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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan. Personal Birth date: December 24, 1957 Birth place: Kandahar, Afghanistan Father: Abdul Ahad Karzai, politician Mother: Mother’s name unavailable publicly Marriage: Zinat Quraishi Karzai (1999-present) Children: daughter’s name unavailable publicly, 2016; Howsi, 2014; Malalai, 2012;

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), international soccer’s governing body and organizer of global tournaments including the World Cup. Other Facts When FIFA was founded in 1904, there were seven member countries: France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. There are 211 member

By Agustin Milic, Federico Jofre, CNN (CNN) — Police in Argentina raided the country’s national football association headquarters and more than 30 soccer clubs on Tuesday, according to a police source who spoke with CNN. The source said that Federal Judge Luis Armella ordered the raids as part of a case investigating alleged money laundering

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Jewish holiday Hanukkah. In 2026, Hanukkah will start on December 4 at sunset and will end December 12, at sunset. Facts Hanukkah begins on the eve of the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev and lasts eight days. The starting date on

CNN By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Children across Australia will wake up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive algorithms, online predators, and digital bullies. No other nation has taken such sweeping measures, and the rollout of

CNN By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Children across Australia will wake up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive algorithms, online predators, and digital bullies. No other nation has taken such sweeping measures, and the rollout of

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Children across Australia woke up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive algorithms, online predators, and digital bullies. No other nation has taken such sweeping measures, and the rollout of the tough

By Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Armed clashes between Thailand and Cambodia continued on Wednesday in defiance of calls from the United States to stop fighting and adhere to a months-old Trump-backed peace deal that now looks on the brink of complete collapse. At least eight people have been killed since the latest

By Lex Harvey, Maria Santana, Ruben Correa, CNN (CNN) — Honduras’s attorney general said he has issued an arrest warrant for former President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was freed from US federal prison last week after being pardoned by President Donald Trump. Attorney General Johel Antonio Zelaya Alvarez said on X Monday that he had

By Tamar Michaelis, Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli authorities raided the compound of UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday, took down the UN flag, and raised Israel’s flag, UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X. Lazzarini said Israeli police, accompanied by Jerusalem municipal officials, “forcibly”

By Ana María Cañizares, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — At least 13 inmates were found dead Sunday at a southern Ecuadorian prison ravaged by violence in recent months, the country’s prison service SNAI announced on Monday. The bodies were found after an explosive device detonated outside the Machala prison, SNAI said, but it’s unclear if