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By Arnaud Siad, CNN A Tunisian court has found former President Moncef Marzouki guilty of “undermining the external security of the State” and sentenced him in absentia to four years in prison, the state news agency TAP reported Wednesday. Marzouki — who lives in Paris — accused sitting Tunisian President Kais Saied of organizing a

By Olga Pavlova, CNN Russia hopes to hold bilateral talks with NATO and the United States in January over security guarantees it is seeking from both, state media RIA Novosti reported Wednesday, citing Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “We want to do this in January, including to involve the negotiating platform to discuss the draft

By Hamilton Wende and Niamh Kennedy, CNN South Africa has passed the peak of its Omicron outbreak, according to one of the country’s top scientific researchers. The country has “surpassed the peak of the Omicron wave now, driven by the significant decline in the populous province and epicenter: Gauteng,” Ridhwaan Suliman, senior researcher at the

By Arnaud Siad, CNN A boat accident off the coast of northeastern Madagascar on Monday killed at least 83 people, the country’s maritime agency said on Wednesday. Fifty people have been rescued and five are still missing, a spokesperson for the Maritime and River Port Agency (APMF) told CNN. The boat, which was carrying 138

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of the former King of Spain. Personal Birth date: January 5, 1938 Birth place: Rome, Italy Birth name: Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon Father: Don Juan de Borbon y Battenburg, Count of Barcelona, third son of King Alfonso XIII of Spain Mother:

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his country has “every right” to “react harshly to unfriendly steps” as the US and NATO continue to pressure Moscow over its aggression towards Ukraine. The US and its allies have warned Russia about the consequences of further hostilities amid its continued military buildup near

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the January 2015 terror attacks in Paris. From January 7 to January 9, a total of 17 people were killed in attacks on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a kosher grocery store and the Paris suburb of Montrouge. Three suspects in the attacks were killed by police

By Niamh Kennedy, Zeena Saifi and Larry Madowo, CNN The Ethiopian government has dismissed calls for a ceasefire from Tigrayan fighters in the north of the country, saying the olive branches it previously offered them have been rejected many times. The leader of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region had announced a withdrawal of rebel forces from

By Muwafaq Mohammed and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN At least 12 people have died in flash floods caused by heavy rains overnight in northern and northeastern Iraq, Erbil mayor Nabz Abdulhamid told CNN Friday. Videos posted to social media show muddy waters flooding streets and homes in the city of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s semi-autonomous

By Amy Cassidy and Jack Guy, CNN The Dutch royal family threw an outdoor party for Princess Amalia’s 18th birthday at the weekend that fell outside the government’s Covid-19 guidelines, with King Willem-Alexander admitting it was “not right.” According to a letter sent by Prime Minister Mark Rutte to the Dutch parliament, dated Thursday, the