By Zahid Mahmood, Josh Pennington and Dennis Lapin Poland’s police chief Jaroslaw Szymczyk was hospitalized with minor injuries on Wednesday after a gift that he had received in Ukraine suddenly exploded, according to a government statement “Yesterday at 7:50 a.m., an explosion occurred in a room adjacent to the office of the Police Chief,” Poland’s
Continue ReadingBy Olga Voitovych, Anna Chernova, Zahid Mahmood, Josh Pennington and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Ukrainian forces have unleashed the biggest attack on the occupied Donetsk region since 2014, according to a Russia-installed official, in the wake of heavy fighting in the east of the country. Donetsk has been held by Russian-backed separatists for eight years
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN The family of a Palestinian activist who died while in Palestinian Authority custody has filed a “war crimes and torture” case with the International Criminal Court, they said Thursday. Nizar Banat, a well-known Palestinian critic of the Palestinian Authority (PA) with a large social media following, died in
Continue ReadingCNN By Olga Voitovych and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN A fresh barrage of Russian missile attacks across Ukraine on Friday morning put the entire country under air-raid alarm and sent people scrambling for shelter as explosions sounded overhead, with strikes hitting critical infrastructure and knocking out power. “They have set a goal to leave Ukrainians without
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Continue ReadingBy Jonny Hallam and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN United Nations member states have removed Iran from a key UN women’s rights group just months after it joined. The unusual reversal comes as Iran is rattled by an ongoing protest movement sparked by the death of a young woman in the custody of the country’s so-called “morality
Continue ReadingBy Amy Cassidy More than 120 people have died in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa after torrential rains caused severe flooding in the city, according to a government statement issued Wednesday. The rainfall began on Monday and continued through Tuesday, it said. Severe damage could be seen in video obtained by news agency Reuters, with
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN Single-use plastic cutlery, plates and other items will be banned in the UK from October and replaced by biodegradable items as the government seeks to tackle the country’s — and the world’s — growing plastic waste problem. The UK has already banned some single-use plastic items, including straws, stirrers and cotton
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Continue ReadingCNN By Fred Pleitgen, Claudia Otto and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Nikita Chibrin says he still remembers his fellow Russian soldiers running away after allegedly raping two Ukrainian women during their deployment northwest of Kyiv in March. “I saw them run, then I learned they were rapists. They raped a mother and a daughter,” he said.
Continue ReadingBy Fred Pleitgen, Claudia Otto and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Nikita Chibrin says he still remembers his fellow Russian soldiers running away after allegedly raping two Ukrainian women during their deployment northwest of Kyiv in March. “I saw them run, then I learned they were rapists. They raped a mother and a daughter,” he said. Their
Continue ReadingCNN By Alex Stambaugh and Jill Martin, CNN The global soccer players’ union, FIFPRO, said it is “shocked and sickened” by reports that Iranian soccer player Amir Nasr-Azadani faces the possibility of execution “after campaigning for women’s rights and basic freedom in his country.” “We stand in solidarity with Amir and call for the immediate
Continue ReadingBy Alex Stambaugh and Jill Martin, CNN The global soccer players’ union, FIFPRO, said it is “shocked and sickened” by reports that Iranian soccer player Amir Nasr-Azadani faces the possibility of execution “after campaigning for women’s rights and basic freedom in his country.” “We stand in solidarity with Amir and call for the immediate removal
Continue ReadingBy David McKenzie, CNN South African President Ramaphosa survived a move to start impeachment proceedings against him in a vote in parliament on Tuesday. The move was widely expected, after the top leadership ruling African National Congress (ANC) called on their parliamentary caucus to block the investigation. One by one, MPs were asked to articulate
Continue ReadingCNN By Darya Tarasova and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout said on Saturday he “wholeheartedly” supports Moscow’s so-called “military operation” in Ukraine and that if he had the opportunity and necessary skills, he would “certainly go as a volunteer.” Bout, nicknamed the “Merchant of Death” by his accusers, was released Thursday
Continue ReadingCNN By Darya Tarasova and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout said on Saturday he “wholeheartedly” supports Moscow’s so-called “military operation” in Ukraine and that if he had the opportunity and necessary skills, he would “certainly go as a volunteer.” Bout, nicknamed the “Merchant of Death” by his accusers, was released Thursday
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Continue ReadingBy Jo Shelley, Sam Kiley, Peter Rudden and Olha Konovalova, CNN The streets outside Vyacheslav Tarasov’s home on Ukraine’s eastern frontline are pocked by shell blasts. The buildings around are mostly empty, windowless and cold. Bakhmut has been facing the relentless firepower of a frustrated Russian army for months. In its pursuit of an increasingly
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