CNN – Europe/Mideast/Africa

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping with a lavish reception in the capital Riyadh on Thursday, as the two countries head for a number of summits heralding an “epoch-making milestone” in China’s relations with the Arab world. Saudi state TV showed a grand ceremony laid

By Teele Rebane, Adam Pourahmadi and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Iran has executed a man for injuring a paramilitary officer in the first known execution linked to protests that have swept the country since September, state media reported Thursday. Mizan Online, a news agency affiliated with Iran’s judiciary, and the semi-official Tasmin news agency both named

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By Jessie Yeung and Katharina Krebs, CNN Nearly 10 months after his invasion of Ukraine began, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday acknowledged that the conflict is “going to take a while,” as he also warned of the “increasing” threat of nuclear war. Speaking at a meeting of Russia’s Human Rights Council at the Kremlin,

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Scientists, environmentalists and even the UK government’s own climate advisers have strongly criticized its decision to approve a plan to open the country’s first new coal mine in three decades, a little more than a year after the nation tried to convince the world to ditch the filthy fossil fuel at

By Amy Woodyatt, Sebastian Shukla and Nimi Princewill, CNN TIME magazine has named Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian leader whose attempt to fight off Russia’s invasion of his country has won widespread acclaim, as its person of the year, alongside “the spirit of Ukraine.” “Whether the battle for Ukraine fills one with hope or with fear,

By Zahid Mahmood and Chris Stern, CNN German officials arrested 22 suspected members and three suspected supporters of a far-right terrorist organization across the country on Wednesday on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. Alleged members of the plot include a descendant of German royalty and a former far-right member of the Bundestag, Germany‘s

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By Ivana Kottasová, Tim Lister, Josh Pennington and Maria Kostenko, CNN A series of attacks deep inside Russia this week have raised the stakes for Moscow at a time when its war on Ukraine is faltering. Russia has said that Ukrainian drones carried out three strikes on its air bases, yet two of the targets

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