By , , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Police in Italy have confiscated a huge shipment of 14 metric tonnes (15.4 US tons) of amphetamines which they say was produced by in .Officers tracked three suspect containers to the port of Salerno in southwest Italy and found 84 million pills with a market value of €1 billion ($1.12 billion) inside paper cylinders for industrial use, the Guardia di Finanza financial police said in a statement Wednesday.Investigators said the bust is the largest drug haul in the world in terms of both value and quantity.Commander Domenico Napolitano,...…By , , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Police in Italy have confiscated a huge shipment of 14 metric tonnes (15.4 US tons) of amphetamines which they say was produced by in .Officers tracked three suspect containers to the port of Salerno in southwest Italy and found 84 million pills with a market value of €1 billion ($1.12 billion) inside paper cylinders for industrial use, the Guardia di Finanza financial police said in a statement Wednesday.Investigators said the bust is the largest drug haul in the world in terms of both value and quantity.Commander Domenico Napolitano,...WW…

Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) has withdrawn his country from an international treaty to protect women through a presidential decree issued in the early hours of Saturday. The move has sent shockwaves through a country that has been reeling from high-profile domestic violence cases and femicides. Turkey was the first country to sign the Council of Europe Convention on in 2011. The Istanbul Convention, named after Turkey's largest city, seeks to prevent violence against women, including domestic violence, and bring an end to legal impunity for perpetrators.It is unclear why Erdogan made the decision...…Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) has withdrawn his country from an international treaty to protect women through a presidential decree issued in the early hours of Saturday. The move has sent shockwaves through a country that has been reeling from high-profile domestic violence cases and femicides. Turkey was the first country to sign the Council of Europe Convention on in 2011. The Istanbul Convention, named after Turkey's largest city, seeks to prevent violence against women, including domestic violence, and bring an end to legal impunity for perpetrators.It is unclear why Erdogan made the decision...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Prime Minister has said he is facing a military coup attempt after the general staff of the country’s armed forces called for his resignation.“I consider the statement of the general staff an attempt of a military coup. I am inviting all our supporters to the Republic Square right now. I will soon address the nation live,” Pashinyan said Thursday on Facebook, according to state news agency Armenpress.Onik Gasparyan, the army’s chief of general staff, issued a statement earlier in the day criticizing Pashinyan’s decision to sack Tiran...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Prime Minister has said he is facing a military coup attempt after the general staff of the country’s armed forces called for his resignation.“I consider the statement of the general staff an attempt of a military coup. I am inviting all our supporters to the Republic Square right now. I will soon address the nation live,” Pashinyan said Thursday on Facebook, according to state news agency Armenpress.Onik Gasparyan, the army’s chief of general staff, issued a statement earlier in the day criticizing Pashinyan’s decision to sack Tiran...WW…

(CNN)Hundreds of people were sentenced to life in prison in Turkey on Thursday in a trial linked to a. A total of 475 defendants were tried in the high-profile case that focused on the events in the Akinci Air Base in Ankara, which the prosecutor argued was the main command center for the coup plot. Most of the defendants received at least one life sentence. Nineteen were sentenced to 79 counts of life in prison without parole after being convicted of charges of attempting to overthrow the constitutional order, assassinate the President and murder, according to the state news agency...…(CNN)Hundreds of people were sentenced to life in prison in Turkey on Thursday in a trial linked to a. A total of 475 defendants were tried in the high-profile case that focused on the events in the Akinci Air Base in Ankara, which the prosecutor argued was the main command center for the coup plot. Most of the defendants received at least one life sentence. Nineteen were sentenced to 79 counts of life in prison without parole after being convicted of charges of attempting to overthrow the constitutional order, assassinate the President and murder, according to the state news agency...WW…

(CNN)Hundreds of people were sentenced to life in prison in Turkey on Thursday in a trial linked to a. A total of 475 defendants were tried in the high-profile case that focused on the events in the Akinci Air Base in Ankara, which the prosecutor argued was the main command center for the coup plot. Most of the defendants received at least one life sentence. Nineteen were sentenced to 79 counts of life in prison without parole after being convicted of charges of attempting to overthrow the constitutional order, assassinate the President and murder, according to the state news agency...…(CNN)Hundreds of people were sentenced to life in prison in Turkey on Thursday in a trial linked to a. A total of 475 defendants were tried in the high-profile case that focused on the events in the Akinci Air Base in Ankara, which the prosecutor argued was the main command center for the coup plot. Most of the defendants received at least one life sentence. Nineteen were sentenced to 79 counts of life in prison without parole after being convicted of charges of attempting to overthrow the constitutional order, assassinate the President and murder, according to the state news agency...WW…

By , , , , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced he had signed an “unspeakably painful agreement” with Russia and Azerbaijan to end the war over the disputed area of , just hours after Azerbaijan claimed it captured the region’s strategic city of Shusha.“I have made a difficult, extremely difficult decision for personally me and all of us. I have signed a declaration with the Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan on stopping the war starting from 01:00 (local time),” Pashinyan said in a statement posted on his Facebook page early...…By , , , , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced he had signed an “unspeakably painful agreement” with Russia and Azerbaijan to end the war over the disputed area of , just hours after Azerbaijan claimed it captured the region’s strategic city of Shusha.“I have made a difficult, extremely difficult decision for personally me and all of us. I have signed a declaration with the Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan on stopping the war starting from 01:00 (local time),” Pashinyan said in a statement posted on his Facebook page early...WW…

(CNN)Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced he had signed an "unspeakably painful agreement" with Russia and Azerbaijan to end the war over the disputed area of , just hours after Azerbaijan claimed it captured the region's strategic city of Shusha."I have made a difficult, extremely difficult decision for personally me and all of us. I have signed a declaration with the Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan on stopping the war starting from 01:00 (local time)," Pashinyan said in a statement posted on his Facebook page early Tuesday.After claiming earlier on Monday that the...…(CNN)Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced he had signed an "unspeakably painful agreement" with Russia and Azerbaijan to end the war over the disputed area of , just hours after Azerbaijan claimed it captured the region's strategic city of Shusha."I have made a difficult, extremely difficult decision for personally me and all of us. I have signed a declaration with the Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan on stopping the war starting from 01:00 (local time)," Pashinyan said in a statement posted on his Facebook page early Tuesday.After claiming earlier on Monday that the...WW…

(CNN)Further evidence is emerging of rebels from Syria being recruited to fight as mercenaries in the over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.CNN spoke to a Syrian national who has been signed up to travel from northern Syria to Azerbaijan. The man, who declined to provide his real name, said he was living in the Afrin area of northern Syria but was originally from Damascus. He said he belonged to a faction of the rebel Syrian National Army, which is backed by Turkey. Its leader had asked those prepared to go to Azerbaijan to register. "I voluntarily did that and 90% of my unit signed up," he...…(CNN)Further evidence is emerging of rebels from Syria being recruited to fight as mercenaries in the over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.CNN spoke to a Syrian national who has been signed up to travel from northern Syria to Azerbaijan. The man, who declined to provide his real name, said he was living in the Afrin area of northern Syria but was originally from Damascus. He said he belonged to a faction of the rebel Syrian National Army, which is backed by Turkey. Its leader had asked those prepared to go to Azerbaijan to register. "I voluntarily did that and 90% of my unit signed up," he...WW…

Video Ad FeedbackSee Turkish coast guard rescue migrants at seaBy , and , CNNLink Copied!North Aegean Sea — The warm glow of a bright orange life raft lights up the pitch black night. A small hand opens the floating tent, revealing 11 people who stare wide-eyed at an approaching rescue mission.A young girl clutches a doll as she climbs out of the motorless boat onto the Turkish ship. The rest of the group are pulled up to the deck.“You really don’t want to know what they’ve done to us,” said Fatima Dhaiwi, looking over at her two daughters huddled under blankets. “Definitely, definitely not...…Video Ad FeedbackSee Turkish coast guard rescue migrants at seaBy , and , CNNLink Copied!North Aegean Sea — The warm glow of a bright orange life raft lights up the pitch black night. A small hand opens the floating tent, revealing 11 people who stare wide-eyed at an approaching rescue mission.A young girl clutches a doll as she climbs out of the motorless boat onto the Turkish ship. The rest of the group are pulled up to the deck.“You really don’t want to know what they’ve done to us,” said Fatima Dhaiwi, looking over at her two daughters huddled under blankets. “Definitely, definitely not...WW…

(CNN)Women poured into rallies across Turkey on Wednesday over fears of Ankara's potential withdrawal from a European treaty on gender-based violence.Chanting their support for the treaty, women chanted, "The choice is ours, the decision is ours, the night is ours, the street are ours."In recent weeks, the Council of Europe Convention on combating and preventing violence against women has stirred public debate. The agreement is commonly known as the Istanbul Convention, after being signed in the Turkish megacity in May 2011.Women at the rallies Wednesday held posters reading, "The istanbul...…(CNN)Women poured into rallies across Turkey on Wednesday over fears of Ankara's potential withdrawal from a European treaty on gender-based violence.Chanting their support for the treaty, women chanted, "The choice is ours, the decision is ours, the night is ours, the street are ours."In recent weeks, the Council of Europe Convention on combating and preventing violence against women has stirred public debate. The agreement is commonly known as the Istanbul Convention, after being signed in the Turkish megacity in May 2011.Women at the rallies Wednesday held posters reading, "The istanbul...WW…