National-World

Analysis by Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken to gloating about Russia’s resistance to international sanctions and its supposed economic resilience, despite the best efforts of the United States and its G7 partners to choke off Moscow’s oil revenues and starve it of military technology. Scoffing at Europe’s economies, Putin

CNN By Andrew Carey, Maria Kostenko and Christian Edwards, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Ukrainian officials have warned that Russia is conducting offensive operations along much of the frontline, with Ukraine’s military trying to hold its positions as its ammunition begins to run low and United States funding remains stalled in Congress. Fighting is intense in

By Mariya Knight, Gul Tuysuz and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — More than 20,000 trucks from Poland and Ukraine are blocked at three major border crossings as striking Polish drivers protest an EU deal that allows Ukrainian trucks unlimited access to the bloc. On Monday, Polish carriers began blocking the movement of trucks along the

By Maria Kostenko, Alex Stambaugh and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said it has discovered a mass corruption scheme in the purchase of weapons by the country’s military amounting to nearly $40 million (1.5 billion Ukrainian hryvnia). The SBU said the embezzlement involved the purchase of 100,000 mortar rounds for Ukraine’s

CNN By Sophie Tanno, Hira Humayun, Richard Roth and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The main UN agency in Gaza is in turmoil after Israel accused some of its staff members of involvement in Hamas’ October 7 terror attacks. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) fired several employees in the wake of the

By Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — At least 47 suspects have been arrested in relation to a church attack on Sunday in Istanbul, according to Turkish state news agency Anadalou, citing the country’s interior minister Ali Yerlikaya. One person died in the attack, which saw two masked gunmen open fire during the Santa Maria Church’s Sunday service, according to

By Stephanie Halasz, Chris Liakos and Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Protesters hurled soup at the “Mona Lisa” painting in Paris on Sunday, but it was protected from damage by its glass casing. The environmental group Riposte Alimentaire — which roughly translates to “Food Response” — said two protesters involved with its campaign were behind

By Sophia Saifi, Lauren Kent and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Unidentified gunmen killed nine Pakistani workers in the restive southeastern border region of Iran, Pakistani officials say, just over a week after Iran and Pakistan carried out military strikes on each other’s territory. No group or individuals have taken responsibility for the attack, in

By Sophie Tanno and Nadine Schmidt, CNN (CNN) — As Israel battles Hamas in Gaza, European authorities have been tightening the net on the militants, with high-profile raids, financial curbs and a crackdown of its online activities. But no country has gone further in targeting an already-banned group and its supporters than Germany. In Berlin,

By Andrew Carey, Maria Kostenko and Christian Edwards, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Ukrainian officials have warned that Russia is conducting offensive operations along much of the frontline, with Ukraine’s military trying to hold its positions as its ammunition begins to run low and United States funding remains stalled in Congress. Fighting is intense in the

By Stefano Pozzebon, Morayo Ogunbayo, Heather Law and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The chief negotiator for Venezuela’s opposition has accused Nicolas Maduro’s government of a “repressive escalation” ahead of presidential elections this year, after the Supreme Court upheld a ban against the opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado. Speaking at a press conference in Caracas