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Story highlights A British woman, 35, was arrested last year because of her posts on Facebook Runa Khan is sentenced to over 5 years for distributing terrorist publications She used social media to urge other women to train for jihad, send husbands off to fight Police official: “We aim to…
Story highlights Video appears to show Francesco Schettino climbing into a lifeboat from the ship The ship’s captain has previously said he was thrown off the listing cruise liner Schettino denies manslaughter, causing a maritime disaster and abandoning ship charges Thirty-two people died after the Costa Concordia hit rocks and…
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine CNN — The columns of dozens of US-supplied M-ATVs kept coming, preceded by a police car, lights blaring, and tailed by dozens of muddy, civilian saloons. Where the armored vehicles were ultimately destined for was unclear. But they were still beige – the paintjob they would have had…
Chinese envoy Li Hui wrapped up a two-day visit to Ukraine Wednesday, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said — completing the first stop on a European tour focused on the war there, as Beijing attempts to fashion itself as a peacemaker in the grinding conflict, despite its close ties with Russia. A…
CNN — A crucial deal aimed at averting a global food crisis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been extended for two months. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday an agreement has been reached with Russia and Ukraine to extend the Black Sea grain deal. Ukraine is one of…
CNN — An agreement has been reached to extend a deal that allows grain to be exported from Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea, according to Turkish and Ukrainian officials. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the agreement between Ukraine and Russia, which was brokered by Turkey and the United…
Rome CNN — Italy, a country once known for its big families gathered around the dinner table, is facing a crisis of unparalleled proportions. For the first time, the number of births in a year fell below 400,000 – representing an average of 1.25 babies per woman, according to official…
CNN — At least eight people have been killed by heavy flooding and mudslides in the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna, with more than 5,000 residents being forced to evacuate, according to local authorities. The bodies have been retrieved from various locations, the vice president of Emilia Romagna, Irene…
CNN — It’s the big question that has Russian military commanders scratching their heads: What’s made Ukraine’s air defenses so impenetrable all of a sudden? This month alone, Russia has launched eight waves of missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital, the latest of them a bombardment in the early hours…
CNN — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his appeal against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence-peddling at the Paris court of appeals. The court on Wednesday upheld his initial sentence of three years of prison, with two years suspended and said he can wear an electronic bracelet…
Explosion of a missile is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 16. Gleb Garanich/Reuters Russia is expending more munitions than usual in an attempt to overwhelm and confuse Ukrainian air defenses, according to a US official familiar with the matter.…
London CNN — Britain and the Netherlands are working on an “international coalition” to help Ukraine procure F-16 fighter jets that Kyiv says are vital to its defense as Russia ramps up its aerial strikes, a spokesperson for UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Tuesday. The two NATO allies are…
CNN — Authorities are investigating an explosion linked to the deaths of two people in Spain on Tuesday as a “potential case of domestic violence.” The victims, a woman and a man, were found dead near a children’s playground in the northern Spanish town of Orio, Basque regional police told…
Eastern Ukraine CNN — As their country fights to repel Russia’s forces, Ukrainian women are taking on roles and responsibilities previously unavailable to them, often in challenging and dangerous circumstances. Thousands of Ukrainian men left their jobs to join the military and defend the country after Russia invaded almost 16…
CNN — The leader of the Russian private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, claimed a US citizen died in the embattled Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, in a video posted on the Wagner Telegram group on Tuesday. A pro-Kremlin military blogger, Alexander Simonov, introduces the video saying “we are advancing to…
CNN — Kyiv was targeted by an exceptionally dense attack of Russian drones, cruise missiles and possibly ballistic missiles early Tuesday in the eighth assault on the Ukrainian capital this month, a senior city military official said. The Russian aerial assault from multiple directions was “exceptional in its density, with…
There’s been little change on the front lines in Ukraine over the past day, according to the Ukrainian military — but plenty of shelling. In its daily report, the Ukrainian General Staff said there was heavy fighting around Bakhmut and that Russia had launched “unsuccessful offensive actions” in several locations…
CNN — Passengers on an Austrian train running from Bregenz to Vienna were shocked when they heard a recording of an Adolf Hitler speech play over the train’s loudspeaker system on Sunday. Nazi slogans such as “Heil Hitler” and “Sieg heil” were also heard via the train’s intercom, according to…
Istanbul CNN — A hushed silence fell over the crowd outside the Istanbul headquarters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) party. Sullen faces turned to the election count on the large screen — Erdogan’s vote had dropped below the 50% threshold needed to clinch the…
CNN — Yevgeny Prigozhin has denied a report that he proposed sharing Russian intelligence with Kyiv in exchange for ceded territory around the besieged city of Bakhmut – a denial that came days after the Wagner chief issued a series of criticisms revealing deep fissures within Moscow over the war…
Istanbul, Turkey CNN — Turkey will have a runoff election on May 28 after longtime leader President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was forced into a second round with only a narrow lead over his rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Neither candidate achieved the required 50% to take the presidency outright, but Kilicdaroglu now…
Smoke rises after a SU-34 warplane crashed in Bryansk, Russia, on May 13. kommersant/Telegram Four Russian aircraft were shot down within Russian territory, according to unconfirmed reports, in what would mark a significant coup for Ukraine. There are conflicting accounts about how many planes and helicopters may have been brought…
Kemal Kilicdaroglu speaks to supporters at a rally in Istanbul on May 6. Burak Kara/Getty Images Leader of Turkey’s secular and center-left Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kemal Kilicdaroglu (pronounced Ke-lich-dar-ou-loo) is widely seen as everything President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not. A lawmaker representing the CHP since 2002 – the same…
CNN — Russia’s air force may have just suffered one of its worst days since the Ukraine war began. Unconfirmed reports say that four of its aircraft were shot down within Russian territory, in what would mark a significant coup for Ukraine. There are conflicting accounts about how many planes…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Chancellery in Berlin on Sunday. Lisi Niesner/Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Berlin, Germany, for his first visit to the country since Russia’s February 2021 invasion, meeting German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday. He is also due to meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Zelensky tweeted just past…
Istanbul CNN — Polls have opened in Turkey’s fiercely fought presidential and parliamentary elections that could bring an end to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 20-year rule. Sunday’s race poses the biggest challenge yet to Turkey’s strongman leader. He faces economic headwinds and criticism that the impact of the devastating…
Liverpool, United Kingdom CNN — Sweden’s Loreen has won the Eurovision Song Contest for a second time, earning a historic triumph at an extravagant and crowd-pleasing show held in Liverpool, United Kingdom, on behalf of Ukraine. She became just the second performer to win the competition more than once, clinching…
CNN — Germany announced on Saturday that it would supply Ukraine with an aid package worth nearly $3 billion to strengthen the country’s defense, marking Berlin’s largest pledge in military aid since the start of the war. The German Ministry of Defence said in a statement that the package may…
A US Army Patriot air defense system is pictured in Rzesznow, Poland, on March 8, 2022. Sean Gallup/Getty Images/FILE Russia tried to destroy a US-made Patriot air defense system in Ukraine last week with a hypersonic missile, two US officials tell CNN. The attack failed, and the Ukrainian military instead intercepted the…
Antakya, Turkey CNN — Bedi Değirmenci has taken his first breaths of fresh air since a monster earthquake struck southeast Turkey three months ago. For three days, the 36-year-old lay trapped under the rubble of his home in Hatay. Then he was hospitalized for traumas to the head and spine,…
