President Joe Biden met Afghanistan's leaders at the White House on Friday at a precarious moment for their country: US troops are withdrawing, the coronavirus is raging, the Taliban are making territorial gains and American intelligence assesses the government they…
Newlyweds Mehray Mezensof and Mirzat Taher were two days from leaving Xinjiang to start a new life in Australia when Chinese police knocked on their door in April 2017, seized Taher's passport and threw him into detention.During the next four…
Climate change is the driving force of a developing food crisis in southern Madagascar, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.The African island has been plagued with back-to-back droughts -- its worst in four decades -- which have pushed…
The United States government has seized dozens of US website domains connected to Iran, linked to what it says are disinformation efforts, the Justice Department confirmed Tuesday evening."Pursuant to court orders, the United States seized 33 websites used by the…
A Canadian legislator is calling for an investigation and a community is asking for answers after video showed a Montreal police officer kneeing on the neck of a Black 14-year-old, according to CNN news partner CBC.Frantz Benjamin, a member of…
Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi on Monday ruled out a meeting with President Joe Biden and in response to CNN called on the United States to return to the nuclear deal, in his first international news conference since he won Iran's…
Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi on Monday ruled out a meeting with President Joe Biden and in response to CNN called on the United States to return to the nuclear deal, in his first international news conference since he won Iran's…
Ethiopians headed to the polls Monday for a controversial election being carried out amid an ongoing conflict and a raging humanitarian crisis in the country's northern Tigray region.Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is facing his first real test at the ballot…
A suspect has been arrested and charged with murder in Russia after the death of Catherine Serou, an American student who vanished last week in the country's Nizhny Novgorod region, a local court told CNN Sunday.The Gorodetsky City Court in…
A coach in Uganda's Olympic team tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Tokyo on Saturday night, according to Japanese officials.Uganda Olympic Committee President Donald Rukare said the coach, who has not been named, has no symptoms. It's not yet…
Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judiciary chief with a brutal human rights record, will be the next president of Iran following his win in an uncompetitive election that most of the country sat out.Raisi, who has long opposed engagement with the…
Several students and three teachers were abducted Thursday by armed men from a federal college in Nigeria's north-western Kebbi State, State Governor Abubakar Bagudu told CNN.According to Governor Bagudu, the gunmen — locally known as bandits — raided the co-educational…
A video showing wolves chasing actors across the stage during a live show in China has raised alarm about the safety of the performers and audience.The clip, filmed in a theater in the northwestern city of Xi'an, was posted on…
For three years, Eleanor Liao and her boyfriend Aaron Leung lived about 12 miles away from each other. But the onset of the coronavirus pandemic made them feel like they were in a long-distance relationship.Liao lived in Shenzhen, a metropolis…
The Israeli military struck targets in Gaza for the second time this week, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement, after a continued barrage of incendiary balloons sparked eight fires in southern Israel.Overnight Wednesday, the IDF struck what…
"The Truth is Out There" is the tagline for "The X-Files," the Fox Network television show that aired during the 1990s. It explored the paranormal and unexplained, but to a very large degree, it focused on the idea that not…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has admitted his country is facing food shortages that he blamed on last year's typhoon and floods, just months after he warned North Koreans about a looming potential crisis.Kim told the plenary meeting of…
China successfully launched three astronauts into space on Thursday, bringing the country one step closer to completing its new space station.The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft, or Divine Vessel, was launched on a Long March-2F carrier rocket Thursday morning, from the Jiuquan Satellite…
China successfully launched three astronauts into space on Thursday, bringing the country one step closer to completing its new space…
Even before US President Joe Biden met with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, expectations were low.Beyond some basic commitments on reinstating diplomats and agreeing to open "constructive" dialogue with the US on issues like cyber security and foreign policy, Putin gave…
