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2nd American confirmed dead in Ukraine
Johnny Maroun/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — U.S. citizen Stephen Zabielski has died in Ukraine, the State Department confirmed to ABC News Tuesday morning. Zabielski was a 52-year-old U.S. Army veteran. His death was first reported [Read More…]

Iranian officers’ mysterious deaths probed amid rising tensions with Israel
Sir Francis Canker Photography/Getty Images (LONDON) — Researchers and military figures associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, its nuclear program and its missile-development industry have either died after a series of “mysterious” incidents or [Read More…]

Ben Stiller meets Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ukraine on World Refugee Day
Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Hollywood actor and director Ben Stiller heaped praise on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Monday to mark World Refugee Day as Russia’s ongoing invasion there forces millions [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russians launching large-scale offensive in Luhansk region
Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Two US veterans who joined Ukrainian forces missing
Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]

UK government approves Julian Assange extradition to US on spying charges
Jack Taylor/Getty Images (LONDON) — The British government has approved the extradition of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, to the United States to face charges of espionage. Assange now has 14 days to appeal [Read More…]

Families waiting for word on 2 Americans missing in Ukraine
Drueke family | Joy Black (WASHINGTON) — Two U.S. veterans from Alabama, Andy Huynh, 27, and Alexander Drueke, 39, volunteered to fight alongside the Ukrainian military against Russia, but haven’t been heard from in days. [Read More…]

Malnutrition, animal attacks on the rise as Horn of Africa experiences severe drought
EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — An estimated 185,000 children in eastern Ethiopia are suffering from severe malnutrition as the region experiences a “once-in-a-lifetime” drought, the charity Save the Children said on Thursday. UNICEF [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: 2 US veterans who joined Ukrainian forces missing
Celestino Arce/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]

Actor Kevin Spacey appears in London court on sexual assault charges
Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (LONDON) — Kevin Spacey appeared in a London court on Thursday morning and was granted unconditional bail just days after The Metropolitan Police formally charged the actor with [Read More…]

Suspect confesses to killing missing British journalist, Indigenous expert in Brazil: Police
EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A search in the deep Brazilian Amazon for missing British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous rights expert Bruno Araujo Pereira has now turned into a homicide investigation, [Read More…]

As China seeks ‘zero COVID,’ Shanghai delays reopenings and orders mass testing
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (HONG KONG) — Just 10 days after Shanghai lifted its two-month lockdown and less than a week after Beijing declared its outbreak under control, China’s two largest cities found themselves walking back on [Read More…]

HYBE stocks crash as BTS announces hiatus to group performances
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — Entertainment company HYBE’s stocks took a nosedive on Wednesday after its K-pop sensation BTS announced that they will no longer perform as a group. HYBE’s stock [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukrainian official pleads for tanks, drones, rockets
Celestino Arce/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]

Departing plane’s crew acted appropriately in harrowing incident with desperate Afghans: US military
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Multiple military reviews have found a cargo-plane crew acted appropriately and broke no rules in the course of a deadly incident during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan last year, [Read More…]

Royals mark Garter Day as Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Andrew skip public events
Hugh Hastings – WPA Pool/Getty Images (LONDON) — Members of Britain’s royal family stepped out Monday for Garter Day, marking the first time the annual tradition has returned since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine fighting for ‘every meter’ of Severodonetsk
YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Lines form outside rebranded Moscow McDonald’s
YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]

Disappearances of journalist, researcher in Brazilian Amazon spark international outcry
EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — International outcry continues over the disappearances of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous rights expert Bruno Araújo Pereira, who have been missing in a remote region of [Read More…]

Biden’s mounting nuclear threats from North Korea, Iran
South Korean Defense Ministry/Dong-A Daily via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While the world’s focus has been trained on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s nuclear saber-rattling over Ukraine, two other longstanding threats to U.S. national security have [Read More…]