By Christiane Amanpour, Artemis Moshtaghian and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Iran’s longest-held American prisoner has made an emotional plea to US President Joe Biden to put the “liberty of innocent Americans above politics” and ramp up efforts to secure his release, in an unprecedented interview with CNN from inside Iran’s notorious Evin prison. “I remain deeply
Continue ReadingCNN By Christiane Amanpour, Artemis Moshtaghian and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Iran’s longest-held American prisoner has made an emotional plea to US President Joe Biden to put the “liberty of innocent Americans above politics” and ramp up efforts to secure his release, in an unprecedented interview with CNN from inside Iran’s notorious Evin prison. “I remain
Continue ReadingCNN By Christiane Amanpour, Artemis Moshtaghian and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Iran’s longest-held American prisoner has made an emotional plea to US President Joe Biden to put the “liberty of innocent Americans above politics” and ramp up efforts to secure his release, in an unprecedented interview with CNN from inside Iran’s notorious Evin prison. “I remain
Continue ReadingCNN By Christiane Amanpour, Artemis Moshtaghian and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Iran’s longest-held American prisoner has made an emotional plea to US President Joe Biden to put the “liberty of innocent Americans above politics” and ramp up efforts to secure his release, in an unprecedented interview with CNN from inside Iran’s notorious Evin prison. “I remain
Continue ReadingBy Chris Liakos, CNN Greece’s prime minister has promised to improve the safety standards of the country’s railway system following its deadliest train crash on record which sparked mass protests. Kyriakos Mitsotakis again apologized for last month’s incident, which saw a passenger train carrying mostly university students returning from a three-day public holiday collide with
Continue ReadingCNN By Hadas Gold, Michael Schwartz, Matthias Somm, Richard Allen Greene and Oren Liebermann, CNN US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took a swipe at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s plan to weaken Israel’s judicial system as protesters paralyzed two of Tel Aviv’s main travel arteries on Thursday, intensifying a nationwide movement against the controversial proposals. A
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, Michael Schwartz, Matthias Somm, Richard Allen Greene and Oren Liebermann, CNN US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took a swipe at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s plan to weaken Israel’s judicial system as protesters paralyzed two of Tel Aviv’s main travel arteries on Thursday, intensifying a nationwide movement against the controversial proposals. A CNN
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN Russia showered Kyiv, Lviv and other major cities across Ukraine with what officials said was an unprecedented array of missiles on Thursday morning, stepping up its assault on the entire country as a sluggish ground war drags on in the east. A total of 81 missiles were used in a “massive
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN Nigeria’s electoral commission has postponed governorship elections planned for this weekend by another week, citing limited time to reset its voting machines nearly two weeks after a controversial presidential vote was disputed by opposition parties. “This decision has not been taken lightly but it is necessary to ensure that there is
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, Sophie Tanno, Niamh Kennedy and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Georgia‘s ruling party has withdrawn a controversial “foreign influence” bill after two nights of protests in Tbilisi, but the opposition warned that more demonstrations were planned on Thursday. The announcement that the bill would be scrapped, carried by the country’s public broadcaster, was made
Continue ReadingBy Sebastian Shukla, Alex Marquardt and Kosta Hak, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin sat across from his defense minister in the Kremlin last April, slouched in his seat and gripping the table. They were discussing Russia’s siege of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works plant in the strategic city of Mariupol, in southeastern Ukraine. To
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy and Jessie Gretener, CNN Tens of thousands of people gathered outside the Georgian parliament on Wednesday in the second day of protests in capital city Tbilisi over a draft “foreign agents” bill that critics fear could drive a wedge between the Caucasian nation and Europe. Protesters could be seen waving the flag
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, CNN Protests erupted in Georgia this week after the country’s parliament passed the first reading of a draft law that would require some organizations receiving foreign funding to register as “foreign agents.” Georgia’s ruling party announced Thursday morning it would scrap the controversial bill following two nights of widespread protests in Tbilisi
Continue ReadingCNN By Issy Ronald, CNN The space race has expanded to new frontiers in recent years, moving into business, tourism … and now cinema. Russian film makers on Tuesday released a trailer for “The Challenge,” which became the first ever feature film to be shot in space in 2021. The trailer outlines the movie’s plot:
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Turkey’s opposition on Monday announced Kemal Kilicdaroglu as the presidential candidate to run against two-decade ruler Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an upcoming election that could change the course of the country. Leader of Turkey’s secular and center-left Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kilicdaroglu (pronounced Ke-lich-dar-ou-loo) is widely seen as everything Erdogan is
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN The space race has expanded to new frontiers in recent years, moving into business, tourism … and now cinema. Russian film makers on Tuesday released a trailer for “The Challenge,” which became the first ever feature film to be shot in space in 2021. The trailer outlines the movie’s plot: A
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN Deadly Tropical Cyclone Freddy is set to break records for the longest-lasting storm of its kind as it appears on course to hit Mozambique for a second time, more than two weeks after the first. The cyclone has already caused immense damage in Mozambique and Madagascar, killing at least 21 people
Continue ReadingBy Kostan Nechyporenko, Simone McCarthy, and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Ukraine has denied any involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines following a media report citing new intelligence that a “pro-Ukrainian group” may have been behind last year’s attack targeting Russia’s gas deliveries to Europe. The dismissal by a senior Ukrainian official on Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Katharina Krebs, Caitlin Hu, Vasco Cotovio and Tara John, CNN Protests erupted in Tbilisi on Tuesday after Georgia’s parliament passed the first reading of a controversial draft law that would require some organizations receiving foreign funding to register as “foreign agents.” Rights groups have criticized the law as curtailing basic freedoms in the country.
Continue ReadingBy Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN At least two people were killed and 16 others injured after a train derailed north of Cairo on Tuesday, according to Egypt’s Health Ministry. The passenger train crashed into a train station platform in the city of Qalyub, the Ministry of Transport said in statement. The incident occurred at 7:20p local
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