By Hamdi Alkhshali and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — At least two people died in a shooting incident near the United States consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, according to local police and a spokesperson for the consulate. One of those killed was a consulate security guard. “A person in a car stopped near
Continue ReadingCNN By Tim Lister and Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — The Kremlin has gone to great lengths to reassert President Vladimir Putin’s authority, with meetings and events designed to show the unity and solidarity of the state and the military under his leadership. But in the minds of many commentators, it won’t be easy to
Continue ReadingCNN By Tim Lister and Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — The Kremlin has gone to great lengths to reassert President Vladimir Putin’s authority, with meetings and events designed to show the unity and solidarity of the state and the military under his leadership. But in the minds of many commentators, it won’t be easy to
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister and Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — The Kremlin has gone to great lengths to reassert President Vladimir Putin’s authority, with meetings and events designed to show the unity and solidarity of the state and the military under his leadership. But in the minds of many commentators, it won’t be easy to draw
Continue ReadingCNN By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin planned to seize two top Russian military officials when he launched a short-lived mutiny on Saturday, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing Western officials. Prigozhin’s plot involved the capture of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and top army general Valery Gerasimov when the
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By Ingrid Formanek, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 2.8 million people have fled the war in Sudan, latest data from the United Nations International Organization for Migration, (IOM), shows. Some 2,152,936 people are estimated to have been internally displaced, while another 644,861 fled across Sudan’s borders into neighboring countries, according to the IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin planned to seize two top Russian military officials when he launched a short-lived mutiny on Saturday, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing Western officials. Prigozhin’s plot involved the capture of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and top army general Valery Gerasimov when the pair
Continue ReadingBy Abbas Al Lawati and Mohammed Abdelbary, CNN Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) — A flurry of diplomatic activity between Iran and Western nations has taken place in recent weeks, raising hopes of a de-escalation in tensions as the Middle East nation continues to antagonize the West with its support for Russia and continued advancement of
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — It was dinner time and the restaurant – a popular pizza joint in the center of Kramatorsk – was crammed with people. Just after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, a Russian missile ripped through, killing at least 11 people. For millions across the country, the strike was yet another reminder of
Continue ReadingBy Lindsay Isaac, CNN (CNN) — Turkey condemned a decision by Swedish authorities to approve a small Quran-burning demonstration outside a mosque in Stockholm on Wednesday, a move that may jeopardize Sweden’s bid to join NATO before the bloc’s key summit in July. A single person took part in the planned Quran burning in the
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CNN By Saskya Vandoorne, Alex Stambaugh, Oliver Briscoe, Helen Regan and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — France was bracing for further unrest on Wednesday evening following the death of a 17-year-old boy who was allegedly shot by police during a traffic stop. The incident triggered violent protests in several suburbs of Paris overnight on
Continue Reading By Saskya Vandoorne, Alex Stambaugh, Oliver Briscoe, Helen Regan and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — France was bracing for further unrest on Wednesday evening following the death of a 17-year-old boy who was allegedly shot by police during a traffic stop. The incident triggered violent protests in several suburbs of Paris overnight on Tuesday,
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By Katharina Krebs, Paul P. Murphy, Natasha Bertrand, Jennifer Hansler and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has arrived in Belarus, the country’s President Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday, days after the mercenaries’ 36-hour military insurrection posed an unprecedented challenge to the authority of Russia’s leadership. “I see that Prigozhin is already flying
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta and Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko claims he convinced Russian leader Vladimir Putin not to “destroy” the Wagner group and its chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, talking up his role in halting the mercenaries’ military insurrection that caused crisis in Russia at the weekend. Lukashenko on Tuesday described his view
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By Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN (CNN) — At least five people, including a child, have died and four others were injured after a building collapsed in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Monday, state newspaper Al-Ahram reported. A fifth victim, identified as Mohamed Hussein, 28, was retrieved from the rubble Tuesday, Al-Ahram reported. Search operations
Continue ReadingBy Mick Krever, Mariya Knight, Ben Wedeman and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN (CNN) — Russian missiles struck the busy city center of the east Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk and a nearby village on Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, according to Ukrainian officials. A 17-year-old girl was among those killed, and an eight-month-old
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Sierra Leone’s President Maada Bio was sworn into a second term on Tuesday, just hours after the country’s electoral authority certified his victory at the polls over the protests of rivals. Bio’s Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) won nearly 1.6 million votes – 56.1% of the total ballots
Continue ReadingBy Mariya Knight, Anna Chernova, Rob Picheta and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin have both broken their silence, after the paramilitary group’s short-lived and chaotic insurrection at the weekend threw the country into uncertainty, in what the Russian leader described as a betrayal of the country.
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By Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Sierra Leone’s President Maada Bio has taken an early lead in the country’s presidential election, provisional results showed. The Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) said it had so far tallied around 60% of the total vote and expects to declare a winner in the next
Continue ReadingBy Inke Kappeler and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A candidate from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won a local leadership post for the first time on Sunday in a resounding victory for a group whose anti-migrant, Euroskeptic and anti-Muslim agenda is under surveillance by German authorities. The AfD’s Robert Sesselmann triumphed
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