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LATAM plane has ‘technical problem’ during flight, leading to ‘strong movement’
FILE photo — Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (SYDNEY) — A LATAM Airlines Group plane had a “technical problem” during a flight, causing what the airline described as a “a strong [Read More…]
US military evacuates some US Embassy personnel in Haiti, bolsters security amid ongoing violence
ABC News U.S. military crews have airlifted nonessential U.S. Embassy personnel in Haiti out of harm’s way amid a surge of gang-related violence against the government, according to a statement Sunday from the U.S. Southern [Read More…]
Kate Middleton thanks public for support amid recovery from surgery
X/@KensingtonRoyal Kate, the Princess of Wales, issued a statement on Sunday thanking the public for their support in the months since she underwent surgery. “Thank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the [Read More…]
Thousands of Turkish women defy ban to protest for equal rights
ABC News (ISTANBUL) — Thousands of women took to the streets of Istanbul, Turkey, to mark International Women’s Day Friday despite a ban by the government, demanding equality and change of laws to protect women [Read More…]
Five children killed in humanitarian aid airdrop, Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health says
Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images (GAZA) — Five children were allegedly killed in the Gaza Strip by a humanitarian aid airdrop from an unidentified foreign country on Friday, the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health said. [Read More…]
EU opens maritime corridor in attempt to deliver more aid to Gaza
Daniel Day/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The European Union announced on Friday the launch of the Cyprus Maritime Corridor, a naval route facilitated by Europe’s most southeastern island, Cyprus, to deliver aid to Palestinians in Gaza. [Read More…]
Bandits kidnap dozens of school children in Nigeria
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — Armed bandits in Nigeria have kidnapped over 100 school children in Kuriga, north-western Nigeria, oaccording to officials. The bandits are reported to have stormed into the LEA Primary School in Kuriga [Read More…]
Sweden officially joins NATO after delayed process, ending longstanding military neutrality
Alfie/Getty (NEW YORK) — Sweden’s arduous path to joining the NATO alliance came to a successful close Thursday, as the Swedish prime minister and foreign minister deposited the country’s “instrument of accession” at the State [Read More…]
No Gaza cease-fire agreement likely before Ramadan as latest negotiations end
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (LONDON) — A senior Egyptian official has told ABC News that the Hamas delegation has left Cairo, thereby ending cease-fire talks and making it unlikely that there will be a break [Read More…]
Mother of two dies mysteriously while on flight back from Dominican Republic
Stefanie Smith in a photo with her brother Chris Volz. (Courtesy Chris Volz) (NEW YORK) — Family and friends of an Indiana mother said they were shocked and stunned by her sudden death as she [Read More…]
February marked Earth’s ninth consecutive warmest month on record, according to new Copernicus report
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Planet Earth has now broken warmest-month records for nine months in a row, according to a new report by Copernicus, Europe’s climate change service. February 2024 broke global [Read More…]
Houthi strike kills 3 on international cargo carrier as group continues shipping lane attacks: US
Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen killed three civilians aboard a Barbadian and Liberian cargo carrier on Wednesday, marking the group’s first fatal strike on a commercial vessel since it began [Read More…]
Hundreds of truckloads of aid for Gaza stuck as more lives lost to malnutrition, some aid organizations say
Ahmed Zaqout/Anadolu via Getty Images (TEL AVIV, Israel) — Hundreds of truckloads of aid have been stuck waiting to be distributed in Gaza as the humanitarian crisis worsens amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, according to [Read More…]
Missile explodes near Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with Greek prime minister: Sources
Maksym Polishchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (ODESA, Ua.) — A missile exploded in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa early Wednesday, just hundreds of feet from where President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was meeting with Greek [Read More…]
US court absolves top tech companies in Congo’s child labor case
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (LONDON) — A U.S. court has absolved five of America’s biggest tech companies in a case over their alleged support of child labor in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo [Read More…]
Princeton student’s kidnapping sheds light on terror group’s ties to Iraqi government
CT757fan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli Middle East expert and Princeton political science student, loved posting on X, formerly Twitter. Her social media posts praised protesters in Syria for their “immense courage,” [Read More…]
Israel-Hamas truce talks stall as war in Gaza grinds on
Mahmoud Issa/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — A second straight day of talks aimed at negotiating a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel concluded in Egypt on Tuesday with no breakthrough, a Hamas official told ABC [Read More…]
Cross-border humanitarian aid to Sudan halted
Omer Erdem/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Cross-border humanitarian aid deliveries from Chad into Western Sudan have been halted, according to multiple aid organizations. The halting of cross-border deliveries comes after Sudan’s ministry of foreign [Read More…]
Gangs attempt to seize control of Haiti’s main airport in latest attack
This screen grab taken from AFPTV shows tires on fire near the main prison of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 3, 2024, after a breakout by several thousand inmates. (LUCKENSON JEAN/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) [Read More…]
Princess Kate seen for first time since abdominal surgery and hospitalization
Catherine, princess of Wales arrives at the Shaping Us National Symposium at the Design Museum on Nov. 15, 2023 in London. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Kate, the princess of Wales, has been spotted publicly [Read More…]