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Kremlin reacts to CIA video aimed at recruiting frustrated Russians as spies
Central Intelligence Agency (WASHINGTON) — The Kremlin has responded forcefully to the CIA launching an official channel on Telegram, the encrypted messaging app favored by Russians, featuring a dramatized video aimed at recruiting frustrated Russian civilians [Read More…]
9 migrants found, 41 still missing after kidnapping in Mexico
Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mexico) — Nine migrants were found Tuesday by Mexican authorities after a group was kidnapped on its way to the U.S.-Mexico border. A bus holding 50 migrants [Read More…]
Two US Consulate staff members among four killed in convoy attack in Nigeria
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two staff members of the U.S. Consulate in Nigeria were among the four people killed by armed assailants when an American convoy was attacked on Tuesday, the State Department said. [Read More…]
UK, France pledge military aid to Ukraine as Zelenskyy makes unannounced visit
Carl Court/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the United Kingdom on Monday for “substantive” talks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who said ahead of the meeting that his country would supply [Read More…]
China sentences American citizen to life on spying charge
Rainer Puster / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An American citizen charged with spying in China has been sentenced to life in prison after it was revealed that he had been held for over two [Read More…]
Italy’s government convenes talks amid skyrocketing pasta prices
Edoardo Fornaciari/Getty Images (ROME) — Italy’s government is on full alert following a national problem: skyrocketing Pasta prices. Italy’s Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, chaired an emergency meeting on Thursday, convening government [Read More…]
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan granted two-week reprieve after arrest triggered violent protests
KeithBinns/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was granted two weeks of bail by Islamabad’s high court Friday, one day after the Supreme Court ruled his arrest on corruption charges was [Read More…]
Suspect in Natalee Holloway’s disappearance faces extradition to US
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (LONDON) — The prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway could soon be extradited from Peru to face criminal charges in the United States, ABC News has [Read More…]
Vehicle explodes in central Milan, releasing plumes of smoke
abile/Getty Images (ROME) — A parked van exploded in a busy section of central Milan in Italy on Thursday morning. The carabinieri — or Italian police — said that it was unclear what caused the [Read More…]
Suspect in Natalee Holloway’s disappearance faces extradition to US
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (LONDON) — The prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway could soon be extradited from Peru to face criminal charges in the United States, ABC News has [Read More…]
Death and sacrifice: How Ukrainians on the front line deal with loss
Tom Soufi Burridge/ABC News (KYIV, Ukraine) — Six-year-old Sasha Pylypets watched, impassively, with a type of curious stare, as people threw handfuls of earth into her dad’s grave. Days later, in another Ukrainian region, Tetyana Taranukha [Read More…]
‘Outsourcing’ border enforcement: Biden’s migration policies rely on Mexico despite its grim record
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — When Emiliano, 51 years old, finally reached Mexico from his native Venezuela, he was detained by Mexico’s immigration authority, known by its Spanish-language initials as INM. Imprisoned in a crowded [Read More…]
Woman survives on candy and wine after being lost in the wilderness for five days: Police
Facebook / Wodonga Police (LONDON) — A woman is lucky to be alive after she was stranded for five days in thick Australian bushland and managed to survive on some candy and a bottle of [Read More…]
New $1.2 billion US military aid package to Ukraine: What’s in it?
Enes Yildirim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon on Tuesday announced a new commitment of $1.2 billion in military aid for Ukraine. The package includes air-defense systems to help Ukrainian forces defend against a [Read More…]
Paul Whelan ‘is focused on getting through each day,’ brother says after US ambassador’s visit
David Whelan, Paul Whelan’s brother, is shown during an interview with ABC News’ Linsey Davis. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — Paul Whelan, a former American Marine who has been detained in Russia since 2018, [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin says war was ‘unleashed’ on Russia
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the countries are fighting for control of areas in [Read More…]
During shrunken Victory Day parade, Putin says Ukraine war was ‘unleashed’ on Russia
Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Russia’s Victory Day parade is meant to be a projection of President Vladimir Putin’s military might. But this year, it was effectively the opposite. The military parade in [Read More…]
Sudan’s rival forces hold peace talks amid shaky cease-fires
kdow/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sounds of fighting and artillery shooting could be heard in several parts of Sudan on Monday as talks between warring sides were underway in Saudi Arabia amid hopes it will [Read More…]
King Charles III’s coronation: The biggest moments of the historic event
Pool/Samir Hussein/WireImage (LONDON) — King Charles III had his crowning moment Saturday as the United Kingdom celebrated its first coronation in 70 years. Charles and his wife Queen Camilla were celebrated in a weekend of [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Four injured in Kyiv from drone debris in Russian strike
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the countries are fighting for control of areas in [Read More…]