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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 Abeer Salman and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN More than 15 years after a violent break between leading Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah, Algeria has brokered an apparent reconciliation, with the signing of a unification agreement announced on Thursday. The agreement, which has been seen by CNN, also calls for presidential and legislative elections in Gaza

By Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych and Katharina Krebs, CNN Russia said Thursday its forces would help evacuate residents of occupied Kherson to other areas, as Kyiv continued to make gains in its offensive to retake the southern Ukrainian region. The announcement by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin came shortly after the head of the

CNN By Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych and Katharina Krebs, CNN Russia said Thursday its forces would help evacuate residents of occupied Kherson to other areas, as Kyiv continued to make gains in its offensive to retake the southern Ukrainian region. The announcement by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin came shortly after the head of

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By Jomana Karadsheh, Tamara Qiblawi and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN Nearly a month after the start of nationwide protests, parts of Iran now bear the hallmarks of battle zones, with flares lighting up skies, gunfire ringing out and bloody scenes recorded in video footage. “I am recording this video about the situation in Sanandaj,” said one

By CNN staff As women burn headscarves and cut off their hair in nationwide protests, an Iranian official on Tuesday said that school students participating in street protests are being detained and taken to mental health institutions. In an interview with an independent reformist Iranian newspaper, Iran‘s Education Minister Yousef Nouri confirmed that some school

By Olga Voitovych and Alex Hardie, CNN Ukraine’s government has appealed to people to reduce their electricity consumption to avoid blackouts as Russian missiles target the country’s energy infrastructure, saying peak demand needs to be reduced by 25%. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal called on citizens and businesses to reduce electricity consumption from 5 p.m. to

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By Josh Pennington and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Eight people have been detained over Saturday’s blast that damaged the only bridge connecting annexed Crimea with Russia, marking a critical juncture in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed the main intelligence department of the Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, its head Kyrylo Budanov, and