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CNN — The drive takes us through unmarked roads and fresh trails in a remote wooded area. “We’re nearly there,” our driver signals, pointing at a dot on a map, a location shared by the Ukrainian military. We turn a corner and, in the bushes, we see the Gepard, a…
Ukrainian military conducts training on Leopard 2 tanks at the test site on May 14. Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images In a short but surely carefully crafted post on the messaging app Telegram, the commander in chief of Ukraine’s armed forces has ratcheted up speculation that a massive counteroffensive against…
CNN — Firearms manufacturer Kalashnikov has unveiled an upgraded AK-12 assault rifle, with modifications based on the weapon’s use in the war on Ukraine. Kalashnikov Group Chief Designer Sergey Urzhumtsev told Russian state media TASS on Friday the upgrade followed “input” gathered from “experience of the gun’s use in the…
CNN — At least two people died and dozens more were left injured after Russian forces struck a medical facility in the city of Dnipro on Friday morning, after intense shelling rained over central Ukraine overnight. A 69-year-old man was killed after “just passing by when the rocket struck the…
Rome CNN — Pope Francis canceled all of his scheduled meetings on Friday morning due to a fever, the Vatican said, again raising concerns about the 86-year-old pontiff’s health. The Vatican press office didn’t provide any further details on the Pope’s illness. The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin,…
Army Staff Sgt. Nicholas Maimer, left, who was identified as the American citizen killed by Russian artillery in the embattled city of Bakhmut, is pictured with Senator James Risch. Senator James Risch The head of the Russian paramilitary company Yevgeny Prigozhin told CNN Thursday that he has handed the body…
CNN — The waters of the Caspian Sea appear deceptively calm. But this sea route – which provides a direct path between Iran and Russia – is increasingly busy with cargo traffic, including suspected weapons transfers from Tehran to Moscow. As cooperation between the two countries deepens, the Caspian Sea…
Tbilisi, Georgia CNN — Above Tbilisi’s Old Town stands the Mother of Georgia statue, like a less imposing Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro. “Kartlis Deda,” as she is known to Georgians, holds a wine cup in her left hand and a sword in her right. She offers a…
Lviv, Ukraine CNN — Ukrainian armed forces on Friday identified a large Russian landing ship that they said they destroyed at the port of Berdiansk in southern Ukraine the day before. The port, which had recently been occupied by Russian forces with several Russian warships in dock, was rocked by…
London CNN — Hundreds of people gathered at a London church on Thursday for the funeral of one of the last Black Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots to have fought in World War II. Flight Sergeant Peter Brown, born in Jamaica in 1926, was one of the so-called “Pilots of…
CNN — The chief of Russian paramilitary group Wagner told CNN on Thursday that he has handed the body of Nicholas Maimer, a retired US Army Special Forces soldier who was killed in the battle for Bakhmut, over to Ukraine. Yevgeny Prigozhin, when asked by CNN if Wagner had returned…
CNN — Concerns have been raised over the safety of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, who has not been heard from in over a month, according to a friend. Bialiatski is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence in Belarus, where he was jailed in 2021 amid mass protests…
CNN — In 2018, the Irish public voted overwhelmingly to repeal the country’s Eighth Amendment, overturning one of the strictest abortion bans in the European Union. There were scenes of jubilation as the referendum result was announced, with many in Ireland seeing it as a historic step that would give…
Dublin, Republic of Ireland CNN — Ahmed said that when he first arrived in Ireland after fleeing violence in his home country of Sudan, he was told by officials there was no place for him to stay. So, like many other refugees, he pitched a tent near Dublin’s International Protection…
A still image taken from video shows a flying object exploding in an intense burst of light near the dome of the Kremlin Senate building in Moscow, Russia, on May 3. Ostorozhno Novosti/Handout/Reuters US officials have picked up chatter among Ukrainian officials blaming each other for a drone attack on the…
Sumy province, Ukraine CNN — In a gleeful parade of shameless propaganda, Russian dissident fighters back from a raid in their home country appeared in Ukraine with a trophy – a captured Russian armored vehicle – but struggled to stick to Kyiv’s official explanation of their exploits. Ukrainian officials say…
CNN — A fire has broken out at the Russian Ministry of Defense building in central Moscow, according to Russian state news agency TASS, citing an emergency services source. “A fire broke-out on a balcony at the Ministry of Defense building on Frunzenskaya Naberezhnaya,” TASS quoted the emergency services source…
CNN — Two boats carrying around 1,000 people on board are reportedly in distress in the Mediterranean sea, but Italian and Maltese authorities have not responded to calls for help, according to rescue groups. The boats are taking on water, said Maurice Striel, founder of Alarm Phone – an NGO…
CNN — A new “revolution” could rock Russia if its stuttering war effort in Ukraine continues, the chief of private military group Wagner has said, in a scathing assessment of Moscow’s military readiness that could further expose divisions in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military hierarchy. Yevgeny Prigozhin said in an…
CNN — The house in Austria where Adolf Hitler was born will be converted into a human rights training center for police officers, Austria’s Interior Ministry announced Wednesday. The building in the northwestern town of Braunau am Inn will accommodate the facility along with a police station, for which the…
CNN — People should “avoid contact” with a famous beluga whale to avoid accidentally injuring or killing it, the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has said. The whale, nicknamed Hvaldimir, shot to international fame in 2019 after it was spotted wearing a specially made harness with mounts for a camera, leading…
CNN — Greeks will head to the polls for a second time after the three main party leaders rejected a mandate by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou to form a coalition government, following Sunday’s inconclusive vote. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis turned down the mandate on Monday after his ruling New Democracy…
CNN — Germany’s intelligence services already have the right to monitor the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), the first time the authorities have taken such a step against a political party since the Nazi era. Now, they have taken aim at the AfD’s youth faction, whose members are as…
CNN — German investigators have launched a nationwide raid against members of the Last Generation climate activist group, the Munich State Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday. A total of 15 properties in seven German states have been searched as part of the raids conducted on behalf of the Bavarian State Criminal…
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russian mercenary group Wagner, claimed Tuesday that his men are the strongest fighters but acknowledged the Ukrainian army has also put up a fierce fight, particularly in the eastern city of Bakhmut. In an interview with pro-Moscow blogger Konstantin Dolgov, Prigozhin said the Ukrainians are “highly organized, highly…
CNN — Boris Johnson, Britain’s former prime minister, has been referred to the police for new possible violation of Covid lockdown rules, the British government told CNN on Tuesday. Documents dealing with the potential breach have been passed on to the London Metropolitan Police and Thames Valley Police, a government…
CNN — “We’re never going to give up.” Those were the words earlier this month from the parents of Madeleine McCann, who vanished as a toddler without a trace while on vacation in Portugal in 2007. Born May 2003, Madeleine’s family marked her 20th birthday this month. Now, just weeks…
CNN — An apparent attack on Russian soil by anti-Putin Russians, fighting in support of Ukraine, has sparked confusion and anger in Moscow. Residents of the settlements under attack in Russia’s Belgorod region have been resettled in other areas as authorities continue “clearing the territory” after the cross-border incursion that…
CNN — A Russian mister died of – as of yet – unknown causes after falling ill on a plane on Saturday, the latest in a string of mysterious deaths among Russian elites. Russia’s Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education, Pyotr Kucherenko, 46, died while returning from a trip…
A group of anti-Putin Russian nationals — who are aligned with the Ukrainian army — has claimed responsibility for an attack in Russian’s southwestern region of Belgorod, as Moscow said it was fighting a group of saboteurs there. Shelling damaged an administrative building, several residential buildings, and a kindergarten in…
