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By Nadine Schmidt, Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — The German Defense Ministry confirmed Tuesday that “a shipment of thousands of rounds of ammunition” bound for the armed forces was stolen from a civilian contractor’s trailer last week. A spokesperson told CNN that the ammunition was stolen “from the trailer of the civilian carrier’s transport vehicle,

By Zeena Saifi, Abeer Salman, Tareq Al Hilou, CNN Khan Younis, Gaza (CNN) — Tamer Abu Assi was preparing breakfast for his two young boys Saturday morning when he realized he had run out of firewood. Fadi, 8, and Jumaa, 10, went out to fetch some, as their father is paralyzed and wheelchair-bound. They never

CNN By Zeena Saifi, Abeer Salman, Tareq Al Hilou, CNN Khan Younis, Gaza (CNN) — Tamer Abu Assi was preparing breakfast for his two young boys Saturday morning when he realized he had run out of firewood. Fadi, 8, and Jumaa, 10, went out to fetch some, as their father is paralyzed and wheelchair-bound. They

By Caitlin Danaher, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly a prince and the Duke of York, will be denied a six-figure compensation payout for his early eviction from a 30-room mansion on the Windsor estate due to its state of repair, the crown estate has said. In a briefing to the UK’s Public

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo has said he believes the United States needs to find “another way” in handling the situation in Venezuela, warning against any military incursion and saying it would be better to pursue dialogue or apply economic pressure. “It seems there is the possibility that there be some activity,

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Dressed head to toe in army fatigues, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday received the news he had been awaiting for more than a year: Russia had taken over the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. It doesn’t matter that Kyiv disputed the claim, saying on Tuesday that fighting was

By Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday backed her country’s security forces who are accused of killing hundreds of unarmed demonstrators, claiming the protesters intended to overthrow her government. The East African leader alleged without evidence that young people had been paid to take to the streets following October’s

By Kocha Olarn and Ross Adkin, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — Wassana Suthi spent last week trying to keep a nursing home running as the floodwaters rose around her in the southern Thai city of Hat Yai, cutting the home off from outside help, bar one helicopter dropping supplies on the roof. Hat Yai city is

By Germán Padinger, Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appears even more isolated this week after losing two regional allies, Honduras and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, at the polls as he confronts Washington’s naval buildup in the Caribbean. In Honduras, preliminary results from Sunday’s elections have made one thing clear: Candidate

By Billy Stockwell, Darya Tarasova and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Russia claimed on Monday to have captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, in what would be an important victory for its forces if confirmed – though Ukraine dismissed what it said were “loud statements” by Moscow aimed at influencing negotiations on ending the