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By Sophie Tanno, and Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — A Russian attack on Odesa region on Friday night has killed eight people and injured 27 more, according to Ukrainian authorities, as Moscow continues to target the Black Sea port city. According to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, the fatalities occurred as a result of a Russian

By Mostafa Salem, Ibrahim Dahman (CNN) — When Sheikh Mohammed Abu Mustafa stepped out of his mosque in southern Gaza after leading afternoon prayers in early November, a gunman on a motorcycle pulled up and shot him dead. It was a targeted assassination that that an Islamist militant group said was carried out by local

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — An oil and chemical tanker sanctioned by the United States has entered Venezuelan waters, ship tracking data showed, despite US President Donald Trump declaring a “total and complete blockade” of such vessels transiting the country. The Gambia-flagged ship, named the Hyperion, was seen near a refinery off Venezuela’s Amuay

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Bondi Beach, Sydney (CNN) — For Australia’s tiny Jewish population, Bondi Beach was a refuge within a vast country that offered sanctuary to families fleeing a seething hate that killed six million of their kind within the lifetime of some of their oldest members. For decades, they laid roots in a