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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War. In response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, the United States and other countries launched military operations known as Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Facts The Allied coalition was made up of 39 countries: Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia,

By Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — A court ruling that found a school janitor not guilty of groping a student because the act only lasted less than 10 seconds has sparked outrage in Italy. In their decision, the judges of the fifth criminal section of the Court of Rome said they acquitted the accused, a

By Catherine Nicholls and Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey told a court in London Thursday in his ongoing sexual assault trial that he touched the complainant – who is one of four men who made allegations against the actor – in a “romantic and intimate” way. “He was funny and charming

By Merlin Delcid and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — A Guatemalan court has suspended the party of one of the candidates in next month’s presidential run-off election, raising questions over the vote. In a video posted on the Twitter account of the Guatemalan Public Ministry, Rafael Curruchich, the head of the Special Prosecutor’s Office Against

By Sharon Braithwaite and Lindsay Isaac, CNN (CNN) — The head of a United Nations agency has called for an investigation into the killing of at least 87 people who were discovered in a mass grave in Sudan’s West Darfur region. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has demanded a “prompt, thorough

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Some demonstrators were reportedly killed in clashes with Kenya’s security forces on Wednesday after protests flared for the second time in a week over a raft of unpopular tax hikes proposed by the national government, an opposition leader told CNN. Protests broke out across Kenya, including the capital Nairobi, where Opiyo

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — At last year’s NATO summit in Madrid, the alliance formally invited Sweden and Finland to join its ranks. At this year’s summit in Vilnius, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was hoping the alliance would extend his country the same favor. That was not to be. In its final communique, issued

By Max Foster, Sharon Braithwaite and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — One of the United Kingdom’s leading news anchors, Huw Edwards, was named by his wife on Wednesday as the BBC presenter who was suspended following allegations over payments for sexually explicit images. The longtime BBC anchor, one of the network’s highest-earning stars, has

By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Havana, Cuba (CNN) — As a series of welcoming cannon blasts rang out from a nearby colonial fort, the Russian navy’s training class ship Perekop sailed into Havana on Tuesday. While in Cuba for a four-day visit, the Perekop’s sailors will “carry out a wide range of activities,” according to Cuba’s

By Jessie Yeung and Candice Zhu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese officials on Wednesday unveiled new details about their plans for a manned lunar mission, as China attempts to become only the second nation to put citizens on the moon. Zhang Hailian, deputy chief engineer with the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), revealed the

By Tim Lister, Uliana Pavlova and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — A senior Russian general in command of forces in occupied southern Ukraine says he was suddenly dismissed from his post after accusing Moscow’s Defense Ministry leadership of betraying his troops by not providing sufficient support. Gen. Ivan Popov was the commander of the 58th

By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — The sole nominee to be the next prime minister of Thailand failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to form a government Thursday, a set back for the future of democracy in the country following nearly a decade of turbulent military-backed rule. The vote was seen as

By Brad Lendon and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — North Korea fired what it said was a solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, just days after Pyongyang threatened to shoot down US military reconnaissance planes flying over nearby waters. The launch follows several other recent tests of North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), which have

By Brad Lendon and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea said that the intercontinental ballistic missile it launched on Wednesday, which flew for more than 70 minutes, was a Hwasong-18, marking a potential new round of confrontation with Washington and its allies. The 74-minute flight time represents a marginal advancement on

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The color of the ocean has changed significantly over the last 20 years and human-caused climate change is likely responsible, according to a new study. More than 56% of the world’s oceans have changed color to an extent that cannot be explained by natural variability, said a team of

By Ingrid Formanek and Lindsay Isaac, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 2.5 million people have been forced to flee their homes amid an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation in war torn Sudan. Human rights groups are warning of widespread ethnic violence, attacks on civilians and rampant sexual violence against women and girls as the warring factions –

By Mariya Knight, Olga Voitovych, Andrew Carey, Tim Lister and Josh Pennington, CNN (CNN) — A Russian submarine commander shot to death while jogging on Monday may have been targeted by an assailant tracking him on a popular running app, according to Russian media. Stanislav Rzhitsky was killed earlier this week in the southern Russian

By Amaya McDonald, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Megalodon, one of the most fearsome sharks that ever lived, wasn’t the cold-blooded killer it’s made out to be — at least not literally. Through an analysis

By Niamh Kennedy, CNN London (CNN) — A second person has come forward with allegations against a presenter who was recently suspended by the BBC following accusations of sexual misconduct, according to BBC News. In a report published Tuesday, the broadcaster said an individual in their early 20s reached out to say they “felt threatened”