Iran pardons or commutes sentence of ‘large’ number of prisoners, state media reports | CNN
CNN — Iran will pardon or commute the sentences of a large number of prisoners as part of an annual...
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Man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Queen Elizabeth II in 2021 | CNN
London CNN — A British man has pleaded guilty to threatening to assassinate the late Queen Elizabeth II on Christmas...
Crown Prosecution Service drops attempted rape charges against Manchester United’s Mason Greenwood | CNN
CNN — Charges of attempted rape and assault against Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood were dropped on Thursday due to...
US citizen charged over alleged killing of DJ in Colombia | CNN
CNN — Colombian authorities have charged an American citizen over the alleged murder of a female DJ in Colombia whose...
Chinese engineer sentenced to 8 years in US prison for spying | CNN Politics
CNN — A former graduate student in Chicago was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday for spying for the...
A group of friends attended a vigil in Beijing. Then one by one, they disappeared | CNN
CNN — When one by one, the friends of a young woman living in Beijing began disappearing — detained by...
Israel’s democracy on the brink amid supreme court showdown with Netanyahu | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside...
The death of an American attorney at a Mexico hotel did not show signs of violence, official says | CNN
CNN — Mexican authorities investigating the case of an American attorney who was found dead at a resort hotel earlier...
Capture of Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro raises questions over how he stayed free for so long | CNN
Rome CNN — The arrest of Cosa Nostra mob boss Matteo Messina Denaro at a private health clinic in Palermo...
Key Netanyahu ally cannot serve as cabinet minister, Israel’s top court rules, sparking potential political crisis | CNN
Jerusalem CNN — Israel’s top court ruled 10-1 on Wednesday that Aryeh Deri, leader of the Shas party and a...
An American attorney found dead in Mexico was ‘the victim of a brutal crime,’ his family claims | CNN
CNN — An American public defender who died this month while celebrating his first wedding anniversary in Mexico “was the...
UK officer who admitted to 49 sex offenses sacked, as questions mount over trust in the police | CNN
CNN — London’s Metropolitan Police force has dismissed officer David Carrick after he admitted to a litany of sexual attacks...
Greece drops some espionage charges against aid workers who rescued migrants from the sea | CNN
CNN — A Greek court dropped espionage charges against a group of aid workers who rescued migrants from the sea,...
Brazil police find draft decree intended to overturn election result in former Bolsonaro minister’s home | CNN
CNN — Brazilian police searching the house of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s justice minister found a draft decree proposing the...
Dual British-Iranian citizen sentenced to death for spying for UK | CNN
CNN — Alireza Akbari, a dual British-Iranian citizen and former Iranian official, has been sentenced to death in Iran for...
Executions aren’t new in Iran, but this time they’re different | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside...
They saved refugees stranded at sea. Now they’re on trial | CNN
CNN — A trial of 24 rescue workers has begun in Greece, prompting criticism from human rights groups and the...
Morad Tahbaz’s daughter calls on US, UK to do everything they can to free her father from Iran | CNN Politics
CNN — On the fifth anniversary of her father’s arrest, the daughter of a man wrongfully detained in Iran is...
Former US fighter pilot arrested in Australia over China training allegations ‘singled out,’ lawyer says | CNN
The lawyer for former US Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan said he was “singled out” for extradition to the United...
Mexican authorities arrest son of notorious drug lord ‘El Chapo’ | CNN
CNN — Mexican authorities have arrested Ovidio Guzmán, son of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, a source from...
