexual

By Sarah Dean, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin’s devastating war on Ukraine is faltering. Now, there’s a new general in charge — with a reputation for brutality. After Ukraine recently recaptured more territory than Russia’s army took in the last six months, Russia’s Ministry of Defense last Saturday named Sergey Surovikin as its new overall

By Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Michael Schwartz and Hadas Gold, CNN Clashes erupted in the flashpoint East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah and in the West Bank for a sixth consecutive night overnight Thursday into Friday, leaving at least two Palestinians dead. They were killed in the restive West Bank city and refugee camp of

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Jomana Karadsheh and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Nearly two dozen children were killed last month during protests in Iran, according to a new report by a human rights watchdog that accuses the country’s security forces of targeting young people “with absolute impunity.” The 19-page report released by Amnesty International on Thursday said at

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By Mostafa Salem and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim al-Thani met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Thursday to “defuse tensions” between Moscow and Doha, a source familiar with the talks, but not authorized to speak about them publicly, told CNN. The United States

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN As the protest cries of exasperated Iranians continue to ring through the streets of the country, reflected in videos posted on social media, here are a few of the key stories that have shaped the movement on the one-month anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s arrest. To date, more than 1,000 people have

By Nimi Princewill and Aliza Kassim, CNN More than 1.4 million people have been displaced and about 500 people have died in some of the worst flooding Nigeria has seen in a decade, the country’s humanitarian ministry said Wednesday. As of Tuesday, “over 1.4 million persons were displaced, about 500 persons have been reported dead,

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Ukraine has asked its allies to supply it with more air defense systems and ammunition after Russia stepped up its use of “kamikaze drones” in its brutal assault against the country. Kyiv said Moscow has used Iranian-supplied kamikaze drones in strikes against Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and other cities across Ukraine