At least half a million people caught in the crossfire inside the Iraqi city of Mosul now have no access to running water, the United Nations told CNN on Wednesday.

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CNN's Phil Black goes inside a recently liberated Mosul neighborhood where people are sharing their stories of survival under ISIS.

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An Iraqi-led offensive is underway to reclaim the largest region of Iraq under ISIS control.

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Newly-released satellite images show that North Korea's prison camp system, where detainees are subjected to forced labor, torture, starvation, rape and death, may be expanding.

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The ashes of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro were carried Wednesday from the capital, Havana, at the start of a journey that reverses the route Castro took across the island after seizing power in 1959.

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The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Wednesday on the dire humanitarian situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, which a UN official described as a "descent into hell."

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An American tank full of US Marines crashes through the silence of the sub-zero pine forest, far above the Arctic Circle, as unidentified drones hover overhead and yellow and green smoke fills the freezing air.

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The UN Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to tighten sanctions against North Korea nearly three months after the secretive nation carried out its fifth nuclear test.

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An 89-year-old woman who was the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust sent a heartfelt plea to young people not to let the far-right candidate win Austria's presidential election.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he had recently spoken to President-elect Donald Trump and that their "opinions coincided" that the relationship between the two nations had to be "straightened out."

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Talk about cruel and unusual punishment!

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Movie theaters across India must play the national anthem before every film, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

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It can withstand a tornado and is so massive it could house Paris' famed Notre-Dame Cathedral.

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Movie legend has it that when Robert De Niro needed to gain about 60 pounds to play an aging Jake LaMotta in "Raging Bull," he called on a country he knew could help.

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The Coupe-Decale movement brought Ivory Coast together at a critical time during the civil wars of the early 2000s. But how is it faring today?

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As Donald Trump prepares to move into the White House and Theresa May braces the UK for a hard Brexit, the EU is next in line to reap 2016's bumper crop of political upset.

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When Xiao Niao was in high school, her teacher gathered all the girls in her class and told them if they were raped they should take the morning after pill.

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Writing in the New York Times, former President Jimmy Carter this week called on President Barack Obama to join with 137 countries and recognize the State of Palestine. Arguing that the two-state solution is dying and that something must be done to keep hope alive, Carter wrote: "I fear for the spirit of Camp David. We must not squander this chance."

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Is OPEC finally about to reach a deal?

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Donald Trump promised Wednesday to 'remove' himself from his businesses and said he will announce details in two weeks about how he'll avoid conflicts of interest when he is president.

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Mere hours after Trump, Vice President-elect Mike Pence and Carrier announced a deal to keep nearly 1,000 factory jobs in the U.S., a top Chinese newspaper published an analysis piece with the headline: "China would benefit from Trump's effort to bring manufacturing jobs back to U.S."

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Colombian soccer team Atlético Nacional is urging South America's football governing body to award the Copa Sudamericana title to the Brazilian team which lost many of its players Monday night in a deadly plane crash.

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The fairy-tale rise of Brazil's Chapecoense -- from small football club to national heroes -- has been cut tragically short, leaving the country mourning the loss of one of its most endearing sports teams.

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Talk about cruel and unusual punishment!

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A charter plane carrying members of a Brazil soccer team crashed near Medellin, Colombia, leaving 71 confirmed dead.

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The oldest person in the world, Emma Morano of Italy, credits her longevity to a diet of raw eggs and ending her abusive marriage long before divorce was even legal.

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In the heart of Athens, sidewalks teem with passersby, restaurants are packed with people and crowds flow from the metro.

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I never expected to end up living in Lisbon, on a lovely, sloping block with one of the city's most iconic names: Rua das Janelas Verdes.

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Winning the presidency didn't change Donald Trump -- and it's increasingly clear that actually being president won't change him either.

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"Yes, we can" has become "No, we can't." Disappointing many immigrant advocates, the White House has signaled that it will not be taking action to protect DREAMers.

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Retired Gen. Wesley Clark said Tuesday retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn will have to "reconcile the things he's said" about Muslims when he becomes national security adviser to President-elect Donald Trump.

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America's economy is picking up more momentum than previously thought.

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Fuel starvation is being investigated as a possible contributor to the plane crash that killed members of Brazil's Chapecoense soccer club.

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Fidel Castro's funeral will bring together an unlikely mix of world leaders, royalty, Marxist guerillas and Hollywood actors. The no-shows speak volumes, too.

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A video has surfaced showing the moment Brazilian soccer player Tiago da Rocha Vieira Alves found out he was going to be a father.

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A charter airplane with more than 80 people on board, including players from the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense, crashed near Rionegro, Colombia, on Monday, November 28. At least 75 people were killed.

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The world of sport has joined together in mourning after news of the tragic plane crash involving players from Brazilian club Chapecoense. Seventy-five people have been confirmed dead.

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The fairytale rise of Brazil's Chapecoense -- from small football club to national heroes -- has been cut tragically short, leaving the country mourning the loss of one its most endearing sports teams.

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Seventy-five people are confirmed dead after a plane crash outside Medellin, Colombia.

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Up to 16,000 people have fled violence in Syria's war-ravaged eastern Aleppo, with food stocks "practically finished" and every hospital bombed beyond use, the UN's humanitarian chief said Tuesday.

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The Iranian-backed Houthi movement has formed a new government in the capital of Yemen, in a surprise move that is expected to hinder efforts to end a 20-month-old civil war in the impoverished country.

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Nine members of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's security team have been injured after their convoy was hit by an explosive device.

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South Korea's embattled President has put her fate in the hands of the country's parliament.

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It was May 2014 when a small team of American airmen monitoring a Russian satellite launch saw something they had never seen before. An object the team thought was a piece of debris from the launch suddenly came to life.  

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Singapore is scrambling to recover nine armored troop carriers that have been impounded in Hong Kong for almost a week after they were used in a military training exercise in Taiwan.

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Russia has always had a great tradition of making tasty meals from very little.

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