We wanted to fight but had no choice, soldier says
We wanted to fight but had no choice, soldier says |
- We wanted to fight but had no choice, soldier says
- Iraq launches counterattack against ISIS
- Texas 'hammered' by flooding
- Star student dies in flooding
- Baltimore nears homicide record
- F-15s escort flight to NYC
- Two of B.B. King's daughters allege he was poisoned
- Heat wave kills hundreds
- Senator, aide wed after scrutiny
- 'Free-range parents' cleared of neglect charges
- Sex trade goes underground in China's 'sin city'
- Abortion ad campaign shocks country
- Waterspout flings bounce house
- The invention that changed music forever
- Racist letter to family: 'You don't belong here!'
- Wolf Blitzer: The whole world was watching
- She was way more than Ben Stiller's mom
- Where are the black plus-size models?
- Cleveland cop acquittal a fair verdict?
- Vanishing stories, vanishing country
- What a shot! 40 amazing sports photos
- Artist creates street scenes on coffee cups
- U.S. Navy watches Chinese military buildup
- China: U.S. has ulterior motives
- Air Force confirms electromagnetic pulse weapon
- 12,000 Russian troops, 250 planes in war games
- Pataki 2016 announcement Thursday
- McCain gets Dem challenger
- Senator marries longtime aide
- Biden praises Iraqi military
- Viral football star joins 1st tackle league for girls
- Giant, buff kangaroo stalks Australian suburb
- Beachgoers soak in 'radioactive life'
- Rabbit killed on live radio? Why?
- Were Egypt's empty animal mummies part of an ancient scam?
- Volcano threatens species
- Is it ever OK to snoop on your partner?
- Hula-hoop diplomacy in North Korea
| We wanted to fight but had no choice, soldier says Posted: 26 May 2015 10:31 AM PDT Asa'ad al-Yassiri's unit was among the last to quit Ramadi, the fighting caught on video. FULL STORY       |
| Iraq launches counterattack against ISIS Posted: 26 May 2015 11:23 AM PDT A major military operation to liberate Iraq's Anbar and Salaheddin provinces from ISIS forces has begun, Iraqi state media and a key Shia militia group said Tuesday.    |
| Posted: 26 May 2015 10:24 AM PDT As Houston reels, rescuers hunt a mom and two kids whose cabin washed away. FULL STORY | UPDATES    |
| Posted: 26 May 2015 10:29 AM PDT Alyssa Renee Ramirez, 18, died in flooding while coming home from her senior prom at Devine High School in Texas.    |
| Baltimore nears homicide record Posted: 26 May 2015 12:39 PM PDT Baltimore is seeing its deadliest month in 15 years after an outbreak of Memorial Day weekend violence left nine people dead in 29 shootings, according to police and CNN affiliates.    |
| Posted: 26 May 2015 07:15 AM PDT Law enforcement scrambled on a busy long weekend travel day to ensure airplanes were secure after at least 10 threats were phoned in threatening flights.    |
| Two of B.B. King's daughters allege he was poisoned Posted: 26 May 2015 12:17 PM PDT Family members allege foul play in blues legend's death, but initial autopsy report doesn't back the claims.    |
| Posted: 26 May 2015 08:00 AM PDT More than 700 people have lost their lives in the past week in a sustained and severe heatwave in India.    |
| Senator, aide wed after scrutiny Posted: 26 May 2015 05:13 AM PDT Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran married his long-time aide, Kay Webber, over the weekend in a private ceremony in Gulfport.    |
| 'Free-range parents' cleared of neglect charges Posted: 26 May 2015 12:33 PM PDT The parents at the center of a national debate over 'free-range' parenting have been cleared of child neglect in one incident.    |
| Sex trade goes underground in China's 'sin city' Posted: 26 May 2015 05:19 AM PDT When Han Yulai, a businessman in Dongguan, a town in southern China's manufacturing heartland, had clients in town for a factory visit or trade fairs, he would always offer them what he calls the "Dongguan standard."    |
| Abortion ad campaign shocks country Posted: 26 May 2015 11:18 AM PDT A shocking campaign seeks to decriminalize abortion in Chile. CNN's Rafael Romo reports.    |
| Waterspout flings bounce house Posted: 26 May 2015 12:13 PM PDT Three children were injured on Monday when a waterspout came onshore and lifted the inflatable bounce house they were in, authorities said.    |
| The invention that changed music forever Posted: 26 May 2015 08:21 AM PDT Cher's 1998 hit 'Believe' debuted the use of a technology called "Auto-Tune", a pitch correcting software that has since changed the music industry.    |
| Racist letter to family: 'You don't belong here!' Posted: 25 May 2015 01:56 PM PDT A Long Island family found a note in their mailbox telling them they are not welcome in the community due to their race. WABC's A.J. Ross reports.    |
| Wolf Blitzer: The whole world was watching Posted: 26 May 2015 03:55 AM PDT It didn't take long for me to appreciate CNN's worldwide reach and impact.    |
| She was way more than Ben Stiller's mom Posted: 26 May 2015 10:30 AM PDT I wondered if Anne Meara joked about this with her son after he had his first big break: "Over 60 years in show business, and I can just see my obituary, 'Mother of Ben Stiller dies!' "    |
