Why didn’t Israel’s sophisticated border security stop Saturday’s attack? `
CNN — The gunmen came from air, sea and land. They shot at civilians, took hostages and forced families to barricade themselves indoors, fearing for their lives. A day that…
India’s Modi and Chinese leader Xi agree to ‘intensity efforts’ to deescalate border issue
CNN — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to “intensity efforts” to deescalate tensions at their contested border, in a rare face-to-face meeting since a…
Saudi guards killed hundreds of migrants crossing border from Yemen, HRW says
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. CNN — Saudi…
Berlin Wall Fast Facts | CNN
CNN — Here’s some background information about the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, in an attempt to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West.…
Three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian policeman killed in rare border crossing incident
Jerusalem/London CNN — Three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian policeman have been killed in a rare border crossing incident. Details of the incident – the first of its kind in…
North Korea’s food shortage is about to take a deadly turn for the worse, experts say
Seoul, South Korea CNN — Concerns about North Korea’s chronic food shortages are growing, with multiple sources suggesting this week that deaths due to starvation are likely. Some experts say…
Belarus claims it won’t send troops to Ukraine unless it is attacked, as tensions escalate at border
Minsk, Belarus CNN — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed there is “no way” his country would send troops into Ukraine unless it is attacked, amid fears Russia’s close ally…
Belarus-Ukraine border: Tensions mount amid concerns of a Russian spring offensive
Belarus-Ukraine border CNN — Tensions are mounting at the border between Ukraine and Moscow-allied Belarus, as officials in Kyiv warn of a Russian spring offensive amid ramped-up military attacks from…
Earthquake in Syria: Hundreds of bodies delivered across Turkey-Syrian border, but still no aid
CNN — For three days since Monday’s quake, no aid has arrived at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing from Turkey to rebel-held areas of northern Syria – just 300 bodies,…
China to open border with Hong Kong after three years of tight control
Hong Kong CNN — The Chinese government announced on Thursday that it will reopen its border with Hong Kong on January 8, nearly three years after it was largely shut…