CNN By Rob Picheta, Radina Gigova, Gul Tuysuz, Alex Stambaugh and Jake Kwon, CNN Russian missile strikes have hit the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa, just one day after Ukraine and Russia agreed on a deal that would allow the resumption of vital grain exports from the region. Serhii Bratchuk, a spokesman for the Odessa
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Jomana Karadsheh, Radina Gigova and Tim Lister, CNN Ukraine and Russia have agreed a deal that would allow the resumption of vital grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, a major diplomatic breakthrough aimed at easing a global food crisis sparked by the war. Ministers from both countries signed an agreement brokered
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Continue ReadingBy David McKenzie and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN A photograph of Fadi’s smiling face is emblazoned on his mother’s t-shirt. The then-20-year-old is pictured standing near the shores of the Mediterranean Sea in Tunisia. Above her son’s image, 53-year-old Samia Jabloun has written the words “Dove Sei?” — “Where are you?” in Italian — in permanent
Continue ReadingCNN By David McKenzie and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN A photograph of Fadi’s smiling face is emblazoned on his mother’s t-shirt. The then-20-year-old is pictured standing near the shores of the Mediterranean Sea in Tunisia. Above her son’s image, 53-year-old Samia Jabloun has written the words “Dove Sei?” — “Where are you?” in Italian — in
Continue ReadingBy Yusuf Gezer, Jomana Karadsheh, Richard Roth and Hande Atay Alam, CNN Turkey says a deal is close to being agreed upon to resume crucial global grain exports from Ukrainian ports, which have been blocked by Russia as its war on Ukraine continues. Details of the emerging deal, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN Spanish police have detained a pair of professional thieves accused of stealing more than $1.6 million worth of wine from a hotel in the south of the country. The man and woman evaded capture for almost nine months before being arrested on the Montenegro-Croatia border on Tuesday for stealing 45 bottles
Continue ReadingBy Angus Watson, Ivan Watson, Olha Konovalova and Dan Hodge, CNN Soldiers toting guns and grenades while drunk, looting private property, and squabbling with fellow fighters to the point of armed stand-offs: Civilians who have escaped the Russian-controlled city of Kherson in Ukraine’s south say their home has become unrecognizable since Moscow’s troops began their
Continue ReadingBy Kara Fox, Barbie Latza Nadeau Nicola Ruotolo, Sharon Braithwaite and Livia Borghese, CNN Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella dissolved parliament on Thursday, triggering a snap election following the resignation of the country’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi earlier in the day. The national election will take place on September 25. Mattarella branded the developments as “inevitable”
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Continue ReadingCNN By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN One image distributed by Iranian media on Tuesday of Russia and Iran’s leaders meeting stood out. Russian President Vladimir Putin is shown clasping palms with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the two rulers — both heads of oil-rich countries grappling with grueling Western sanctions — boast about their
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Continue ReadingBy Zahra Ullah, Matthew Chance and Katharina Krebs, CNN On a sweltering summer day in July, hundreds of Ukrainians try to rest on metal beds lined up in a basketball court-turned-shelter. Their tales of horror and hardship along with a few belongings are all they have left. But with this safe haven being inside Russia,
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite, Livia Borghese, Tara John and Jack Guy, CNN Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi won a confidence vote in the country’s Senate on Wednesday, but emerged badly bruised. Despite his calls for unity, lawmakers from three parties boycotted the vote: the powerful 5-Star movement, which is the largest party in the country’s coalition
Continue ReadingBy Radina Gigova, Sana Noor Haq and Jack Guy, CNN Russia’s objectives in Ukraine now extend beyond the eastern Donbas region into the country’s south, a senior government minister has said. As the war in Ukraine approaches its fifth month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told state media that the “geography is different.” “It is
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN One image distributed by Iranian media on Tuesday of Russia and Iran’s leaders meeting stood out. Russian President Vladimir Putin is shown clasping palms with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the two rulers — both heads of oil-rich countries grappling with grueling Western sanctions — boast about their tight
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN Police in Malawi have charged a Chinese man with child trafficking after a BBC documentary accused him of filming children chanting racist phrases mocking themselves in Chinese, according to authorities in the southeast African country. Deputy spokesperson for the Malawi Police Service, Harry Namwaza, told CNN the man, identified as Lu
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