Body found at Frankfurt airport in undercarriage of airplane on inbound flight from Tehran
By Nadine Schmidt, CNN A body was found in the undercarriage of a Lutfhansa plane that arrived at Frankfurt airport from Tehran on Thursday,…
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US orders families of embassy employees to depart Nigeria due to heightened risk of terrorism
By Michael Conte and Nimi Princewill, CNN The State Department has ordered non-emergency US embassy employees and their family members in Abuja,…
Continue Reading Russia removes bones of 18th-century commander revered by Putin from occupied Ukrainian city
By Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta, CNN Pro-Russian officials say they have removed the bones of famed 18th century Russian commander Grigory Potemkin…
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Russian state media report the situation in the Kherson region of Ukraine is stabilizing, with less frequent artillery fire and no counterattacks…
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The head of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Agency, Major General Kyrylo Budanov, speaks with CNN’s Nic Robertson about Russia’s accusation that…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin took some familiar swipes at the US and its allies during a speech, accusing “Western elites” of playing a…
Continue Reading Dutch foreign ministry investigating reports that China set up two purportedly illegal police stations in Netherlands
By Niamh Kennedy and Rosanne Roobeek, CNN The Dutch foreign ministry is “investigating” reports that China has set up two purportedly…
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By Uliana Pavlova, Sugam Pokharel and Amy Cassidy, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin took some familiar swipes at the US and its allies during a…
Continue Reading Stabbing attack in Italy kills one, injures soccer player Pablo Mari
By Valentina Di Donato and Glen Levy, CNN One person has died and four people, including Spanish soccer player Pablo Mari, were “seriously…
Continue Reading Iran security forces crack down on mourners at Nika Shahkarami ceremony
By Adam Pourahmadi, Mostafa Salem and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Mourners gathering to commemorate the 40th day since the death of Nika Shahkarami, an…
Continue Reading Russian lawmakers move to toughen ‘gay propaganda’ law, banning all adults from ‘promoting’ same-sex relationships
By Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta, CNN Russian lawmakers agreed to toughen the country’s discriminatory law against so-called same-sex…
Continue Reading Israel and Lebanon finalize Mediterranean border agreement, opening up potentially rich oil and gas fields
By Hadas Gold, Mostafa Salem, Mia Albert, Celine Alkhaldi and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Israel and Lebanon finalized an agreement defining their maritime…
Continue Reading TV host Ksenia Sobchak, a Kremlin critic with ties to Putin, flees Russia after apartment search
By Anna Chernova, CNN Russian TV host and 2018 presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak has fled Russia for Lithuania, Russian state news agency TASS…
Continue Reading Belarus opposition leader says CNN report is ‘proof’ Lukashenko regime aided Russian aggression in Ukraine
By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN An opposition leader in exile from Belarus has demanded that President Alexsandr Lukashenko be held to account for his…
Continue Reading Clashes in Iran as thousands gather at Mahsa Amini’s grave, 40 days after her death
Clashes broke out throughout Iran as protesters marked 40 days since the death of Mahsa Amini. Amini’s death back in September has sparked worldwide…
Continue Reading Body of Joshua Jones, American killed in Ukraine, returned to Ukrainian custody
The body of Joshua Jones , an American killed in August while fighting alongside the Ukrainian military, has been returned to Ukrainian custody by…
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In a CNN exclusive, Clarissa Ward travels to the Zaporizhzhia region between Ukrainian and Russian-controlled Ukraine, where Russian officials return…
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CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour presses Russia’s ambassador to the United Kingdom Andrey Kelin on Vladimir Putin’s veiled threats…
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Continue Reading What really happened to Nika Shahkarami? Witnesses to her final hours cast doubt on Iran’s story
Nika Shahkarami has become one of the most known faces in Iran after she went missing on September 20 after attending protests in Tehran. Iranian…
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By Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN A black-clad Iranian girl stands on top of an overturned garbage bin, waving her…
Continue Reading 15 killed, 40 injured in terrorist attack claimed by ISIS in Iran
By Adam Pourahmadi and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN At least 15 people were killed and 40 others were injured Wednesday in a “terrorist attack”…
Continue Reading Clashes in Iran as thousands gather at Mahsa Amini’s grave, 40 days after her death
By Celine Alkhaldi, Adam Pourahmadi and Tara John, CNN Clashes broke out throughout Iran Wednesday as thousands of people came to the burial site of…
Continue Reading Body of Joshua Jones, American killed in Ukraine, returned to Ukrainian custody
By Clarissa Ward, Mick Krever, Scott McWhinnie and Dave Alsup, CNN The body of an American man killed in August while fighting alongside the…
Continue Reading Displaced by devastating floods, Nigerians are forced to use floodwater despite cholera risk
Nearly a month after Nigeria’s worst flooding in a decade left hundreds dead and more than a million people displaced, communities continue to remain…
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By Nimi Princewill and Larry Madowo, CNN Nigeria’s southern Bayelsa state is officially nicknamed the ‘glory of all lands.’ But…
Continue Reading Ukraine tells refugees not to return this winter as Russian strikes put energy grid in peril
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…
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By Tara Subramaniam, Jack Guy and Adrienne Vogt, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery…
Continue Reading Norwegian police arrest ‘Brazilian researcher’ on suspicion of spying for Russia
By James Frater and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Police in Norway arrested an academic working at the University of Tromsø in the Arctic Circle on Monday, on…
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