CNN – Europe/Mideast/Africa

By Bethlehem Feleke, Vasco Cotovio and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The Ethiopian government’s air force carried out two air strikes in the northern region of Tigray, government spokesperson Legese Tulu told CNN Sunday. One of the strikes hit a military command post and training center belonging to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) — the region’s

By Akanksha Sharma and Tim Lister, CNN At least one person has died and several others were injured after an explosion in Uganda‘s capital Kampala, the country’s President Yoweri Museveni said in a tweet Sunday. “The Information I have is that 3 people came and left a package in Kaveera which later on exploded, killing

By Ramin Mostaghim and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN An event introducing a newly appointed Iranian governor was dramatically interrupted Saturday after a man walked on stage and slapped him in the face. Zeinolabedin Khorram, the new governor of East Azerbaijan province, was on stage delivering a speech at the Imam Khomeini Mosque in the northeastern city

By Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN Saudi Arabia plans to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2060, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) said Saturday ahead of COP26, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference. The country aims to reach its goal “through its circular carbon economy approach in line with the kingdom’s development plans,” bin Salman said

By Katie Hunt, CNN An elephant’s tusks are among its defining features — they help the animal lift heavy branches, topple trees, strip bark, fight, and dig holes for water and minerals. But an increasing proportion of female elephants in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park have been born without these crucial tools, and scientists say it’s

By Sarah Dean, CNN Down a narrow, winding street in central Rome, golden cobblestones shine out from the footpath in front of homes, etched with the words: “Deportata Auschwitz” (“deported to Auschwitz”). One of the stones is dedicated to Rossana Calo, who was just two years old when she, along with her mother, was transported

By Lauren Kent, CNN Photographs by Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou, CNN Forests have long been celebrated as the natural heroes in the fight against the climate crisis. They are so good at absorbing and storing carbon dioxide, a consortium of environmental groups are calling on the world to plant one trillion trees over the next decade.

By Eyad Kourdi and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN Syria has executed 24 people who were convicted of terrorism charges for igniting last year’s devastating wildfires that left 3 people dead and scorched thousands of acres of forests, the Syrian Ministry of Justice said Thursday. The perpetrators confessed that they had set fire to several locations in

By Yasir Abdullah and Mostafa Salem, CNN Throngs of Sudanese protesters took to the streets on Thursday to voice their support for civilian rule within the country’s power-sharing government. Demonstrators marched through the streets of the capital, Khartoum, chanting anti-military slogans and waving flags. Pro-civilian protests were also held in other Sudanese cities Thursday, Reuters

By Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta, CNN Moscow will impose a 10-day lockdown from next week in an effort to curb soaring Covid-19 cases, the city’s mayor has said, as Russia endures its worst-ever phase of the pandemic. “In the coming days, we will reach historic peaks in Covid cases,” Sergey Sobyanin wrote in his