Putin announces annexation of Ukrainian regions in defiance of international law
By Joshua Berlinger, Anna Chernova and Tim Lister, CNN President Vladimir Putin announced Russia would seize of nearly a fifth of Ukraine on Friday,…
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Booker prize nominated author convicted for staging solo protest in Zimbabwe
By Nyasha Chingono, for CNN Award-winning Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga has been found guilty of staging a protest with the intent of inciting…
Continue Reading In ghostly Sviatogirsk, Russia’s challenge in annexing territory it cannot control is laid bare
As Ukrainian forces make further gains in the eastern region of Donetsk, CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh reports from a newly-liberated monastery town in the…
Continue Reading In ghostly Sviatogirsk, Russia’s challenge in annexing territory it cannot control is laid bare
By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Gallón, Konstantin Gak and Brice Lâiné , CNN It is a road through scorched forest, open roofs and pockmarked…
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN A rift has emerged in the Danish royal family following a decision by Queen Margrethe to strip four of her eight grandchildren…
Continue Reading Trial of 87-year-old Rwanda genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga opens at The Hague
By Larry Madowo, CNN The trial of one of the last fugitives accused of broadcasting hateful propaganda and arming militias in the 1994 Rwanda…
Continue Reading Putin to host ceremony annexing occupied Ukrainian territories on Friday, Kremlin says
By Anna Chernova, Joshua Berlinger and Rob Picheta, CNN Russia will on Friday begin formally annexing up to 18% of Ukrainian territory, with…
Continue Reading Nord Stream gas ruptures could leak ‘unprecedented’ amount of this potent greenhouse gas
By Christian Edwards, CNN Experts say that the unexplained explosions in the Nord Stream pipelines running from Russia to Europe could release an…
Continue Reading Nord Stream gas ruptures could leak ‘unprecedented’ amount of this potent greenhouse gas
Unexplained leaks in multiple Nord Stream pipelines may cause problems for Europe as gas prices begin to increase. Experts and also Russia, which…
Continue Reading Putin announces annexation of Ukrainian regions in defiance of international law
Tens of thousand of men are fleeing Russia and President Vladimir Putin’s military draft. CNN’s Melissa Bell has more from the Russian border with…
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Continue Reading ‘The worst is yet to come’: Russians rush to the borders amid draft fears
New satellite images show a nearly 10-mile line of cars waiting to get into Georgia from Russia as thousands hope to flee Russian President Vladimir…
Continue Reading ‘The worst is yet to come’: Russians rush to the borders amid draft fears
By Vasco Cotovio, Melissa Bell, Mark Esplin and Ekaterine Kadagishvili CNN With one bag in each hand and another on his back, Denis makes his way up…
Continue Reading At least 4 Palestinians killed, dozens wounded in one of year’s deadliest Israeli West Bank raids
By Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN At least four Palestinian men were killed and 44 wounded during an Israeli military raid and heavy clashes in…
Continue Reading Russian forces have staged illegal ‘referendums’ in Ukraine. What comes next?
By Rob Picheta, CNN Pro-Russian authorities have held so-called referendums in four regions of Ukraine over recent days and, while the votes are…
Continue Reading Russia’s claimed observers in Ukraine ‘referendums’ violate numerous international principles — experts
By Mick Krever, Olga Voitovych, Josh Pennington, John Allen and Stephanie Halasz, CNN The foreigners that Russian state media routinely cite as being…
Continue Reading Russia’s claimed observers in Ukraine ‘referendums’ violate numerous international principles — experts
In the Ukrainian city of Toretsk, 19 people survived deadly Russian rocket strikes without injury, as Russia advances through the Donetsk region.…
Continue Reading Russian forces have staged illegal ‘referendums’ in Ukraine. What comes next?
Russian President Vladimir Putin is under pressure as many Russians are defying his call for partial mobilization for the war in Ukraine. CNN’s…
Continue Reading Russia invades Ukraine
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Continue Reading What you need to know about Iran’s raging protests
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Protests continued across Iran on Sunday despite government crackdown and state media reports claiming that demonstrators have…
Continue Reading Vladimir Putin grants former NSA contractor Edward Snowden Russian citizenship
By Rob Picheta, Uliana Pavlova and Chris Liakos CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted former NSA contractor Edward Snowden Russian…
Continue Reading Giorgia Meloni claims victory to become Italy’s most far-right prime minister since Mussolini
No change in Italy’s position on Russia’s war on Ukraine, former Italian PM Matteo Renzi…
Continue Reading Ebola infections grow in Uganda as death toll rises to 23
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Ebola infections have risen across districts in Uganda, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed and suspected deaths to…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading Russia’s claimed observers in Ukraine ‘referendums’ violate numerous international principles — experts
CNN senior international correspondent Ben Wedeman reports from Kupiansk, Ukraine, where Russian forces have been driven out of the city — but…
Continue Reading Protests erupt in Russia’s Dagestan region as minorities say they are being targeted by Putin’s mobilization orders
Protests against President Vladimir Putin’s partial mobilization order are spreading across Russia, including to the far east, as many young men are…
Continue Reading At least 11 children among dead after gunman opens fire at school in Russia
By Anna Chernova and Radina Gigova, CNN At least 11 children were killed when a gunman wearing Nazi symbols opened fire at a school in the western…
Continue Reading Protests 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 Reading Putin’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 Reading September 26, 2022 Russia-Ukraine News
By Aditi Sangal, Tara Subramaniam and Sana Noor Haq, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery…
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