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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Oscar Pistorius, double-amputee and former Olympic sprinter convicted in the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Personal Birth date: November 22, 1986 Birth place: Johannesburg, South Africa Birth name: Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius Father: Henke Pistorius Mother: Sheila Pistorius Education: Attended the University

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Personal Birth date: November 19, 1954 Birth place: Cairo, Egypt Birth name: Abdel Fattah Said Hussein Khalil el-Sisi Father: Said “Hassan” el-Sisi, bazaar shop owner Mother: Soad Mohamed Marriage: Entissar Amer (1977-present) Children: Mustafa, Mahmoud, Hassan and

By Eugenia Yosef, Tal Shalev, Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is working on a United Nations Security Council resolution to deploy a multinational force to Gaza to uphold the US-brokered ceasefire deal, according to a source familiar with the plans. The details of a temporary security force in charge of demilitarizing Gaza

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — David Beckham has been knighted by King Charles III, in what the retired British soccer star described as his “proudest moment.” The former England soccer captain accepted the knighthood for his services to sport and charity on Tuesday at a ceremony at Windsor Castle, where Japanese-British author and screenwriter

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — A gruesome train stabbing that left nine people with life-threatening injuries over the weekend has put the spotlight back on the United Kingdom’s widespread knife-crime problem. A 32-year-old British man has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder in connection with the attack, which took place on

Story by the Associated Press The United Nations secretary-general warned Tuesday that the war in Sudan is “spiraling out of control” after a paramilitary force seized the Darfur city of El Fasher. Speaking at a UN summit in Qatar, António Guterres offered a stark warning about El Fasher and called for an immediate ceasefire in

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — China has called for the US to avoid crossing four sensitive “red lines” in order to keep the two countries’ relations on track following a high-stakes meeting between leaders Xi Jinping and Donald Trump last week. Taiwan, democracy and human rights, political path and system, and right to

By Esha Mitra, Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — An avalanche that crashed through a camp on Nepal’s Mount Yalung Ri on Monday has killed at least seven people, including five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides, officials said. At least 15 people were climbing the 5,630-meter (18,471–foot) mountain when the avalanche struck base camp around

By Tal Shalev, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Less than a week ago, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was the Israeli military’s top lawyer, tasked with enforcing the rule of law within the nation’s armed forces. Now, she is under arrest as part of a criminal investigation into the leak of a video showing the alleged abuse,

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Xi Jinping is not known for his easy smiles. China’s most powerful Communist leader in decades has built a reputation reinforced by state media during his 12-year rule as a serious and steady hand. But images released by the White House show a different side of Xi

By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, Max Saltman, CNN San Andrés Mixquic, Mexico (CNN) — The route from the land of the dead to San Andrés Mixquic, a little town just outside Mexico City, is lined with marigolds. Ángel Jiménez del Aguila, who died in 2010, need only follow the trail of flower petals, the scent of smoldering

By David Culver, Joe Merkel and Sean Walker, CNN Black River, Jamaica (CNN) — The air smells of damp earth and drying mud. Smoke from debris fires mixes with a faint tang of fuel from the few generators that still have gas. Every sound carries: the strike of hammers and the scrape of shovels as

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump caused alarm across Nigeria over the weekend when he said he was contemplating military action in Africa’s most populous nation in response to what he claimed was a “mass slaughter” of Christians by Islamist insurgents. The reality on the ground, experts and analysts say, is

By Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — There were just 11 minutes between the moment British police received an emergency call about a stabbing on a train heading to London and the moment the suspect was arrested. Eleven victims were hospitalized in the attack, including one railway worker who is in critical but stable condition,

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Four suspects in custody in relation to their alleged involvement in the spectacular heist at the Louvre museum last month are local petty criminals with no association with organized crime, according to investigators. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the quartet, comprising three men and one woman, were living in

By Jessie Yeung, Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she wants to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un – something no Japanese leader has done in more than 20 years. “We have already conveyed to North Korea our desire to hold a summit meeting,”

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — The Maldives has become the first country to impose a generational smoking ban – making smoking, buying and selling tobacco illegal for anyone born after January 1, 2007. The ban took effect on Saturday in the South Asian archipelago, “marking a historic milestone in the nation’s efforts to protect

By Masoud Popalzai, Catherine Nicholls and Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — A powerful earthquake has rattled northern Afghanistan, killing at least 27 people and injuring 956 more, according to Dr. Sharafat Zaman Amar, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health. The tremor also damaged one of the country’s most beautiful mosques. Families were jolted

By Billy Stockwell, Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Several drones spotted above a Belgian airbase over the weekend were there “to spy” on military fighter jets, the country’s defense minister said Sunday, at a time when European nations are on high alert for airspace intrusions. “They come to spy, to see where the F-16s are,

Reuters Mexico City (Reuters) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum promised on Sunday there would be justice for the brazen murder of a local mayor, Carlos Manzo, an outspoken critic of organized crime who had called on the government to do more to protect him and others. Manzo, 40, was shot on Saturday while attending a