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KeithBinns/iStockBy HABIBULLAH KHAN, WILLIAMS MANSELL and GUY DAVIES, ABC News(KARACHI, Pakistan) — At least one person has survived after a Pakistani Airlines passenger jet crashed near the Karachi Airport Friday. All 91 passengers and seven […]

Martin Holverda/iStockBy CAO JUN, ABC News (BEIJING) — A national security law introduced Friday at the opening session to China’s National People’s Congress to tackle the ongoing political unrest in Hong Kong would allow Beijing […]

KeithBinns/iStockBy HABIBULLAH KHAN, ABC News (KARACHI, Pakistan) — A Pakistani Airlines passenger jet has crashed near the Karachi Airport Friday. All 91 passengers and seven crew members on board are feared dead, a PIA official […]

Official White House Photo by D. Myles CullenBy CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration will withdraw the U.S. from another major arms control pact on Friday, according to President Donald Trump. It’s […]

ABC NewsBy ALLIE YANG, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Foreign Minister of South Korea Kang Kyung-wha says that her country may be reopening, but life won’t be the same. “We’re not going back to life […]

hansslegers/iStockBy GUY DAVIES, ABC News (LONDON) — At least 72 people have died and hundreds of thousands more displaced by a cyclone battering India and Bangladesh. Cyclone Amphan, carrying strong rain and winds of up […]

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jordan E. Gilbert/ReleasedBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt has headed out to sea after nearly two months in Guam, […]

omersukrugoksu/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(WELLINGTON, New Zealand) — New Zealand’s popular prime minister floated the idea of a four-day workweek to promote domestic tourism as the industry — and country — looks to recover from […]

georgeclerk/iStockBy JACK ARNHOLZ, ABC News(CAMBRIDGE, England) — The University of Cambridge announced it would cancel all in-person lectures for the entire 2020-21 school year in one of the most sweeping measures any international educational institution […]

smolaw11/iStockBy HAKYUNG KATE LEE, ABC News (SEOUL, South Korea) — High school students lined up in front of school gates across South Korea on Wednesday as they waited to get their temperature checked and sanitize […]

JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty ImagesBy GUY DAVIES, ABC News (LONDON) — The 100-year-old veteran affectionately known as “Captain Tom” will receive a knighthood after raising tens of millions of dollars for Britain’s National Health Service. […]

grandriver/iStockBY: QUINN OWEN, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Citing concerns over the continued spread of COVID-19, the Trump administration announced the indefinite extension of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order which allows federal […]

frantic00/iStockBy JAMES LONGMAN, ABC News (ATHENS) — For weeks, only the cats have been able to enjoy watching the sunset from the Parthenon. They didn’t look very pleased to have to share the honor tonight. […]

Cristian Storto Fotografia/iStockBy GUY DAVIES, ABC News (LONDON) — Italy and parts of Spain recorded some of their lowest coronavirus infection rates and began to significantly ease their respective lockdowns on Monday, amid signs across […]

Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News(LONDON) — Prince William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, took over radio stations in the U.K. for a moment Monday to share a message on protecting […]

iStock/skynesherBy: MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (BEIJING) — Much of the world remains on some form of lockdown. But as countries slowly start to loosen restrictions, that has meant schools are back in session for in-person […]

Adam Smigielski/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) — Public data released this week suggests that Russia’s national death toll from the coronavirus could be substantially higher than the country’s official count. Moscow’s city government on […]

omersukrugoksu/iStockBy MARTHA RADDATZ and CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Many of the details surrounding a botched mission to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro are still murky and unknown. But for the families of […]

ponsulak/iStockBy IBTISSEM GUENFORD, ABC News (PARIS) — The French lower house of Parliament passed a bill Wednesday requiring social media platforms to remove hate-filled and toxic posts within 24 hours or face massive fines. The […]

Derek Brumby/iStockBy ELIZABETH MCLAUGHLIN, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — There remains the “high impact risk of a mass breakout” of Islamic State prisoners from detention camps in Syria, according to a new U.S. government report. Published […]