National-World

By Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will remain behind bars after a Moscow court refused to hear an appeal against his pre-trial detention on Tuesday. The Moscow City Court said in a statement it was sending the motion back to a lower court – effectively quashing it for the

By Simone McCarthy and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday declined to address a report its former foreign minister Qin Gang was ousted from his position over an alleged extramarital affair. Earlier that day, the Wall Street Journal reported that Qin, who was abruptly removed from his position this

CTV NETWORK By Paula Newton and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Canada’s accusation that India may have been involved in the assassination of a Sikh activist on its soil has triggered a growing spat with Ottawa and New Delhi both expelling senior diplomats, sending relations between the two countries plunging. The tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions came

CNN By Nectar Gan and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — China has lashed out at Germany after its foreign minister called Xi Jinping a “dictator” and summoned Berlin’s ambassador for a dressing down, in the latest flaring of tensions with a western democratic power over how the Chinese leader is described overseas. German Foreign Minister

By Nectar Gan and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — China has lashed out at Germany after its foreign minister called Xi Jinping a “dictator” and summoned Berlin’s ambassador for a dressing down, in the latest flaring of tensions with a western democratic power over how the Chinese leader is described overseas. German Foreign Minister Annalena

By Simone McCarthy, Katharina Krebs, Darya Tarasova and Yong Xiong, CNN (CNN) — Russia and China’s top diplomats discussed strengthening their international cooperation during a meeting in Moscow on Monday ahead of an expected landmark visit from Russian President Vladimir Putin to Beijing in the coming weeks. The two countries would continue “well-coordinated work” at

By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Santa Clara, Cuba (CNN) — For months, hundreds of Cubans have quietly left the island to fight for Russia in its war in Ukraine, chasing promises of money and Russian citizenship from shadowy online recruiters, family members told CNN. Across much of Cuba, the economy has ground to a standstill as the communist-run

CNN By Sarah Sirgany and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Derna, Libya (CNN) — It’s quiet at the Martoba cemetery outside the Libyan city of Derna, despite the presence of dozens of volunteers. Men in white hazmat suits pour lime over the brown soil to seal the graves. Cement bricks jutting out of the heaps of dirt

By Sebastian Shukla, Brent Swails, Clarissa Ward and Scott McWhinnie, CNN Bangui, Central African Republic (CNN) — On his final trip to the Central African Republic (CAR) last month, the former Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin visited la Maison Russe, or the Russian House, a cultural center near the Russian embassy in the capital, where he

CNN By Sebastian Shukla, Brent Swails, Clarissa Ward and Scott McWhinnie, CNN Bangui, Central African Republic (CNN) — On his final trip to the Central African Republic (CAR) last month, the former Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin visited la Maison Russe, or the Russian House, a cultural center near the Russian embassy in the capital, where

By Paula Newton and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Canada’s accusation that India may have been involved in the assassination of a Sikh activist on its soil has triggered a growing spat with Ottawa and New Delhi both expelling senior diplomats, sending relations between the two countries plunging. The tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions came after Prime