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By Caolán Magee, CNN London (CNN) — A new suspect has been named in the racist murder of Black teenager Stephen Lawrence in southeast London over 30 years ago. Matthew White, who died in 2021, was named by London’s Metropolitan Police Service (Met) in a statement Monday which apologized for a “significant and regrettable error,”

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has just survived his biggest ever challenge – but has largely remained out of the spotlight since then. The long-time Russian leader has not addressed his country since delivering a somber speech on Saturday morning, at the height of an insurrection led by his former

By Elinda Labropoulou, CNN Athens, Greece (CNN) — Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the leader of Greece’s center-right New Democracy party, has comfortably won a second four-year term as prime minister, on a night that also saw gains for the far right. Mitsotakis is set to return to the prime minister’s office in a stronger position with his

By Matthew Chance and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Moscow (CNN) — Some Russians greeted the weekend’s armed insurrection led by the head of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, with sympathy, appearing to welcome the mercenary fighters. In the southern Russian city Rostov-on-Don, which was briefly occupied by Wagner troops, videos showed residents cheering them on,

By Sahar Akbarzai and Jonny Hallam, CNN (CNN) — Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, has undergone surgery after being diagnosed with breast cancer, she revealed in an episode of her “Tea Talks” podcast released Monday. During the podcast, which was recorded last week before her surgery, Ferguson said, “Tomorrow I’m going in for a mastectomy.”

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Russia glimpsed the threat of armed insurrection over the weekend, with Wagner Group mercenaries marching toward Moscow as President Vladimir Putin vowed retribution – all before a sudden deal seemed to defuse the crisis as rapidly as it had emerged. The immediate risk of bloodshed appears to have dissipated,

CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Russia glimpsed the threat of armed insurrection over the weekend, with Wagner Group mercenaries marching toward Moscow as President Vladimir Putin vowed retribution – all before a sudden deal seemed to defuse the crisis as rapidly as it had emerged. The immediate risk of bloodshed appears to have

By Eyad Kourdi and Hafsa Khalil, CNN (CNN) — Nine people have been killed and dozens injured after Russian fighter jets bombed a city in Syria’s rebel-controlled northwestern Idlib province, according to the local White Helmets emergency response group. A fruit and vegetable market was impacted in the Sunday attack on the city of Jisr

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — In the end, the uprising was short-lived. But for a brief and chaotic 36 hours, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power appeared to be under serious threat, as thousands of Wagner fighters led by warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin closed in on the country’s capital. With the private mercenary group

By Kareem Khadder, Hadas Gold and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stark warning Sunday instructing Jewish settlers not to “grab land illegally” in the occupied West Bank, after humanitarian bodies raised the alarm over a series of deadly attacks on Palestinian villagers. At the same time,

By Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — Ever since President Vladimir Putin gave the order for Russian troops to invade Ukraine, the international response has understandably focused on how best to end the land war. That has meant sending conventional military hardware – tanks, missile systems, artillery – and training Ukrainian soldiers.   Not bad for an organization France’s President Emmanuel Macron warned in 2019

CNN By Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — Ever since President Vladimir Putin gave the order for Russian troops to invade Ukraine, the international response has understandably focused on how best to end the land war. That has meant sending conventional military hardware – tanks, missile systems, artillery – and training Ukrainian soldiers.   Not bad for an organization France’s President Emmanuel Macron warned in

By Tara John, Ivana Kottasová and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner paramilitary group, has agreed to leave Russia for Belarus, the Kremlin said Saturday, in a deal apparently brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that ends an armed insurrection, which marked the gravest threat to Russian President Vladimir

By Hadas Gold, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — In the hushed, ornate St James cathedral in the Armenian Quarter, one of Jerusalem’s most famous photographers Garo Nalbandian is at work, straddling a ladder as he photographs a massive Armenian carpet from above. As his camera flash illuminates the hundreds of hanging lanterns and precious paintings on

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Yevgeny Prigozhin is the founder and bombastic leader of Russia’s private military group Wagner. His organization is now in the midst of an apparent insurrection, after claiming control of military facilities in two cities and threatening to march on Moscow. Prigozhin was once a close ally of Russian President

By Rob Picheta, Simone McCarthy, Tara John, Mariya Knight, Lauren Kent, Katharina Krebs, Josh Pennington and Uliana Pavlova, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Putin is facing the greatest threat to his authority in two decades after the head of the Wagner paramilitary group launched an apparent insurrection, claimed control of military facilities in two Russian cities,

By Jerome Taylor and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — The armed insurrection launched by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the bombastic chief of private paramilitary group Wagner, appeared to end as abruptly it started Saturday when the Kremlin said the mercenary agreed to leave Russia for Belarus in a deal apparently brokered by the country’s leader, Alexander Lukashenko.

CNN By Jerome Taylor and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — The armed insurrection launched by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the bombastic chief of private paramilitary group Wagner, appeared to end as abruptly it started Saturday when the Kremlin said the mercenary agreed to leave Russia for Belarus in a deal apparently brokered by the country’s leader, Alexander

By Tim Lister, Kareem Khadder, Hadas Gold and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations human rights chief and the European Union have expressed alarm over ongoing violence in the occupied West Bank, and over attacks by settlers on Palestinian villagers. But a prominent member of the government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

By Florence Davey-Attlee, Elinda Labropoulou, Jomana Karadsheh, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase, CNN (CNN) — The hull of the fishing trawler lifted out of the water as it sank, catapulting people from the top deck into the black sea below. In the darkness, they grabbed onto whatever they could to stay afloat, pushing each other