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By Xiaofei Xu and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Maalim Ayman, a senior leader of the Al-Shabaab militant group operating in Somalia and Kenya, was killed on December 17 by a joint military operation between the Somali and US forces, Somali Minister for Information Daud Aweis announced Friday. “Ayman was accountable for planning multiple lethal

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, who succeeded his half brother King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz on January 22, 2015. Personal Birth date: December 31, 1935 Birth place: Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Father: King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman al Saud Mother: Hassa bint

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Science is revolutionizing our understanding of the past. Paleogenetics teases out astonishing secrets from DNA hidden in bones and dirt. Artificial intelligence decodes ancient texts written in forgotten scripts. Chemical analysis of molecular residues left on teeth, cooking pots, incense burners and building materials reveals details about past diets,

CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Near Prague, Czech Republic (CNN) — Prague was in shock and mourning Friday after a gunman killed 14 people and injured 25 more at Charles University, the deadliest peacetime attack in the history of the Czech Republic. The brutal incident on Thursday was also the first-ever school or college shooting

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — Alex Batty, a British boy who was found in France after going missing for six years, says it feels “surreal” to be back with his grandmother in the United Kingdom. In an interview with The Sun newspaper published Thursday, Batty – who is now 17 – said: “Every

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Near Prague, Czech Republic (CNN) — Prague was in shock and mourning Friday after a gunman killed 14 people and injured 25 more at Charles University, the deadliest peacetime attack in the history of the Czech Republic. The brutal incident on Thursday was also the first-ever school or college shooting in

By Callum Sutherland, CNN (CNN) — It’s no surprise that Titouan Bernicot is so deeply passionate about his work. Growing up on his family’s pearl farm on the French Polynesian atoll of Ahe, the ocean is so much a part of who he is that he describes it as his best friend. At just 18

By Verónica Calderón and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A second bishop was arrested by Nicaraguan authorities on Thursday, two sources told CNN, amid a far-reaching crackdown on opposition figures and the Catholic Church by the government of President Daniel Ortega. Bishop Isidoro Mora, of the Siuna church on the country’s Caribbean coast, was arrested after taking part in a

By Tamara Qiblawi, Allegra Goodwin, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Nima Elbagir | Visuals by Renée Rigdon, Alex Newman and Ian Berry | Video by Barbara Arvanitidis, Mark Baron and Alex Platt (CNN) — In the first month of its war in Gaza, Israel dropped hundreds of massive bombs, many of them capable of killing or wounding

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — The only Indian woman wrestler ever to win an Olympic medal said she will quit the sport in protest after the country’s wrestling federation announced it would replace its president, who is accused of sexually harassing female athletes, with his close ally. Sakshi Malik told a news conference in New

By Xiaofei Xu, Ivana Kottasova and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Jakob Weizman, a Danish student at the Charles University in Prague, was taking an exam on Thursday when he started hearing gunshots and screams. His first instinct was shock, he said – he never thought a school shooting would happen near him, in Europe.

By Rhea Mogul and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu is braced for more downpours after heavy monsoon rains brought deadly flash floods and submerged entire neighborhoods earlier this week. The Indian Meteorological Department (MET) forecast further heavy rain after more than 400 millimeters (15.7 inches) fell in parts of the state from

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities with China, the service’s top officer in the Pacific says. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, commander