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piola666/iStockBY: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC NEWS (VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis on Sunday elevated Archbishop of Washington, D.C., Wilton Gregory, to cardinal, making him the first African American appointed to the red-hat conclave. The 72-year-old Gregory, […]

Smart/iStockBY: GUY DAVIES, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, 44, burst onto the international scene as a leading light in African politics when he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019. Abiy […]

Official White House Photo by Tia DufourBy CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has formally notified Congress that his administration will remove Sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism Friday, […]

omersukrugoksu/iStockBy CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. mission in Turkey warned Americans of “potential terrorist attacks and kidnappings” in Istanbul Friday in an urgent security alert. The warning, which said U.S. citizens and other […]

kylieellway/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (LONDON) — U.S. Department of State counselor T. Ulrich Brechbuhl met with Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in the capital of Abuja on Thursday to raise concerns about the ongoing […]

Kuzma/iStockBy IBTISSEM GUENFOUD, ABC News (PARIS) — France’s anti-terror prosecutor charged seven people in the case of the murder of French history teacher Samuel Paty, including two minors. French prosecutor Jean-François Ricard said in a […]

macky_ch/iStockBy JOSH MARGOLIN and LUCIEN BRUGGEMAN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Russia and other foreign adversaries are ramping up efforts to spread conspiracy theories and disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S., according to an internal […]

beyhanyazar/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and JAMES BWALA, ABC News (LAGOS, Nigeria) — Amnesty International said it has received “credible but disturbing evidence” of security forces killing protesters who were demonstrating against police brutality in Nigeria’s largest […]

Beeldbewerking/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Human activity “likely contributed” to the extinction of multiple species on the islands on Madagascar and Mascarene, according to new research. Animals native to the islands such […]

Official White House Photo by Shealah CraigheadBy CONOR FINNEGAN and PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. and Russia are moving closer toward an agreement to extend the last major nuclear arms control pact […]