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MicroStockHub/iStock(MOSCOW) — A former United States Marine has been in detention in Moscow for eight months and on trial for what his lawyers say are trumped-up charges that he assaulted police officers. The arrest of […]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A ceasefire was reached last week to halt the offensive of Syrian strongman Bashar al Assad into the country’s last rebel stronghold, but U.S. officials and Syrian activists warn that the violence is […]

DanHenson1/iStock(ROME) — As the COVID-19 death toll rises throughout Italy, more than a dozen inmates have escaped from prisons during riots that were sparked after officials restricted or limited visitors. Twelve inmates at a medium-security […]

FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) — Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil company Aramco apologizes for a migrant worker who was dressed as a human sanitizer dispenser at one of their facilities amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. […]

US Army(WASHINGTON) — Two American service members and one British service member were killed in a rocket attack on a base in Iraq on Wednesday, according to two U.S. officials, in a move that has […]

zzvet/iStock(BEIJING) — China is not giving permits to climbers hoping to summit Mount Everest this season, multiple mountaineering sources confirmed to ABC News. The reports that climbers won’t be able to make attempts from the […]

MasterLu/iStock(NEW YORK) — The country of Italy is on lockdown as the number of cases of COVID-19, the official name for the novel coronavirus, soars. With more than 10,000 cases and counting, Italy has the […]

Karwai Tang/WireImage(NEW YORK) — Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex and sixth in line to the British throne, allegedly spoke out about his decision to leave the royal family in phone calls with Russian pranksters. […]

Westbury/iStock(NEW YORK) — Cities across the world are deciding not to test their luck on St. Patrick’s Day when it comes to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The National Retail Federation predicted two weeks ago that […]

KeithBinns/iStock(NEW YORK) — Pat Leiter, an American living in Bolzano, northern Italy, was returning home from London, where she was on vacation, when the coronavirus outbreak occurred. “We thought, ‘OK, our region is not under […]

Ivan Cholakov/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Terrorist organizations are “on the march” in West Africa and the Sahel with international efforts failing to curb the increase in violence, a four-star American general in charge of U.S. troops in […]

Viacheslav Chernobrovin/iStock(ROME) — It’s among the most clichéd journalistic tropes: to speak to the taxi driver en route to the airport and use those comments as some kind of gauge for the national sentiment. But […]

Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Vladimir Putin on Tuesday opened a way for him to remain in power long after his presidential term limits expire in 2024 as Russia’s parliament voted to pass legislation allowing him […]

scyther5/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon on Tuesday identified the two U.S. Marine Raiders killed in Iraq on Sunday during an anti-ISIS mission, a deadly reminder of the terror group’s ongoing presence there. According to the U.S.-led […]

KeithBinns/iStock(KABUL, Afghanistan) — The U.S. has started to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in compliance with its agreement with the Taliban, even as the peace process initiated by that deal faces its first delay and renewed […]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(NEW YORK) — At least 27 people have died from alcohol poisoning in the Khuzestan and Alborz provinces of Iran trying to prevent infection of the coronavirus, Iranian news agencies reported on Monday. “Some of […]

scyther5/iStock(BAGHDAD) — Two American troops were killed in Iraq on Sunday during an anti-ISIS mission, a deadly reminder of the terror group’s ongoing presence there, officials announced Monday. According to the U.S.-led coalition in Baghdad, […]

Dan Kitwood/Getty Images(LONDON) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, completed their final engagement Monday as working members of the royal family. Harry and Meghan joined Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles and […]

imaginima/iStock(SCHIPHOL, Netherlands) — The trial of four men accused of involvement in the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines’ MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 opened in a Dutch court on Monday, the first attempt to prosecute […]

iStock(LONDON) — In one of her final engagements as a working member of Britain’s royal family, Duchess Meghan focused on women to mark International Women’s Day. The Duchess of Sussex made a private visit Friday […]