CNN – Europe/Mideast/Africa

By Abeer Salman and Andrew Carey, CNN Large demonstrations are being held across the West Bank calling for an end to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Presidency of Mahmoud Abbas, after the funeral of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat, who died while in the custody of PA security forces on Thursday morning. The body of

A Frenchwoman who has admitted to killing her abusive husband fainted with apparent shock and relief in court after hearing the sentence sought against her by prosecutors. The prosecution has asked for a sentence of five years in prison for Valérie Bacot, with four years of the term suspended, a lawyer for the accused said. If confirmed, Bacot would walk free, as she has already spent a year in detention, the lawyer, Nathalie Tomasini, explained to French media. CNN’s Cyril Vanier reports.

By Barbara Wojazer, Lorraine Poupon and Xiaofei Xu, CNN A Frenchwoman who admitted to killing her husband after nearly two decades of abuse left court a free woman on Friday evening to loud applause from well-wishers — concluding her ordeal that has appalled many in France. Valérie Bacot was sentenced to four years in prison,

By Tomas Etzler, CNN Five people have been killed after a rare tornado along with tennis ball-sized hailstones hit several villages in South Moravia, in the southeast of the Czech Republic, officials said. A local hospital in the town of Hodonin treated 83 injured people. Forty-five were admitted to hospital, six of whom were in

Hungary “has no place” in the European Union after passing a controversial new bill banning LGBTQ content in schools, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said.

By Robert Iddiols and Amy Cassidy, CNN Hungary “has no place” in the European Union after passing a controversial new bill banning LGBTQ content in schools, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Thursday. Earlier this month Hungary’s parliament passed legislation which bans all educational materials and programs for children which are considered to promote

By Elinda Labropoulou, CNN A 37-year-old priest is in custody in Greece after allegedly launching an acid attack that injured 10 people at a meeting of senior bishops. He has since been moved to an Athens psychiatric hospital and is under police guard, according to Greek police spokesperson Anna Efthymiou. Seven senior members of Greece’s

By Bethlehem Feleke and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN International condemnation is growing over an airstrike that killed dozens of people in Ethiopia’s war-torn northern Tigray region earlier this week, as Africa’s second-most populous nation tallied ballots to decide its next leader. At least 30 people died on Tuesday when a government airstrike hit a busy marketplace

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Northern Ireland. For many years, Northern Ireland has been split over the question of whether it should remain part of the United Kingdom or become part of Ireland. Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland. The nation is part of the United Kingdom, along with England, Scotland and

By Rob Picheta, Amy Cassidy, Anna Chernova and Zahra Ullah, CNN A UK government minister said Thursday that Britain was prepared to sail naval vessels through disputed waters near Crimea again, a day after a confrontation between a British warship and Russian forces in the Black Sea. Environment Secretary George Eustice disputed claims from Moscow

By Andrew Carey and Abeer Salman, CNN A well-known Palestinian critic of the Palestinian Authority (PA) has died in police custody in Hebron, sparking angry condemnation from leading figures in the West Bank and beyond. The family of Nizar Banat said 20 armed Palestinian soldiers stormed the family home in Hebron at 3:30 a.m. Thursday,

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Tzipi Livni, former foreign minister of Israel. Personal Birth date: July 8, 1958 Birth place: Tel Aviv, Israel Birth name: Tziporah Malka Livni Father: Eitan Livni, businessman and politician Mother: Sarah (Rosenberg) Livni Marriage: Naftali Shpitzer (1984-present) Children: Omri and Yuval Education: Bar-Ilan University,

CNN’s Becky Anderson speaks with UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) executive director David Beasley about the developing food crisis in southern Madagascar which he says has pushed 1.14 million people “right to the very edge of starvation.” Successive droughts made worse by climate change are plaguing the African island, according to the WFP.

By Stephanie Halasz, Zahra Ullah, Niamh Kennedy, Anna Chernova, Rob Picheta and Brad Lendon, CNN A British naval warship became embroiled in a confrontation with Russian forces off the coast of the disputed territory of Crimea on Wednesday. Russia says one of its warplanes dropped bombs and a patrol boat fired warning shots to turn

By Amy Cassidy, David McKenzie and Ingrid Formanek, CNN Climate change is the driving force of a developing food crisis in southern Madagascar, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. The African island has been plagued with back-to-back droughts — its worst in four decades — which have pushed 1.14 million people “right to

By John Allen, CNN Senior Vatican Analyst and editor of Crux, and Nicola Ruotolo Senior lawmakers in Italy pushed back Wednesday against “interference” from the Vatican after it protested against a draft Italian law designed to combat homophobia. The Italian “parliament is sovereign and won’t accept interference,” the President of Italy’s lower house of parliament,

By Nimi Princewill, CNN Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has assembled a reconciliation team to lead negotiations with Twitter, more than two weeks after the American social media company’s operation was indefinitely suspended in the West African nation. The move came about after Twitter wrote to the President “seeking to engage with the Federal Government over

By Brad Lendon, CNN United States Marine Corps fighter jets aboard a British aircraft carrier flew combat missions over the Middle East this week — the first time US warplanes have gone into combat from a foreign warship since World War II, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense said on Tuesday. The missions against ISIS

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Tour de France. June 26-July 18, 2021 – The 108th Tour de France is scheduled to take place. August 29-September 20, 2020 – The 107th Tour de France takes place. 22-year-old Tadej Pogacar becomes the first Slovenian to win the Tour de France. Facts The Tour de