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The United Nations says it has not received Syrian government permission to deliver humanitarian aid to rebel-held Eastern Ghouta despite a UN ceasefire resolution and a partial humanitarian pause ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

One woman shares the pride she felt after her nomination led Sister Tesa Fitzgerald to be honored as a CNN Hero in 2012.

Read CNN's Nightclub Fires Fast Facts and learn about nightclub fires worldwide, including the 2003 fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island.

Turkey's military incursion against Kurdish groups in Afrin, Syria, has helped bring US-backed ground offensives targeting ISIS to a near halt, multiple US officials tell CNN, putting the military campaign against the terror group at risk, an effort seen as one of the Trump administration's principle successes.

Read CNN's Fast Facts about famine and learn more about a severe, prolonged hunger that results in malnutrition and death by starvation and disease.

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated each year on March 17. View St. Patrick's Day facts and learn about the history of the holiday.

An eighth suspect has been arrested and questioned in a growing corruption probe that has implicated some of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's closest confidants.

It is normally an iron law of politics that there is always a deal to be made.

For the first time, prosecutors directly linked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to what is known as Case 4000, alleging he gave regulatory benefits worth up to 1 billion shekels (approximately $280 million) to his friend in exchange for favorable media coverage.

View the Oil Spills Fast Facts on CNN and learn more information about oil spill disasters.

Read CNN's Fast Fasts about Rupert Murdoch and learn more about the media magnate.

The United States' efforts to broker an elusive peace to end the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict are now being led by a White House official who has been stripped of his access to top secret information.

North Korea has been sending supplies to Syria that could be used to produce chemical weapons, a United Nations Security Council diplomat has told CNN.

Russia is playing the role of "both arsonist and firefighter" in Syria, Gen. Joseph Votel, who oversees all US troops in the Middle East, said Tuesday.