CNN – Europe/Mideast/Africa

By Alex Hardie, Maria Kostenko and Darya Tarasova, CNN A Russian military blogger has been injured and his driver killed after their car was blown up, Russian state media reported, the latest attack on a pro-war figure. Zakhar Prilepin was hospitalized with a leg injury in the blast in the Nizhny Novgorod region, about 250

By Maria Kostenko and Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Ukraine says it has for the first time used a US-made Patriot air defense system to intercept a Russian hypersonic missile. Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, said on Telegram Saturday: “Yes, we have intercepted the ‘unmatched’ Kinzhal,’” adding an emoji of the Ukrainian flag.

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Britain’s King Charles III has been crowned in a once-in-a-generation royal event witnessed by hundreds of high-profile guests inside Westminster Abbey, as well as tens of thousands of well-wishers who gathered in central London despite the rain. While Charles became King on the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II last

The service is conducted by The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan Processions Procession of Faith Leaders Procession of the Commonwealth Realms The choir proceeds to places in Quire. Members of foreign Royal Families arrive at the Great West Door and are conducted to

By Florence Davey-Attlee, Max Foster and Richard Quest, CNN The Church of England has changed the wording of its invitation to the public to pledge allegiance to King Charles during his coronation, following a public backlash. In a break with coronation tradition, British and Commonwealth citizens around the globe had initially been invited to recite

By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Britons are more likely to say their views of the monarchy have worsened than improved over the past decade, according to a CNN poll, suggesting that King Charles III is facing serious challenges on the eve of his coronation, when he will be officially crowned

By Scott McLean, Vladimir Banic and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Serbians are reeling and demanding answers after two mass shootings in less than 48 hours left multiple people dead, with widespread calls for tough action to prevent any further repeat of such tragedies. Gun ownership is high in Serbia, but the sort of mass shootings seen

By Brad Lendon, Josh Pennington and Uliana Pavlova, CNN Standing in front of the bodies of dozens of what he claims are his fighters killed in Russia’s war with Ukraine, the head of the private military company Wagner unleashed an expletive-laden challenge to Russia’s military leadership, and later blamed defense chiefs for “tens of thousands”

By Helen Regan and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN The United States rejected “ludicrous” accusations from Russia that it was behind an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin as Moscow’s deputy foreign minister warned the two powers are on the precipice of an “open-armed conflict.” Relations between the US and Russia are at their lowest point since

By Hande Atay Alam, Jessie Yeung, Alex Stambaugh, Vladimir Banic and Josh Pennington, CNN A man suspected of killing at least eight people in Serbia has been arrested following a massive manhunt, leaving the country reeling from its second mass shooting in just two days. The latest shooting happened late on Thursday night when an

By Zeena Saifi and Becky Anderson, CNN Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi believes there are enough votes among Arab League members for Syria to return to the organization, adding that it is “only the beginning” of bringing a political end to the Syrian crisis. Members of the League will vote on a “reversal of the

By Celine Alkhaldi, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Sana Noor Haq and CNN journalists in Sudan Sudanese actress Asia Abdel-Majid was killed in crossfire during fighting in the capital Khartoum on Wednesday, amid clashes between two warring factions that have devastated Sudan and led to the deaths of hundreds of civilians. The 80-year-old was killed after shells hit

By Rob Picheta, Anna Chernova and Allegra Goodwin, CNN The tight ring of security that surrounds the seat of the Russian presidency was punctured in dramatic fashion by what appeared to be two attempted drone strikes in the early hours of Wednesday morning. But until the Kremlin chose to publicize the incident around 12 hours

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Eight people have died in the city of Brno, the Czech Republic, after a large fire broke out early on Thursday in a structure thought to be used as a shelter by homeless people, Czech police said. Six men and two women were killed after the fire engulfed several mobile cabins

By Abeer Salman and Elliott Gotkine, CNN Israeli forces killed the suspected gunmen who shot dead a British-Israeli mother and two of her daughters last month, Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Richard Hecht told CNN Thursday. They were among at least three Palestinian men killed in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on

