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US Reaper drone shot down near Yemen by Iranian-backed Houthi militants, defense official says
KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone was downed in international airspace near Yemen on Wednesday, according to a U.S. defense official. “We can confirm that a U.S. military MQ-9 remotely-piloted aircraft was [Read More…]

US launches 2nd round of airstrikes on Iran-backed groups it says attacked American troops
Nik Oiko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military on Wednesday said American warplanes struck a weapons storage facility in eastern Syria that officials said was being used by Iran-backed militants responsible for dozens [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: 92 UNRWA workers killed
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with [Read More…]

White House says Israel should not reoccupy Gaza, after Netanyahu remarks
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Tuesday repeated its opposition to an Israeli reoccupation of Gaza after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ABC News’ World News Tonight anchor David Muir he believed [Read More…]

Father thought daughter was killed by Hamas, learns she’s being held hostage
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For more than three weeks, Tom Hand thought his 8-year-old daughter, Emily, was dead following Hamas’ surprise terrorist attack on Israel. Given the alternative, he said he was [Read More…]

South Korea fights off unprecedented bedbug infestation
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — South Korean authorities have been desperately detecting and exterminating bedbugs for the last two weeks, as a major disinfection of transportation and public facilities is on the way. Fear [Read More…]

US diplomatic push continues as Netanyahu considers pauses
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s high-profile visit to the Middle East to push for humanitarian pauses in the Israel-Hamas war may have yielded no immediate results, but American envoys on the [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel fighting Hamas in ‘heart’ of Gaza City, general says
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with [Read More…]

Britain’s ‘loneliest’ sheep rescued from remote Scottish cliff
Nigel Hicks/Getty Images (LONDON) — Britain’s so-called “loneliest sheep” has been rescued after being stranded for at least two years at the foot of a remote cliff in the Scottish highlands. Fiona the sheep was [Read More…]

Why women, children are disproportionately impacted by the conflict in Gaza: Experts
Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Women and children in Gaza are bearing the brunt of the Israel-Hamas war, according to United Nations agencies and experts. More than 10,000 people have been killed [Read More…]

ABC’s Muir presses Netanyahu on whether he takes responsibility for Oct. 7 intelligence failures
ABC News (NEW YORK) — In an exclusive interview with ABC News’ World News Tonight anchor David Muir, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged he bears some responsibility for the intelligence failures that resulted in [Read More…]

Four charged after fully functional solid gold toilet called ‘America’ stolen from Winston Churchill’s birthplace
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (LONDON) — Four people have been charged after a fully-functional solid gold toilet worth nearly $6 million was stolen from Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, police said. [Read More…]

Netanyahu to ABC’s Muir: ‘No cease-fire’ without release of hostages
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again rejected the idea of a cease-fire in Gaza unless hostages are released, speaking in an exclusive interview with ABC News “World News [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: IDF says it’s ‘deepening’ operational activities
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with [Read More…]

Netanyahu to ABC’s Muir: ‘No cease-fire’ without release of hostages
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again rejected the idea of a cease-fire in Gaza unless hostages are released, speaking in an exclusive interview with ABC News “World News [Read More…]

Hostage situation shuts down major airport in Germany for 18 hours
ABC News (HAMBURG) — One of Germany’s largest airports was shut down for more than 18 hours after a man believed to be armed and holding his 4-year-old child hostage drove a vehicle through a [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: 88 UN aid workers killed, highest in a single conflict
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with [Read More…]

Hostage situation shuts down major airport in Germany for 18 hours
ABC News (HAMBURG) — One of Germany’s largest airports was shut down for more than 18 hours after a man believed to be armed and holding his 4-year-old child hostage drove a vehicle through a [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel strikes 450 Gaza sites, takes Hamas compound, IDF says
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with [Read More…]

Hostage situation shuts down major airport in Germany for 18 hours
ABC News (HAMBURG) — One of Germany’s largest airports was shut down for more than 18 hours after a man believed to be armed and holding his 4-year-old child hostage drove a vehicle through a [Read More…]