Saudi prosecutor seeks death penalty for Khashoggi murder, says journalist was killed by sedative overdose

(CNN)Saudi prosecutors said Thursday they would seek the death penalty for five people allegedly involved in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.A total of 11 people were charged, the Saudi Public Prosecutor's office said, adding that the five people facing capital punishment were directly involved in "ordering and executing the crime."The prosecution also shared details...

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Saudi crown prince's 'fit' delays UN resolution on war in Yemen

Washington (CNN) Multiple sources tell CNN that a much-anticipated United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities in Yemen and for Saudi Arabia to allow humanitarian aid to reach millions of starving people was "stalled" this week after the resolution's sponsor, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, met face-to-face with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed...

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Asia Bibi's lawyer flees Pakistan in fear for his life, associate says

Karachi, Pakistan (CNN)The lawyer representing a Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after almost eight years on death row, has fled the country in fear for his life, an associate told CNN on Sunday. Asia Bibi's acquittal last week prompted violent protests by the Islamist movement Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP), and on Friday her lawyer Saiful Malook told CNN he was...

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Death toll rises to 29 in Italy's historic storms, flooding

A flooded house where nine people in the same family died after a small river burst its banks in Casteldaccia near Palermo on the southern Italian island of Sicily. (CNN)With the deaths of 12 people in Sicily, the death toll in Italy's historic flooding has grown to 29, the country's interior minister said. "Twelve dead in Sicily, people that were having dinner and were...

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Lion Air crash: Signal from black box lost, searchers say

Jakarta (CNN)Divers searching for the wreckage of Indonesian Lion Air Flight 610 can no longer hear a signal from the aircraft's missing cockpit voice recorder, the head of Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency said Sunday. Diving teams have been working to locate the device, commonly known as a black box, which could help investigators piece together the final moments...

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US Navy has had 18 unsafe or unprofessional encounters with China since 2016

(CNN)The US Navy has had 18 unsafe or unprofessional encounters with Chinese military forces in the Pacific since 2016, according to US military statistics obtained by CNN. "We have found records of 19 unsafe and/or unprofessional interactions with China and Russia since 2016 (18 with China and one with Russia)," Cmdr. Nate Christensen, a spokesman for the US Pacific Fleet,...

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