By Josh Pennington, Olga Voitovych, Helen Regan, Vasco Cotovio and Anna Chernova, CNN Russia unleashed its worst attacks on Kyiv in a year, Ukraine’s military said, as for the third time in four days missiles and drones hit the city. The barrage came after Moscow accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin

By Nimi Princewill, CNN Nigeria’s food and drug regulator says it is investigating the popular Indomie brand of instant noodles following recalls in Malaysia and Taiwan where health authorities say they detected a potentially cancer-causing substance. Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said in a statement Tuesday it was “taking

By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN For days now, the blasts have echoed the condition each country’s military is in. Ukraine is apparently striking at fuel depots in Russian-occupied areas and inside Russia itself — seemingly precise attacks but ones to which Kyiv is making no overt claim. Russia has been lashing out at what often

By Duarte Mendonca and Nimi Princewill, CNN Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides on Tuesday in Rwanda killing at least 127 people in the Western, Northern and Southern Provinces, the president’s office said. “Rescue interventions are ongoing in the most affected districts … in order to secure endangered citizens,” a statement by the presidency said

By Rob Picheta, Josh Pennington, Radina Gigova and Amy Croffey, CNN A teenage boy opened fire in a school in the Serbian capital of Belgrade just after lessons began on Wednesday morning, killing eight children and a security guard and seriously injuring several others, officials said. The boy — a 13-year-old student at the school

By Niamh Kennedy, Chris Stern and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Police arrested more than 100 people across in multiple European countries on Wednesday as part of a major operation against Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta mafia, described by authorities as the “largest ever” coordinated hit against Italian organized crime. Authorities took into custody 132 suspected members of the

By Hadas Gold, Richard Allen Greene and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Israel conducted strikes on the Gaza Strip late Tuesday and militants there fired rockets toward Israel following the death of a prominent Palestinian hunger striker in an Israeli prison. The exchange of fire came after former Islamic Jihad spokesman Khader Adnan died in Israeli custody

By Catherine Nicholls and Nimi Princewill, CNN Uganda’s parliament has passed an amended version of the controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023 on Tuesday. Under the new proposed bill, homosexual conduct will still be illegal, but identifying as homosexual without conducting in homosexual acts will not be outlawed. The bill, however, retains its more extreme elements, including the death penalty for

By Amy Cassidy, Ingrid Formanek and David McKenzie, CNN The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) — the two warring factions in Sudan — have agreed to a seven-day ceasefire, the foreign ministry of South Sudan said in a statement Tuesday. The two sides also said they would send representatives

By Fred Pleitgen, Claudia Otto and Laura Paddison, CNN Standing in his field of stunted, withered maize, Santi Caudevilla is very worried. “If the weather does not change it will be zero. Nothing is going to be harvested,” he said. Caudevilla, who grows maize, sorghum and other crops in Gimenells in Catalonia, has been hit

By Abeer Salman, Hadas Gold, Richard Allen Greene and Helen Regan, CNN Palestinian detainee Khader Adnan, an Islamic Jihad former spokesman who became a symbol of Palestinian resistance to Israeli detention policies, died Tuesday after 87 days of hunger strike, authorities said. Adnan, 45, had been on hunger strike since his arrest on February 5,

By Natalie Gallón, Nick Paton Walsh, Jennifer Hansler and Teele Rebane, CNN A former US Marine, Cooper “Harris” Andrews, 26, was killed on the outskirts of Bakhmut late last week, according to his mother and colleagues in Ukraine. Andrews, from Cleveland, Ohio, was hit by a mortar, his mother, Willow Andrews said, likely on April

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections are less than two weeks away, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing unprecedented challenges that could end his two-decade rule. Voters will head to the polls on May 14, deciding the fate of Turkey’s democracy less than three months after a February 6 earthquake killed more

