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CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that Egypt and Israel’s agreement to allow some aid into Gaza represented “a start,” as Palestinians living in the besieged enclave await much-needed help. Gazans, many of whom were already reliant on aid, are yet to see the promised supplies as

By Kathleen Magramo, Jomana Karadsheh, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Caroline Faraj, CNN (CNN) — Anti-Israel protests flared across the Middle East and North Africa on Tuesday as the leaders of Arab countries condemned Israel over a deadly blast believed to have killed hundreds of people sheltering at a hospital in Gaza City. Palestinian officials quickly blamed

By Helen Regan, Tara John, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Heather Law, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — The US, Egypt and Israel have all signaled readiness for aid to begin moving into Gaza, following a high-profile visit to Israel by US President Joe Biden. The glimmer of hope for civilian relief in Gaza comes one day

By Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping discussed the conflict in the Middle East during a meeting on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing Wednesday, according to the Russian leader – who said “common threats” brought the two countries closer. The

CNN By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Daniel Hodge and Kostyantyn Gak, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — A swarm of Ukrainian jet skis races across the ocean under pitch black skies, visible only from the infra-red camera of a drone watching from above. They slow down as they approach the shore to avoid detection and hurry

By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Daniel Hodge and Kostyantyn Gak, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — A swarm of Ukrainian jet skis races across the ocean under pitch black skies, visible only from the infra-red camera of a drone watching from above. They slow down as they approach the shore to avoid detection and hurry onto

CNN By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Poland’s presumptive next leader, Donald Tusk, has urged the country’s president not to frustrate the handover of power, after final results from a tight election confirmed he is on course to remove the populist ruling party from government. Tusk’s opposition Civic Coalition (KO) party finished a close second

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have for the first time detected tiny quartz crystals containing silica — a common mineral on Earth — within the atmosphere of a blazing hot exoplanet. It’s likely that the nanoparticles of silica, which on Earth appears in beach sands and is

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Virtually absent from most present-day Western diets, seaweed and aquatic plants were once a staple food for ancient Europeans, an analysis of molecules preserved in fossilized dental plaque has found. Evidence for this hitherto hidden taste for the nutrient-rich plants and algae was hard to detect in the archaeological

By Tom Foster and Clare Sebastian, CNN (CNN) — Greta Thunberg was arrested at a protest outside an oil and gas conference – formerly known as the “Oil and Money” conference – at a luxury five-star hotel in London on Tuesday, eyewitnesses told CNN. London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement posted on X, formerly

By Abbas Al Lawati and Mohammed Abdelbary, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have descended on the south of the Gaza Strip as a potential Israeli ground operation looms. But where they will go from there is anyone’s guess. The coastal enclave is blockaded by land, air and sea by Israel, which has