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By Lauren Kent, Arina Porkhovnik, Anna Chernova, Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in a massive missile attack overnight into Thursday, hours after President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin was ready to resume trilateral peace talks next month. At the request of US special envoy Steve Witkoff during their

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The Australian lawmaker hit by a car in an allegedly deliberate attack has now had both legs amputated, her husband announced Wednesday. Helen Haines, an independent federal MP, remains in a critical condition in hospital after being hit on a main road outside her electorate office in

By Nic Robertson, Billy Stockwell, Max Saltman, CNN London (CNN) — British counterterrorism police said Tuesday they have rearrested two men in their investigation into last month’s incident at RAF Fairford in England, where US B-1 bombers were based. A 24-year-old British national and a 25-year-old dual British-Iranian national were rearrested on suspicion of assisting

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Mostafa Salem, Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — The United Kingdom said Tuesday it will deploy fighter jets to defend Saudi Arabia against attacks by the Iran-allied Houthi rebels in Yemen. The UK will fly “defensive counter-air missions” using Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets to protect Saudi cities and critical infrastructure, the

By Max Saltman, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — The oil-rich province of Alberta has rejected the pathway to secession and will remain part of Canada, landing a definitive blow to a fringe but loud campaign which sought support from the US. About three quarters of voters chose to stay in Canada, while one quarter opted

By Melissa Bell, CNN (CNN) — Masha Moskalyova has spent a quarter of her life in jeopardy or on the run because of a picture she drew when she was just 12 years old. Four years on, she and her father are living in hiding in a small village in eastern France and still worry

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — It’s dark outside. The news cycle is relentless. But Finland’s national broadcaster has a solution: Adorable puppies, available any time, night or day. Yle has been drawing millions of people to its website with “Pentulive” – Finnish for “Puppy Live” – a 24/7 live stream of Hilkka, a Lagotto

By Nimi Princewill, Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — The leader of a Kenyan Christian cult has been found guilty of the murder of 190 children through an organised system of enforced fasting and abuse. Paul Mackenzie was on Monday convicted along with about 30 other suspects at Mombasa High Court over the deaths of 191

By Jack Guy (CNN) — A priest has been killed by a falling crucifix at a church in Ecuador as he performed a mass that was being live streamed online. Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari died on Saturday at the Perpetuo Socorro church in the city of Guayaquil, southern Ecuador, according to a statement from the

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A 43-year-old man has been charged with ramming an Australian lawmaker with a vehicle in what police said was a “targeted” attack that inflicted serious injuries requiring the amputation of her leg, according to media reports. Helen Haines, 65, who represents the federal seat of Indi, was

By Oren Liebermann, Tal Shalev, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Amid US pressure on a surge of settler violence in the occupied West Bank, Israeli police arrested at least 10 suspects in the weekend attacks on a Washington Post journalist and an entourage of European diplomats. Police said the operation to locate and arrest the suspects

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — French authorities promised a “massive” police presence for planned protests on Saturday and imposed localized curfews for a second consecutive night as the country grapples with the fallout from its worst rioting in years. The moves come after protests over education and the cost of living spiraled into a

By Mostafa Salem, Aida Karimi, Leila Gharagozlou, CNN (CNN) — Iran has signaled that it is preparing for another round of war with the United States and has issued public threats against Washington and its allies in an apparent bid to deter President Donald Trump from restarting the current conflict. Over the past month, Iranian

By Tim Lister and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has excoriated Ukraine’s leader after the country launched one of its biggest drone attacks on Russia this year, hitting a key oil terminal in defiance of his demand it stop hitting Russian energy infrastructure. There have been growing tensions between Ukraine and