Iran blames Salman Rushdie and supporters for his stabbing
Famed author Salman Rushdie is recovering at a hospital after being repeatedly stabbed on stage in an attack that left him with multiple severe…
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UK becomes first nation to approve Covid-19 vaccine targeting both Omicron and original strain
By Kara Fox, CNN The United Kingdom has become the first country to approve an updated version of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine booster that…
Continue Reading Iran blames Salman Rushdie and supporters for his stabbing
By Adam Pourahmadi, Alex Stambaugh and Kara Fox, CNN Iran denied any link to the stabbing of Salman Rushdie and cast the blame on the author and his…
Continue Reading August 16, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
In eastern Ukraine, fierce fighting has raged for months with a constant barrage of artillery inflicting massive casualties on soldiers and civilians…
Continue Reading August 15, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Kathleen Magramo, Amy Woodyatt and Hafsa Khalil, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery…
Continue Reading Gilad Shalit Abduction Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the abduction of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier captured and imprisoned by the military wing of Hamas from…
Continue Reading 18 children among dozens killed in Egypt church fire
By Mostafa Salem, Eyad Kourdi, Jorge Engels, Hira Humayun, Hamdi Alkhshali and Lina El Wardani, CNN At least 18 children died in a fire that killed…
Continue Reading Five Americans among injured in Jerusalem shooting attack
By Amir Tal and Hadas Gold, CNN At least eight people, including five Americans, were wounded in a shooting attack targeting a bus near the Western…
Continue Reading One dead, 17 injured after stage collapse at Spanish music festival
By Al Goodman and Alex Stambaugh, CNN One person died Saturday and 17 have been injured, three of them seriously, after a stage collapsed at a music…
Continue Reading Inside the Ukraine power plant raising the specter of nuclear disaster in Europe
By Eliza Mackintosh and Oleksandra Ochman, CNN Every day Olga is bused from her home in the Russian-occupied town of Enerhodar, on the banks of the…
Continue Reading Man rescued from tunnel allegedly planned bank heist: Rome police
By Nicola Ruotolo and Tara Subramaniam, CNN A man rescued from the rubble of a collapsed tunnel in Rome has been accused of digging it as part of an…
Continue Reading 11 killed, including 2 children, in Montenegro gun attack, report state media
From Josh Pennington, Daniela Gonzalez-Roman, and Philip Wang, CNN At least 11 people were killed, including two children, in a deadly mass shooting…
Continue Reading It’s not yet clear what caused blasts at a Crimea air base. But analysts say Russia suffered a significant loss
By Tim Lister, CNN When a series of explosions rocked a Russian air base in Crimea on Tuesday, sending Russian vacationers fleeing from nearby…
Continue Reading Kenya electoral officials blame presidential candidates’ agents for results delay
By Larry Madowo, Bethlehem Feleke and Nimi Princewill, CNN Kenya‘s electoral officials on Friday blamed the delay in announcing the result of…
Continue Reading Russia’s war in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told citizens they need to leave eastern Ukraine, because they can’t be supported through winter. Yet some…
Continue Reading August 12, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Heather Chen, Jack Bantock, Hafsa Khalil, Aditi Sangal and Adrienne Vogt, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a…
Continue Reading Ukrainian nuclear plant facing ‘grave hour,’ UN watchdog says
Malcolm Davis, a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, gives his assessment of the risk posed to the nuclear power plant that…
Continue Reading Ukrainian nuclear plant facing ‘grave hour,’ UN watchdog says
By Richard Roth and Jonny Hallam, CNN The “alarming” situation at a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine had…
Continue Reading Ukrainian nuclear plant facing ‘grave hour,’ UN watchdog says
Ukrainian troops are loving their new Polish “Krabs” artillery system – a high-tech GPS-directed artillery system that is more accurate and safer…
Continue Reading Dozens injured in Legoland roller coaster crash in Germany
By Benjamin Brown, CNN A roller coaster crash at a Legoland theme park in southern Germany injured 31 people on Thursday, according to local…
Continue Reading Man arrested on suspicion of raping a US tourist in central Paris
By Xiaofei Xu, Pierre Bairin and Amandine Hess, CNN A 23-year-old man has been arrested following an investigation for suspicion of rape aggravated…
Continue Reading Europe reels as repeated heatwaves cause chaos
By Jack Guy, CNN Western Europe was battling Thursday to deal with the fallout from extreme heat and drought, with wildfires causing evacuations in…
Continue Reading Blinken raised ‘serious concerns’ about human rights with Kagame in Rwanda
By Jorge Engels and Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said he had raised “serious concerns” related…
Continue Reading At least 21 protesters killed during anti-government protests in Sierra Leone, sources say
By Nimi Princewill, Stephanie Busari CNN and Reuters Eight police officers were killed during violent anti-government protests in Sierra Leone on…
Continue Reading Armed man takes hostages at Beirut bank demanding return of frozen funds
By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN An armed man held employees and customers hostage at a bank on Beirut‘s bustling Hamra street Thursday demanding his…
Continue Reading Enrico Letta Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta. Personal Birth date: August 20, 1966 Birth place:…
Continue Reading It’s not yet clear what caused blasts at a Crimea air base. But analysts say Russia suffered a significant loss
At least three separate explosions took place at the Saki Air Base in Russian-annexed Crimea, new video shows. CNN geolocated and confirmed the…
Continue Reading August 11, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Heather Chen, Jack Guy, Aditi Sangal, Adrienne Vogt, Maureen Chowdhury and Elise Hammond, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News…
Continue Reading Seven Russian warplanes were destroyed in huge blasts at Crimean air base, new satellite images show
By Brad Lendon and Paul P. Murphy, CNN At least seven Russian warplanes were destroyed after explosions rocked annexed Crimea on Tuesday, new…
Continue Reading Curfew declared in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown amid violent anti-government protests
By Stephanie Busari and Katie Polglase, CNN Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone on Wednesday, protesting inflation…
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