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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Giorgia 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 Reading Protests, drafting mistakes and an exodus: Putin’s mobilization off to chaotic start
CNN’s Ben Wedeman reports on how Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is trying to get Russian soldiers to…
Continue Reading Protests, drafting mistakes and an exodus: Putin’s mobilization off to chaotic start
Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö, who has a longstanding relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, joins CNN’s Fareed Zakaria to discuss…
Continue Reading Fifth Iranian paramilitary member killed as president warns protesters will be dealt with ‘decisively’
Parnaz Foroutan, author of the memoir “Home Is a Stranger,” says morality police in Iran detained her for showing part of her ankle beneath her…
Continue Reading Fifth 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 Reading Protests, 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 Reading Italy 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 Reading Young 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 Reading Signs 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 Reading Three 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 Reading Iranians 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…
Continue Reading 11 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 Reading Russian aviation expert is latest official to die in mysterious circumstances
By Josh Pennington and Jennifer Hauser, CNN The former rector to the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) has died, according to a statement from the…
Continue Reading Traffic jams and desperation at the border as Russians flee Putin’s ‘partial mobilization’
By Ivan Watson, Masho Lomashvili, Simone McCarthy, Tim Lister and Uliana Pavlova, CNN Vladimir Putin’s “partial mobilization” of…
Continue Reading Occupied 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 Reading Vladimir Putin grants former NSA contractor Edward Snowden Russian citizenship
Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, US President Joe Biden responds to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s provocative speech that orders…
Continue Reading September 23, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Amy Woodyatt, Christian Edwards, Hannah Strange, Aditi Sangal and Adrienne Vogt, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network,…
Continue Reading How Giorgia Meloni and her far-right party became a driving force in Italian politics
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN When Giorgia Meloni first burst onto the political scene in 2006 as the youngest ever vice-president of the National…
Continue Reading Traffic jams and desperation at the border as Russians flee Putin’s ‘partial mobilization’
Countries bordering Russia are reporting a stark uptick in border crossings as Russians’ fears grow over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s…
Continue Reading Iceland arrests four suspected of terror plot in ‘unprecedented’ operation
CNN’s Amy Cassidy and Jorge Engels Icelandic police say they have arrested four men for alleged “preparations for terrorist acts”…
Continue Reading Fetuses smile for carrots but grimace over kale, study suggests
By Amarachi Orie, CNN While it is known that some children are not huge fans of greens, a new study suggests that such dietary preferences could come…
Continue Reading Tearful scenes and protest as mobilization gets underway in Russia
Protests erupted on the streets of Russia after Putin announced a partial mobilization of citizens. Some protesters are clashing with police and…
Continue Reading One-year-old dies as 11 more suspected Ebola cases identified in Uganda
By David McKenzie and Allegra Goodwin, CNN Uganda’s Ministry of Health reported another 11 suspected cases of Ebola identified in the…
Continue Reading Iran protests rage as Mahsa Amini’s father says authorities lied about her death
By Jessie Yeung, Jomana Karadsheh, Ramin Mostaghim and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN The father of an Iranian woman who died in police custody last week has…
Continue Reading Tearful scenes and protest as mobilization gets underway in Russia
By Simone McCarthy, Matthew Chance, Tim Lister, Anna Chernova and Mick Krever, CNN As the first phase of Russia’s new “partial…
Continue Reading Russia announces immediate ‘partial mobilization’ of citizens, escalating its invasion of Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of Russian citizens in a speech to the nation on Wednesday. He claimed that the goal of the…
Continue Reading Iranian women burn their hijabs as hundreds protest death of Mahsa Amini
By Jessie Yeung, Ramin Mostaghim, Jomana Karadsheh, Mostafa Salem and Jennifer Deaton, CNN In the video, a massive crowd cheers as a woman lifts a…
Continue Reading Iranians are risking it all to protest. Their families say some of them aren’t coming home
CNN’s Jomana Karadsheh reports on the deadly protests in Tehran, Iran after a 22-year-old Iranian woman died after being arrested by Iran’s morality…
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