Our latest story on the forced exodus of thousands from Gaza city and the harrowing journey these families take only to reach a place of no safety.

Gaza’s chessboard of suffering: tens of thousands on the move again as IDF issues new evacuation orders cnn.com/2024/07/09/mid…

At least 90 Palestinians killed in Israeli school strike, Gaza officials say. apple.news/ABJvw5ii-RJ2ND…

I was humbled to be speaking at the round table discussion “Foreign Policy of Uzbekistan: Openness and Prosperity for Peace” along with Sodyq Safoyev, First Deputy Chairman at the Senate (Senate of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekista), Ismatulla Irgashev, Special Representative of the President (Shavkat Mirziyoyev's Press-service) for

In nearly twenty years as a journalist, this was one of the most extraordinary moments I have witnessed. cnn.com/2024/12/11/wor…

The dead, the missing and the reunited: Three tales of Syria’s tortured prisoners. Our story today: cnn.com/2024/12/13/mid…

Will Syrians now return home? A tale of two refugees: one finally back, another too fearful to return cnn.com/2024/12/20/mid…

Israel will not fully withdraw from Lebanon by the 60-day deadline, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said Friday, a move that could violate the terms of its ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah.

The US has begun deporting migrants using military aircraft, according to a DHS official. Approximately 75-80 Guatemalans were repatriated, the source said. The migrants had recently crossed the border and were in Border Patrol custody.

Shouldering baggage and children, families moved, on foot, toward northern Gaza on Monday. For days, they had sat out in the streets with their belongings, waiting for the checkpoint to open under the terms of the ceasefire agreement. Video obtained by Reuters.

The White House budget office has ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans, according to an internal memorandum sent Monday. The freeze is slated to take effect at 5 p.m. Tuesday and could impact trillions of dollars worth of assistance.

A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region this week, pushing back against resistance from government troops backed by regional and UN intervention forces. cnn.it/4gnrcCR

The latest from the Democratic Republic of Congo: while government forces and M23 rebels clash over control of Goma, angry protesters set fires around Western embassies in Kinshasa.

A massive search operation is underway after a passenger aircraft carrying 64 people collided midair with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter with three soldiers on board near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC.

Israel is considering cutting the supply of water and electricity to Gaza as ceasefire negotiations falter, a spokesperson for Israel’s prime minister said Tuesday. “Let’s say we’re not ruling out this option,” Omer Dostri said.

Accounts of child survivors shed light on surge of rape and sexual violence in conflict-torn DRC. Our story is out now: cnn.com/2025/03/14/afr…

The scale of sexual violence against children in eastern DR Congo is beyond a crisis – it is a tragedy. In a recent article, CNN shares the accounts of child survivors of rape who sought treatment at clinics supported by UNICEF en RDC and Save the Children International. edition.cnn.com/2025/03/14/afr…

Please read & watch this important story. We worked with the team UNICEF en RDC and Save the Children International to gather accounts of child survivors of sexual violence in the DRC. As fighting escalates, these accounts shed light on a horrifying surge of rape against the country's youngest.

Today, Salma Abdelaziz moderated a panel at #AWEurope25 in London about the importance of diversity in the media, using Iran’s protest movement as a case study to illustrate why it is so crucial.

What an interesting morning!