By Rob Picheta, Michael Guy, Barbie Nadeau, Livia Borghese and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Southern Italy is bracing for two more days of devastating rain and flash flooding, as a ‘medicane’ storm that has deluged streets and killed two people continues to barrel through the region. Sicily’s President Nello Musumeci confirmed the deaths and said a
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By Jo Shelley, CNN Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is a “psychopath,” who “poses a threat to his people, to the Americans and to the planet,” a former top Saudi intelligence official who is now living in exile in Canada has said. In an interview on CBS News program “60 Minutes,” which aired
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By Emmet Lyons and Claire Calzonetti, CNN The daughter of a former top Saudi intelligence official has told CNN that representatives of the Saudi government attempted to lure her to the same consulate where Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in Istanbul, as part of a series of threats against her and her family. Hissah Al-Muzaini, the
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Personal Birth date: November 12, 1948 Birth place: Sorkheh, Iran Birth name: Hassan Feridon Marriage: Sahebeh Arabi Children: Has four children Education: University of Tehran, B. A., 1972; Glasgow Caledonian University, M. Phil., 1995; Glasgow Caledonian University, Ph.D., 1999 Religion:
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms. Personal Birth date: April 21, 1926 Death date: September 8, 2022 Birth place: London, England Birth name: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Father: King George VI Mother: Queen Elizabeth Marriage: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (November
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By Sarah Dean, Livia Borghese and Monica Garrett, CNN Flash flooding has turned roads into rivers in the port city of Catania, on the Italian island of Sicily. The situation is “very critical,” Giuseppa Maria Spampinato, a government official based in Catania, told CNN on Tuesday. From the view of her office’s window, Spampinato said
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By Jack Guy and Anna Chernova, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a nationwide ban on hospitality events and catering from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. as the country struggles to control the Covid-19 pandemic. The Kremlin called for the “strengthening of control over compliance with all restrictive measures” including “the introduction of a
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By Claudia Otto, Jo Shelley and Hannah Ritchie, CNN A German woman who joined ISIS was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday over the death of a 5-year-old Yazidi girl. The Higher Regional Court in Munich found the woman, identified only as Jennifer W., guilty of crimes against humanity for “enslavement resulting in
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By Amir Tal, CNN An Israeli court has ruled that a six-year-old child who was the sole survivor of a cable crash accident in Italy in May should be returned to Italy. Eitan Biran’s parents, brother and two great grandparents were killed in the accident, sparking an intense and complicated custody battle between his surviving
Continue Reading By Claudia Otto, Jo Shelley and Hannah Ritchie, CNN A German woman who joined ISIS was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday over the death of a 5-year-old Yazidi girl. The Higher Regional Court in Munich found the woman, identified only as Jennifer W., guilty of crimes against humanity for “enslavement resulting in
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By Ivana Kottasová and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Sudan has descended into crisis after the military dissolved the country’s power-sharing government and declared a state of emergency on Monday. The move has crushed hopes for a peaceful transition of power following the ousting of former President Omar al-Bashir in 2019. Here’s what you need to know:
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By Yasir Abdullah, Kara Fox and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who is under house arrest following a military coup on Monday, says that he will never “willingly” stand down, according to sources close to the prime minister. Hamdok’s remarks come a day after hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated across the
Continue Reading By Jo Shelley, CNN Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is a “psychopath,” who “poses a threat to his people, to the Americans and to the planet,” a former top Saudi intelligence official who is now living in exile in Canada has said. In an interview on CBS News program “60 Minutes,” which aired
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By Claudia Otto and Inke Kappeler, CNN, and Reuters German police say they intercepted 50 “right-wing” vigilantes on their way to try and patrol the Germany-Poland border to stop migrants entering the country. The group was armed with pepper spray, a bayonet, a machete and batons, according to a statement from the Brandenburg Southern Police
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Sudan, a North African country bordering the Red Sea, Egypt, Libya, Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea. About Sudan (from the CIA World Factbook)Area: 1,861,484 sq km slightly less than one-fifth the size of the United States. Population: 47,958,856 (2022 est.) Median age: 18.3 years
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, in which 52 US citizens were held captive for 444 days. Timeline 1978 – Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi’s authoritarian rule sparks demonstrations and riots. January 16, 1979 – The Shah flees Iran and goes to Egypt. February 1, 1979 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
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By Yasir Abdallah, Kareem El Damanhoury, Mostafa Salem, Jennifer Deaton and Kara Fox, CNN Sudan’s military dissolved its power-sharing government and declared a state of emergency Monday, catapulting the country into its biggest political crisis in its two-year-old transition. The coup comes after months of rising tensions in the country, where military and civilian groups
Continue Reading By Yasir Abdallah, Kareem El Damanhoury, Mostafa Salem and Jennifer Deaton, CNN Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his wife Muna Abdallah have been arrested and taken to an undisclosed location, the prime minister’s economic advisor Adam Hireka told CNN Monday in events that bore the hallmarks of an apparent coup. The country’s Ministry of
Continue Reading By Yasir Abdallah, Kareem El Damanhoury, Mostafa Salem, Jennifer Deaton and Kara Fox, CNN Sudan’s military dissolved its power-sharing government and declared a state of emergency Monday, catapulting the country into its biggest political crisis in its two-year-old transition. The coup comes after months of rising tensions in the country, where military and civilian groups
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Pope Francis has likened migrant detention centers in Libya to “concentration camps” and called on the international community to intervene in a worsening migrant situation in the central Mediterranean region. The Pontiff’s remarks after Sunday’s angelus come just a day after an Italian prosecutor summoned American Hollywood star Richard Gere
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