By Sophia Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Truck driver Munir Ahmed was motoring along a darkened highway after a long day unloading sacks of rice in Pakistan’s Sindh province late Sunday, when he crossed over into Balochistan. After entering the impoverished province, long seething with ethnic and economic resentments, he was “stopped by armed men wearing
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — As Hurricane Gilma raged in the Pacific, the Coast Guard in Hawaii received a distress call from a sailboat left stranded by the storm. The boat was 925 miles east of Honolulu, and the rescue mission took several days, with the help of the Coast Guard and the US
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A suspect has been identified in the death of Paul Peavey, a Colorado dog breeder found dead on Saturday. The Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office has recommended charges against Sergio Ferrer, 36, in connection with Peavey’s death, including first degree murder, felony murder and aggravated robbery, according to a
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli strike on a humanitarian vehicle in Gaza has left four people dead amid confusion over the convoy’s travel plans through the war-torn Palestinian enclave, according to aid organization American Near East Refugee Aid (Anera). The victims were all local Palestinians involved with a transportation company contracted by Anera,
Continue Reading By Mauricio Torres, CNNE (CNN) — Authorities in Argentina have arrested a man on decades-old allegations of involvement in a militant Marxist group responsible for the 1978 kidnapping and death of a former Italian prime minister, according to a government statement. Leonardo Bertulazzi, identified in the statement as an Italian citizen, had been living in
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — In a new report from Columbia University’s antisemitism task force, a student described the situation on campus following the October 7 attacks in Israel. “People that you sat in class with, you had drinks with, you had lunch and dinner with, the next day they say they hope your
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing that killed four African-American girls during church services in 1963. September 15, 2013, marked the 50th anniversary of the bombing. Facts September 15, 1963 – A bomb blast at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, kills four African-American girls
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at violence against UN peacekeeping forces. This is a selected list of incidents from 1990 to present. Facts Since 1948, the United Nations has authorized more than 71 peacekeeping missions around the globe. There are currently 11 peacekeeping operations. Since 1948, at least 4,441 peacekeepers have been
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of David Souter, former United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. Personal Birth date: September 17, 1939 Death date: May 8, 2025 Birth place: Melrose, Massachusetts Birth name: David Hackett Souter Father: Joseph Alexander Souter, banker Mother: Helen Adams (Hackett) Souter, store clerk Education:
Continue Reading CNN By Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — A record number of travelers is expected to shuttle through the nation’s airports this Labor Day weekend, with as many as 17 million passengers expected from Thursday through the following Wednesday, the Transportation Security Administration said. The agency, which tracks the numbers of passengers it screens for
Continue Reading By Kostyantyn Gak, Radina Gigova, Svitlana Vlasova and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fired his Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk on Friday, a day after the Air Force announced one of Ukraine’s top pilots had died when a US-made F-16 fighter jet crashed. Zelensky said the command level of the Air Force needed to
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno and Claudia Otto, CNN Berlin (CNN) — A deportation flight bound for Afghanistan carrying 28 Afghan nationals left Germany on Friday morning, a day after the German government pledged to strengthen its asylum regulations in the wake of a deadly knife attack. A spokesperson from Saxony’s Interior Ministry told CNN that a
Continue Reading By Jay Croft and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Human remains in bags have been found underneath the California home of a man accused of killing his neighbors at a nudist resort, according to police. The remains have yet to be identified, Redlands Police Department public information officer Carl Baker said Friday evening. Police announced
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — One Dallas police officer is dead and two others are injured following a shootout with a suspect who had fatally shot an officer in his marked patrol car, in what law enforcement officials are calling an execution. The suspect, identified as Corey Cobb-Bey, 30, arrived at the For Oak Cliff
Continue Reading By Laura Klairmont, CNN Phoenixville, PA (CNN) — In the last three years, a record number of unaccompanied migrant children – more than 500,000 – have traveled to the United States, many of them escaping violence and extreme poverty in rural areas of Central America. As an immigration lawyer who works closely with these children,
Continue Reading By Dana Karni and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military said it killed three Hamas members, including a commander, as its offensive in the occupied West Bank entered its third day. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Friday it killed Wissam Khazem, whom it described as the Hamas leader in the city of Jenin,
Continue Reading By Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — A record number of travelers is expected to shuttle through the nation’s airports this Labor Day weekend, with as many as 17 million passengers expected from Thursday through the following Wednesday, the Transportation Security Administration said. The agency, which tracks the numbers of passengers it screens for security,
Continue Reading By Amanda Musa and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — DNA evidence from a cigarette butt has led to an arrest in the 1980 killing of a woman in Washington state, police said this week. Kenneth Duane Kundert, 65, was arrested in Arkansas last week on a warrant accusing him of murder in the death of
Continue Reading By Joyce Jiang and Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Two airline passengers who locked a stranger’s crying grandchild in a plane restroom have caused outrage in China and sparked a heated online debate on how to handle upset children in public spaces. The incident went viral this week after one of the two
Continue Reading By Hamdi Alkhshali and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — The king of New Zealand’s indigenous Māori people, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, died peacefully on Friday, according to his representatives. He was 69. “The death of Kiingi Tuheitia is a moment of great sadness for followers of Te Kiingitanga, Maaoridom and the entire nation,”
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