Protesters 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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‘I blame one person,’ mother of teen killed by police says as hundreds arrested in fresh violence across France
CNN By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Paris (CNN) — The mother of a 17-year-old killed by French police said she blames only the officer who shot her…
Continue ReadingMore than 400 arrested as third night of violent protest sweeps France after 17-year-old shot dead by police
By Joshua Berlinger, Xiaofei Xu, Joseph Ataman and Niamh Kennedy, CNN Paris (CNN) — More than 400 people were arrested across France on…
Continue ReadingUganda passed one of the world’s harshest anti-gay laws. LGBTQ people describe living there as ‘hell’
By Larry Madowo and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Kampala, Uganda (CNN) — In between leading Sunday services at All Saints’ Cathedral in the Ugandan…
Continue ReadingUK Royal Household spending exceeded income last year, annual financial statement shows
From CNN’s Max Foster and Lauren Kent (CNN) — The British Royal Household released its annual financial statement on Thursday, revealing…
Continue ReadingUK Royal Household spending exceeded income last year, annual financial statement shows
CNN From CNN’s Max Foster and Lauren Kent (CNN) — The British Royal Household released its annual financial statement on Thursday,…
Continue ReadingSuspected assailant and US consulate guard killed in shooting incident in Saudi Arabia
By Hamdi Alkhshali and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — At least two people died in a shooting incident near the United States consulate in…
Continue ReadingAs dust settles after Wagner mutiny, Russia’s military leaders face tough questions
By Tim Lister and Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — The Kremlin has gone to great lengths to reassert President Vladimir Putin’s authority, with…
Continue ReadingAs dust settles after Wagner mutiny, Russia’s military leaders face tough questions
CNN By Tim Lister and Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — The Kremlin has gone to great lengths to reassert President Vladimir Putin’s authority,…
Continue ReadingWall Street Journal: Wagner boss planned to capture top Russian defense chiefs
CNN By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin planned to seize two top Russian military officials when he launched a…
Continue ReadingWall Street Journal: Wagner boss planned to capture top Russian defense chiefs
By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin planned to seize two top Russian military officials when he launched a short-lived…
Continue ReadingSteep rise in numbers of Sudanese refugees fleeing violence
By Ingrid Formanek, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 2.8 million people have fled the war in Sudan, latest data from the United Nations International…
Continue ReadingIranian-Western talks have resumed. Here’s what that means
By Abbas Al Lawati and Mohammed Abdelbary, CNN Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) — A flurry of diplomatic activity between Iran and Western nations has…
Continue ReadingKramatorsk restaurant strike shows that in Ukraine, death can come any time, anywhere
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — It was dinner time and the restaurant – a popular pizza joint in the center of Kramatorsk – was crammed…
Continue ReadingTurkey condemns Quran burning protest in Stockholm as a ‘heinous act’
By Lindsay Isaac, CNN (CNN) — Turkey condemned a decision by Swedish authorities to approve a small Quran-burning demonstration outside a…
Continue ReadingProtests flare near Paris after 17-year-old shot dead during police traffic stop
CNN By Saskya Vandoorne, Alex Stambaugh, Oliver Briscoe, Helen Regan and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — France was bracing for further unrest on…
Continue ReadingProtests flare near Paris after 17-year-old shot dead during police traffic stop
By Saskya Vandoorne, Alex Stambaugh, Oliver Briscoe, Helen Regan and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — France was bracing for further unrest on…
Continue ReadingWagner chief Prigozhin is in Belarus following armed rebellion, Lukashenko says
By Katharina Krebs, Paul P. Murphy, Natasha Bertrand, Jennifer Hansler and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has arrived…
Continue ReadingLukashenko claims he stopped Putin from ‘destroying’ Wagner group
By Rob Picheta and Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko claims he convinced Russian leader Vladimir Putin not to…
Continue ReadingRussian missile attack hits Kramatorsk city center, killing at least four, say Ukrainian officials
By Mick Krever, Mariya Knight, Ben Wedeman and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN (CNN) — Russian missiles struck the busy city center of the east…
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