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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, one of the alleged 9/11 co-conspirators. Personal Birth date: March 1,…

By Hannah Ryan, CNN A bishop in Spain has had his clerical powers removed following his marriage to a “transgressive” author of erotica…

By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Four-year-old Azhi hobbles across a makeshift migrant center on the Polish-Belarusian border. Grabbing his mother’s hand…

By Radina Gigova and Barbie Nadeau, CNN At least three people have died and at least six others are missing after several buildings in the southern…

By Vasco Cotovio and Phillipe Vieira, CNN South African authorities have arrested a convicted Portuguese banker that had fled from the country in…

By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The bishop of Noto in Sicily stunned schoolchildren last week when he dropped a bombshell during an arts festival —…

By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Charbel Mallo, CNN A Hamas warehouse filled with ammunition at a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon exploded on…

By Martin Goillandeau, CNN Tigrayan forces summarily executed dozens of civilians in two towns they controlled in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara…

By Laura Smith-Spark, Claudia Rebaza and Sebastian Shukla, CNN US authorities have won their bid to overturn a British judge’s ruling that…

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Ahmed Qorei, former prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority. Personal Birth date:…

By Matthew Chance, CNN Ukrainian defense officials say Russia has increased troop numbers near the Ukrainian border to 120,000 people, including…

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas leader in Gaza. Personal Birth date: 1962 Birth place: Shati refugee camp, near Gaza…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Angela Merkel, former chancellor of Germany. Personal Birth date: July 17, 1954 Birth…

By Laura Smith-Spark and Stephanie Halasz, CNN Germany recorded its highest number of daily deaths from Covid-19 since February on Wednesday, as it…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Keith Richards, musician and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Personal Birth date:…

By Salma Abdelaziz, CNN Illustrations by Alberto Mier, CNN Produced by Monica Sarkar, CNN Editor’s note: This story is part of CNN’s…

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Olaf Scholz has been sworn in as Germany’s new Chancellor on Wednesday, bringing to an end Angela Merkel’s four…

By Matthew Chance and Katharina Krebs, CNN Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov has told CNN there will be a “really bloody…

By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Scott McWhinnie, CNN Photographs by Brent Swails, CNN Many of the main roads running through Unity State are now…

By Larry Madowo and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Johannesburg’s Rivers Church, a trendy Christian community for the city’s hip and spiritual,…

By Delia Gallagher, CNN Pope Francis met with refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos Sunday, his second trip to the island — which has become a…

By Zaina Adamu and Stephanie Busari, CNN African leaders are hitting back against travel bans imposed over the Omicron variant, accusing wealthy…

By Hadas Gold, CNN In a nondescript office park in the desert town of Be’er Sheva, a “war room” filled with screens showing various…

CNN Editorial Research Syria is a Middle Eastern country sharing a border with Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey. About Syria (from the CIA…

By Matthew Chance and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Tensions between Ukraine and Russia are at their highest in years, with a Russian troop build-up near…

By Delia Gallagher, CNN and Reuters Pope Francis arrived in Cyprus Thursday, where he called on residents to “welcome and integrate one…

By Xiaofei Xu, CNN A man dressed like a ninja was shot by French police after he attempted to attack two officers with a sword in the western city of…

By Xiaofei Xu and Anaëlle Jonah, CNN Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Michel Aupetit from the position of Archbishop of Paris following…

By Nadine Schmidt, CNN Former Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz said Thursday his political career was over, weeks after his office was raided by…

By Stephanie Halasz and Chris Stern, CNN Four people have been injured in an explosion caused by an old aircraft bomb near a busy train station in…

By Al Goodman, CNN New lava tubes from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain’s La Palma island have sent molten lava flowing downhill at speeds of…

By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Europe is considering a step once unthinkable among Western democracies: Making Covid-19 vaccinations compulsory for the…

By John Mastrini and Ivana Kottasová, CNN When the Czech President Milos Zeman formally appointed Petr Fiala as the country’s new Prime…

By Martin Goillandeau, CNN Swiss voters on Sunday approved their government’s pandemic response plan in a referendum by a 62.01% majority,…

By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Police in Liverpool, northwest England, have launched a murder inquiry after a 12-year-old girl was killed in an assault in…

By CNN Staff Global police agency Interpol has elected UAE Inspector General Ahmed Naser al-Raisi, who has been accused of overseeing torture, as its…

By Radina Gigova and Nimi Princewill, CNN At least eight civilians were killed and 17 others injured, including 13 school children, after a suicide…

By Katie Hunt, CNN Scientists studying ancient disease have uncovered one of the earliest examples of spillover — when a disease jumps from an…

By Helen Regan, Pierre Bairin, Dalal Mawad and Xiaofei Xu, CNN A young girl was among 27 people who drowned in bitterly cold waters off the coast of…

By Amy Cassidy and Niamh Kennedy, CNN, and Reuters Sweden’s first female Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson, has resigned from office only…

By Sheena McKenzie, CNN Three German political parties have sealed a deal for a new government, with left-leaning Olaf Scholz the proposed next…

By Sebastian Shukla and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN The Ukrainian naval patrol boat “Kremenchuk” churns out into the gun-grey waters of the…

By Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Abiy Ahmed has announced he will lead his country’s soldiers on…

By Hada Messia, CNN Rudy Guede, the only person to remain convicted over the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy, has been released…

By Xiaofei Xu and Sheena McKenzie, CNN France’s prime minister has tested positive for Covid-19, forcing five Belgian ministers to also go into…

By Radina Gigova, CNN and Reuters At least 45 people, including 12 children, were killed when their bus crashed and erupted in flames in Bulgaria…

Story by Reuters Portugal shut down its last remaining coal plant over the weekend, ending the use of the polluting material for electricity…

By Cristiana Moisescu and Ben Wedeman, CNN “It’s relentless — relentless,” sighed nurse Claudiu Ionita, standing in front of…

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Most of the 250 permanent residents of a volcanic Italian island have been told to evacuate after levels of carbon…

By Martin Goillandeau and Sana Noor Haq, CNN A 70-year-old man sustained a “serious leg injury” in southwestern France on Saturday after…

By Yassir Abdullah and Eyad Kourdi, CNN Sudan’s military chief on Sunday reinstated Abdalla Hamdok as prime minister, almost a month after he…

By Amir Tal, Abeer Salman, Mike Schwartz, Ibrahim Dahman and Shira Gemer, CNN A 26-year old Israeli man has died after a Hamas gunman carried out a…