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Oleksii Liskonih/iStockBy SOMAYEH MALEKIAN, ABC News (TEHRAN) — Iran officials again denied Saturday any plot to assassinate the U.S. ambassador in South Africa as an act of retaliation to the killing of the Islamic Revolutionary […]

solarseven/iStockBy ABC News (NEW YORK) — Israel’s second COVID-19 lockdown started on Friday as the Jewish High Holidays began. The lockdown, which will last for three weeks, went into effect at 2 p.m. local time. […]

Alessandro Biascioli/iStockBy GUY DAVIES, ABC News (LONDON) — The summer of protests following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis was not confined to the United States. Demonstrations featuring placards emblazoned with Floyd’s face and […]

Animals LebanoBy ANGELINE JANE BERNABE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Beirut, Lebanon, is still devastated by the Aug. 4 explosion that ripped through the city, killing 190 people and destroying homes and businesses. More than […]

WoodyAlec/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) — Traces of the Novichok nerve agent allegedly used to poison Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny were found in a water bottle in his hotel room in the Siberian […]

DanHenson1/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) — Top members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs have submitted a resolution demanding that Russia free Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine jailed by the country who […]

iStock/Savas BozkayaBY: CHRISTINE THEODOROU and IVAN PEREIRA (BERLIN) — German officials announced Wednesday that they will accept hundreds of refugees who were displaced during last week’s fire at the Moria camp in Greece. The German […]

oversnap/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(BRIDGETOWN, Barbados) — Barbados announced plans to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state next year, marking the first time in nearly 30 years since a commonwealth country dropped a […]

Courtesy Kori Sidaway By JACQUELINE LAUREAN YATES, ABC News (NEW YORK) — One Canadian journalist is speaking up against a viewer who tried to body-shame her. On Twitter, Kori Sidaway of CHEK News in Victoria, […]

iStock/peerapong boriboonBY: CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Two foreign hackers have been indicted for defacing dozens of U.S.-based websites with pictures of late Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani alongside the message, “Down with America.” The […]