Month: January 1970

Standing amid the rubble left behind by the now defeated ISIS terrorists in the Iraqi city of Mosul, Pope Francis on Saturday declared hope to be “more powerful than hatred … Read More

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian charity worker who has been jailed in Iran for almost five years, has had her ankle monitor removed, but now faces another trial on separate charges, … Read More

Pope Francis has held a historic meeting with revered Shia Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf, according to al-Iraqiya state TV, on the second … Read More

Rights groups are calling for the release of jailed Yemeni journalist Adel al-Hasani after news of his more than five-month detention broke earlier this month.

Read Fast Facts from CNN about the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal which took place during the Iraq war.

In the past, Benjamin Netanyahu has championed LGBTQ rights. His party’s Knesset members have also walked out of the chamber when racist politicians on the extreme right have taken the … Read More

Pope Francis has landed in Iraq for a historic tour of the war-ravaged nation, where he is expected to meet with members of the country’s dwindling Christian community and draw … Read More

Dubai’s royal family says Princess Latifa is “being cared for at home,” dismissing videos in which she accused them of holding her hostage since she attempted to flee abroad in … Read More

The Vatican bills the pope’s visit as ‘an act of love’ despite growing pandemic and security risks. It’s a message that resonates with what’s left of Iraq’s Christians.

Read CNN’s Fast Facts about Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is serving life in prison without parole for the murders of 16 Afghan civilians in 2012.