Ukraine’s counteroffensive hasn’t met expectations. Here’s why progress has been slow
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The minefields in southern Ukraine are so dense, the troops trying to liberate the area can only advance…
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Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Personal Birth date: July 17, 1939 Birth…
Continue ReadingHundreds march with French mayor whose house was attacked by burning car
By Rob Picheta and Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of people marched on Monday in support of a French mayor whose house was attacked by a…
Continue ReadingExclusive: Zelensky says he wanted counteroffensive to start ‘much earlier’ to pre-empt Russian defenses
CNN By Erin Burnett, Yon Pomrenze, Mick Krever and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s counteroffensive has been “slowed down” by…
Continue ReadingExclusive: Zelensky calls Putin ‘weak’ and says Russian President’s power is ‘crumbling’
By Erin Burnett, Yon Pomrenze, Mick Krever and Victoria Butenko, CNN Odesa, Ukraine (CNN) — Vladimir Putin’s response to the armed Wagner…
Continue ReadingA pig farm that stood on the site of a Nazi-era ‘Roma camp’ is finally demolished
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Lety, Czech Republic (CNN) — Čeněk Růžička looked euphoric as he swung the pickaxe against the wall. He had spent…
Continue ReadingIsraeli forces launch biggest military operation in West Bank’s Jenin since 2002
By Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Eyad Kourdi, Hadas Gold, AnneClaire Stapleton, Alex Stambaugh and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces…
Continue ReadingAt least 13 children killed by suspected measles outbreak in Sudan’s displacement camps, NGO says
By Allegra Goodwin and Ingrid Formanek, CNN (CNN) — At least 13 children have died in recent weeks during a suspected measles outbreak at…
Continue ReadingIsraeli warplanes target Syrian air defense battery
By Abeer Salman, Alex Stambaugh and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Sunday that Israeli warplanes had targeted a…
Continue ReadingDutch king apologizes for Netherlands’ historic role in slavery
Story by Reuters (CNN) — Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Saturday apologized for the Netherlands’ historic involvement in slavery and the…
Continue ReadingViolent protests challenge French view on race
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Nanterre, France (CNN) — What does it mean to be French? It’s been more than 1,500 years since the first French…
Continue ReadingBelarusian leader asks Wagner mercenaries to train his military
By Mariya Knight and Chris Lau, CNN Atlanta/Hong Kong (CNN) — Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has invited Wagner Group mercenaries to…
Continue ReadingTwo dead in Moldova airport shooting and gunman detained
By Radina Gigova, Ivana Kottasová and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed at Moldova’s main international airport on Friday…
Continue ReadingProtests are sweeping France. Here’s what you need to know
By Sana Noor Haq, Joshua Berlinger, Tara John, Barry Neild and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — France has been rocked by a wave of protests after a…
Continue Reading‘I blame one person,’ mother of teen killed by police says as hundreds arrested in fresh violence across France
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Nanterre, France (CNN) — The mother of a 17-year-old killed by French police said she blames only the officer who shot…
Continue ReadingExclusive: Russian General Sergey Surovikin was secret VIP member of Wagner, documents show
By Matthew Chance, CNN Moscow (CNN) — Documents shared exclusively with CNN suggest that a top Russian military commander, Gen. Sergey…
Continue ReadingAfter the short-lived insurrection, questions swirl over top Russian commander and Prigozhin
CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Jo Shelley, Anna Chernova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — One is known as “General Armageddon,” the other as…
Continue ReadingAfter the short-lived insurrection, questions swirl over top Russian commander and Prigozhin
By Ivana Kottasová, Jo Shelley, Anna Chernova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — One is known as “General Armageddon,” the other as…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s Netanyahu says most controversial part of judicial overhaul legislation ‘not coming back’
By Alex Stambaugh and Hadas Gold, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the most controversial aspect of his…
Continue ReadingProtesters break into Swedish embassy in Baghdad after Stockholm Quran burning
By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Demonstrators breached the perimeter of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad Thursday, a day after a protester burned a…
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