Cardinal Angelo Sodano, longtime Vatican power broker, dies
The news agency said the cardinal had been hospitalized for pneumonia earlier in the month, after testing positive for Covid-19....
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says Iranian authorities forced her to sign false confession as condition of release
Zaghari-Ratcliffe told the BBC that after traveling to Tehran International Airport on the day of her release, she was "made...
Russian soldier sentenced to life in prison in Ukraine conflict’s first war crimes trial
The soldier, Vadim Shishimarin, had pleaded guilty to shooting a 62-year-old civilian to death on the fourth day of the...
Russian authorities finally admit detention of Crimean human rights activist after holding her for 12 days
The Crimean human rights activist and nurse disappeared on her way home from work in the Russian-annexed peninsula almost two...
Belarus jails student a year after forcing down the airliner she was traveling on
"The court finds Sapega guilty on charges of 'deliberate acts aimed at inciting social enmity and discord on the basis...
At least five Russian businessmen have died by apparent suicide in just three months
CNN's calls to Gazprom have not been returned.A top executive at Gazprom was found dead in his cottage in the...
Turkish businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala sentenced to life over Gezi Park protests
Kavala was sentenced in connection with the 2013 anti-government protests in Turkey, which began over a plan to turn a...
Slovenia’s populist PM loses election to environmentalist party
Janša, who had hoped to win a fourth term in office, conceded that he had been defeated in the vote,...
Macron vs. Le Pen: The French presidential runoff explained
France's presidential election will be a rematch of the 2017 contest, when the far right's Marine Le Pen faced off...
UK announces controversial plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the scheme an "innovative approach, driven by our shared humanitarian impulse and made possible...
It’s been a bad day for Boris Johnson, but he could still ride out the Partygate scandal
It is now a statement of fact that the Prime Minister broke the law. He is thought to be the...
Nine volunteer drivers on rescue mission to Mariupol detained by Russian forces, aid group says
A total of 10 minibus drivers had driven into the Donbas region to help evacuate civilians from the besieged city...
Emmanuel Macron to face Marine Le Pen in French presidential election runoff
Centrist Macron and Le Pen, a long-time standard-bearer for the French far-right, were the top two candidates in the first...
Emmanuel Macron has a grand vision for the West. Putin has exposed the limits of his influence
Ever since the crisis began, Macron has assumed the role of Europe's statesman, willing to talk face-to-face and on the...
France’s presidential election race is closer than expected. Here’s what to know
An incumbent president standing for election for only the second time in his life; a candidate twice convicted of inciting...
Viktor Orban, the EU leader who can’t quit Putin, faces a united front in Hungary’s election
Now, everything has changed. Putin's invasion of Ukraine later that same month has upended the race, recasting its protagonists and...
Turkish prosecutor requests transfer of Khashoggi trial to Saudi Arabia
Khashoggi's killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul four years ago triggered a global outcry and put pressure on Saudi...
Six people killed after car crashes into carnival crowd in Belgium
Abnother 10 people were sent to nearby hospitals with life-threatening injuries and 27 were "slightly injured," Deputy Crown Prosecutor Damien...
Analysis: Nordic countries wonder if they are next on Putin’s list
Nations that were neutral have provided arms for Ukrainians; governments that had for years missed their NATO defense spending obligations...
For loved ones ripped apart by war in Ukraine, phone messages bring hope and despair
Lviv, Ukraine — In the midst of a days-long, chaotic cross-country train ride to the northwestern city of Lviv, near...
