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U.S. Coast Guard (NEW YORK) — The United States Coast Guard rescued 33 people from a sinking vessel in deep water when their boat began taking on water and sinking. The incident occurred on Monday [Read More…]

belterz/Getty Images (LONDON) — A Russian military aircraft carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war crashed Wednesday in western Russia’s Belgorod region, Russian officials said. The “captured” Ukrainian soldiers were being transported to the Belgorod region, [Read More…]

RapidEye/Getty Images (LONDON) — South Africa has announced it is set to challenge a New York auction of dozens artifacts and personal items belonging to former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela. The [Read More…]

The Iranians call Hamas a “Palestinian liberation group” and say Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are a response to the war in Gaza. (ABC News) (IRAN) — The chances that flashpoints in the Middle [Read More…]

Anton Petrus/Getty Images (IRAQ) — The U.S. on Tuesday staged airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq in retaliation for ballistic missiles fired Sunday against Al-Assad airbase that left four U.S. personnel with traumatic brain injuries, [Read More…]

A man holds the body of a small child as he and others mourn while collecting the bodies of friends and relatives killed in an airstrike on January 13, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. (Photo by [Read More…]

Ukrainian rescue and emergency workers attend the site of a missile attack in Kharkiv on Jan. 23, 2024. (Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images) (KYIV, Ukraine) — Air raid sirens sounded in Ukraine’s two largest cities [Read More…]

Shadi Foley/ABC News (EL-ARISH, Egypt) — Sixteen-year-old Abdul Rahman Iyad, now in a wheelchair, was critically injured in the leg and head when an Israeli strike hit his home in central Gaza on Christmas Eve, [Read More…]

KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. and U.K. on Monday staged airstrikes against multiple targets in Yemen aimed at stopping Iran-backed Houthi militants from attacking ships in the Red Sea. The White House has insisted [Read More…]

A man holds the body of a small child as he and others mourn while collecting the bodies of friends and relatives killed in an airstrike on January 13, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. (Photo by [Read More…]

A man holds the body of a small child as he and others mourn while collecting the bodies of friends and relatives killed in an airstrike on January 13, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. (Photo by [Read More…]

ABC News (LONDON and RAFAH) — As the Israel-Hamas war passed the 100-day mark this week, the Gaza Strip continues to be devastated amid the conflict, with women and children said to be the majority [Read More…]

pawel.gaul/Getty Images (GAZA) — Hospitals in Gaza are experiencing “catastrophic” situations, operating far beyond capacity amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, according to international organizations. Nasser Hospital — the largest functioning health facility in Gaza, located [Read More…]

A man holds the body of a small child as he and others mourn while collecting the bodies of friends and relatives killed in an airstrike on January 13, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. (Photo by [Read More…]

KeithBinns/Getty Images (ISLAMABAD and LONDON) — Pakistan carried out retaliatory airstrikes in Iran early Thursday, allegedly targeting militant positions amid rising tensions between the neighboring nations. A Pakistani official told ABC News that Thursday’s strikes [Read More…]

KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. has launched a new retaliatory strike against Houthi targets in Yemen amid the group’s continued attacks on international ships in the area, officials said Wednesday. Five areas were targeted [Read More…]

KeithBinns/Getty Images (ISLAMABAD and LONDON) — Pakistan carried out retaliatory airstrikes in Iran early Thursday, allegedly targeting militant positions amid rising tensions between the neighboring nations. A Pakistani official told ABC News that Thursday’s strikes [Read More…]

Philip Waller/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A shark experience in the Bahamas has temporarily closed after a 10-year-old boy from the United States was attacked by a shark during a recent excursion, the operator said. [Read More…]

LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales has been hospitalized after undergoing planned abdominal surgery and will remain at the private London Clinic for up to two weeks, Kensington Palace said Wednesday. Moments after news [Read More…]

Houthi followers protest to condemn the U.S.-U.K. during a tribal gathering on Jan. 14, 2024 on the outskirts of Sana’a, Yemen. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration plans to relist Yemen’s Houthi rebels [Read More…]