Karen Smith - Senior News Editor
Karen Smith
Senior News Editor
Karen Smith is a Senior News Editor on CNN's International Desk based in Atlanta.
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‘I couldn’t save my daughter’: Behind the defining image of the Turkey earthquake
Feb 13, 2023
It’s been a week since a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria, claiming the lives of more than 36,000 people. Many tens of thousands more have been injured. Millions may be left homeless.
Brazil police find draft decree intended to overturn election result in former Bolsonaro minister’s home
Jan 13, 2023
Brazilian police searching the house of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s justice minister found a draft decree proposing the introduction of a state of defense to overturn the result of the country’s presidential election, the ministry’s spokeswoman told CNN.
Explosion kills at least 5 people near Afghan Foreign Ministry, Kabul police say
Jan 12, 2023
At least five people were killed in an explosion near the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, according to police in Kabul, in the latest sign of a deteriorating security situation in the country’s capital.
Activist jailed in Egypt to end hunger strike after more than 200 days, letter to sister says
Nov 15, 2022
The sister of Alaa Abd El-Fattah said Tuesday that she had received a letter saying the imprisoned British-Egyptian activist had ended his hunger strike after more than 200 days.
Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan says three bullets were taken from his right leg
Nov 8, 2022
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan says three bullets were taken from his right leg from the shooting which injured him last week.
More than 600 killed in Nigeria’s worst flooding in a decade
Oct 18, 2022
The death toll from the worst flooding Nigeria has seen in a decade has passed 600 people, the country’s humanitarian affairs ministry tweeted on Sunday.
Burkina Faso military officials announce dissolution of government and leader’s removal
Sep 30, 2022
A new military takeover has been declared in Burkina Faso, after a day marked by gunfire and confusion in the capital city of Ouagadougou. The country’s land and aerial borders have been closed, and its constitution suspended.
Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia extended through at least July 2, Russian state news reports
Jun 15, 2022
US basketball star Brittney Griner – who has been held in Russia since February on accusations of drug smuggling – will remain in Russian custody through at least July 2, after a Russian court extended her detention, Russian state news agency TASS reported Tuesday.
Hong Kong’s famous Tiananmen Square ‘Pillar of Shame’ statue removed from university
Dec 24, 2021
For more than 20 years the “Pillar of Shame” sculpture stood as a memorial to the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, in which the Chinese military crushed protests led by college students in Beijing with deadly force.
