CNN – Europe/Mideast/Africa

By Nimi Princewill and Larry Madowo, CNN Nigeria’s southern Bayelsa state is officially nicknamed the ‘glory of all lands.’ But much of it is now a river that has driven entire communities away from their homes. Desperate to survive, many locals fleeing raging floods which have wrecked their homes and livelihoods are also forced to

By Clarissa Ward, Mick Krever, Scott McWhinnie and Dave Alsup, CNN The body of an American man killed in August while fighting alongside the Ukrainian military has been returned to Ukrainian custody by the Russian military. A CNN team witnessed the transfer in the Zaporizhzhia region on Wednesday. The American is 24-year-old Joshua Jones, who

By Rob Picheta, CNN Ukraine has asked refugees who fled the country in the wake of Russia’s invasion not to return home this winter, after Russian drone and missile strikes threatened to overwhelm the country’s fragile power grid. Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereshchuk, advised Ukrainians in a video message on Tuesday “not to come

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By Mick Krever, CNN A veil of uncertainty has descended over Ukraine’s southern front, as a counteroffensive raises hopes of further Ukrainian gains and speculation grows about what Russia’s next move might be. There are mixed signals over Russia’s plans for the key city of Kherson, which it has occupied since the early days of

By Brad Lendon, CNN Russia is accusing Ukraine of planning to use a so-called dirty bomb, an allegation dismissed by Kyiv and its Western allies as a false-flag operation that Moscow could use as a pretext to escalate the Kremlin’s war against its neighbor. A dirty bomb is a weapon that combines conventional explosives like

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By Abeer Salman and Hadas Gold, CNN At least six Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military on Tuesday, making it the deadliest day of violence in the occupied West Bank this year, CNN analysis of official Palestinian data showed. Five were killed in the old city of Nablus during an Israeli raid there, according

By Anna Chernova, Dakin Andone and Zahra Ullah, CNN A judge in Russia has left Brittney Griner’s verdict in place, upholding on Tuesday the US basketball star’s conviction on drug smuggling charges and reducing only slightly her nine-year prison sentence. Griner’s sentence will be modified to count the time she spent in pretrial detention after

By Nadeen Ebrahim and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN A top Iranian military official issued a warning to Saudi Arabia last week as his government continued to face off against protesters at home. “You are involved in this matter and know that you are vulnerable, it is better to be careful,” he said at the sidelines

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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Yemen, a country located on the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, sharing a border with Saudi Arabia and Oman. About Yemen (from the CIA World Fact Book)Area: 527,968 sq km (twice the size of Wyoming) Population: 30,984,689 (2022 est.) Median age: 19.8 years Capital: Sanaa Ethnic groups:

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the country of Iraq which borders Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Iran and the Persian Gulf. About Iraq (from the CIA World Factbook)Area: 438,317 sq km Population: 39,650,145 (2021 est.) Median age: 21.2 years (2020 est.) Capital: Baghdad Ethnic Groups: Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20% or other 5%

By Jennifer Hauser and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Boris Johnson was on Sunday battling to win enough support to make what would be a stunning comeback as Britain’s prime minister, as senior Conservative politicians declared their support for former finance minister Rishi Sunak. The two men have become the early favorites to replace Liz Truss, who