CNN – Europe/Mideast/Africa

By Antonia Mortensen, Allegra Goodwin and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Four people have died on Poland’s border with Belarus in recent days, amid…

By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Tensions between European leaders and the White House over a scuppered submarine deal threatened to overshadow President Joe…

By Kara Fox and James Frater, CNN Russia was responsible for killing Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian agent turned Kremlin critic who died in…

By Mostafa Salem, Nima Elbagir and Yasir Abdullah, CNN A military coup d’etat attempt failed in Sudan on Tuesday and most of the involved…

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN As a child growing up in Sweden, Karolina Jurzyk didn’t pay much attention to her grandfather’s tales of wartime…

By Stephanie Busari and Nina Avramova, CNN Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film ‘Hotel Rwanda,’ has been convicted of terrorism…

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Poland will have to pay a €500,000 ($586,000) fine for each day it continues extracting coal at an open-pit mine near the…

By Jack Guy, CNN Dozens of endangered African penguins were apparently killed by a swarm of bees in South Africa on Friday. The 63 penguins were…

By Al Goodman, Vasco Cotovio, Martin Goillandeau and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain’s La Palma island is continuing to…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Lech Walesa, former president of Poland. Personal Birth date: September 29, 1943 Birth…

By Joseph Ataman and Ben Westcott, CNN France’s ambassador to the United States reiterated in an interview Monday that the breakdown of the…

By Anna Chernova and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN At least six people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm…

By Zahra Ullah and Anna Chernova, CNN Russia’s ruling party is on track to secure a majority in parliamentary elections amid allegations of…

By Vasco Cotovio, Martin Goillandeau and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, erupted…

By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Crowds lining the banks of the Seine and visiting the Eiffel Tower in Paris this weekend were treated to an unusual sight…

By Rob Picheta, CNN Much of Europe has opened up to international visitors and scaled back Covid-19 restrictions since a wave of cases swept the…

By Ben Westcott, CNN Growing up as a teenager in Afghanistan, Rabia Balkhi felt lucky. Despite being born in a country with a long history of…

By Becky Anderson, Zeena Saifi and Mostafa Salem, CNN New Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged Lebanon’s people to put their trust in his…

By Zahra Ullah and Anna Chernova, CNN Millions of Russians are expected to head to the polls over a three-day period starting Friday in elections…

By Sarah Dean and Nicolo Ruotolo, CNN The Italian government has approved a decree making it mandatory for all public and private sector workers to…

By Katharina Krebs and Majlie de Puy Kamp, CNN Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag announced her resignation on Thursday after a majority of the Dutch…

By Zahra Ullah, Ivana Kottasová and Anna Chernova, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday morning that “not just one or two but…

By Nadine Schmidt and Rosa Steindorff, CNN German officials on Thursday said a possible Islamist terror attack on a synagogue in the western city of…

By Rob Picheta and Niamh Kennedy, CNN Around 3,000 healthcare workers have been suspended in France after failing to meet a government requirement to…

By Joseph Ataman and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN French forces have killed Adnan Abou Walid al Sahraoui, leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara…

By Neri Zilber The new Israeli government that toppled long-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this summer is full of contradictions.…

By Scott McLean, Bethlehem Feleke, Solomon Muingi and Fabien Muhire, CNN Kenya’s wide-open, postcard-perfect savannah is dotted with acacia…

By Jeevan Ravindran, Stephanie Halasz, Allegra Goodwin and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN More than 1,400 white-sided dolphins were killed Sunday night in…

By Angela Dewan and James Frater, CNN European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen sought to assert the bloc as a global leader on the climate crisis,…

By Eliza Mackintosh, Joseph Ataman, Saskya Vandoorne and Melissa Bell, CNN After US President Joe Biden laid out a plan to tackle the worsening…

By Max Foster and Gawon Bae, CNN Queen Elizabeth sent a message of congratulations to the people of North Korea on their national day, a Buckingham…

By Lauren del Valle and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Prince Andrew’s legal team said Tuesday that a civil lawsuit alleging the senior British royal…

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Norway’s main opposition Labour Party is beginning coalition talks to form a government Tuesday after the ruling…

By David McKenzie, CNN South Africa will start to ease several Covid-19 restrictions as infection rates decrease in the country, President Cyril…

By Nimi Princewill, CNN At least 240 prisoners have escaped in a prison break in Nigeria’s north-central Kogi State after gunmen carried out a…

By Radina Gigova, Ramin Mostaghim and Hannah Ryan, CNN Iran will allow inspectors from the UN’s nuclear watchdog to service nuclear monitoring…

By Amir Tal, Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman and Andrew Carey, CNN Israeli police say four of the six men who escaped from a prison in Northern Israel…

By Matthew Chance, Zahra Ullah and Katharina Krebs, CNN Ukraine’s ruling party acknowledged for the first time Friday a Ukrainian-led sting…

By Jack Guy and AJ Davis, CNN Austrian police have found the body of a woman who, they say, was mummified by her son so he could keep claiming her…

