By Tim Lister, Taras Zadorozhnyy, Victoria Butenko and Jack Guy, CNN Ukrainian forces have completed their “combat mission” in Mariupol, according to a statement by the country’s military, bringing the months-long battle for the besieged city close to an end. Commanders of units stationed at the city’s massive Azovstal steelworks plant have been ordered “to
Continue ReadingCNN By Tim Lister and Taras Zadorozhnyy, CNN The Russian army’s performance in Ukraine has been less than impressive according to Western intelligence assessments — and that viewpoint is gaining ground among some in Russia itself. Three Russian military bloggers have suddenly launched into damning criticism of the operation, and especially the debacle of a
Continue ReadingBy Kareem Khadder and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN The brother of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh Monday blasted the violent intervention by Israeli police into her funeral as “unacceptable and unjustifiable.” “They could have easily blocked the road if they didn’t want to see the funeral leave the hospital but the attack was intentional
Continue ReadingCNN By CNN’s Rob Picheta, Kareem Khadder, and Amir Tal, and journalist Lauren Izso Israel’s fragile government lost its parliamentary majority on Thursday after an Arab-Israeli lawmaker resigned from the ruling coalition, accusing its leaders of fueling tensions between Israelis and Palestinians and condemning the violent intervention of police at the funeral of slain journalist
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN Somalia’s parliament elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the country’s tenth president on Sunday, in a vote broadcast live on national TV. Mohamud previously served as president from September 2012 to February 2017 and is now the first leader of the country elected twice as Somalia’s head of state. After his election
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Oleksandra Ochman, CNN When masked Russian soldiers ransacked Nina’s home in northeastern Ukraine at 6 a.m. one day in late April, they were not searching for weapons. Instead, they were looking for her Ukrainian textbooks. The troops held her husband and daughter at gunpoint, but the 48-year-old told CNN she knew
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Oleksandra Ochman, CNN When masked Russian soldiers ransacked Nina’s home in northeastern Ukraine at 6 a.m. one day in late April, they were not searching for weapons. Instead, they were looking for her Ukrainian textbooks. The troops held her husband and daughter at gunpoint, but the 48-year-old told CNN she
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Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister and Sanyo Fylyppov, CNN Every day, hundreds, or even thousands, of people are trying to flee the Russian-occupied region of Kherson in southern Ukraine, gathering up whatever they can cram into their cars, or even piling onto tractors. And every day they run a gauntlet of harassment and worse from Russian troops.
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, Chandler Thornton and Amy Cassidy, CNN Finland’s government said Sunday it intends to join NATO, ditching decades of neutrality and ignoring Russian threats of possible retaliation as the Nordic country attempts to strengthen its security following the onset of the war in Ukraine. Sweden’s ruling party later said it will also support
Continue ReadingCNN By Tara John, Chandler Thornton and Amy Cassidy, CNN Finland’s government said Sunday it intends to join NATO, ditching decades of neutrality and ignoring Russian threats of possible retaliation as the Nordic country attempts to strengthen its security following the onset of the war in Ukraine. Sweden’s ruling party later said it will also
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Lebanese citizens voted Sunday in a high-stakes parliamentary election, the first since a 2019 popular uprising demanded the downfall of the ruling elite, blaming traditional parties for corruption and mismanagement. Several new political groups sprung out of the protest movement and are competing in Sunday’s race, coming head to head with
Continue ReadingCNN By Ivana Kottasová, Oleksandra Ochman and David von Blohn, CNN More than a month after the Ukrainian army retook Irpin from the Russians, Volodymyr Klimashevskyi is still finding the little nail-like projectiles scattered around his garden and embedded deep in the walls of his house. “You can’t take them out with your hands, you
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Oleksandra Ochman and David von Blohn, CNN More than a month after the Ukrainian army retook Irpin from the Russians, Volodymyr Klimashevskyi is still finding the little nail-like projectiles scattered around his garden and embedded deep in the walls of his house. “You can’t take them out with your hands, you need
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman, Celine Alkhaldi and Colin McCullough, CNN Israeli police say they will hold an investigation “into the events that ensued during the funeral” procession of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday. “Unfortunately, during the course of the funeral, severe violent events unfolded on the part of those participating that worsened the
Continue ReadingCNN By Abeer Salman, Celine Alkhaldi and Colin McCullough, CNN Israeli police say they will hold an investigation “into the events that ensued during the funeral” procession of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday. “Unfortunately, during the course of the funeral, severe violent events unfolded on the part of those participating that worsened
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Continue ReadingCNN By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Finland is on the cusp of joining NATO while Sweden is on the verge of following suit. Here’s what you need to know about how the war in Ukraine pushed the two Nordic states closer to the US-backed alliance, and what comes next. Why haven’t Finland and Sweden already joined
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