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LilliDay/iStockBy DR. HASSAL LEE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Amid the sprawling coronavirus pandemic, scientists around the world also have been keeping a close watch on another potentially dangerous virus: swine flu. Through close surveillance […]

Fotonen/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — Citing its close ties to the Chinese Communist Party, the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday formally designated Chinese telecom giant Huawei as “posing a national security threat.” The […]

Keladawy /iStockBy Hatem Maher, ABC News (CAIRO) — Mysteries and superstitious tales surrounding an Indian-style mansion in an upscale Cairo district have finally been put to bed as the 109-year-old palace opened to visitors for […]

Silberkorn/iStockBy Kelly McCarthy, ABC News (THE HAGUE, Netherlands) — Wine drinkers are often aware of the markup to enjoy a glass or bottle at bars and restaurants, but European law enforcement successfully sniffed out a […]

Igor Ilnitckii/iStockBy KARSON YIU and BRITT CLENNETT, ABC News (HONG KONG) — In early June, Zhang Xiaoming, one of the top Chinese official in charge of Beijing’s Hong Kong portfolio called for Hong Kong people […]

yorkfoto/iStockBy CONOR FINNEGAN and VICTOR ORDONEZ, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The Chinese government has deployed a mass sterilization campaign against Muslim ethnic minorities in the country’s western provinces, according to a new report, which […]

omersukrugoksu/iStockBy GUY DAVIES and WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News (LONDON) — A male suspect has been shot dead after armed police responded to an incident believed to involve multiple stabbings in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday. Details are […]

omersukrugoksu/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL and GUY DAVIES, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Police are responding to a potential major incident in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday. Details are scarce at this time, but authorities are saying the situation […]

omersukrugoksu/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(LONDON) — The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history was declared over Thursday, almost two years after the first case was confirmed. An outbreak of the Ebola virus, which causes an […]

CGinspiration/iStockBy SOMAYEH MALEKIAN, ABC NEWS (TEHRAN, Iran) — Writing down her dreams in her diary notebook was the first thing Samaneh, a 16-year-old undocumented Iranian-Bengali, did after she learned she might officially get an Iranian […]

dicus63/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) — Russians have begun voting in a seven day-long referendum on changes to Russia’s constitution that will allow President Vladimir Putin to remain in power until 2036. In January, […]

Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are making moves in Los Angeles and in their new lives as non-working members of the royal […]

KEHAN CHEN/iStockBY: CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC NEWS (PARIS) — With the highest reported coronavirus case load, Americans will likely be barred from traveling to more than 30 European countries when the European Union moves to reopen […]

Andressa Anholete/Getty ImagesBY: JACK ARNHOLZ, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — A judge has ordered Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to wear a face mask or receive a fine. In a decision issued Monday, Brazilian Federal Judge […]

Official White House Photo by Shealah CraigheadBy JORDYN PHELPS, CONOR FINNEGAN and MICHELEE STODDART, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda’s visit to the White House on Wednesday prompts a question about whether the […]

Ramil Sitdikov – Host Photo Agency via Getty ImagesBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) — Russia on Wednesday staged grandiose military parades involving tens of thousands of troops to mark the end of World War […]

U.S. Attorney’s OfficeBy AARON KATERSKY and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A U.S. Army soldier gave classified information about American troops stationed overseas to a white supremacist group based in the United Kingdom, […]

pcruciatti/iStockBy GUY DAVIES, ABC News (LONDON) — An American national was among the three victims of a terrorist stabbing in the U.K. on Saturday night, Ambassador Woody Johnson confirmed. “I offer my deepest condolences to […]

Aaron Chown/WPA Pool/Getty ImagesBy ANGELINE JANE BERNABE, ABC News (LONDON) — As many dads across the world celebrated Father’s Day over the weekend, so did the Duke of Cambridge, whose birthday, coincidentally, fell on the […]

BrianAJackson/iStockBY: ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (LONDON) — Multiple people were attacked Saturday night in a park in a town outside of London, police said. Thames Valley Police wrote on Twitter the “incident” happened at Forbury […]