Germany won’t excavate WWI tunnel containing hundreds of soldiers’ bodies
By Amarachi Orie and Nadine Schmidt, CNN The remains of more than 200 German soldiers who were buried alive in a tunnel in northeastern France during…
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Quake-hit Turkey and Syria face years of rebuilding. Experts say it didn’t have to be this way
By Christian Edwards and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Five days after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria the number of dead is…
Continue ReadingOver 24,000 dead from quake in Turkey and Syria
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Continue ReadingIran frees dissident Farhad Meysami after photos of his emaciated condition cause outrage online
By Jonny Hallam, Artemis Moshtaghian and Niamh Kennedy, CNN An Iranian doctor and rights activist has been released from Tehran’s infamous Evin…
Continue ReadingSpain will offer citizenship to freed political prisoners from Nicaragua
By Pau Mosquera, Florencia Trucco, Stefano Pozzebon and Tara John, CNN Spain will offer a path to citizenship for 222 Nicaraguan political prisoners…
Continue ReadingA handful of ‘miracle’ rescues, but hopes dim more than four days after quake
By Isil Sariyuce, Celine Alkhaldi, Eyad Kourdi and Amy Woodyatt, CNN In the days since the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Syria and Turkey, the…
Continue ReadingSecond child dies in car ramming attack in Jerusalem
By Hadas Gold and Amir Tal, CNN A car drove into several people at a bus stop in Jerusalem on Friday, killing a man and a young child in what Israeli…
Continue Reading‘Exceptional’ warming: January temperatures 2.2 degrees higher than average in Europe
By Laura Paddison, CNN Europe has experienced an exceptionally warm January, with average temperatures 2.2 degrees Celsius hotter than the 1990 to…
Continue ReadingRussia’s Wagner mercenary group says it’s no longer recruiting convicts. This may signal a shift in strategy
By Tim Lister, CNN Private military contractor Wagner will have to look for new fighters beyond Russia’s prison system, a fertile recruiting…
Continue ReadingEurope is Ukraine’s ‘home,’ Zelensky tells EU lawmakers in emotional address
By Sophie Tanno, Radina Gigova, Jack Guy and Nic Robertson, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a heartfelt appeal to lawmakers in…
Continue ReadingRussia may have lost up to half of its operational tank fleet in Ukraine, monitoring group says
CNN By Brad Lendon, CNN Russia has potentially lost up to half of all its operational tank fleet since the start of the Ukraine war, according to…
Continue ReadingFormer Chechen commander wanted by Ukraine for alleged war crimes is leading Russian quake relief in Turkey
By Tim Lister, Victoria Butenko and Josh Pennington, CNN A former Chechen commander wanted by Ukraine for alleged war crimes committed last year is…
Continue Reading‘Secondary disaster’ looms as UN aid finally reaches survivors battling frozen conditions in Syria
By Raja Razek, Rhea Mogul, Teele Rebane and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Survivors of Monday’s earthquake in Turkey and Syria could face “a…
Continue ReadingRussia may have lost up to half of its operational tank fleet in Ukraine, monitoring group says
By Brad Lendon, CNN Russia has potentially lost up to half of all its operational tank fleet since the start of the Ukraine war, according to…
Continue ReadingHusband of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer summoned by judiciary
CNN By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The husband of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh will be forced to serve the rest of a five-year…
Continue Reading‘They still want a regime change.’ Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh says the anger behind Iran’s protests remains
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has told CNN that while a brutal state crackdown has succeeded in quieting the…
Continue ReadingEmotions run high in Turkey amid questions over state response to deadly quake
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Isil Sariyuce, Zeena Saifi and Reyhan Baysan, CNN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has admitted to his…
Continue Reading‘Secondary disaster’ looms as UN aid finally reaches survivors battling frozen conditions in Syria
CNN By Raja Razek, Rhea Mogul, Teele Rebane and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Survivors of Monday’s earthquake in Turkey and Syria could face “a…
Continue ReadingThe earthquake in Turkey is one of the deadliest this century. Here’s why
CNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Christian Edwards, Krystina Shveda and Henrik Pettersson, CNN Thousands of people have died and tens of thousands of…
Continue ReadingNATO allies worry about dwindling ammo stockpiles as they try to keep Ukraine’s troops firing
CNN By Luke McGee, CNN In the 12 months since President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops to invade Ukraine, one of the biggest surprises has…
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