By Larry Madowo, CNN In the dark of night, the nightmare is nearly over for the lucky few gathered on the quayside in Port Sudan. Under floodlights, a tugboat docks and picks up dozens of evacuees from a quiet street near the busy jetty. Saudi soldiers wearing balaclavas check their passports and let them through,

By Joseph Ataman, Saskya Vandoorne and Oliver Briscoe, CNN Clashes erupted in Paris on Monday marking May 1, a traditional day of union-led marches, in the wake of hugely unpopular changes to France’s pension system that were signed into law last month. A building caught fire at Place de la Nation as the French capital

By Gul Tuysuz, Hande Atay Alam and Jessie Yeung, CNN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed on Sunday that the country’s intelligence forces had killed the leader of ISIS in Syria as he vowed to continue the country’s fight against terrorism. In a broadcast, Erdogan said Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization had been tracking a man

By Antonia Mortensen, CNN The Vatican is part of a peace mission to end the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis said Sunday. “The mission is in the course now, but it is not yet public. When it is public, I will reveal it,” Francis told reporters. The pontiff made the remarks as he returned to

By Richard Allen Greene Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN Sunday his country would remain a “robust democracy” despite controversial plans to overhaul the country’s judicial system. Amid widespread protests, a historic nationwide strike and mounting international pressure last month Netayahu delayed votes on the changes, which would have amounted to the most sweeping

By Sophie Tanno, CNN The artist behind a sculpture of a walrus that was controversially euthanized over public safety concerns says she hopes her creation becomes a “three-dimensional history lesson” after it was unveiled in Norway’s capital Oslo. The life-sized bronze statue shows Freya the walrus curled up on her side close to the water’s

By Xiaofei Xu and Darya Tarasova, CNN Russia says it will retaliate after Polish authorities seized the Russian Embassy school in Warsaw, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Polish police and staff from the Warsaw city hall entered the campus Saturday morning, asking employees to leave the premises, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti

By Josh Pennington and Heather Chen, CNN Ukrainian shelling has killed four civilians in the Russian border region of Bryansk, the local governor says. Alexander Bogomaz said the strikes hit residential buildings in the village of Suzemka, in Syzemsky district. Unverified video posted on Bogomaz’s Telegram channel shows people emerging from a damaged building at

By Mitchell McCluskey and Aqeel Mohamed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei decried the presence of the US military in Iraq during a meeting with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid in Tehran on Saturday. “The presence of even one American in Iraq is too much,” Khamenei said, Iranian state media outlet IRNA reported. “Americans are

By Larry Madowo, Muhammad Darwish and Eleanor Pickston, CNN Hundreds of evacuees arrived in Saudi Arabia from Sudan as fierce fighting in the country between the army and a rival paramilitary group entered its third week, despite another attempt at a ceasefire. Violent clashes broke out the capital Khartoum near the presidential palace in the

By Tim Lister, CNN Ukraine says its preparations for a spring counter-offensive are almost complete. When it’s launched, probably in the south, it will mark a pivotal moment in the conflict. But the Russians have had nearly six months to prepare the ground — and build an elaborate array of defenses. Breaking through will present

By Josh Pennington, Alex Stambaugh, Kostan Nechyporenko, Mariya Knight and Darya Tarasova, CNN A suspected drone strike has sparked a huge fire at a fuel storage facility in the Russian-occupied Crimean port city of Sevastopol. The Russian-backed governor of the city, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said four fuel tanks were hit but no one was injured. Razvozhaev

By Oren Liebermann, CNN Russian pilots tried to “dogfight” US jets over Syria, according to a spokesman for US Central Command, part of a recent pattern of more aggressive behavior. The attempts have happened in several of the most recent instances of aggressive behavior from Russian pilots, Col. Joe Buccino said. The Russian pilots do

By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Jessie Yeung, CNN By the time word arrived of a potential evacuation, Deana Welker was already tired and scared from days of moving around the Sudanese capital Khartoum in search of safe shelter as gun battles raged across the city. The American teacher had fled her home soon after intense fighting