| Where are the black plus-size models? Posted: 26 May 2015 10:30 AM PDT From the beginning I have been a fan of model Tess Holliday.    |
| Cleveland cop acquittal a fair verdict? Posted: 26 May 2015 10:30 AM PDT Protests broke out in Cleveland after the acquittal of Michael Brelo, a police officer who had been charged with voluntary manslaughter and felonious assault in the 2012 shooting deaths of two unarmed people.    |
| Vanishing stories, vanishing country Posted: 26 May 2015 10:30 AM PDT You're probably heard climate change will cause stronger storms, drier droughts and possibly mass extinctions. But one of the clearest -- and far-less-talked-about -- injustices of climate change is that it threatens to disappear entire countries.    |
| What a shot! 40 amazing sports photos Posted: 26 May 2015 08:00 AM PDT    |
| Artist creates street scenes on coffee cups Posted: 26 May 2015 03:17 AM PDT Australian illustrator's panoramic renditions of everyday life become an internet hit    |
| U.S. Navy watches Chinese military buildup Posted: 26 May 2015 08:55 AM PDT    |
| China: U.S. has ulterior motives Posted: 26 May 2015 06:22 AM PDT A week after a CNN team aboard a U.S. Navy P8-A Poseidon heard the Chinese military issue warnings eight times to a U.S. surveillance plane flying over disputed waters in the South China Sea, a senior official with the People's Liberation Army has called Chinese response "professional" and suggested Washington is playing up the issue with ulterior motives.    |
| Air Force confirms electromagnetic pulse weapon Posted: 26 May 2015 03:45 AM PDT Boeing has developed a weapon that can target and destroy electronic systems in a specific building.    |
| 12,000 Russian troops, 250 planes in war games Posted: 26 May 2015 07:33 AM PDT You flex your muscles and I'll flex mine. Or so it seems to go in international relations these days.    |
| Pataki 2016 announcement Thursday Posted: 26 May 2015 10:45 AM PDT Former New York Gov. George Pataki will officially launch his bid for president on Thursday, he told the New York Post this week.    |
| Posted: 26 May 2015 10:44 AM PDT Arizona Sen. John McCain will get a top-tier challenger in his bid for re-election later this year now that Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick has decided to run for the Senate.    |
| Posted: 26 May 2015 05:13 AM PDT Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran married his long-time aide, Kay Webber, over the weekend in a private ceremony in Gulfport.   |
| Posted: 26 May 2015 10:45 AM PDT American officials attempted to explain on Monday the claim made over the weekend by Defense Secretary Ash Carter that Iraqi defense forces "showed no will to fight" prior to the ISIS siege of Ramadi.    |
| Viral football star joins 1st tackle league for girls Posted: 26 May 2015 12:12 PM PDT The Utah Girls Tackle Football League, the nation's first, debuts. The league has 50 players and four teams. CNN affiliate KUTV reports.    |
| Giant, buff kangaroo stalks Australian suburb Posted: 26 May 2015 03:03 AM PDT A massive kangaroo has been spotted in an Australian community measuring over 6 feet 6 inches. Nicky Haydon from affiliate Seven News has more.    |
| Beachgoers soak in 'radioactive life' Posted: 26 May 2015 12:22 PM PDT Bikini-clad women donning bleached bouffants sizzle under the merciless Spanish sun.    |
| Rabbit killed on live radio? Why? Posted: 26 May 2015 12:07 PM PDT A 9-week-old rabbit was killed during a live radio show in Denmark to highlight the "vast hypocrisy" of people when it comes to animal welfare, Radio24syv said in a statement on their website.    |
| Were Egypt's empty animal mummies part of an ancient scam? Posted: 26 May 2015 12:07 PM PDT Tens of centuries ago, animals were increasingly seen as sacred representation of gods in ancient Egypt. Pilgrims would often pay for the mummification of an animal, in return for divine favor or revelation. And so a lucrative industry began (made up of animal keepers, embalmers, priests, and laborers building the cemeteries and catacombs) and, over time, up to 70 million animals were carefully preserved -- or so Ancient Egyptians thought.    |
| Posted: 26 May 2015 12:18 PM PDT Nature erupted in all its glory this week, spitting fire, spewing smoke 6 miles into the air and threatening a species on the islands where Charles Darwin first began to develop the theory of evolution.    |
| Is it ever OK to snoop on your partner? Posted: 26 May 2015 10:47 AM PDT Here's a scenario to consider: Your partner leaves his cell phone on the dining room table. His texts and emails can be easily accessed with just the touch of a fingertip. Would you look? Have you ever looked?    |
| Hula-hoop diplomacy in North Korea Posted: 26 May 2015 10:47 AM PDT So there I was, on stage, swinging three hula-hoops in front of a big crowd of wildly cheering North Koreans. It's not what I went there to do and I had not anticipated that this sort of thing might happen.    |
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