Civilian hostages in Hamas custody killed in Be'eri near Gaza border, CNN verified videos show
At least four civilians were killed while in the custody of Hamas, just feet from where armed militants had been escorting them near the Gaza border, videos obtained and geolocated by CNN show.
2023-10-17 22:47
Desperately needed aid piles up outside Gaza as WHO warns water is running out
Vital humanitarian aid is piling up at the shuttered Gaza border, despite diplomatic efforts to open a corridor with Egypt, as the World Health Organization warned that water is running out for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the bombarded territory.
2023-10-17 14:45
China is celebrating a decade of the Belt and Road Initiative. What is it about?
China on Tuesday kicked off a summit marking the 10th anniversary of its Belt and Road Initiative -- an ambitious yet controversial undertaking to boost connectivity and trade across the world with Chinese money and know-how in infrastructure development.
2023-10-17 11:15
Xi and Putin to reunite in Beijing in show of solidarity as divisions with the West sharpen
When Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in Beijing for the opening of the 2022 Winter Olympics, they confidently outlined their vision for a new international order no longer dominated by the United States and its democratic allies.
2023-10-16 19:53
Diplomatic aid efforts ramp up for 'strangled' Gaza as regional conflict fears grow
Gaza is being "strangled" by Israel's week-long siege and aerial bombardment, UN experts have warned, as concerns grow that further escalation and a lack of safety for fleeing civilians risks drawing regional foes into the long-running conflict.
2023-10-16 15:52
Palestinian men stranded outside Gaza look on as their families endure horrors at home
The men in the wedding hall at the Dheisheh refugee camp in the West Bank spend most of their days and nights glued to their phones, smoking, constantly refreshing their news feeds. They look exhausted, the horrors of the last few days clearly visible on their faces.
2023-10-16 13:55
Beijing to host global gathering as Xi Jinping lays out China's vision
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is gathering world leaders in Beijing this week for a high profile forum with a clear set of goals: laud China's role backing economic development over the past decade and project its expanding ambitions as an alternative global leader to the United States.
2023-10-16 07:52
'It's so lonely': Desperate families of Israeli hostages are still in the dark a week on from Hamas rampage
The last glimpse Adina Moshe's family saw of her shows the 72-year-old woman on a motorbike, wedged between two Hamas fighters who are kidnapping her from the Nir Oz kibbutz near Gaza.
2023-10-15 16:55
Gaza conditions a 'complete catastrophe,' official warns as Israel prepares for imminent offensive
Conditions in Gaza have deteriorated into a "complete catastrophe," according to one official, with serious shortages of clean water and food as tens of thousands of Palestinians attempt to flee crippling airstrikes and an imminent Israeli ground offensive.
2023-10-15 14:49
US sending second carrier strike group, fighter jets to region as Israel prepares to expand Gaza operations
The Pentagon has ordered a second carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, according to two US officials, and is sending Air Force fighter jets to the region as Israel prepares to expand its Gaza operations.
2023-10-15 11:20
Why is Japan seeking the dissolution of the controversial Unification Church?
Japan's government on Friday asked a court to order the dissolution of the Unification Church branch in Japan following the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022.
2023-10-15 08:56
Who is El Deif, alleged mastermind of the Hamas attack?
It is with a weird retrospective guilt that I have to admit: Hamas once saved me from a kidnapping in Gaza.
2023-10-14 19:53