Italian lawmakers reject ‘interference’ after Vatican protests anti-homophobia law
By John Allen, CNN Senior Vatican Analyst and editor of Crux, and Nicola Ruotolo Senior lawmakers in Italy pushed back Wednesday against…
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Nigeria announces talks with Twitter after ban, as Ecowas court bars government crackdown on users
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has assembled a reconciliation team to lead negotiations with Twitter, more than two…
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US warplanes fly first combat missions off foreign aircraft carrier since World War II
By Brad Lendon, CNN United States Marine Corps fighter jets aboard a British aircraft carrier flew combat missions over the Middle East this week…
Continue Reading Iron Age people kept mementos of dead loved ones
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN Keeping the belongings of dead loved ones was commonplace in Iron Age Britain, a new study suggests, with men and women…
Continue Reading Alleged drug kingpin argues Australia illegally had him sent to the Netherlands
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Lawyers for a Canadian national accused of running a global multibillion-dollar methamphetamine cartel have alleged that he…
Continue Reading Spain pardons 9 Catalan leaders for their roles in failed independence bid
By Al Goodman, CNN Spain’s government pardoned nine leaders serving prison sentences for their roles in Catalonia’s failed 2017…
Continue Reading Woman who killed her abusive husband goes on trial for murder in France
By Saskya Vandoorne, Xiaofei Xu and Lorraine Poupon, CNN The murder trial of a woman who killed her abusive husband got underway in the French city…
Continue Reading Adviser to Iran’s Speaker of Parliament: US has constantly lost opportunities
CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen speaks with Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, International Affairs Expert to Iran’s Speaker of Parliament, about what…
Continue Reading CNN asked Iran’s President-Elect about nuclear deal. Hear his reply
Iranian President-Elect Ebrahim Raisi said in his first news conference that the United States violated the 2015 nuclear agreement, known as the…
Continue Reading Iran’s hardline president-elect Ebrahim Raisi says he will not meet with Biden
By Tamara Qiblawi, Frederik Pleitgen, Claudia Otto, Ramin Mostaghim and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi on Monday…
Continue Reading Voting underway in Ethiopia amid conflict and a raging humanitarian crisis
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Ethiopians headed to the polls Monday amid widespread nationwide unrest, famine, and a raging humanitarian crisis in the…
Continue Reading Suspect charged with murder in death of American student
A suspect has been arrested and charged with murder in Russia after the death of Catherine Serou, an American student who vanished in the country’s…
Continue Reading Far-right extremist who threatened top Belgian doctor appears to have killed himself, prosecutor says
By Martin Goillandeau and Stephanie Halasz, CNN A far-right extremist who became the object of a month-long manhunt after threatening a top doctor…
Continue Reading Suspect charged with murder in death of American student Catherine Serou in Russia
By Katya Krebs, CNN A suspect has been arrested and charged with murder in Russia after the death of Catherine Serou, an American student who…
Continue Reading Trump dashed dreams of reform in Iran. The country’s new hardline president is living proof
By CNN Staff It should have been a spring day most Iranians could look forward to. The trees that lined Tehran’s boulevards glistened in the…
Continue Reading This rabbi is joining the German army, 90 years after Hitler expelled Jewish soldiers
By Nadine Schmidt and Sheena McKenzie, CNN During Germany’s Covid-19 lockdown, Rabbi Zsolt Balla earned a devoted online following,…
Continue Reading This cargo ship’s captain died aboard. The crew was stuck at sea for weeks, with a potential Covid outbreak on its hands
By Teele Rebane and Livia Borghese, CNN Captain Angelo Capurro started showing symptoms of Covid-19 on his second day at sea. Within five days, the…
Continue Reading 17th century European paintings found in roadside dumpster
By Sheena McKenzie, CNN Police are appealing for information on how two original paintings from 17th century European artists, ended up in a roadside…
Continue Reading Palestinians cancel Pfizer vaccine agreement with Israel
By Andrew Carey and Abeer Salman, CNN The Palestinian Authority has canceled an agreement with Israel that was to have seen at least 1 million doses…
Continue Reading Ebrahim Raisi, ultra-conservative judiciary chief, wins Iran’s presidential vote amid historically low turnout
By CNN staff Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judiciary chief with a brutal human rights record, will be the next president of Iran following his win in an…
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