NATO allies put forces on standby as tensions rise over Ukraine crisis
By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN NATO announced on Monday that some member countries are putting forces on standby and sending additional ships and fighter…
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange allowed to seek appeal against extradition to the US
By Rob Iddiols, Claudia Rebaza and Tara John, CNN Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has won permission to try and appeal against a decision to allow…
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By Hada Messia and Stephanie Halasz, CNN Pope Benedict XVI admitted Monday that he was at a meeting in 1980 at which an abusive priest was discussed,…
Continue ReadingUS, UAE intercept Houthi ballistic missiles over Abu Dhabi
By Becky Anderson, Sarah El Sirgany, Helen Regan, Mostafa Salem and Barbara Starr, CNN The US military joined with the United Arab Emirates on Monday…
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By Aliza Kassim Khalidi and Alaa Elassar, CNN Dutch authorities discovered a stowaway hiding in the nose wheel of a cargo plane when it landed at…
Continue ReadingUK Royal Navy seizes more than $20 million worth of drugs in Gulf of Oman
By Duarte Mendonca, CNN The British Royal Navy has seized more than a ton of illicit drugs worth almost £15 million ($20.3 million) in the Gulf of…
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By Nimi Princewill and Schams Elwazer, CNN At least 16 people were killed after a fire tore through a nightclub in Cameroon’s capital city…
Continue ReadingGerman navy chief resigns after suggesting Putin ‘deserved respect’
By Ivana Kottasová, Philip Wang and AJ Davis, CNN The chief of German navy has resigned after suggesting that Crimea would “never come…
Continue ReadingGerman navy chief resigns after suggesting Putin ‘deserved respect’
By Ivana Kottasová, Philip Wang and AJ Davis, CNN The chief of German navy has resigned after suggesting that Crimea would “never come…
Continue ReadingTurkish journalist detained after ‘insulting’ President Erdogan in a TV interview
By Hande Atay Alam and Isil Sariyuce, CNN A Turkish journalist has been sent to prison for “insulting” the nation’s President Recep…
Continue ReadingA 75-year-old French adventurer has died attempting solo row across the Atlantic ocean
By George Engels, CNN Jean-Jacques Savin, a 75-year-old French adventurer, has died while attempting to row across the Atlantic single-handedly,…
Continue ReadingUK foreign office says Kremlin is planning to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine
By Joshua Berlinger and Nic Robertson, CNN The UK foreign office said in a Saturday statement it has information that the Russian government is…
Continue ReadingGirl survives heavy snowstorm by hugging a dog, Russian state TV reports
By Darya Tarasova and Eleanor Pickston, CNN A 10-year-old girl survived a night in a heavy snowstorm in Russia by hugging a dog, according to Russian…
Continue ReadingUK foreign office says Kremlin is planning to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine
By Joshua Berlinger and Nic Robertson, CNN The UK foreign office said in a Saturday statement it has information that the Russian government is…
Continue ReadingNATO allies put forces on standby as tensions rise over Ukraine crisis
By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN NATO announced on Monday that some member countries are putting forces on standby and sending additional ships and fighter…
Continue ReadingSaudi-led coalition denies targeting Yemeni detention center after airstrikes kill dozens
By Kareem Khadder, Celine Alkhaldi and Mostafa Salem, CNN The coalition led by Saudi Arabia fighting in Yemen denied that it deliberately targeted a…
Continue ReadingDeadly ISIS prison break attempt fuels fears of the group’s resurgence
By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Joshua Berlinger, CNN At least seven fighters from the US-allied Syrian Democratic Forces were killed when ISIS attempted to…
Continue ReadingSaudi-led coalition denies targeting Yemeni detention center after airstrikes kill dozens
By Kareem Khadder, Celine Alkhaldi and Mostafa Salem, CNN The coalition led by Saudi Arabia fighting in Yemen denied that it deliberately targeted a…
Continue ReadingAirstrikes kill 70 people and knock out internet in Yemen
By Celine Alkhaldi and Mostafa Salem, CNN At least 70 people were killed and more than 130 injured when an airstrike hit a detention center in Yemen…
Continue ReadingUS charges Belarusian officials for diverting flight carrying dissident journalist
By Kara Scannell and Kara Fox, CNN United States federal prosecutors charged four Belarus officials with piracy-related charges for diverting a…
Continue ReadingAustrian lawmakers pass Europe’s strictest Covid-19 vaccine mandate
By Tara John, Nadine Schmidt and Claudia Otto, CNN Austria’s parliament has approved the European Union’s strictest Covid-19 vaccine…
Continue ReadingAlmost entire town leveled after explosives delivery truck crash in Ghana
By Nimi Princewill, AnneClaire Stapleton, Stephanie Busari and Martin Goillandeau, CNN At least 13 people were killed in a blast in western Ghana on…
Continue ReadingCzech anti-coronavirus vaccine folk singer dies after deliberately getting infected with Covid-19, son says
By Radina Gigova, CNN A Czech folk singer who was opposed to having a coronavirus vaccine has died after deliberately contracting the virus,…
Continue ReadingTensions are high on Ukraine’s border with Russia. Here’s what you need to know
By Matthew Chance and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Tensions between Ukraine and Russia are at their highest in years, with a Russian troop build-up near…
Continue ReadingIsraeli officials deny report that police are using cellphone spying software on citizens without court approval
By Hadas Gold and Amir Tal, CNN Israeli officials are denying parts of a report that says they used NSO hacking software Pegasus to spy on civilians…
Continue ReadingTensions are high on Ukraine’s border with Russia. Here’s what you need to know
By Matthew Chance and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Tensions between Ukraine and Russia are at their highest in years, with a Russian troop build-up near…
Continue ReadingUkraine-Russia crisis: How soon might a war be and what would it look like?
