CNN – Europe/Mideast/Africa

By Nic Robertson, CNN A tiny Jerusalem gas station was an unlikely setting for a cautionary tale about Israel’s political evolution. The station is just a short stroll from the seat of the Israeli government, where full-throated passions played out on the streets on March 27 as pro- and anti-government protesters waved flags and shouted

By Ivana Kottasová, Lindsay Isaac and Anna Chernova, CNN Russia could place powerful strategic nuclear weapons in Belarus, on top of the tactical nuclear warheads Moscow is already planning to deploy there, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said during a national address on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced last week that Moscow would complete the

By Josh Pennington, Tim Lister and Ivana Kottasová, CNN A convicted murderer who was allowed to leave prison in Russia to join the Wagner private military company and fight in Ukraine was arrested within days of returning home on suspicion of killing an elderly woman. Ivan Rossomakhin was already a repeat-offender when he was sentenced

By Delia Gallagher, Antonia Mortensen, Alessandro Gentile, Niamh Kennedy and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Pope Francis joked that he is “still alive” as he left the hospital in Rome where he spent the past few days being treated for a respiratory infection. He stopped to talk to well wishers and journalists after being discharged from Rome’s

By Nimi Princewill and Niamh Kennedy, CNN Disgraced South African Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was denied parole on Friday, according to local authorities who said he has yet to complete his minimum sentence. According to South African law, inmates can be considered for parole after serving half of their sentence if they meet conditions, like

By David McKenzie, Ghazi Balkiz and Maria Avdeeva, CNN Lesya Belinska is proud of her son. She stands next to Roman Belinsky at her home and hugs him with one arm. Belinsky waves her away, embarrassed. Belinsky’s face is badly disfigured from a serious combat injury. The 42-year-old was discharged from duty recently, but still

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Turkey has finally approved Finland’s application to join NATO, putting an end to months of delays while also continuing to block Sweden from joining the military alliance. The Turkish Parliament voted unanimously in favor of Finland’s membership on Thursday, clearing the last hurdle in the accession process. The vote fulfills Turkish

By Delia Gallagher and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Pope Francis showed a “clear improvement” on Thursday after being given intravenous antibiotics for a bronchitis infection and could be released from the hospital in the next few days, according to the Vatican. The 86-year-old pontiff, who as a young man had a small part of his right

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN King Charles III on Thursday became the first British monarch to address the Bundestag, the German parliament, paying tribute to the deep historical bonds and longstanding ties between the two nations. The British sovereign is in Germany on the inaugural state visit of his reign with the Queen

By Laura Paddison, CNN Lake Montbel is a shimmering, turquoise lake, stretching across 1,400 acres of southwest France, in the foothills of the Pyrenees — a haven for wildlife, a vital source of irrigation for farmers and water for local rivers, and a tourist paradise. But after the driest winter in more than six decades,

By Saskya Vandoorne and Melissa Bell, CNN Olesya Krivtsova thinks it’s because she was neither the first, nor the last, to criticize the war in Ukraine that she scared Russian authorities as much as she did. Her social media posts were neither particularly strident nor unusual, she told CNN, reflecting those of so many other