CNN – Europe/Mideast/Africa

By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Home renovations can unearth all sorts of unexpected items, but one Portuguese property owner discovered hidden treasure on another scale when he stumbled upon what could be Europe’s largest dinosaur remains. In early August, a team of Portuguese and Spanish researchers exhumed parts of what they believe is a fossilized brachiosaurid

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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Britain’s Prince Harry. Personal Birth date: September 15, 1984 Birth place: London, England at St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington Birth name: Henry Charles Albert David Father: Charles, the Prince of Wales Mother: Diana, the Princess of Wales Marriage: Rachel Meghan (Markle) Windsor (May 19, 2018-present)

By Isil Sariyuce, for CNN A Turkish court has placed pop music singer Gulsen Bayraktar Colakoglu under house arrest, state-run news agency Anadolu said on Monday. Last week the pop star, widely known as Gulsen, was jailed pending trial on charges of “inciting or insulting the public to hatred and enmity” after she made a

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Aqeel Najim and Ivana Kottasová, CNN At least 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured in violent clashes that erupted in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Monday, following an announcement by powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr that he was withdrawing from political life, medical sources told CNN. Several

By Jack Guy, CNN Britain’s largest warship, the HMS Prince of Wales, has been forced to stop on its way to the US following an “emerging mechanical issue” shortly after departure, the Royal Navy has said. On Saturday, the aircraft carrier left Portsmouth, southern England, en route to join exercises off the east coast of

By Heather Chen, Tara John, Hafsa Khalil, Ed Upright, Aditi Sangal, Elise Hammond and Maureen Chowdhury, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Sunni extremist group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Facts The Yemeni-based arm of al Qaeda, AQAP, emerged when al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia and Yemen unified in 2009. Many analysts believe AQAP is the most dangerous al Qaeda affiliate. AQAP’s main goals include establishing a

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Personal Birth date: September 11, 1965 Birth place: Damascus, Syria Father: Hafez Assad, late Syrian President Mother: Anisa Makhlouf al-Assad Marriage: Asma (Akhras) al-Assad (2000-present) Children: Karim, 2004; Zein, 2003; Hafez, 2001 Education: University of Damascus, Medicine, 1988; Ophthalmology residency, London,

By Olly Racz, Manveena Suri and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) says it is ready to transfer the remains of an American killed in Ukraine, according to DPR ombudsman for human rights Daria Morozova, Russian state media TASS reported. Morozova said the American was killed Tuesday while fighting in the Kharkiv region

By Richard Roth, CNN A month-long meeting on nuclear disarmament ended in failure at the United Nations Friday night when Russia refused to accept the final draft of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The treaty is reviewed every five years as part of an effort to reduce nuclear risks and stop the

By Rob Picheta, CNN When a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Moscow, killing 29-year-old Darya Dugina, the eyes of the West immediately turned to her father, Alexander Dugin — the ultra-nationalist philosopher credited with being the “spiritual guide” to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. But Dugina herself played a smaller, public

By Jennifer Hauser, CNN Researchers at Yale University ​say they have uncovered 21 “​filtration” sites in the Russian-controlled territory of Donetsk ​in eastern Ukraine. The ​researchers say these ​sites are used by Russian forces ​and their allies to process, register, interrogate and detain Ukrainians trying to ​leave Russian-occupied territory. ​Those detained can include civilians and

By Olga Konovalova, Oleksandra Ochman, Sarah Dean and Tara John, CNN Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is currently held by Russian forces, has been reconnected to Ukraine’s electricity grid, the country’s nuclear operator said in an updated statement on Friday, a day after the plant was disconnected for the first time in its history.

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By Rebecca Wright, Olga Konovalova and Oleksandra Ochman CNN When Russian troops started shelling nearby towns from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant where she worked in southeastern Ukraine, Elena decided it was time to escape. She had kept working at the Zaporizhzhia complex for months after it was stormed by the Russians in March, among

By Amarachi Orie and Angela Dewan, CNN The record-breaking heat wave that swept across Europe this year will become the “average” summer by 2035, even if all countries reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by as much as they have pledged to, according to an analysis published Thursday. The analysis by the UK’s Met Office Hadley

By Tim Lister, Yulia Kesaieva and Tara John, CNN Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is held by Russian forces, is still disconnected from the country’s power grid, a day after being disconnected for the first time in its history, according to the country’s nuclear operator. “The station’s own needs for power supply are currently

By Kathleen Magramo, Jack Guy, Ed Upright, Aditi Sangal, Meg Wagner, Adrienne Vogt, Elise Hammond and Maureen Chowdhury, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Wednesday, marking six months since Russia begun its full-scale invasion of the country which also falls on Ukraine’s Independence Day. Announcing the visit on Twitter, 10 Downing Street shared an image of Johnson speaking to Zelensky