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By Samra Zulfaqar, Esha Mitra and Manveena Suri, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Thousands of doctors have gone on strike across India to demand better protection for health workers after a trainee medic was raped and murdered in eastern West Bengal state. The resident doctor’s body was found last Friday with multiple injuries and signs of sexual

By Helen Regan and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition politician and one of President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, has described the psychological torture he endured during 11 months in solitary confinement, saying he thought he would die in a Siberian cell. Kara-Murza spoke to CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday for the

CNN By Helen Regan and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition politician and one of President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, has described the psychological torture he endured during 11 months in solitary confinement, saying he thought he would die in a Siberian cell. Kara-Murza spoke to CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday for

By Hilary Whiteman and Jessie Yeung, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The pilot killed when a helicopter crashed into the roof of a luxury hotel in Cairns, Australia, on Monday was an employee of the charter company that owned the aircraft, but wasn’t authorized to fly, the group confirmed in a statement. Nautilus Aviation said

By Avery Schmitz and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Renewed fears of ethnic cleansing against the stateless Rohingya Muslim community are mounting after reports that hundreds of people, including women and children, were killed by drone strikes while fleeing violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state last week. Videos shared widely on social media and geolocated by

By Michael Mitsanas, CNN (CNN) — Sudan is at a “breaking point,” a United Nations agency said Monday, as a growing number of people need food, water, shelter and medical care in a country devastated by intensifying war. Over eight million people have been displaced since fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and

By Jessie Yeung, Hanako Montgomery and Nodoka Katsura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — As tremors shook the ground in parts of western Japan last Thursday, local and national government bodies leapt into action. Meteorologists gathered and issued a temporary tsunami advisory. A special committee warned that another “major earthquake” could hit in the coming week – the

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta. Personal Birth date: August 20, 1966 Birth place: Pisa, Italy Father: Giorgio Letta, a mathematics professor Mother: Anna (Banchi) Letta Marriage: Gianna Fregonara Children: Giacomo, Lorenzo, Francesco Education: University of Pisa, International Law, 1994; Scuola Superiore

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Israel and the United States are preparing for a potential Iranian attack on Israel, as efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza intensify ahead of the expected resumption of formal negotiations this week. Mediators have urged Israel and Hamas to return to the negotiating table in a renewed push

By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — A security guard said he tried to save an 11-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman as they were attacked by a man wielding a knife in London’s Leicester Square, one of the busiest tourist destinations in the English capital. London’s Westminster Police said a man, believed to be

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to “kick the enemy out” of his country’s territory after it emerged that Ukrainian troops were in control of dozens of Russian villages and large swathes of land a week into Kyiv’s surprise cross-border incursion. The scale of the incursion became clearer on Monday when Putin