Putin’s ‘chef’ Prigozhin admits creating Wagner mercenary outfit in 2014
By Sebastian Shukla and Anna Chernova, CNN Yevgeny Prigozhin, one of Russia’s most elusive oligarchs, now admits to founding the private…
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Russia’s claimed observers in Ukraine ‘referendums’ violate numerous international principles — experts
CNN By Mick Krever, Olga Voitovych, Josh Pennington, John Allen and Stephanie Halasz, CNN The foreigners that Russian state media routinely cite as…
Continue ReadingProtests erupt in Russia’s Dagestan region as minorities say they are being targeted by Putin’s mobilization orders
CNN By Josh Pennington and Jessie Yeung, CNN Heated protests have broken out in some ethnic minority regions in Russia against Vladimir Putin’s…
Continue ReadingProtests erupt in Russia’s Dagestan region as minorities say they are being targeted by Putin’s mobilization orders
By Josh Pennington and Jessie Yeung, CNN Heated protests have broken out in some ethnic minority regions in Russia against Vladimir Putin’s…
Continue ReadingPutin’s tactical nuclear weapons could pack the same punch as atomic bombs dropped on Japan
By Brad Lendon, CNN With his forces retreating in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again threatened to turn to nuclear weapons,…
Continue ReadingSeptember 26, 2022 Russia-Ukraine News
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Continue ReadingGiorgia Meloni claims victory to become Italy’s most far-right prime minister since Mussolini
By Kara Fox, Barbie Latza Nadeau, Antonia Mortensen, Nicola Ruotolo, Sharon Braithwaite and Valentina DiDonato, CNN Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia…
Continue ReadingProtests, drafting mistakes and an exodus: Putin’s mobilization off to chaotic start
CNN By Katharina Krebs, Radina Gigova, Simone McCarthy and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Russia’s “partial mobilization” for its war in…
Continue ReadingProtests, drafting mistakes and an exodus: Putin’s mobilization off to chaotic start
CNN By Katharina Krebs, Radina Gigova, Simone McCarthy and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Russia’s “partial mobilization” for its war in…
Continue ReadingFifth Iranian paramilitary member killed as president warns protesters will be dealt with ‘decisively’
By Hamdi Alkhshali and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN A fifth member of an Iranian volunteer paramilitary group died Sunday after clashing with what state…
Continue ReadingFifth Iranian paramilitary member killed as president warns protesters will be dealt with ‘decisively’
CNN By Hamdi Alkhshali and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN A fifth member of an Iranian volunteer paramilitary group died Sunday after clashing with what state…
Continue ReadingProtests, drafting mistakes and an exodus: Putin’s mobilization off to chaotic start
By Katharina Krebs, Radina Gigova, Simone McCarthy and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Russia’s “partial mobilization” for its war in Ukraine is…
Continue ReadingItaly expected to look right as voters head to polls in national election
By Kara Fox, Barbie Latza Nadeau, Antonia Mortensen and Nicola Ruotolo, CNN Italians were voting Sunday in national elections in which the far-right…
Continue Reading‘I don’t want to die for someone else’s ambitions’: Men across Russia face mobilization
Uliana Pavlova Tension was in the air as a long trail of cars lined up near the Petkuhovo checkpoint on the border between Russia and Kazakhstan late…
Continue ReadingYoung Iranians are rising up against decades of repression — arguably bolder than ever
By Artemis Moshtaghian, Jomana Karadsheh, Caitlin Hu, Kathleen Magramo, Sahar Akbarzai and Richard Roth, CNN Iranian authorities say they will…
Continue ReadingSigns of torture, mutilation on bodies at Izium mass burial site: Ukraine officials
By Yulia Kesaieva, Jennifer Hauser and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Ukrainian officials say they have finished exhuming bodies from a mass burial site in…
Continue ReadingThree baby chimps were kidnapped from a sanctuary. Their abductors are demanding a ransom
By Xiaofei Xu and Marguerite Lacroix, CNN An animal sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing demands for ransom money, after…
Continue ReadingOccupied parts of Ukraine vote on joining Russia in ‘sham’ referendums
By Tim Lister, Julia Kesaieva, Olga Voitovych, Simone McCarthy and Mick Krever, CNN Four Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine began voting in…
Continue Reading11 dead in suspected and confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda
By Nimi Princewill and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN In the last 24 hours, Uganda has recorded four confirmed cases of Ebola, bringing the cumulative…
Continue ReadingIranians are risking it all to protest. Their families say some of them aren’t coming home
By Teele Rebane and Hannah Ritchie, CNN The last time Farnaz heard her brother’s voice was over the phone, on an unknown number. “He…
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