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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

By Sharon Braithwaite and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Around 300 women took part in a sit-in outside Padua’s palace of justice on Friday, after a state prosecutor in the northern Italian city said the birth certificates of 33 children born to lesbian couples were not legal. In a peaceful protest, the women held up

CNN By Sarah El Sirgany and Kostyantin Gak, CNN Neskuchne, Ukraine (CNN) — The bangs of incoming and outgoing shelling are the soundtrack of Ukraine’s frontline. But its president warned this week that the counteroffensive should not be seen through the lens of a Hollywood movie. Just outside the newly liberated villages of Neskuchne and

CNN, UKRAINE AIR FORCE, FACEBOOK, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES, SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES OF UKRAINE, RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY, U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, William Bonnett and Daria Markina Tarasova, CNN Southern Ukraine (CNN) — Two Ukrainian jets roar just above the trees, flying in formation

CNN By Celine Alkhaldi, Mostafa Salem and Ingrid Formanek, CNN (CNN) — Killings and attacks on communities in Darfur by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias have been reported “in clear violation” of a fragile ceasefire in Sudan, civil society groups said. At least four civil society groups and activists have reported

CNN By Tim Lister, Pauline Lockwood and Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s Ministry of Defense has claimed that a Ukrainian stronghold was destroyed by a remotely-controlled tank packed with a huge amount of explosives, in what appears to be a new battlefield tactic. In a post on its Telegram channel at the weekend, the

CNN David McKenzie and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Malindi, Kenya (CNN) — The reddish soil of the Shakahola forest is still giving up its terrible secrets. Two hours drive from Kenya’s coastal tourist town of Malindi, forensic teams turn off the tarred road into a thicket of thorn bush, entering a crime scene that came to

CNN By Isaac Yee, Larry Madowo, Bethlehem Feleke, Chris Lau and Heather Chen, CNN Kampala, Uganda (CNN) — Armed rebels attacked a school in western Uganda, killing at least 41 people, mostly students, and abducting six others, Ugandan officials have said. Some were hacked to death with machetes while others died when their dormitories were

CNN Exclusive by Sam Kiley, CNN Eastern Ukraine (CNN) — His forearms bulged with the effort of holding onto the straining leash of a slobbering dog. The creature’s muffled grunts could be felt as much as heard – like the growls of a souped-up truck. Which was fitting, given that his owner’s call sign is

CNN By Rob Picheta, Antonia Mortensen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Mourners gathered in Milan on Wednesday for the state funeral of Silvio Berlusconi, the divisive and domineering former premier who remained omnipresent in Italian public life for decades until his death this week. Berlusconi’s coffin left Villa San Martino in Arcore, outside Milan,

By Kostan Nechyporenko, Victoria Butenko, Anna Chernova and Sana Noor Haq, 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

By Nadeen Ebrahim and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN Until Sunday, Sinan Ogan was a fringe, ultranationalist Turkish politician virtually unknown outside Turkey. But for the next two weeks, he may become the most important figure in Turkish politics, potentially deciding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s political fate. Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) on Monday said neither

By Tamara Qiblawi, Jomana Karadsheh, Gul Tuysuz and Sana Noor Haq, 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,

CNN By Tim Lister and Kostan Nechyporenko, 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

CNN By Amarachi Orie, CNN Ten lions have been killed in southern Kenya this past week, including six on Saturday alone, as human-wildlife conflict escalates in the region, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). This is “an unusually large number of lions to be killed at one go,” a spokesperson for the KWS told