By Nouran Salahieh and Amir Vera, CNN Albuquerque police have detained and charged a man they say is the “primary suspect” in the killings of four Muslim men, Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina tweeted Tuesday. The man has been identified as Muhammad Syed, 51, according to a police news release. The killings took place between
Continue Reading By Gawon Bae and Jessie Yeung, CNN Record downpours flooded homes, roads and subway stations in the South Korean capital Seoul this week, killing at least nine people, as forecasters warned of more rain to come. The torrential rain eased on Wednesday, though already-flooded areas could see an additional 300 millimeters (11.8 inches) of rain
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, Stephanie Busari and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Polling has officially closed in Kenya’s crucial general elections as outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta prepares to hand over power to a new leader. About 22 million Kenyans registered to vote, the country’s electoral body (IEBC) said, and polls opened from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. local
Continue Reading By Jo Shelley, Jason Carroll, Charbel Mallo and Daria Markina, CNN Fourteen-year-old Serhii Sorokopud is still haunted by what happened when Russian tanks rolled into his village five months ago. He lifts his T-shirt to show the deep scars across his back — a reminder of a trauma both hidden and visible. Russian troops set
Continue Reading By Jo Shelley, Jason Carroll, Charbel Mallo and Daria Markina, CNN Fourteen-year-old Serhii Sorokopud is still haunted by what happened when Russian tanks rolled into his village five months ago. He lifts his T-shirt to show the deep scars across his back — a reminder of a trauma both hidden and visible. Russian troops set
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, Michelle Watson and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Two children have died, one 4 years old and one 15, in two separate accidental gun shootings by children in the past two days. In Georgia, a mother has been charged with cruelty to children after her 4-year-old daughter found a loaded gun in the backseat
Continue Reading By Justin Gamble, CNN Two Muslim men have filed a federal discrimination suit against Alaska Airlines for being removed from a plane prior to takeoff after a passenger alerted the crew that the men were texting and speaking in Arabic. According to a complaint filed last week in federal district court, the plaintiffs, Abobakkr Dirar
Continue Reading By Amanda Watts, CNN Weeks after a Georgia woman fell from a police car while in police custody and later died, an autopsy commissioned by her family says her cause of death is consistent with severe blunt force trauma. Speaking on Monday with attorney Benjamin Crump, Dr. Allecia Wilson, the director of autopsy and forensic
Continue Reading By René Marsh, CNN Some of the world’s richest men are funding a massive treasure hunt, complete with helicopters and transmitters, on the west coast of Greenland. The climate crisis is melting Greenland down at an unprecedented rate, which — in a twist of irony — is creating an opportunity for investors and mining companies
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh and Christina Maxouris, CNN Hundreds of tips poured in after Albuquerque police sounded an alarm about the shooting deaths of four Muslim men in the city, leading to an arrest, authorities said Tuesday. Though authorities are still searching for a motive and working to confirm whether all four of the killings are
Continue Reading By Sophia Saifi and Saleem Mehsud, CNN A senior founding leader of the Pakistani Taliban was killed Sunday night in a targeted attack, according to two sources within the group’s leadership. The Pakistan Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP), is a US-designated foreign terrorist organization operating in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. TTP sources told CNN that
Continue Reading By Sophia Saifi and Saleem Mehsud, CNN A senior founding leader of the Pakistani Taliban was killed Sunday night in a targeted attack, according to two sources within the group’s leadership. The Pakistan Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP), is a US-designated foreign terrorist organization operating in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. TTP sources told CNN that
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone and Alta Spells, CNN Gregory and Travis McMichael, the White father and son convicted in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, were sentenced Monday to life in prison for their federal convictions on interference with rights — a hate crime — along with attempted kidnapping and weapon use charges. Their neighbor William “Roddie”
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN After ambush-style shootings of three Muslim men and the killing of a fourth on Friday in Albuquerque, the Muslim community was on edge and fearful. A well-liked city worker who had aspirations of a future in politics and a proud new US citizen were among the
Continue Reading By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Angela Dewan, CNN Sixty-three percent of land in the European Union and United Kingdom — an area nearly the same size as India — is now under either drought warnings or alerts, according to data published by the European Drought Observatory on Wednesday. The new figures mark a slight increase from
Continue Reading CNN’s Adam Pourahmadi, Jennifer Hansler, Ramin Mostaghim A “final text” to revive the Iran nuclear deal is ready to be signed in Vienna, according to the European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. However, the text must still be approved by Iran and the US, he said on Monday. “What can be negotiated has been
Continue Reading By René Marsh, CNN Some of the world’s richest men are funding a massive treasure hunt, complete with helicopters and transmitters, on the west coast of Greenland. The climate crisis is melting Greenland down at an unprecedented rate, which — in a twist of irony — is creating an opportunity for investors and mining companies
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Dry lightning has ignited some of the most destructive and costly wildfires in California history, a new study shows. Researchers found that over the past few decades, nearly half of the lightning strikes that hit the ground during spring and summer had been dry — there was no rain falling nearby.
Continue Reading By Elinda Labropoulou and Chris Liakos, CNN Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis faces fresh scrutiny after revelations by the leader of opposition party PASOK that his phone was tapped by Greece’s intelligence service while he was a member of the European Parliament in September 2021. In an attempt to limit the political damage caused by
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, CNN A shooting during a ballgame at an Atlanta park Sunday left two people dead and four wounded, including a 6-year-old who was in critical condition, Atlanta police said. The violence began during a baseball or softball game at Dunbar Recreational Center inside Rosa L. Burney Park in southwest Atlanta around 7
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