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By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Hundreds of people stormed Libya’s eastern parliament building in the port city of Tobruk on Friday, according to local media reports, the latest in a string of clashes between groups supporting rivaling leaders. Libya has been split between warring factions since 2014, following the 2011 NATO-backed uprising against

By Teele Rebane, Hannah Ritchie and Maija Ehlinger, CNN At least five people were killed and 44 others injured following a string of earthquakes in southern Iran on Saturday, according to the country’s semi-official FARS news agency. Four separate earthquakes were recorded near the southern port city of Bandar-e Lengeh, including one that registered at

By Jonny Hallam, Josh Pennington and Arnaud Siad CNN Pro-Russian investigators in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) on Friday said they have charged another two British citizens with being “mercenaries,” according to the Donetsk News Agency. “An investigation is now underway against British mercenaries Dylan Healy and Andrew Hill. They are charged under the

By Tara John, Fred Pleitgen, Anna Chernova and Chris Liakos, CNN The two-time US Olympic basketball gold medalist Brittney Griner arrived at a court near Moscow on Friday where her trial is expected to start, after officials claimed she had cannabis oil in her luggage in February, a week before Russia invaded Ukraine. Griner, 31,

By Frederik Pleitgen, Anna Chernova, Chris Liakos and Tara John, CNN The two-time US Olympic basketball gold medalist Brittney Griner went on trial at a court near Moscow on Friday, on drug smuggling charges which can be punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Griner, 31, a Phoenix Mercury player who plays in Russia

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Livia Borghese, CNN The main artery that cuts through Italy’s heartland, where 30% of its food is produced, is the 650-kilometer-long (400-mile-long) River Po, which winds its way from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea on Italy’s northeast coast. But a dry winter and spring mean this year it’s in

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By Olga Voitovych, Anna Chernova and Tim Lister, CNN Russian troops have left Snake Island in the Black Sea, the Ukrainian Armed Forces said Thursday, after they carried out what they said was a “successful” operation. The small but strategic territory was the scene of one of the opening salvos of the war in Ukraine,

By Nina dos Santos and Lindsay Isaac, CNN Having a neighbor like Russia at the end of the street means 59-year-old Vytas Grudzinskas doesn’t get much rest. “I can see the soldiers best at night,” he says, pointing to a patch of green behind his neighbor’s garden. “They have a shooting range they use over