By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A Muslim woman has been sentenced to two years in prison under Indonesia’s blasphemy law over a video she shared on TikTok which showed her reciting an Islamic prayer before trying out pork while visiting the tourist island of Bali. Lina Lutfiawati, known as Lina Mukherjee on social media,
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — India has suspended visa services for Canadian citizens over what it says are “security threats” against diplomats in Canada, escalating a spat between both countries after Ottawa accused New Delhi of potentially being behind the assassination of a Sikh separatist activist on its soil. BLS International,
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — United Nations Secretary General António Guterres issued a stark warning as he gathered world leaders for a high-level summit on the climate crisis: “Humanity has opened the gates to hell.” “Horrendous heat is having horrendous effects. Distraught farmers watching crops carried away by floods. Sweltering temperatures spawning disease,” he
Continue Reading By Mitchell McCluskey, Mariya Knight and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Poland said Wednesday it will stop providing weapons to Ukraine amid a growing dispute between the two countries over a temporary ban on Ukrainian grain imports. “We no longer transfer weapons to Ukraine because we are now arming Poland,” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki
Continue Reading By Heather Law and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol warned on Wednesday that his country and its allies “will not stand idly by” if North Korea receives Russian help to boost its weapons of mass destruction – just days after the leaders of the two nuclear-armed nations held a
Continue Reading By Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — The Southern Baptist Convention expelled a rural Oklahoma church from its membership Tuesday after resurfaced pictures and video show its pastor impersonating late singer Ray Charles in blackface at a talent show, according to a convention spokesperson. The executive committee of the Southern Baptist Convention – the nation’s largest
Continue Reading CNN By Jessica Xing, Jillian Sykes and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — The police chief in Columbus, Ohio, is condemning an incident in which two officers told a father his 11-year-old daughter could face child porn charges for sending images to a man online. Chief Elaine Bryant said as soon as the department learned of
Continue Reading CNN By Olga Voitovych, Manveena Suri and Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukraine endured a deadly nationwide Russian missile barrage targeting energy facilities in Kyiv and other cities on Thursday, just hours before President Volodymyr Zelensky was set to meet US President Joe Biden at the White House. Five people died in the
Continue Reading By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — A person inside a car with a license plate allegedly connected to the shooting deaths of a family of four in their Illinois home last weekend died Wednesday after trying to elude police in Oklahoma, officials said. The male, whom authorities haven’t positively identified, crashed the vehicle while police
Continue Reading By Jessica Xing, Jillian Sykes and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — The police chief in Columbus, Ohio, is condemning an incident in which two officers told a father his 11-year-old daughter could face child porn charges for sending images to a man online. Chief Elaine Bryant said as soon as the department learned of the
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known wooden structure, and it’s almost half a million years old. The simple structure — found along a riverbank in Zambia — is made up of two interlocking logs, with a notch deliberately crafted into the upper piece to allow them to fit together
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Originally Published: 20 SEP 23 15:54 ET Updated: 20 SEP 23 15:58 ET By Stephanie Becker and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The 29-year-old man accused of killing a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in an ambush-style shooting last week entered dual pleas Wednesday of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. Kevin
Continue Reading By Mark Morales, John Miller and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The suspects charged with murder at a Bronx day care center after several children were exposed to opioids are believed to be mid-level drug distributors, a federal law enforcement official told CNN. Grei Mendez, 36, and Carlisto Acevedo Brito, 41, face federal and state
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Ethnic Armenian fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh agreed to lay down their arms after Azerbaijan launched a brief but bloody military offensive on Tuesday, handing a boost to Azerbaijan as it seeks to bring the enclave under its control. Whether this leads to a lasting peace is not yet clear. Armenia
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at some recent cases of foreign governments detaining US citizens. For information about missing Americans, see Robert Levinson Fast Facts or POW/MIA in Iraq and Afghanistan Fast Facts. Currently Detained Americans China Mark SwidanNovember 13, 2012 – Swidan, a businessman from Texas, is arrested on drug related
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Personal Birth date: January 8 (Widely believed to be in his mid-30s, though birth year is publicly unavailable.) Father: Kim Jong Il Mother: Ko Yong Hui Marriage: Ri Sol Ju Children: Ju Ae, reportedly two others
Continue Reading By Stephanie Becker and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The 29-year-old man accused of killing a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in an ambush-style shooting last week entered dual pleas Wednesday of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. Kevin Cataneo Salazar is charged with murder with special allegations in the shooting of
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — An effervescent young woman with a bubbly laugh and a radiant smile. A stellar student on the cusp of earning her master’s degree. A beloved daughter making her mark thousands of miles from home. That’s how Jaahnavi Kandula’s loved ones describe the 23-year-old graduate student from India who, police
Continue Reading By Clare Sebastian, Anna Chernova, Katharina Krebs, Tim Lister and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh has come amid a sharp deterioration in the relationship between historic allies Armenia and Russia, and has been amplified by sometimes incendiary commentary from prominent individuals in Moscow. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and other officials
Continue Reading CNN By Lauren Mascarenhas and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — The Alabama band director who was shocked by a police stun gun and arrested after refusing to stop his band’s performance at a high school football game said the post-game songs had been arranged ahead of time and the whole experience has left him traumatized.
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