The Afghan women’s soccer team hasn’t been able to play since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. Now, FIFA has announced the Afghan women’s refugee squad in an unprecedented step. CNN’s Amanda Davies met with several of the exiled players in the UK and learned about their yearslong fight for recognition, and why football remains such a lifeline for them.
The Afghan women’s soccer team hasn’t been able to play since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. Now, FIFA has announced the Afghan women’s refugee squad in an unprecedented step. CNN’s Amanda Davies met with several of the exiled players in the UK and learned about their yearslong fight for recognition, and why football remains such a lifeline for them.
The federal government remains shut down after a deadlocked Congress failed to reach a funding deal. Although layoffs have not been part of shutdowns in past administrations, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said federal worker layoffs are "likely going to be in the thousands" if the government remains shut down. CNN's senior reporter Kevin Liptak reports.
An ongoing eruption at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano unleashed spectacular lava fountains that towered an astonishing 1,300 feet into the air -- as high as New York's Empire State Building.
After a string of alleged incursions by Russian drones and jets into NATO member states' territory, the alliance is sending more surveillance planes to track the Russians. CNN's Fred Pleitgen flew in a NATO early warning plane at NATO's Eastern flank looking for possible Russian jets approaching.
After matcha started trending on social media for being linked to iron deficiency, CNN’s Antoinette Radford decided to look into it. Here’s what to know.
Newly released 911 calls reveal the shock of train passengers after Iryna Zarutska was fatally stabbed in August in Charlotte, an incident that sparked a national debate around crime policies in cities.
CNN’s Nic Robertson reports from Manchester, UK, where at least two people were killed and several others injured in a car ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue.
Pope Leo XIV waded into the US political fray by saying that opposing the right to abortion while supporting the death penalty or current US immigration policy is “not really pro-life.”
CNN’s Kaitlin Collins spoke to Portland Police Chief Bob Day about the Trump administration’s effort to deploy federal law enforcement officers in Portland, Oregon, as part of what it calls a crackdown to address crime and restore order.
WH budget chief warns of mass layoffs amid shutdown, Part of Bronx high-rise collapses after explosion, Climber traverses around a plane in mid-air.
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has released a pre-recorded video calling for the release of her and the others who were captured. Israeli forces have intercepted boats in the Global Sumud Flotilla which aimed to deliver aid to Gaza. Flotilla organizers labeled Israel’s interception of the ships “an illegal attack” on humanitarians, while Israel said the activists were “not interested in aid, but in provocation.”
