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By Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — As pollution worsens in the Indian capital, parents are facing an impossible choice: stay or go. Amrita Rosha, 45, is among those choosing to flee with her children. Both of them — Vanaaya, 4, and Abhiraj, 9 — suffer from respiratory problems due to rising pollution

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Damascus, Syria (CNN) — At Umayyad Square in central Damascus, tens of thousands of people had the party of a lifetime on Friday. Filling the roundabout to the brink, they partied late into the evening, celebrating the moment many thought would never come: the exit of their brutal dictator Bashar al-Assad.

CNN By Jeremy Diamond and Zeena Saifi, CNN Haifa, Israel (CNN) — In the months before Iranian ballistic missiles struck the Nevatim Airbase in October, Iran dispatched spies to film and photograph the site in southern Israel, according to Israeli authorities. The alleged operatives were neither highly trained nor seemed especially suspicious to the people

CNN By Tim Lister and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — A crucial dam is at risk as fighting continues in several areas of northern Syria between Kurdish groups and Turkish-backed factions. While much of central and southern Syria appears calm after opposition forces overthrew the Assad regime, a patchwork of territorial rivalries in the north

By Tim Lister and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — A crucial dam is at risk as fighting continues in several areas of northern Syria between Kurdish groups and Turkish-backed factions. While much of central and southern Syria appears calm after opposition forces overthrew the Assad regime, a patchwork of territorial rivalries in the north has

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Personal Birth date: December 25, 1971 Birth place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Birth name: Justin Pierre James Trudeau Father: Pierre Elliot Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada (1968-1979 and 1980-1984) Mother: Margaret (Sinclair) Trudeau Marriage: Sophie Grégoire (May 2005-2023,

By Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military battered Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza with heavy ground and aerial bombardment overnight Thursday into Friday, according to the director of the facility, who described as a “catastrophic” barrage. Israeli forces dropped bombs from quadcopters and injured at least

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Buckingham Palace is investigating after a member of staff was arrested at the end of a rowdy Christmas party. Police were called to a bar in Victoria in central London – a short walk from the palace – on Tuesday evening when a festive celebration turned violent. A 24-year-old

CNN By Nectar Gan and Fred He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A former Chinese soccer star and coach of the country’s national men’s team has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for corruption, state media reported on Friday. Li Tie, 47, who played for the English Premier League Everton alongside Wayne Rooney in

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — When Syria’s rebel-appointed prime minister sat down with officials from the ousted Assad regime for the first time on Tuesday, the backdrop included the flag of the Syrian revolution alongside another bearing the Islamic declaration of faith that is often displayed by jihadists. The choice of optics for the

By Rob Picheta and Chris Liakos, CNN Paris (CNN) — France’s embattled President Emmanuel Macron has appointed centrist ally Francois Bayrou as prime minister, he announced on Friday, as he seeks to calm a political crisis that has left his authority dwindling by the day. Macron’s office made the announcement a week after the former