CNN By Rob Picheta, Anna Chernova, Nathan Hodge, Lauren Kent and Radina Gigova, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is suspending his country’s participation in the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States, imperiling the last remaining pact that regulates the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals. Putin made the declaration in
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN Nigerians will head to the polls Saturday in a fiercely-contested presidential vote that analysts say is too close to call. It will be the largest democratic exercise on the continent as Africa’s most populous nation picks a new president. The crucial election comes as the country battles myriad
Continue ReadingCNN By Jonny Hallam, Yusuf Gezer, Isil Sariyuce, Eyad Kourdi, Jomana Karadsheh, Celine Alkhaldi and Kareem Khadder, CNN At least six people have died and hundreds left injured after major aftershocks struck southern Turkey Monday, as the region reels from a devastating earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people on February 6. A magnitude
Continue ReadingBy Jonny Hallam, Yusuf Gezer, Isil Sariyuce, Eyad Kourdi, Jomana Karadsheh, Celine Alkhaldi and Kareem Khadder, CNN At least six people have died and hundreds left injured after major aftershocks struck southern Turkey Monday, as the region reels from a devastating earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people on February 6. A magnitude 6.3
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Olga Voitovych, Vasco Cotovio and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden’s surprise visit to Ukraine sparked anger and embarrassment among many of Russia’s hawkish military pundits on Monday, increasing pressure on Vladimir Putin as the Russian leader prepares to justify his stuttering invasion in a national address. Biden’s historic visit came days
Continue ReadingCNN By Rob Picheta, Olga Voitovych, Vasco Cotovio and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden’s surprise visit to Ukraine sparked anger and embarrassment among many of Russia’s hawkish military pundits on Monday, increasing pressure on Vladimir Putin as the Russian leader prepares to justify his stuttering invasion in a national address. Biden’s historic visit came
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim and Dalya Al Masri It looks like a city out of a science fiction movie: Space pods, flying dragons and floating rocks. But this is the birthplace of Islam, Saudi Arabia, which wants to transform its capital into one of “the most livable cities on Earth.” The kingdom is building a new
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By Hadas Gold, Richard Allen Greene, Mia Alberti and Amir Tal, CNN A controversial set of bills that would weaken the independence of Israel’s judicial system passed its first reading in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in the early hours of Tuesday morning local time. Both bills passed 63 to 47. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition
Continue ReadingBy Zayn Nabbi, CNN The body of Ghana soccer star Christian Atsu arrived in Accra, Ghana on Sunday evening after it was flown from Turkey, Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration (MFA) said. “The mortal remains of the former Ghana Black Stars player, the late Christian Atsu, whose demise occurred during the recent
Continue ReadingBy Isil Sariyuce, Yusuf Gezer, Ipek Yezdani, Mia Alberti, Christian Edwards and Hafsa Khalil, CNN Turkey has ended most search and rescue operations, nearly two weeks after a huge earthquake killed tens of thousands of people, the country’s disaster management authority said. Search and rescue efforts are still underway in 40 buildings in two provinces,
Continue ReadingBy Sara Sidner, Jo Shelley and Bilge Han Deniz, CNN First there are screams … then piercing cries … and then “father, father” is heard over and over again. A 4-year-old girl, Gada Ayyan, and her father, Ahmet Ayyan, are being reunited after being buried in a pile of rubble that was once their home
Continue ReadingCNN By Sara Sidner, Jo Shelley and Bilge Han Deniz, CNN First there are screams … then piercing cries … and then “father, father” is heard over and over again. A 4-year-old girl, Gada Ayyan, and her father, Ahmet Ayyan, are being reunited after being buried in a pile of rubble that was once their
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, CNN One video shows a single blue glove, found in the field where missing British mother Nicola Bulley was last seen before she vanished over three weeks ago. Another urges police to investigate a derelict house on the riverbank, opposite where Bulley disappeared while walking with her dog Willow. Yet another simply
Continue ReadingExclusive by Sam Kiley and Olha Konovalova, CNN The horizon disappears for a moment as the nose of the helicopter rears. There’s a faint thump as rockets trailing brown smoke arc ahead. The aircraft banks as if flicked on its side by an outside force. Diving back towards to the ground it spurts flares from
Continue ReadingCNN Exclusive by Sam Kiley and Olha Konovalova, CNN The horizon disappears for a moment as the nose of the helicopter rears. There’s a faint thump as rockets trailing brown smoke arc ahead. The aircraft banks as if flicked on its side by an outside force. Diving back towards to the ground it spurts flares
Continue ReadingBy Zeena Saifi, CNN Palestinian activist Issa Amro, who was filmed being assaulted by an Israeli solder on Monday, told CNN he is physically and psychologically affected by the attack and fears for his life. “I am injured. I have pain in both my arms, my back and my leg and I am psychologically affected
Continue ReadingBy Zahid Mahmood, Tim Lister, Duarte Mendonca and Alex Hardie, CNN A leading investigative journalist with a track record of uncovering stories that make uncomfortable reading for the Kremlin has been told he can’t attend this year’s British Academy (BAFTA) film awards, on the advice of British police. Christo Grozev is the lead Russia investigator
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Shortly before leaving for his first state visit to China on Tuesday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi issued a thinly veiled criticism of his powerful ally, saying the two countries’ relationship has not lived up to expectations. The first Iranian president to arrive in China on a state visit in two decades,
Continue ReadingCNN By Talia Kayali and Kathleen Magramo, CNN “How is my mother and everyone?” the man on the stretcher asks, speaking calmly into a cell phone. Crying in disbelief, his friend replies: “Everyone is well… they are all waiting for you… I am coming to you.” This was the emotional exchange that followed the rescue
Continue ReadingBy Talia Kayali and Kathleen Magramo, CNN “How is my mother and everyone?” the man on the stretcher asks, speaking calmly into a cell phone. Crying in disbelief, his friend replies: “Everyone is well… they are all waiting for you… I am coming to you.” This was the emotional exchange that followed the rescue of
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