Passover Fast Facts | CNN
CNN — Here’s a look at the Jewish holiday of Passover. The holiday will be celebrated from sundown on April…
Arab League Fast Facts | CNN
CNN — Here’s a look at the Arab League, an organization of Middle Eastern and African countries and the Palestine…
Spain Train Bombings Fast Facts
CNN — Here’s a look at the March 2004 bombings of commuter trains in Spain, which killed 193 people and…
50 of the world’s best breads
CNN — What is bread? You likely don’t have to think for long, and whether you’re hungry for a slice…
1993 World Trade Center Bombing Fast Facts
CNN — Here’s some background information about the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing, which killed six people and injured more…
I used DNA analysis to find my birth family, and it sent me across 3 continents
CNN — When I sent DNA samples to genetic testing services searching for my birth family, I had no idea…
Omar al-Bashir Fast Facts | CNN
CNN — Here’s a look at the life of Sudan’s former leader, Omar al-Bashir. Birth date: January 1, 1944 Birth…
Detained Americans Fast Facts | CNN
CNN — Here’s a look at some recent cases of foreign governments detaining US citizens. For information about missing Americans,…
Pan Am Flight 103 Fast Facts
CNN — Here’s a look at the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. December 21, 1988 – Pan Am Flight…
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Fast Facts
CNN — Here is a look at the life of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Birth date: November 19, 1954…
What is Israel’s post-invasion plan for Gaza?
Israel’s border with Gaza CNN — Tal and Zak have no idea how long they’ll be deployed in what the…
Rafah crossing: What is it and how does it work?
CNN — Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have descended on the south of the Gaza Strip as a potential Israeli…
Hamas releases two hostages as questions swirl about delayed aid and looming incursion
Gaza and Rafah CNN — The first trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered Gaza on Saturday, two weeks after Israel launched…
American mother and daughter taken hostage by Hamas have been released
CNN — Hamas released two American hostages, Judith Tai Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter, Natalie Raanan, on Friday nearly two…
Protests across Mideast as US’ Arab allies warn against pushing Palestinians out
CNN — Protests erupted around the Arab world on Friday as the Gaza war raged and an Israeli ground operation…
President Joe Biden will visit Israel, US Secretary of State Blinken says
CNN — The White House is confronting a new war that has required an immediate reorienting of President Joe Biden’s…
Analysis: US is mounting a frantic effort to head off a wider Middle East war
CNN — US leaders are mounting an urgent effort to prevent Israel’s war against Hamas and a resulting civilian catastrophe…
Gaza conditions a ‘complete catastrophe,’ official warns as Israel prepares for imminent offensive
Gaza and Jerusalem CNN — Conditions in Gaza have deteriorated into a “complete catastrophe,” according to one official, with serious…
Gazans run out of time as Israel issues evacuation deadline
CNN — Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been fleeing south through the battered streets of Gaza after the Israeli…
Lloyd Austin and Anthony Blinken pledge fulsome support for Israel as concerns about expected Israeli ground offensive grow
CNN — The Biden administration underlined its public and fulsome show of support for Israel Friday as two of its…
The last remaining exit for Gazans is through Egypt. Here’s why Cairo is reluctant to open it
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside…
Gaza: International efforts to bring aid ramp up, as Israeli blockade crushes Palestinian health care system
CNN — Medical and relief workers are pleading for safe passage for the 2 million civilians in Gaza as Israel…
Controversial Egypt aid held by new Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman
CNN — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s new chairman will block a controversial tranche of military aid for Egypt, he…
The message behind Putin’s Wagner meeting
CNN — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “vertical of power” – the way in which the entire structure of Russian political…
Libya floods: Clinging to hope in Derna, as grief turns to anger
Derna CNN — In the days that followed the devastating floods in the Libyan city of Derna, reports emerged of…
Sudan: Ukraine’s special services ‘likely’ behind strikes on Wagner-backed forces, a Ukrainian military source says
Kyiv, Ukraine and N’Djamena, Chad CNN — Ukrainian special services were likely behind a series of drone strikes and a…
Derna: Deadly floods leave Libyan city looking like a war zone
Derna, Libya CNN — Driving into Derna in the early hours was like arriving in a ghost town. The city,…
US will redirect millions of funds for Egypt to Taiwan and Lebanon, allow Cairo access to millions more
CNN — The Biden administration has notified Congress that it will withhold $85 million in aid to Egypt that had…
In Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, survivors speak of anger, frustration, and heartbreak
Moulay Brahim, Morocco CNN — Moulay Brahim was once a happy place for Sami Sensis. The village is located high…
How to help victims of Morocco’s deadly earthquake
CNN — The deadliest earthquake to hit Morocco in decades has killed more than 2,000 people and left destruction in…
Morocco earthquake: What we know so far
CNN — More than 1000 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck the North African country of Morocco on…
Before hundreds of protesters were killed, Egypt debated less lethal options, report says
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside…
Nouhaila Benzina: Morocco secures first Women’s World Cup win as defender makes history
CNN — Morocco earned a surprise victory over South Korea on Sunday to secure the country’s first win at a…
BBC apologizes for reporter’s ‘inappropriate’ question to Morocco women’s team captain
Women’s World Cup 2023: Live scores, fixtures, results, tables and top scorers CNN — The BBC has apologized for an…