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P A Thompson/Getty Images (LONDON) — United Nations special envoy to Sudan, Volker Perthes, has warned the conflict risks “morphing into a full-blown civil war” as fighting intensifies. Announcing his resignation in a final speech [Read More…]

FILE photo — Alison Wright/Getty Images (LONDON) — A luxury cruise ship carrying 206 people has been pulled free days after it got stuck off the coast of Greenland, authorities said. The Joint Arctic Command, [Read More…]

Anadolu Agency/Getty Images (LONDON) — Tensions are rising quickly in Lampedusa — a small Italian island located off the coast of Sicily — after local officials said around 6,700 migrants arrived this week, with many [Read More…]

Said Echarif/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (MARAKECH, Morocco) — The death toll has continued to climb in the wake of the rare and powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Morocco Friday night. More than 2,900 people [Read More…]

Piccell/Getty Images (LONDON) — American caver Mark Dickey said he could tell he was “pretty close to fading” after he fell ill while on an expedition to map a 4,186-foot-deep cave system in southern Turkey. [Read More…]

Brais Seara/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Boreal forests in regions all over the world have been experiencing the worst wildfires in recorded history in 2023, according to new research. Record-breaking wildfires have been especially scorching [Read More…]

FILE photo — Alison Wright/Getty Images (LONDON) — A luxury cruise ship carrying 206 passengers has run aground off the coast of Greenland. The Ocean Explorer, a 343-foot long and 60-foot wide ship, ran aground [Read More…]

Abdullah Mohammed Bonja/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images LONDON — The death toll from devastating floods in eastern Libya has reached 5,300, a local health official said Wednesday. The number of deaths is expected to continue rising as search [Read More…]

Mark Makela/Getty Images (FIGUEIROPÓLIS, Brazil) — A convicted murderer who had eluded capture since escaping from a Pennsylvania prison nearly two weeks ago is accused of committing a separate slaying in his home country of Brazil in [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — North Korea launched a possible ballistic missile on Wednesday, Japan’s Ministry of Defense said in a tweet. The missile launch comes as North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un arrived in [Read More…]

FILE photo — Alison Wright/Getty Images (LONDON) — A luxury cruise ship carrying 206 passengers has run aground off the coast of Greenland. The Ocean Explorer, a 104.4-meter (343-foot) long and 18-meter (60 foot) ship [Read More…]

belterz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for about five hours on Wednesday, touring a space base in Russia’s Far East and signaling a unified front [Read More…]

bgwalker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 5,200 people are believed to have died in devastating floods across eastern Libya, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said Tuesday. Another 10,000 people are believed to be [Read More…]

Said Echarif/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (MARAKECH, Morocco) — The death toll has continued to climb in the wake of the rare and powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Morocco Friday night. More than 2,900 people [Read More…]

WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (LONDON) — Iranian human rights activist Bahareh Hedayat is experiencing dire health issues 13 days into her hunger strike in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, making her family and friends worry about her life. [Read More…]

belterz/Getty Images (LONDON) — The bulletproof train carrying Kim Jong Un arrived to its destination in Russia as the North Korean leader prepared for a summit with President Vladimir Putin, local media reported. Kim was [Read More…]

pop_jop/Getty Images (LONDON) — The bullet-proof train carrying Kim Jong Un crossed the border into Russia as the North Korean leader made his way to a summit with President Vladimir Putin, local media reported. Russian [Read More…]

bgwalker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 3,000 people are believed to have died in devastating floods across eastern Libya, the country’s health minister said Tuesday. Another 10,000 people are believed to be missing, according [Read More…]

Mustafa Unal Uysal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Mark Dickey, 40, had been trapped inside the Morca Cave in southern Turkey’s Taurus Mountains since Aug. 31, when he fell ill more than 3,400 [Read More…]

Mustafa Unal Uysal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (LONDON) — The evacuation of an American caver trapped underground in Turkey continued overnight, as a rescue team carrying him on a stretcher passed through a rest camp [Read More…]