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By Eve Brennan, Dalal Mawad, Oliver Briscoe and Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — A Niger general, Abdourahamane Tiani, appeared on state television as the country’s new leader following a military coup that sparked international condemnation. Tiani appeared on Télé Sahel with a banner identifying him as “President of the national council for the safeguard of

By David McKenzie, CNN Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) — To many observers, South Africa’s stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine is puzzling. While the country professes to be “non-aligned,” Western diplomats and policy experts point to a series of actions that they say proves otherwise. Their list is long: South Africa abstaining from votes condemning

By Nick Paton Walsh, Masoud Popalzai. Video by Jessie Gretener and Alessia Tinti (CNN) — Afghans who were promised a home in the United States after their country fell to the Taliban say they have waited so long for the US to process their applications that they are now being sent back to the enemy

By Gawon Bae and Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea’s “firm support” for Russia’s war in Ukraine emboldens the two countries’ determination to cope with Western nations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a speech to North Korean officials on Thursday, according to a report in North Korean state media. Putin

By Kathleen Magramo, Duarte Mendonca, Alex Stambaugh, Wayne Chang and Caolán Magee, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Typhoon Doksuri made landfall in China’s southeastern coast and Taiwan on Friday, state weather agencies said, after the storm battered parts of the Philippines and killed at least 39 people, including dozens on an overcrowded boat that capsized

By Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — There’s nothing a new mother likes more than being told how to please her husband – right? A Japanese city learned the hard way this week how very wrong they were, after prompting national outrage over flyers that tried to do just that. Onomichi city,

By Heather Chen and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Singapore on Friday hanged a woman convicted of attempting to traffic an ounce of heroin, the first execution of a female prisoner in nearly two decades in what human rights groups decried as a “grim milestone” for the city state and its notoriously harsh anti-drug laws.

By Vasco Cotovio and Allegra Goodwin, CNN (CNN) — Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner private military company, was spotted inside Russia on Thursday for the first time since he led an armed rebellion against the Russian military last month. Prigozhin was seen in St. Petersburg, meeting with an African dignitary on the sidelines of

By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — The number of deaths across Mexico due to extreme heat has hit 249 over the past four months, its Ministry of Health has reported. A hundred deaths were registered in Nuevo León, 28 in Tamaulipas, 26 in Veracruz, and 26 in Sonora between March 19 and July 22. The

CNN By Tara John and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to say if he would abide by any potential Supreme Court ruling striking down his controversial judicial reform law, as Israelis agonize over a looming showdown between their government and the court. In an interview with CNN’s Wolf

By Tara John and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to say if he would abide by any potential Supreme Court ruling striking down his controversial judicial reform law, as Israelis agonize over a looming showdown between their government and the court. In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer,

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have detected water vapor swirling close to a nearby star — indicating that the planets forming around it might someday be able to support life. The young planetary system, known as PDS 70, is 370 light-years away. The star at its center is about 5.4 million years old and

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Massoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Iraq. Personal Birth date: August 16, 1946 Birth place: Mahabad, Kurdistan, Iran Birth name: Massoud Barzani Father: General Mustafa Barzani, was chief of the military of the Kurdish Republic of Mahabad Mother: Hamayil

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on August 7, 1998, which killed 224 people. Terrorist group al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the bombings. Facts The bombings took place eight years to the day after US troops were ordered to Saudi Arabia in the

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about Mars exploration. The United States and the Soviet Union are the only two countries to land a spacecraft on Mars. Facts There have been nine successful US Mars landings: Viking 1 and Viking 2 (both 1976), Pathfinder (1997), Spirit and Opportunity (both 2004), Phoenix (2008),

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of one of the most successful investment financiers in the world, George Soros. An active philanthropist, Soros has donated more than $30 billion to various causes over the years. Personal: Birth date: August 12, 1930 Birth place: Budapest, Hungary Birth name: György Soros Father:

By Tatiana Arias, Florencia Trucco and Ana María Cañizares, CNN (CNN) — At least 11 “complete bodies” and dozens of body parts, including human heads, were recovered on Wednesday from a major prison in Ecuador, after days of deadly prison clashes. The remains were collected at the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where violence first

By Mick Krever and Kareem Khadder, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, on Thursday joined a group of Jewish Israelis in visiting what is known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary, drawing condemnation from Palestinian authorities and Israel’s neighbors. “This

By Ivana Kottasová, Oren Liebermann, Vasco Cotovio and Olga Voitovich, CNN (CNN) — After two months of painstakingly slow progress on the battlefield, Ukraine appears to be escalating its counteroffensive, ramping up the deployment of extra troops to the southern front and signaling a new phase of the operation, US and Russian officials said. Ukraine