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Army bringing in more assets to reach missing US soldiers’ vehicle in muddy bog in Lithuania
U.S. Army (WASHINGTON) — The search for four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing in their vehicle during a scheduled training exercise near Pabradė, Lithuania, is ongoing Friday, with officials bringing in more assets to [Read More…]
Dozens missing as massive 7.7 quake rocks Myanmar and Thailand
Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images (LONDON) — An earthquake with a 7.7 magnitude has rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. USGS is reporting the epicenter of the quake was in Mandalay, [Read More…]
5 injured, including 2 Americans, in ‘serious’ stabbing attack in Amsterdam: Police
ANP/Inter Visual Studio via AFP via Getty Images (AMSTERDAM) — Five people were injured, including two Americans, in a “serious” stabbing attack that occurred in broad daylight in Amsterdam’s city center on Thursday, police said. [Read More…]
Search for 4 missing US soldiers now a recovery mission: Lithuanian minister of defense
U.S. Army (WASHINGTON) — The search for four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing during a scheduled training exercise near Pabradė, Lithuania, has shifted from rescue to recovery mission, according to Lithuania’s minister of defense. [Read More…]
At least 6 tourists dead in submarine accident in Egypt: Officials
alxpin/Getty Images (LONDON) — Multiple people are dead and nearly two dozen injured after a tourism submarine crashed in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, officials said. The crash occurred Thursday morning, less [Read More…]
Russian strikes hit gas pipeline, cut electricity in Ukraine, officials say
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Ihor Kuznietsov/Novyny LIVE/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — Russian strikes injured five people, damaged homes and a gas pipeline in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson overnight on Wednesday, [Read More…]
4 US Army soldiers go missing during training exercise in Lithuania, vehicle recovered
(PABRADĖ, Lithuania) — Search and recovery efforts are underway for four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing during a scheduled training exercise near Pabradė, Lithuania, according to the Army and the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius. [Read More…]
Gaza protesters demand ‘Hamas out’ as Israel presses military campaign
Ramez Habboub/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of northern Gaza on Tuesday in a rare protest against Hamas, with marchers calling for the terror group to reach a ceasefire [Read More…]
3 skiers killed, including American, in large avalanche in Canada
Three people were killed when a large avalanche swept away a group of skiers in Canada, officials said. The avalanche struck just before 1 p.m. on Monday when two groups of skiers had just finished [Read More…]
Egypt, Saudi Arabia condemn establishment of Israeli agency to ‘voluntarily’ remove Gazans
Moiz Salhi/Anadolu via Getty Images (GAZA CITY) — The Israeli government approved the establishment of an agency to facilitate the “voluntary” removal of residents from Gaza, drawing condemnation from across the region. The agency, proposed [Read More…]
DHS secretary set to visit infamous migrant prison on trip that includes stops in El Salvador
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday is set to visit the prison in El Salvador that took in migrants at the center of the deportation battle playing out in [Read More…]
Ukraine’s ‘drone sanctions’ on Russia bring bite to peace talks strategy: Analysts
Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Increasingly squeezed by allies and enemies alike, Ukraine’s armed forces are still setting records in their stubborn defense against Russia’s 3-year-old invasion, which — if President Donald Trump’s [Read More…]
Yemen strike plans in Signal group chat raises questions about Espionage Act. Here’s what to know
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is facing scrutiny over the use of the commercially available app Signal to discuss plans for a U.S. military attack on Houthi rebels [Read More…]
Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal speaks to ABC News from hospital: ‘It was a hard, hard attack’
Monica Schipper/Getty Images (TEL AVIV, Israel) — Three weeks ago, Hamdan Ballal stood on the stage at the Oscars, golden statue in hand, winner of the award for best documentary as the co-director of “No Other Land.” It [Read More…]
Oscar-winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal freed by Israel, friend says
Disney/Kelsey McNeal (LONDON and JERUSALEM) — Palestinian Academy Award-winning filmmaker Hamdan Ballal was released from Israeli custody on Tuesday, friend and fellow filmmaker Yuval Abraham said, after Ballal was detained by Israeli security forces on Monday. The [Read More…]
Russia and Ukraine agreed to ‘eliminate the use of force’ in the Black Sea, White House says following talks
Valeria Zarudna/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC “UA:PBC”/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — Following separate talks with the United States in Saudi Arabia this week, Russia and Ukraine have agreed to “eliminate the use of force” in the Black [Read More…]
The Atlantic editor details moment he realized he was included in Yemen group chat
ABC News Live (NEW YORK) — Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg joined ABC News Live to discuss the moment he realized he had been added to a Signal group chat with top government officials discussing a [Read More…]
Details of US-Russia talks on Ukraine won’t be published, Kremlin says
Valeria Zarudna/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC “UA:PBC”/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — The details of talks between the U.S. and Russia that took place in Saudi Arabia on Monday will not be made public, Kremlin spokesperson [Read More…]
Officials say dozens injured, including children, in strike on Ukraine as US-Russia talks resume
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — Dozens were injured, including children, in a Russian strike on Ukraine, officials said Monday, as American and Russian negotiators meet again in Saudi Arabia in the White House’s [Read More…]
Israeli strike on south Gaza hospital kills senior Hamas official
Interior view of destroyed Nasser Hospital following the Israeli attack in Khan Yunis, Gaza/Abdallah F.s. Alattar/Anadolu via Getty Images) (LONDON) — A senior Hamas official was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a hospital in [Read More…]