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Biden, Netanyahu speak for 1st time in months as Israel plans response to Iran attack
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (TEL AVIV) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Wednesday, according to the White House. Vice President Kamala Harris also joined the call, the White House said. [Read More…]
North Korean defector allegedly stole bus to drive back across border, South Korean police say
Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images (SEOUL) — A North Korean defector living in South Korea is under arrest for allegedly stealing a bus and attempting to drive it across the border into North [Read More…]
Lisa Marie Presley’s book reveals Michael Jackson was a virgin when they started dating
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic The late Lisa Marie Presley‘s posthumously released memoir, From Here to the Great Unknown, reveals that Michael Jackson told her he was a virgin when they started dating. According to People, Presley says in the book that she was [Read More…]
Beer can artwork accidentally trashed by museum worker
LAM Museum (LONDON) — A museum in the Netherlands has recovered an artwork that resembles two empty beer cans from the trash after an elevator technician accidentally disposed of them during his shift, officials said. [Read More…]
American climber speaks out after being rescued 20,000 feet up in Himalayas
ABC News (NEW DELHI) — An American climber along with her British climbing partner have been rescued at an altitude of more than 20,000 feet after becoming stranded in the Himalayas for three days. American [Read More…]
A year after the attack, Israeli couple recounts trying to get to their son on Oct. 7
Gali Mir-Tibon speaks with ABC News’ chief national correspondent Matt Gutman. ABC News (TEL AVIV, Israel) — For Israeli husband-and-wife Noam Tibon and Gali Mir-Tibon, Oct. 7, 2023, began like any other day. They went [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: Hamas, Hezbollah fire rockets on Oct. 7 anniversary
Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Israel is marking the first anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack as its Lebanon operation continues and leaders consider their response to Iran’s latest long-range missile attack. Hundreds [Read More…]
What does Gaza’s future look like after a year of war?
Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Smoke and question marks still hang over the devastated Gaza Strip a year after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack touched off a regional firestorm. The fighting in Gaza [Read More…]
Israel’s offensive in Lebanon has displaced 1.2 million, prime minister says
Malcolm P Chapman/Getty Images (BEIRUT) — Nearly one quarter of the Lebanese population has been displaced by Israel’s military campaign there, the country’s caretaker prime minister said. Najib Mikati said 1.2 million people — out [Read More…]
What are Israel’s goals in its south Lebanon incursion?
Israeli tanks and APC’s gather by the Israeli – Lebanese border on September 30, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Getty Images) (LONDON) — After nearly a year of bloodshed and upheaval, the return of some 70,000 displaced Israeli [Read More…]
Russia and Ukraine launch scores of attack drones in overnight strikes
pop_jop/Getty Images (LONDON) — Russia and Ukraine each launched more than 100 attack drones, most of which were intercepted, overnight into Thursday, military officials said. Ukraine’s air defenses shot down at least 78 of the [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon updates: Israel bombs central Beirut in ‘precise strike’
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike near the southern Lebanese village of Al-Mahmoudiye on September 24, 2024. (RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Israel continued its intense airstrike campaign across Lebanon, which included [Read More…]
Hamas claims responsibility for shooting, stabbing attack in Tel Aviv
Police vehicle is seen near the site of a shooting by gunmen at a light rail station on October 1, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Hamas has taken responsibility [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon updates: Barrage largest missile attack on Israel, official says
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike near the southern Lebanese village of Al-Mahmoudiye on September 24, 2024. (RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Israeli troops are now active in southern Lebanon in what [Read More…]
A timeline of the intensifying Israel-Hezbollah-Iran conflict
Getty Images – STOCK/pawel.gaul (LONDON) — Iran launched missiles at Israel on Tuesday in an attack it said was retaliation for a wave of assassinations carried out by Israel over the last several weeks targeting [Read More…]
7 dead in suspected terror shooting, stabbing in Tel Aviv amid Iran missile attack
Leon Neal/Getty Images (TEL AVIV, Israel) — At least seven people were killed and eight others injured in a stabbing and shooting attack Tuesday night in Tel Aviv, Israel, according to the Ichilov Hospital in [Read More…]
Julian Assange makes 1st public appearance since his release from prison
Roni Bintang/Getty Images (LONDON) — Julian Assange made his first public appearance since his release from prison, telling European lawmakers the United States had forced him to “plead guilty to journalism” to put an end [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon updates: IDF claims Hezbollah was planning ‘invasion’ of Israel
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike near the southern Lebanese village of Al-Mahmoudiye on September 24, 2024. (RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Israeli troops are now active in southern Lebanon in what [Read More…]
Hezbollah’s leadership ‘nearly decimated,’ national security spokesperson Kirby says
ABC News White House National Security spokesman John Kirby said on ABC News’ “This Week” that Hezbollah’s command structure has been “nearly decimated” and that thousands of the terrorist group’s drones and missiles have been [Read More…]
Norway is mulling building a fence on its border with Russia, following Finland’s example
HELSINKI (AP) — Norway may put a fence along part or all of the 198-kilometer (123-mile) border it shares with Russia, a minister said, a move inspired by a similar project in its Nordic neighbor Finland. “A [Read More…]
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