By Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — My wife woke me up early on Saturday, October 7, saying there were sounds of rocket fire outside. I went up to the roof of our house and saw a barrage of projectiles being fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel. My two children – Zeid, 10,
Continue Reading By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — New York police say they are investigating a possible “bias incident” in which a father alleges he and his 18-month-old son were attacked in Brooklyn on Monday and erroneously accused of supporting the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Ashish Prashar, 40, told CNN he was at a Brooklyn basketball court with his son on
Continue Reading Story by Reuters Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday signed a bilateral agreement with Tuvalu, aimed at countering China’s influence in the Pacific and protecting the tiny island nation from climate change. The agreement, which Albanese said made Australia Tuvalu’s “partner of choice”, covers climate change, security and human mobility. “The Australia-Tuvalu Falepili union
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, Larry Register and CNN’s Beijing Bureau (CNN) — Manila accused Chinese ships of firing water cannons and making “dangerous maneuvers” toward Philippine vessels resupplying a remote military outpost on Friday, in the latest of a string of incidents between the two countries in the disputed South China Sea. Philippine authorities said a
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls London (CNN) — A British doctor who escaped Gaza with his family has been sent back to the war zone after Egyptian officials told him his name wasn’t on the list of evacuees, according to a British Member of Parliament. Dr. Ahmed Sabra was in Gaza when Israel declared war on Hamas
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A man who authorities said shot and killed two Dallas hospital employees while he was visiting the facility for the birth of his child last year was found guilty Thursday of capital murder, prosecutors said. A jury convicted Nestor Hernandez, 31, in the October 2022 deaths
Continue Reading Story by Reuters (CNN) — Scientists have rediscovered a long-lost species of mammal described as having the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an anteater and the feet of a mole, in Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains more than 60 years after it was last recorded. Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna, named after British naturalist David Attenborough, was photographed
Continue Reading By Nick Watt, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — “Every year at school in Israel we used to get a lecture from a Holocaust survivor,” said Tomer Peretz. “I was always getting bored listening to him like, ‘OK, OK, we got it, OK. So, they killed you guys. Let’s move on … “‘It’s one of those
Continue Reading By Victoria Butenko, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Oleksandr Gindyuk is determined not to be caught off guard if electricity supplies fail again this winter. When Russia pounded Ukraine’s power grid with widespread and repeated waves of airstrikes last year, causing massive rolling blackouts, his wife had just given birth to their second daughter. “It was quite difficult,” Gindyuk, who lives with his family in
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN (CNN) — A group of former Ukrainian servicemen, including prisoners of war, have “volunteered” to fight on the front lines for Russia, Moscow’s state-run news agency RIA Novosti has claimed, in a potential violation of international law. The agency released a video this week showing a few dozen men it said
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Lahore has become the latest megacity to shut down as pollution chokes swathes of South Asia, where nearly 50 million people have been breathing toxic air for nearly a week. Pakistan’s second most populous city – of more than 13 million people – has shut schools and closed public
Continue Reading By Jennifer Deaton and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Iran has reiterated that despite its financial backing and support for Hamas and other proxy groups in the region, it does not direct any of their actions, the Islamic Republic’s United Nations ambassador told CNN in an interview. Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran’s envoy to the UN,
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore’s former top prosecutor who was thrust into the national spotlight after charging six police officers in the 2015 death of Freddie Gray, was found guilty of two counts of perjury for making false statements on loan applications for two Florida vacation homes, the Justice Department said.
Continue Reading By Zeena Saifi, CNN (CNN) — At least 14 Palestinians were killed in the refugee camp Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, following an Israeli military raid, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The incursion resulted in clashes with Palestinians early Thursday morning, the ministry said. It is not yet clear whether the deceased
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton and Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Apollo astronaut Col. Frank Borman, who commanded the first mission to orbit the moon, has died in Billings, Montana, NASA announced. He was 95. “Today we remember one of NASA’s best. Astronaut Frank Borman was a true American hero. Among his many accomplishments, he served as
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Paul P. Murphy, Ivana Kottasová and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military has effectively cut Gaza in two, with its ground operations and fiercest aerial bombardment apparently concentrated in the north, forcing thousands of Palestinians to flee south on foot to escape the fighting. Israel launched its military campaign with the stated aim
Continue Reading CNN By Rob Picheta, Paul P. Murphy, Ivana Kottasová and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military has effectively cut Gaza in two, with its ground operations and fiercest aerial bombardment apparently concentrated in the north, forcing thousands of Palestinians to flee south on foot to escape the fighting. Israel launched its military campaign with the stated
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Alaska dealt another blow to climate and Indigenous groups attempting to stop ConocoPhillips’ massive Willow oil drilling project, ruling Thursday that construction could move forward. The project on Alaska’s North Slope – an area that holds 600 million barrels of oil – galvanized a groundswell
Continue Reading By Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The nation’s understaffed and overworked air traffic controller workforce has grown by only six fully trained controllers over the last year, the workers’ union president told Congress. National Air Traffic Controllers Association President Rich Santa told a Senate subcommittee Thursday growth in the thousands is needed. The FAA’s controller ranks
Continue Reading By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — If someone had told Nadia Mohamed when she was a child that she would one day become mayor of the city where she grew up, she would have said, “you are lying.” But on Tuesday Mohamed achieved just that when she was elected Mayor of St. Louis Park, Minnesota,
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