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kamisoka/iStock(NEW YORK) — From tourist centers to town squares, revelers across the world welcomed the new decade as they rang in the year 2020 Tuesday night. In New York City, nearly a million and a […]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(BAGHDAD) — A day after hundreds of marchers attempted to storm the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, U.S. troops have fired tear gas to disperse the protesters camped outside the embassy compound. The protesters, made up […]

CT757fan/iStock(BAGHDAD) — An infantry battalion of about 750 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division has been authorized to deploy to the Middle East “immediately,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in a statement Tuesday night, after […]

CT757fan/iStock(BAGHDAD) — Hundreds of protesters, fomented by pro-Iranian militias and seemingly permitted by Iraqi security forces, have attempted to storm the U.S. embassy in Baghdad to protest recent deadly U.S. airstrikes against an Iranian-backed militia. […]

CT757fan/iStock(BAGHDAD) — Hundreds of protesters, fomented by pro-Iranian militias and seemingly permitted by Iraqi security forces, have attempted to storm the U.S. embassy in Baghdad to protest recent deadly U.S. airstrikes against an Iranian-backed militia. […]

Erin Donalson/iStock(LONDON) — The Fire and Rescue team from New South Wales survived an astonishing drive through a bush fire, as the country reissued emergency warnings heading into the New Year. In astonishing footage captured […]

RomoloTavani/iStock(LONDON) — Prince William is looking ahead to the next decade with a plan to solve some of the world’s biggest environmental problems. William, the Duke of Cambridge, unveiled on Tuesday a new initiative called […]

CT757fan/iStock(BAGHDAD) — Hundreds of angry mourners have advanced on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad to protest the deadly U.S. airstrikes this week. Photos from the scene show a compound sentry box had been set on […]

Erin Donalson/iStock(VICTORIA, Australia) — A heatwave bringing scorching temperatures exceeding 104 degrees Fahrenheit and extreme winds are fueling the already deadly bushfires racing across large swathes of the Australian state of New South Wales. The […]

Hailshadow/iStock(NEW YORK) — The government of Samoa ended the state of emergency it had declared in response to a measles outbreak that swept the small island nation of fewer than 200,000 in December. Over the […]