CNN – Europe/Mideast/Africa

By Gianluca Mezzofiore and Tim Lister, CNN New satellite imagery obtained by CNN shows that a large base which held Russian tanks, artillery and other armor near the Ukrainian border has been largely emptied, with the equipment apparently being moved much closer to the frontier in recent days. The base is at Yelnya, southeast of

By Mick Krever and Melissa Bell, CNN It’s a frigid Friday in Ukraine’s Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and dozens of journalists in fluorescent yellow vests are frantically elbowing each other as they vie for camera position in a town where no one has lived since 1986. Chernobyl has been abandoned since the world’s worst nuclear disaster

By Tim Lister, CNN New satellite images released by a US-based technology company appear to show that Russia’s military has advanced deployments at several locations in Belarus, a move likely to concern Ukraine and NATO amid fears that the Kremlin is planning an incursion into Ukrainian territory. The deployments are likely linked to joint exercises

By Tamara Qiblawi and Eoin McSweeney, CNN The so-called caliphate has lost its leader again. On the surface, the US commando raid in Syria that left ISIS chief Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi dead may look like a game-changer, but experts warn the resurgence of the group is likely to press on undeterred. “Thanks to the

By Arnaud Siad and Hannah Ryan, CNN A spill of more than 100,000 dead fish in the Atlantic Ocean off the French coast has been described by the French Maritime Minister as “shocking” in an incident that has drawn the attention of environmental activist groups. The French arm of Sea Shepherd — a non-profit marine

By Isil Sariyuce, for CNN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife, Emine, have tested positive for Covid-19. Erdogan said on Twitter that the couple had contracted the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and were experiencing mild symptoms. “We will continue our work at home. We look forward to your prayers,” he said. Erdogan

By Nadine Schmidt and Tara John, CNN Austria became the first country in Europe to introduce a national Covid-19 vaccine mandate for adults on Friday after President Alexander Van der Bellen signed it into law. Austria’s sweeping measures will see those without a vaccine certificate or an exemption potentially slapped with initial fines of 600

By Celine Alkhaldi and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Moroccan rescuers are continuing rescue efforts to reach a 5-year-old boy who is trapped in a well in the north of the African country. The child, identified only as Rayan, is stuck in the well which reaches more than 100 feet (30 meters) underground in Chefchaouen province. Machines

By Tim Lister and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN In the early hours of Thursday morning, the head of ISIS died during a US raid in northwest Syria just as the extremist group was in the midst of a revival. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi killed himself and his family after igniting a bomb at the beginning of

By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen and Martin Bourke, CNN The smell of jet fuel fills the air as an F/A-18 Super Hornet prepares for take-off. Its engines are idle and it’s already unbearably loud on the flight deck of the USS Harry S Truman. A flight director on the United States Navy carrier gestures towards