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Top ISIS leader in Somalia was target of US airstrike
Getty Images – STOCK (SOMALIA) — A United States military airstrike in Somalia targeted the top Islamic State leader in late May, but it remains unclear if the leader was killed in the airstrike, according [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: State Department ‘disappointed’ by Hamas’ ‘continued haggling and delay’
Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip are pictured on June 4, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty [Read More…]
Harris, Zelenskyy join world leaders to discuss peace plan in Ukraine
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (SWITZERLAND) — Vice President Kamala Harris and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke warmly about the recent Ukrainian-American security agreement before a bilateral meeting at the Summit on Peace in Ukraine on Saturday [Read More…]
Selling books amid bombs: How a woman is bringing hope to war-torn Gaza through reading
ABC (GAZA) — In Deir Al-Balah, a city in the Gaza Strip, Marwa Al-Hasanat has found a way to bring some joy to her community amid the destruction and hardship of war in the form [Read More…]
Blinded after Russia invaded, a Ukrainian commander dedicates himself to helping others losing their eyesight
ABC (LVIV, Ukraine) — Col. Oleh Avtomeenko was wounded while performing a combat mission in Donetsk region, on the first days of the Russian full-scale invasion in late February 2022, and lost his eyesight. And [Read More…]
US humanitarian aid pier off Gaza to halt shipments for third time in a month
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — The U.S. military is once again suspending operations of its pier off Gaza, temporarily moving the floating structure to an Israeli port to ride out high seas and [Read More…]
US humanitarian aid pier off Gaza to become inoperable for third time in a month
A view damaged floating pier, set up by US to facilitate quicker delivery of humanitarian aid to Palestinians, after it has been suspended due to adverse weather conditions and rising sea levels in Gaza City, [Read More…]
Pentagon downplays Russian warships arriving in Cuba
Getty Images – STOCK (RUSSIA) — The Pentagon is downplaying Wednesday’s arrival of four Russian Navy ships in Cuba as U.S. officials acknowledge that U.S. Navy ships “actively monitored” the Russian ships as they made [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: Hamas submits its response to cease-fire proposal
Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip are pictured on June 4, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty [Read More…]
New King Charles portrait vandalized in London gallery, animal rights group says
A visitor looks at the new official portrait of King Charles III, painted by British artist Jonathan Yeo, displayed at the Philip Mould gallery, on Pall Mall, central London, on May 16, 2024. (Henry Nicholls/AFP [Read More…]
Four instructors from Iowa college stabbed in China in ‘horrifying attack,’ officials say
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Four instructors from Cornell College in Iowa were stabbed in a “serious incident” while overseas in China, university and Chinese officials said. The incident took place in a public [Read More…]
Rare ‘miracle’ elephant twins born in Thailand
Newborn elephant twins, a female (R) and a male (L), stand next to their mother Jamjuree at the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal in Ayutthaya on June 10, 2024. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP via Getty Images) [Read More…]
Mom of rescued Israeli hostage Almog Meir Jan speaks out: ‘I never lost hope’
Relatives and supporters hold placards bearing portraits of Israeli hostages (L to R) Almog Meir Jan, Edan Alexander, and Matan Angrest, held in Gaza since the Oct. 7 attacks by the Palestinian Hamas group in [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: US calls for Security Council vote on Gaza cease-fire, hostage deal resolution
Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip are pictured on June 4, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: Gantz rejects Netanyahu’s request, resigns
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel says it rescued 4 hostages
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by [Read More…]
World Ocean Day: Indigenous communities are increasingly teaming up with scientists to conserve marine ecosystems
Getty Images – STOCK (BELIZE) –Scientists are increasingly turning to Indigenous communities for marine conservation, leaning toward generational practices to reach environmental goals. Indigenous and Native communities, historically pushed to the side by colonizers and [Read More…]
Permission to win: Ukraine needs more from Biden than weapons to defeat Russia, according to experts
Getty Images – STOCK (UKRAINE) — Soon after President Joe Biden announced a new $225 million package of desperately-needed weapons and ammunition for Ukraine during an in-person meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris Friday, [Read More…]
Trial begins for dozens accused of attempted ‘coup’ in Congo
Emma Ogao and Aicha El Hammar Castano, ABC News (LONDON and BRUSSELS) — Dozens of Congolese and foreign nationals — including 3 Americans — were brought to trial on Friday in the Democratic Republic of [Read More…]
US military pier to deliver humanitarian aid repaired, reconnected to Gaza beach
U.S. Central Command via Getty Images (TEL AVIV, Israel) — After being out of commission for almost two weeks, the U.S. military’s temporary pier has been repaired and was reattached to a beach in Gaza [Read More…]