CNN – Europe/Mideast/Africa

By Dalal Mawad and Nimi Princewill, CNN Rwandan-born French actress Sonia Rolland has been placed under formal investigation in France following her indictment in a probe into the huge fortune of the late Gabonese President Omar Bongo, which prosecutors allege includes ill-gotten assets. Rolland was the first African-born winner of the Miss France pageant in 2000,

By Mina Alsharif, Hande Atay Alam and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Turkey is rebranding itself. The country is now called “Türkiye” in the halls of the United Nations, who agreed to recognize the change on Wednesday after a request from Turkey’s government. The campaign to rebrand as Türkiye began in December. “The process we started under

By Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will miss a service of thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral for her 70 year reign on Friday, after experiencing “some discomfort” during the first day of her Platinum Jubilee celebration. The Queen appeared at Buckingham Palace on Thursday during the festivities and

By Benjamin Brown and Amy Woodyatt, CNN German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was accused Monday of comparing climate activists to Nazis, in allegations that his spokesperson said were “completely absurd.” Scholz was speaking at a Catholic Day panel event in the city of Stuttgart on Friday when protesters disrupted him, with one activist reportedly trying to

CNN’s Atika Shubert, Abeer Salman, Lauren Izso and Celine Alkhaldi Thousands of Israelis marched in a controversial flag-waving procession through east Jerusalem on Sunday, after Palestinian factions warned the event could ignite a new round of tensions. Crowds waving Israeli flags set off from Damascus Gate — the main entry to the Muslim Quarter of

CNN’s Nathan Hodge, Yulia Kesaieva, and Daria Markina Two weeks ago, hundreds of Ukrainian fighters ended their defense of the Azovstal steel plant. Now, some of their loved ones say they still have heard little or no information on their whereabouts. “I have not been in touch with my husband or got any information about

By Nimi Princewill, CNN More than 30 people were killed and others injured when a stampede broke out at a church event in the southeastern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt on Saturday, according to police and security officials. Most of the casualties were children. The incident took place at a local polo club, where the