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Jamal Khashoggi Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and a Washington Post columnist, was critical of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s policies. He was allegedly killed and dismembered on October 2, 2018, in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by men with close ties to the highest levels of the Saudi government and

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Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer

Austria’s Chancellor met with Putin to ‘confront’ him with atrocities he saw in Ukraine

By Becky Anderson, Adam Pourahmadi and Amy Woodyatt, CNN Austria’s Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he went to Moscow to “look in President Putin’s eyes and confront him with what I saw” in Ukraine, he told CNN Wednesday. Nehammer said he raised alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine during a “tough” and unfriendly meeting Monday with Vladimir

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Volodymyr Zelensky and Olena Zelenska attend a memorial service in Kyiv in February -- shortly before the Russian invasion began.

‘The number one target is all of us’: First Lady Olena Zelenska warns no one in Ukraine is safe from Russian forces

By Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour and Emmet Lyons, CNN (CNN) — When Russian troops invaded their homeland, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and first lady Olena Zelenska refused to flee or to give in, opting instead — like many of their countrymen and women — for defiance in the face of aggression. While the President’s

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Volodymyr Zelensky and Olena Zelenska attend a memorial service in Kyiv in February -- shortly before the Russian invasion began.

‘The number one target is all of us’: First Lady Olena Zelenska warns no one in Ukraine is safe from Russian forces

By Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour and Emmet Lyons, CNN (CNN) — When Russian troops invaded their homeland, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and first lady Olena Zelenska refused to flee or to give in, opting instead — like many of their countrymen and women — for defiance in the face of aggression. While the President’s

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