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By Nimi Princewill, CNN Every morning at 7am Nigerian time, Pastor Jerry Eze can be seen on a YouTube livestream fervently praying over thousands of stacks of requests he has received from his followers around the world. Flanked usually by his wife Eno, and an associate, Eze’s passionate prayers are delivered in an urgent staccato,

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Josh Pennington, Jonny Hallam, Tara John and Rob Picheta, CNN Russian authorities said Sunday they had opened a murder investigation after the daughter of influential, ultra-nationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin was killed by a car bomb on the outskirts of Moscow. The Russian Investigative Committee said it believed someone planned and ordered the

By Tara John and Cecelia Armstrong, CNN Some 27 ships loaded with grain have left Ukraine’s Black Sea ports since August 1 under an export deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, which has laid “the groundwork for a permanent peace environment,” Turkey’s Defense Minister said in a speech on Saturday. “Since August 1,

By Omar Nor, CNN Somali forces have ended the siege at an upscale hotel in the country’s capital Mogadishu, police told CNN, following an attack from unidentified gunmen that left dozens dead. Somali security forces had been trying to clear the Hayat Hotel of attackers since Friday evening when the gunmen stormed the building following

By Hadas Gold, CNN Despite its name, the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel is actually a freshwater lake, and it’s one that has sustained life for millennia. Even today, the lake irrigates vineyards and local farms that grow everything from green vegetables to wheat and tangerines. Its archeology, hot springs and hiking trails bring

By Paul P. Murphy, Tim Lister and Rob Picheta, CNN New video has emerged online showing Russian military vehicles inside a turbine hall connected to a nuclear reactor at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where intensified shelling has fueled fears of a nuclear disaster. CNN has geolocated and confirmed the authenticity of the video, which

By Rob Picheta and Pierre Meilhan, CNN Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has acknowledged partying “in a boisterous way” after the release of private videos — but said she is angry that the footage, which prompted criticism from political opponents, was leaked to the media. Videos showed Marin, Finland’s 36-year-old leader, dancing with friends in

By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN At least 37 people have been killed and several injured in wildfires that ravaged mountainous areas in the east of Algeria, according to the state-run Algeria Press Service (APS). Algerian Minister of Interior Kamal Beldjoudarly told state television that 24 people lost their lives in fires in El Tarf, near the

By Joseph Ataman, CNN For well over a century, water has gurgled through a web of gutters and channels on Cécile Messelis’ farm, flowing into an underground reservoir and earthen troughs to nourish crops sown across terraced fields. In 2020, that stream began to falter. This year, it stopped altogether: Messelis’ fields now crackle in

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By Katie Hunt, CNN An asteroid from space slammed into the Earth’s surface 66 million years ago, leaving a massive crater underneath the sea and wreaking havoc with the planet. No, it’s not that asteroid, the one that doomed the dinosaurs to extinction, but a previously unknown crater 248 miles off the coast of West

By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Saudi women’s rights campaigner Salma al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years in prison on Monday for her activity on Twitter, according to court documents viewed by CNN. Al-Shehab, 33, was also banned from traveling outside of Saudi Arabia for another 34 years. The PhD student at Leeds University in the United