By Tamara Qiblawi and Mostafa Salem, CNN A new government has been formed in crisis-ridden Lebanon, ending a more than year-long power vacuum that…

By Jack Guy, CNN Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family support Black Lives Matter (BLM), a senior representative has told UK broadcaster Channel 4.…

By Matthew Chance, Zahra Ullah and Katharina Krebs, CNN Ukrainian opposition politicians are demanding an immediate investigation into how a special…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of award-winning screen legend Sophia Loren. Personal Birth date: September 20, 1934 Birth…

By Anna Chernova, CNN A veteran Russian politician has complained that two opponents running against him in St. Petersburg have adopted his name and…

By Anna Chernova, CNN Russian Emergencies Minister Yevgeny Zinichev has died in an accident during training exercises in the Arctic, Russian state…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Boko Haram, a militant Islamic group working out of Nigeria, whose purpose is to institute Sharia, or…

EXCLUSIVE by Matthew Chance and Zahra Ullah, CNN Security forces shattered the early morning calm of the lakeside Soviet-era resort outside the…

By Nimi Princewill, CNN Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has been named patron of Nigeria’s first sexual assault referral center in Lagos, the…

By Angela Dewan, International Climate Editor Europe experienced its hottest summer on record this year and temperatures in the Mediterranean smashed…

By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN ​​”Abiy, Abiy,” the crowd chanted, waving Ethiopia’s tricolor flag and cheering as the country’s…

By Eliza Mackintosh and Katharina Krebs, CNN A Belarusian court on Monday sentenced Maria Kolesnikova, a prominent opposition figure who led mass…

By Abeer Salman, Amir Tal and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Israeli authorities are hunting for six Palestinian militants who broke out of prison, apparently…

By Zixu Wang and Sophie Jeong, CNN The German Ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, has died suddenly at 54, after only a few weeks in his position,…

By David McKenzie, CNN Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been released from prison on medical parole due to ill health, the…

By Umaro Djau, Kareem Khadder and David McKenzie, CNN A Guinean military officer broadcast a statement Sunday announcing that Guinea’s…

By Nima Elbagir, Katie Polglase, Barbara Arvanitidis, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Laura Smith-Spark Video by Alex Platt and Mark Baron The ghostly outlines…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at what you need to know about the Camp David Accords. On September 17, 1978, Egyptian President Anwar…

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,…

By Atika Shubert, CNN From his office window, Brig. Gen. Joshua Olson can see a daily football match organized by the Afghan children who are…

By Eyad Kourdi, Mostafa Salem and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN An oil spill that originated from Syria’s largest refinery is growing and spreading…

By Jeevan Ravindran and Barbara Wojazer, CNN Authorities in the French capital of Paris are forcing drivers to slow down, setting a speed limit on…

By Nimi Princewill and Ahmad Ibrahim, CNN Scores of schoolchildren who were abducted at gunpoint at a school in Nigeria’s north-central Niger…

By Nimi Princewill, CNN Emmanuel Agbenro sits helplessly inside his sparsely-decorated ward at a hospital in Nigeria. He is supposed to be having…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at what you need to know about the Oslo Accords, a series of agreements between Israel and the…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. He is currently the deputy chairman of the…

By Jack Guy, CNN A man has been arrested on suspicion of contaminating food after processed meat and microwaveable products were injected with…

By Inke Kappeler, CNN German police have opened an attempted murder investigation after seven people who had consumed food and drink at a university…

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Last year was Europe’s hottest on record, according to a report published Wednesday by the American Meteorological…

By Nimi Princewill, Bethlehem Feleke and Stephanie Busari, CNN Afghanistan’s only girls’ boarding school has evacuated dozens of students…

By Livia Borghese and Jack Guy, CNN A US veteran has traveled to Italy to be reunited with three siblings who he almost shot dead during World War…

By Stephanie Busari and David McKenzie Zambia’s newly-elected president, Hakainde Hichilema, has been sworn into office after pulling off a…

By Scott McLean and Idris Mukhtar, CNN Inside a hospital in a leafy campus in the shadow of Mount Kenya, workers dressed head-to-toe in pale green…

By Angela Dewan, CNN Record rainfall that triggered deadly floods in Western Europe in July was made between 1.2 and 9 times more likely by…

By Anita Patrick, CNN The coronation of a dashing monarch in the oil-rich but impoverished Delta region has sparked a resurgence in royalty,…

By Nimi Princewill, CNN It was a roll call of Nigeria’s most powerful political elites during the wedding of Yusuf Buhari, son of…

By Atika Shubert, James Briggs and Jack Guy, CNN A nurse who delivered a baby girl on board an aircraft that evacuated people from Afghanistan has…

By Frederik Pleitgen, Claudia Otto, Angela Dewan and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN The ferries that once shuttled tourists to and from the little islets in…

By Rob Picheta and Chris Liakos, CNN Greece has finished building a 40-kilometer (25-mile) wall along its border with Turkey, amid concerns in parts…