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By Ivana Kottasová and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Russia has amassed 110,000 troops in the vicinity of Pokrovsk as part of its efforts to take over the strategic eastern Ukrainian city, the Ukrainian military chief said Friday. Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Friday that the area around Pokrovsk was the “hottest spot” along the 1,200-kilometre

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A peace agreement brokered by the White House to stem the bloodshed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where a militia allegedly backed by Rwanda occupies vast swaths of land, was signed in Washington D.C. on Friday by officials of the two African nations. But many remain

By Angus Watson, CNN Sydney, Australia (CNN) — More than a third of the population of Tuvalu has applied to move to Australia, under a landmark visa scheme designed to help people escape rising sea levels. The island nation – roughly halfway between Hawaii and Australia – is home to about 10,000 people, according to

By Junko Ogura and Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer,” who was convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, mostly women, in the country’s first use of capital punishment in nearly three years. Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was hanged Friday at the Tokyo Detention House. He was

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Ringo Starr, musician and member of the Beatles. Personal Birth date: July 7, 1940 Birth place: Liverpool, England Birth name: Richard Starkey Jr. Father: Richard Starkey Sr., bakery worker Mother: Elsie (Gleave) Starkey, bakery worker Marriages: Barbara Bach (April 27, 1981-present); Maureen

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Personal Birth date: October 21, 1949 Birth place: Tel Aviv, Israel Birth name: Binyamin Netanyahu Father: Benzion Netanyahu, a historian Mother: Cela (Segal) Netanyahu Marriages: Sara Ben-Artzi (1991-present); Fleur Cates (1981-1988, divorced); Miriam Haran (divorced) Children: with Sara

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Personal Birth date: July 17, 1939 Birth place: Mashhad, Iran Birth name: Seyyed Ali Khamenei Father: Ayatollah Sayyid Jawad Husaini Khamenei Mother: Name unavailable publicly Marriage: Married in 1964 Children: Mostafa, Mojtaba, Massoud, Maysam, Hoda and Boshra Education:

By Kareem Khadder, Michael Rios, Dana Karni, Abeer Salman and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank on Wednesday, Palestinian health authorities said, as settler violence against Palestinians surged in the occupied territory. The military shot 15-year-old Rayan Tamer Hawshiya in the neck, the

CNN By Larry Madowo and Nimi Princewill, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — Sixteen people have been killed and about 400 injured after thousands of people took to the streets in Kenya on Wednesday to protest against the government, Amnesty International Kenya has said. The death toll was confirmed to CNN Thursday by Irungu Houghton, who

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed an agreement with the Council of Europe (CoE) to create a tribunal that would allow for the prosecution of senior Russian officials who have led the war on Ukraine. Zelensky signed the accord on Wednesday alongside CoE Secretary General Alain Berset in the

By Sebastian Shukla and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Berlin and Paris (CNN) — The clasped hands of French and German leaders have long embodied the spirit of European unity – most famously in 1984, when François Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl stood hand-in-hand at Verdun in a symbol of reconciliation. So, when Chancellor Friedrich Merz grasped President

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Iran’s defense minister has traveled to diplomatic and economic ally China on his first reported trip abroad since a 12-day clash with Israel that briefly dragged the US into a new regional conflict. Aziz Nasirzadeh is one of nine defense ministers that Chinese state media say attended

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — India has celebrated another step on its mission to become a space power, after Shubhanshu Shukla became the first astronaut from the country to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) Wednesday. Shukla was aboard the private Axiom Space Mission 4, or Ax-4, which lifted off from NASA’s

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offenses from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at overthrowing the government, parliament said on Wednesday, sparing the life of a tycoon in a $12 billion fraud case. The National Assembly, the country’s lawmaking body, unanimously ratified the amendment to the