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Seven dead, including child, after gunmen storm Mexican resort
Omar Martinez/picture alliance via Getty Images (GUANAJUATO, Mexico) — At least seven people are dead, including one child, in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato after several gunmen stormed the La Palma resort on Saturday, [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin critic sentenced to 25 years
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. [Read More…]

7 dead, including child, after gunmen storm Mexican resort
Omar Martinez/picture alliance via Getty Images (GUANAJUATO, Mexico) — At least seven people are dead, including one child, in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato after several gunmen stormed the La Palma resort on Saturday, according [Read More…]

Reports of gas attacks on Iranian schools resume as students vow to continue education
Handout (LONDON) — It was in early March when Fereshteh, a 42-year-old mother of two, said she received a phone call from a friend claiming there had been a chemical gas attack at a girls’ [Read More…]

Friend of detained journalist Evan Gershkovich: ‘We need to make sure he feels he’s not alone, he’s not forgotten’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich felt “slight unease” about reporting in Russia, but believed it was his professional duty to remain in the country to “tell the world [Read More…]

Ukraine’s spy chief says ‘Russia is the only beneficiary’ of US intelligence leak
ABC News (KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s most senior military intelligence official is blaming Russia for the massive leak of U.S. government secrets that has dominated headlines in recent days. In his first interview since classified [Read More…]

US special operations team working out of embassy in Ukraine: Sources
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A small U.S. military special operations team has been based at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv since early in the war in Ukraine that began in February 2022, according to a [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: US reporter classified as wrongfully detained
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. [Read More…]

Italy plans hefty fines for vandalism to monuments, cultural sites
Elena Popova/Getty Images (LONDON) — Italy’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to fine vandals who damage monuments or other cultural sites up to 60,000 euros (about $65,000). The legislation, championed by Italian Culture Minister [Read More…]

Biden speaks to family of “WSJ” reporter, says detention by Russia is ‘totally illegal’
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden spoke to the family of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who the United States says is being unjustly imprisoned by Russia, White [Read More…]

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s health deteriorating, ambulance called last week: Spokesperson
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The team of Russia’s top opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, is a sounding the alarm that his health is seriously deteriorating in prison and that an ambulance was called for [Read More…]

China ‘ready to fight’ after three days of large-scale military drills around Taiwan
Rainer Puster / EyeEm/Getty Images (TAIPEI, Taiwan) — China’s military declared it’s “ready to fight” after wrapping up three days of combat drills simulating a blockade to “seal off” Taiwan. The large-scale land and sea [Read More…]

Biden travels to Ireland and UK to celebrate 25 years of peace — and his family ties
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will head across the pond on Tuesday for a long-awaited trip to Ireland, his ancestral homeland, that will feature a heavy emphasis on [Read More…]

US determines Wall Street Journal reporter jailed in Russia ‘wrongfully detained’
DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has officially determined that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is being “wrongfully detained” by Russia, a designation that will allow the U.S. [Read More…]

1,200 aboard two migrant boats rescued in Mediterranean
pop_jop/Getty Images (LONDON and ROME) — About 1,200 migrants on two different boats were rescued in the Mediterranean on Monday, the Italian Coast Guard said. One of those boats, a migrant vessel adrift in the [Read More…]

Migrant boats with 1,200 aboard being rescued in Mediterranean
pop_jop/Getty Images (ROME) — A migrant boat adrift in the Mediterranean with about 400 people on board was in “huge danger” amid high waves on Monday, Sea-Watch International, a non-governmental rescue operation said. Italian Coast [Read More…]

Prince William, Princess Kate and kids coordinate in royal blue for Easter celebration
Yui Mok – WPA Pool/Getty Images (LONDON) — The prince and princess of Wales stepped out in their Sunday best alongside their three children during a church outing at Windsor Castle to celebrate Easter. In [Read More…]

China starts 3 days of combat readiness patrol exercises around Taiwan
Contributor/Getty Images (TAIPEI, Taiwan) — China says it has started three days of combat readiness patrol exercises around Taiwan starting on April 8, just a day after Taiwan President Tsai returned home following her meeting [Read More…]

Iranian women are changing cities by determining dress codes, defying authority
Rainer Puster/EyeEm/Getty Images/STOCK (TEHRAN, Iran) — Seven months after the beginning of the “Women Life Freedom” movement in Iran, a tangible impact is being felt across the country as many women are still refusing to [Read More…]

Classified Ukraine documents were first posted on the web in early March
Glow Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Leaked classified documents about the U.S. effort to assist Ukraine’s military were posted on the internet much sooner than this week according to an ABC News review of internet posts [Read More…]