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By Richard Allen Greene, CNN Former Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu was on the verge of making a triumphant return to office in Israel, as initial exit polls suggested he may have scraped a narrow majority in the country’s fifth national election in less than four years. If exit polls are correct — a big if

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By Hadas Gold, CNN When Benjamin Netanyahu hits the campaign trail, he uses what’s been dubbed the Bibimobile — a converted truck turned into a travelling stage ensconced in bulletproof glass. Elevated like a king above his subjects — who fawn over him as the one and only savior to lead Israel. And with polls

By Adam Pourahmadi, CNN Hundreds of Iranian journalists are calling for the release of colleagues Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who were arrested and sent to Tehran’s Evin prison for covering the death of Mahsa Amini, according to independent Iranian newspaper Etemad. “Media freedom is not only the right of journalists but also of society,”

By Kostan Nechyporenko, Olga Voitovych, Victoria Butenko and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Russia launched a barrage of missile strikes at Ukrainian cities on Monday as it ramped up its attacks on infrastructure facilities across the country. Explosions and air raid sirens were heard in Kyiv early on Monday and 80% of residents were left without water

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By Idris Mukhtar, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Heather Yamour, CNN At least 100 people were killed after two car bombs exploded near Somalia’s education ministry in the capital Mogadishu on Saturday. More than 300 others were wounded in the attack, said Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a video statement posted on his official Twitter account.

By Hadas Gold and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Stop us if you’re heard this one before: On Tuesday, Israelis are going to the polls to elect a new Knesset, or parliament. It’s the fifth time in less than four years that voters are casting ballots. Holding elections that often is bound to prompt some questions.

By Uliana Pavlova, Sugam Pokharel, Dennis Lapin and Katharina Krebs, CNN Russia will suspend its participation in the United Nations-brokered grain export deal with Ukraine after drone attacks on the Crimean city of Sevastopol, the country’s defense ministry announced Saturday. Moscow blames Kyiv for the attacks. CNN cannot independently verify Russia’s report. A top Ukrainian

By Niamh Kennedy and Rob Picheta, CNN The head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards has told Iranians to end the weeks-long demonstrations that have gripped the country, warning that Saturday would be their “last day” of protest. Speaking from the funeral of victims of the attack carried out by Islamic State in the city of

By Stephanie Busari, CNN It is a sight Ya Lewa Aji says she can never forget: a baby strapped to her mother’s back, shot dead while the mother lay lifeless on the floor. But she barely had time to take in the scenes of horror unfolding before her as she and her family fled for

By John Blake, CNN It was one of the strangest episodes in military history, an event so unusual that it was first treated as a myth. At 8:30 pm on Christmas Eve of 1914 in the dank and muddy battlefields of northern Europe during World War I, a British soldier dispatched a report to headquarters:

By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovych and Nic Robertson, CNN As winter edges ever closer in Ukraine, Alla Melnychuk and her neighbors are racing against the time to save what little they have left. Their apartment building in Irpin was hit during some of the heaviest fighting in March. Most of the windows are still shattered,

By Adam Pourahmadi and Richard Roth, CNN Protesters encountered teargas and gunfire following Friday prayers in the eastern Iranian city of Zahedan, according to videos posted on social media and provided by IranWire, an activist website. Automatic gunfire can be heard in the videos, which also show protesters picking up bullet casings on the ground.

Exclusive by Sam Kiley, CNN Four US-made M4 Carbine rifles lean against the back of the sofa. The young men, mostly dressed in black civilian clothes, are relaxed and chatty. Neighbors pop their heads in to say hello through a door open to the street. Which is odd. Because these men are being hunted, targeted