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Handout/New Zealand Defense Force via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the first time since a massive undersea volcano erupted and caused widespread damage, the government of Tonga released its first statement on Tuesday morning, [Read More…]

PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Two teenagers have been arrested in England as part of an ongoing investigation into Saturday’s hostage-taking incident at a synagogue in the United States, British authorities said. The [Read More…]

PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Two teenagers have been arrested in England as part of an ongoing investigation into Saturday’s hostage-taking incident at a synagogue in the United States, British authorities said. The [Read More…]

JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea Monday morning, its fourth test in less than a month. “South Korea’s military detected two [Read More…]

ABC News (SEOUL, South Korea) — Jae-Yeol Tae recalls the time he broke into a cold sweat after noticing a long line behind him as he struggled to order a hamburger on a local fast-food [Read More…]

Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After a week of high-stakes diplomacy, the U.S. on Friday accused Russia of “fabricating a pretext” to invade its neighbor Ukraine. It’s another sign that the “drumbeats of war” are [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukraine said Friday a “massive cyber attack” has knocked offline the websites of most of its government ministries. The websites of the government’s cabinet office, the foreign ministry, emergency services minister, [Read More…]

Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea Friday afternoon, three days after the regime claimed a successful launch of a newly developed hypersonic missile. [Read More…]

Denis Thaust/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A nationwide strike took place in schools across France on Thursday as teachers and other school staff demonstrated against the government’s management of COVID-19 protocols in [Read More…]

KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images (GIZA, Egypt) — Sharm El-Sheikh — Egypt said the best way to mark the centenary of Tutankhamun tomb’s discovery would be inaugurating a new state-of-the-art museum later this year to [Read More…]

Pavel Pavlov/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (ALMATY, Kazakhstan) — Russian-led troops sent to help Kazakhstan’s government quell violent protests have begun leaving the country, according to Russia’s defense minister. Roughly 2,300 troops were dispatched to [Read More…]

Kiran Ridley/Getty Images (PARIS) — What would you do if your ideal presidential candidate was only a few swipes away? That’s the promise of the French app Elyze, which was created by students Grégoire Gazcarra, [Read More…]

BringDebraAndSueHome.com (WASHINGTON) — Two American women remain missing more than a week after their plane crashed off the coast of Panama, as their families plead with the United States government for assistance in the recovery [Read More…]

Cristophe Coat/EyeEm/Getty Images (BRUSSELS) — A new round of talks between Russia and NATO countries aimed at averting a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine have again ended with little progress, with the two sides still [Read More…]

Leon Neal/Getty Images (LONDON) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced new calls for his resignation over a party he and his wife attended with Downing Street staff in May 2020, when the country was [Read More…]

@herorats/Instagram (LONDON) — Magawa, a rat credited with finding over 100 landmines and explosives in Cambodia, is dead at age 8. The African giant pouched male rat was the most successful landmine detecting rat for [Read More…]

GETTY/Holger Leue (KAZAKHSTAN) — Russian-led troops sent to help quell protests will begin leaving Kazakhstan in two days now that the government is back in control, the country’s president has said. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in an [Read More…]

Dan Kitwood/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Scientists are researching how to promote global diversity amid warming temperatures, but some of the methods that could prove effective may be further hindered by climate change, according to [Read More…]

-/AFP via Getty Images (ALMATY, Kazakhstan) — Kazakhstan’s president said Monday “constitutional order” has been restored in the country and that his government is in control following assistance from Russian-led troops to quell the mass [Read More…]

DENIS BALIBOUSE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (GENEVA) — U.S. and Russian officials held over seven hours of talks Monday, but the two sides did not negotiate or appear any closer to a resolution over heightened fears [Read More…]