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Russia may lack reserves to respond to Ukrainian counteroffensive: Officials
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Western officials said Russia’s forces in Ukraine are so badly depleted that Russia may lack the reserves to effectively respond to a major counteroffensive from Ukrainian troops in the coming [Read More…]
Hundreds of thousands displaced following historic floods in Somalia
Hassan Ali Elmi/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rescue and relief efforts are underway in Somalia following historic flooding that has left at least 22 people dead and affected more than 460,000 people, according [Read More…]
Iran executes three protesters despite international outcry
KeithBinns/Getty Images (LONDON) — The Islamic Republic of Iran said it executed three men Friday morning on charges of “waging war against God” and collaboration with terrorist groups. The judiciary’s website Mizan claimed that Majid [Read More…]
‘I can’t imagine returning’: How Russia is rebuilding Mariupol into a Russian city
pop_jop/Getty Images (LONDON) — A year since Russia took control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, plans for reconstruction are under way but former residents aren’t convinced. The siege of Mariupol started the day of [Read More…]
Grape juicing banned at Tehran fruit market to halt home winemakers
ABC News (LONDON) — An Iranian judiciary banned grape juicing at Tehran’s central fruit and vegetable market on Wednesday. Grape juicing refers to the process of making grape juice in Tehran. Residents buy large amounts [Read More…]
Group of North Koreans defect, cross border into South Korea
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of North Koreans crossed the Northern Limit Line in a fishing boat and South Korea’s navy patrol boat located the group, South Korean authorities said Thursday. The incident took [Read More…]
New dinosaur, a species of spinosaurid, discovered in Spain, researchers say
Hillary Kladke/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fossil fragments found in Spain are pointing to a new species of dinosaur, researchers said. Scientists have proposed a new species of spinosaurid after studying the specimen, which includes [Read More…]
US Avenger an ‘important boost’ for Ukrainian air defense, top commander says
Oleksiy Pshemyskiy/ABC News (NEW YORK) — U.S. Avenger air defense systems, which are mounted on Humvees and are highly mobile, are now being used to protect major Ukrainian cities and to protect Ukraine’s ground forces [Read More…]
Turkish presidential election goes to runoff as ‘no party could actually win in the first round’
Moe Zoyari/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ISTANBUL) — Voters in Turkey will return to the polls soon as no candidate was able to receive 50% of voting in the first round of the critical presidential election. [Read More…]
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…]