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The Ukraine crisis is the classic case of a known unknown: We know that we don’t know what Russian President Vladimir…
Continue ReadingPope Benedict XVI knew of abusive priests when he ran Munich archdiocese, investigators say
By Rob Picheta, Claudia Otto and Nadine Schmidt, CNN Pope Benedict XVI knew about priests who abused children but failed to act when he was…
Continue ReadingPrince Andrew’s Twitter account deleted, days after royal loses military titles and charities
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN Prince Andrew’s Twitter account has been deleted, days after the Queen stripped him of his honorary military titles and…
Continue ReadingCzech anti-coronavirus vaccine folk singer dies after deliberately getting infected with Covid-19, son says
By Radina Gigova, CNN A Czech folk singer who was opposed to having a coronavirus vaccine has died after deliberately contracting the virus,…
Continue ReadingCzech anti-coronavirus vaccine folk singer dies after deliberately getting infected with Covid-19, son says
By Radina Gigova, CNN A Czech folk singer who was opposed to having a coronavirus vaccine has died after deliberately contracting the virus,…
Continue ReadingRussia says it would welcome another presidential call with Biden over Ukraine
By Olga Pavlova, CNN Russia would welcome another conversation between President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden, Kremlin spokesman…
Continue ReadingPope Benedict XVI knew of abusive priests when he ran Munich archdiocese, investigators say
By Rob Picheta, Claudia Otto and Nadine Schmidt, CNN Pope Benedict XVI knew about priests who abused children but failed to act when he was…
Continue ReadingThree children killed as temperatures plummet in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan
By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Eyad Kurdi, Gul Tuysuz and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN Three Syrian children have died, with hundreds of thousands of people “at…
Continue ReadingWoman narrowly survives push from platform in front of approaching train
By Mick Krever and Hannah Ryan, CNN A man who pushed a woman in front of an approaching train at a Brussels metro station on Friday January 14 has…
Continue ReadingWoman narrowly survives push from platform in front of approaching train
By Mick Krever and Hannah Ryan, CNN A man who pushed a woman in front of an approaching train at a Brussels metro station on Friday January 14 has…
Continue ReadingPalestinian family home demolished in sensitive East Jerusalem neighborhood
By Andrew Carey, Abeer Salman and Kareem Khadder, CNN A Palestinian family has been removed from their home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East…
Continue ReadingPalestinian family home demolished in sensitive East Jerusalem neighborhood
By Andrew Carey, Abeer Salman and Kareem Khadder, CNN A Palestinian family has been removed from their home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East…
Continue ReadingUkraine warns Russia has ‘almost completed’ build-up of forces near border
By Matthew Chance, Kylie Atwood, Emmet Lyons and Ami Kaufman, CNN Ukraine has warned that Russia has “almost completed” its build-up of…
Continue ReadingUkraine warns Russia has ‘almost completed’ build-up of forces near border
By Matthew Chance, Kylie Atwood, Emmet Lyons and Ami Kaufman, CNN Ukraine has warned that Russia has “almost completed” its build-up of…
Continue ReadingThe European Parliament’s new President immediately faced questions on her views on abortion
By Rob Picheta, James Frater, Sharon Braithwaite and Amy Cassidy, CNN Maltese center-right politician Roberta Metsola has been elected as the new…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu negotiating possible corruption case plea deal to safeguard political career, sources say
By Hadas Gold, Andrew Carey and Amir Tal, CNN For years, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called his ongoing corruption trial a…
Continue ReadingSudanese forces kill at least seven during anti-coup protests, medics say
By Kareem Khadder, Hamdi Alkhshali and Tara John, CNN At least seven protesters were shot dead by Sudanese security forces on Monday during anti-coup…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia and convicted war criminal. Personal Birth…
Continue ReadingSaudi led-coalition launches airstrikes on Yemeni capital after deadly Houthi drone strike in Abu Dhabi
By Charbel Mallo, Celine Alkhaldi, Sarah Sirgany and Kareem Khadder, CNN The Saudi led-coalition fighting in Yemen launched airstrikes on the Yemeni…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Ukraine, the second-largest European country in area after Russia. It borders Moldova, Romania,…
Continue ReadingSaudi led-coalition launches airstrikes on Yemeni capital after deadly Houthi drone strike in Abu Dhabi
By Charbel Mallo, Celine Alkhaldi, Sarah Sirgany and Kareem Khadder, CNN The Saudi led-coalition fighting in Yemen launched airstrikes on the Yemeni…
Continue ReadingFormer Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita dies at 76
By Stephanie Busari and Eleanor Pickston, CNN Former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has died, Malian state media channel ORTM reported on…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft finds ‘destructive’ malware in Ukraine
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Destructive malware capable of wiping data has appeared on dozens of computer systems at Ukrainian organizations, including…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft finds ‘destructive’ malware in Ukraine
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Destructive malware capable of wiping data has appeared on dozens of computer systems at Ukrainian organizations, including…
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