Fighting grips Sudanese capital for third day as death toll nears 100 | CNN
CNN — Intense and bloody fighting has gripped Sudan for a third day, as a violent tussle for power left...
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Europe’s migration policies in chaos as arrivals surge | CNN
CNN — As a boat carrying 400 migrants drifted, out of fuel, along a perilous migration route in the central...
At least 25 killed, 183 injured in clashes across Sudan as paramilitary group claims control of presidential palace | CNN
CNN — At least 25 people were killed and 183 others injured in clashes across Sudan, the Sudanese Central Medical...
Iran executions up 75% as Tehran seeks to ‘instill fear’ in protesters, rights groups say | CNN
CNN — Iran executed at least 582 people last year, a 75% increase on the previous year, according to human...
Saudi Arabia and Iran agree to reopen embassies during Beijing talks on resumption of diplomatic ties | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — Saudi Arabia’s and Iran’s Foreign Ministers met in Beijing on Thursday to discuss key details in...
Tunisian president’s mystery ‘disappearance’ raises questions about his health | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look...
Syrian refugee elected mayor of German town, years after fleeing war | CNN
CNN — A Syrian who arrived in Germany as a refugee in 2015 has won a mayoral election in the...
US bolsters forces in Middle East following series of attacks on US troops in Syria | CNN Politics
CNN — The US has bolstered its military forces in the Middle East following a series of attacks on US...
Syrian children traumatized by war are listening to a special lullaby to fall asleep | 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...
Netanyahu is backed into a corner. Here’s what he may do next | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look...
Why Israel’s instability matters to the US | CNN Politics
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At least 19 migrants die as boat sinks off Tunisia | CNN
At least 19 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried...
Saudi Arabia releases dual US-Saudi citizen from prison after he posted critical tweets about the kingdom | CNN Politics
CNN — Saudi Arabia released US-Saudi dual national Saad Ibrahim Almadi from prison, more than a year after he was...
Netanyahu government makes first climbdown on plan to weaken Israel’s judiciary | CNN
Jerusalem CNN — The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a change Monday to a key part of...
Opinion: Was toppling Saddam Hussein worth it? The answer isn’t straightforward | CNN
Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice...
Libyan armed group says barrels of missing natural uranium recovered | CNN
CNN — A Libyan armed group claims to have found the barrels of natural uranium that went missing in southern...
A quake of unthinkable proportions is due in Istanbul. Residents ask if the city is prepared | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look...
At least 4 Palestinians killed in IDF operation in Jenin | CNN
CNN — At least four Palestinians were killed on Thursday and 23 others injured after an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)...
More than two tons of natural uranium missing in Libya, nuclear watchdog says | CNN
CNN — Efforts are underway to find more than two tons of natural uranium reported missing from supplies held in...
China has shattered the assumption of US dominance in the Middle East | CNN
CNN — With a grandiose diplomatic flourish China brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, in the process upending...