By Celine Alkhaldi, Ingrid Formanek, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Helen Regan, CNN Fighting between Sudan’s military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued Friday, hours into the latest ceasefire, eyewitnesses in the country said, as officials warned that scores have been killed in “deadly ethnic clashes” in West Darfur’s capital city El Geneina since the beginning

By Nadine Schmidt, CNN A German landlord has won the right to sunbathe naked in the courtyard of his Frankfurt building, in spite of complaints from his tenants. The landlord, who has not been named, resorted to taking legal action after a human resources company that rented premises in the building withheld payments because of

By Al Goodman and Laura Paddison, CNN A mass of hot and dry air blowing north from Africa has led to “exceptionally high” temperatures that are more “typical of summer” this week in central and southern Spain, the national weather service AEMET reported. Temperatures this week are expected to be 15 to 20 degrees Celsius

By Delia Gallagher and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Pope Francis will allow women to participate and vote for the first time at an upcoming meeting of Catholic bishops in October. The meeting, known as a synod, normally only allows bishops to vote. Pope Francis on Wednesday approved guidelines that will expand participation and voting to include

By Laura Paddison, CNN The unrelenting drought that has devastated the Horn of Africa and left more than 20 million people facing acute food insecurity would not have been possible without climate change, a new analysis has found. Since October 2020, this part of East Africa, one of the world’s most impoverished regions, has been

By Katie Hunt, CNN Authorities in Sweden have retrieved the payload of a research rocket launched from the country’s Esrange Space Center that landed by error in neighboring Norway. After lifting off Monday morning at 7:20 a.m. local time, the rocket entered a “non-nominal flight path,” taking a longer and more westerly trajectory than calculated,

By Anna Chernova, Clare Sebastian, Hande Atay Alam and Radina Gigova, CNN Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny said he faces a new “terrorist case,” in what could mean decades more in prison for the outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. In comments posted on Twitter, Navalny said that despite his jail term he

By Steven Jiang, Nectar Gan, Simone McCarthy and Radina Gigova, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by phone Wednesday, in their first known conversation since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as Beijing ramps up efforts to position itself as a potential peacemaker in the grinding conflict. Zelensky, who has long

By Nimi Princewill, CNN For years, the people in the villages around Chingola in Zambia endured frequent health challenges and dead fish floating around in their water source, but that was just the beginning of their nightmare. In 2006, their once-clear river water suddenly turned a vivid blue, tainted by waste from the copper mine

By Chris Stern, CNN German and British fighter jets intercepted three Russian aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the German Armed Forces said on Wednesday. Two Su-27 military aircraft and one Il-20 were “again flying without transponder signal,” the German Armed Forces tweeted. Since NATO countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania don’t have their

By Eliza Mackintosh and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The violence that has exploded in Sudan as the country’s two top generals grapple for power has unfolded at a terrifying, breakneck speed. But, by many accounts, the clash was long in the making — the culmination of years spent by the international community legitimizing the two military

By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Helen Regan, CNN A once powerful member of the former Sudanese government wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity has been freed from prison in the capital Khartoum. Ahmed Haroun was the head of the ruling National Congress Party and among dozens of Sudanese

By Rob Picheta, Mostafa Salem, Celine Alkhaldi, Brent Swails and Lianne Kolirin, CNN The World Health Organization warned Tuesday of a “huge biological risk” after Sudanese fighters seized the National Public Health Laboratory in the capital Khartoum, as foreign nations raced to mount rapid evacuation efforts from the country and violence punctured a fragile US-brokered

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Western diplomats slammed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for his country’s unprovoked assault on Ukraine during a face-to-face session hosted by Moscow’s top diplomat at the United Nations Security Council on Monday. Lavrov was in charge of the meeting, titled “Maintenance of international peace and security,” because Russia currently holds the

By Zoe Sottile, CNN After a two-decade absence, at least one lion has returned to Chad’s Sena Oura National Park. An image of a “muscular female lion” in the park was captured by a remote camera in February, according to a news release from the Wildlife Conservation Society, which released the image on Thursday in