National-World

By Matthew Chance, Sergey Gudkov, Katharina Krebs, Clare Sebastian, Darya Tarasova and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Russia saw protests at polling stations on Sunday on the final day of voting in an election set to extend Russian President Vladmir Putin’s long hold on power. Lines at some polling stations in Russia grew suddenly at

By Josh Pennington, Mari Kostenko and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — A wave of Ukrainian drones has targeted Russia on the third and final day of voting in Russia’s presidential election. Ukraine launched a total of 36 drones overnight over Russia, aimed at various parts of the country, including the capital Moscow, Russia’s Ministry of

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — German authorities have been tracking down the former members of the Red Army Faction (RAF), a now-defunct Cold War-era militant group, who have been on the run for nearly 30 years. Dubbed the “RAF pensioners” by German media and among Europe’s most wanted people, the female member of a fugitive trio was arrested last

By Andrew Carey, Olga Voitovych, Maria Kostenko, Josh Pennington and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s government has told citizens living in Russian-occupied territories to turn their backs on what they call Moscow’s pseudo-elections, which culminate on Sunday and are widely assumed to see Vladimir Putin returned as president for six more years. For Kyiv

By Mitchell McCluskey and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Niger’s military government announced that it has ended an accord with the US that allowed military personnel and civilian staff from the Department of Defense to operate in Niger – days after holding high-level talks with US diplomatic and military officials this week. “The government of Niger, taking into account the aspirations and interests of its people, decides with full

By Kareem El Damanhoury, Eyad Kourdi and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A major fire ravaged the 80-year-old iconic Al-Ahram Studio in Cairo, causing extensive damage and spreading to adjacent buildings on Saturday morning, according to the Egyptian state news website Al-Ahram. The fire, which took firefighters over five hours to extinguish and prompted an evacuation

CNN By Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Iceland’s world-famous Blue Lagoon and the nearby town of Grindavik were evacuated on Saturday following a volcanic eruption in the country’s Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland’s public broadcaster RÚV reported. Lava appeared to be flowing rapidly towards north of the town Grindavík, just as it did during the eruption on

By Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Iceland’s world-famous Blue Lagoon and the nearby town of Grindavik were evacuated on Saturday following a volcanic eruption in the country’s Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland’s public broadcaster RÚV reported. Lava appeared to be flowing rapidly towards north of the town Grindavík, just as it did during the eruption on February

By Andrew Carey, Maria Kostenko and Josh Pennington, CNN (CNN) — All schools and colleges in parts of the Russian region of Belgorod will be closed Monday and Tuesday following an increase in Ukrainian attacks on the territory, the region’s governor has announced. Shopping malls will also be closed Sunday and Monday, Vyacheslav Gladkov added

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Each time SpaceX’s Starship system leaps off the launchpad, it unleashes an unmistakable roar over South Texas that heralds the most powerful rocket ever built. Its 33 engines boost the spacecraft, which could eventually carry NASA astronauts to the moon’s surface, on a supersonic journey headed for space. But

CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — The public absence of Catherine, Princess of Wales, has grown from a niche royal watcher concern to an international punchline in a matter of weeks. While Kensington Palace said her January abdominal surgery was planned and indicated she would be out of the public eye through March, several