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macky_ch/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) — Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny has been sent to a prison known as unusually harsh and feared as place where prisoners are subjected to intense psychological pressure, according […]

ABC News/Frame Grab via Getty ImagesBy ANGELINE JANE BERNABE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Just days ahead of their highly anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are firing back at […]

plefevre/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A Japanese billionaire is searching for eight members of the public to join him on a mission to orbit around the moon. Yusaku Maezawa, who made headlines […]

Marilyn Nieves/iStockBy ZOE MAGEE and KATIE KINDELAN, ABC NewsA U.K. judge on Tuesday denied a request by the publisher of the Mail on Sunday to appeal his ruling that the tabloid invaded the privacy of […]

Adam Smigielski/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and JAMES BWALA, ABC News (LONDON) — Hundreds of students who were abducted from an all-girls boarding school in northwestern Nigeria last week have been released, authorities said Tuesday. Gunmen kidnapped […]

Hasan Shaaban/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (TOKYO) — After a nine-month battle fighting extradition, the American father and son duo accused of aiding former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn in his dramatic international […]

JeanUrsula/iStockBy LUCIEN BRUGGEMAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A lawsuit accusing the Saudi crown prince of overseeing an assassination attempt on a former Saudi spymaster similar to the one that sealed the gruesome fate of […]

Samir Hussein/ Samir Hussein/WireImageBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News (LONDON) — Prince Philip has been transferred to a second hospital as he continues to receive treatment for an infection, according to Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Edinburgh, […]

ABC NewsBy BRITT CLENNETT, ABC News (HONG KONG) — Hong Kong is a step closer to being left without a democratic opposition camp as authorities brought charges against 47 activists for conspiracy to commit subversion […]

ABCBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The world got its first look over the weekend at Prince Harry’s and Meghan’s sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey, which is being billed as a bombshell interview […]

SAI AUNG MAIN/AFP via Getty ImagesBy KARSON YIU and MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (HONG KONG and LONDON) — Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was seen Monday for the first time since she was […]

omersukrugoksu/iStockBy GUY DAVIES and BRUNO ROEBER, ABC News (LONDON) — Sweden’s novel approach to tackling the coronavirus pandemic has drawn both praise and fierce criticism, not just inside the Scandinavian country, but across the Western […]

Ray Hems/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — An iceberg larger than New York City has broken off an ice shelf in Antarctica, scientists say. The 490-square mile glacier broke off the Brunt Ice […]

MivPiv/iStockBy AICHA EL HAMMAR CASTANO and MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (RIO DE JANEIRO) — It’s been days since Alejandra heard from her son. The 42-year-old mother has been one of many gathered outside a large […]

KeithBinns/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (LONDON) — Iran’s Alpine ski coach, Samira Zargari, couldn’t join her team for the world championships in Italy last week. The reason? Her husband barred her from leaving the country. […]

iStock/Pornpak KhunatornBy MICHAEL DOBUSKI, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Australia’s Parliament approved the final amendements to a new law Thursday requiring tech companies to pay news organizations for their content. That means companies like Facebook […]

INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty ImagesBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (LONDON) — As rich countries race to inoculate their populations against COVID-19, poorer nations have fallen behind in the biggest vaccination campaign in history. But a […]

narvikk/iStockBy CONOR FINNEGAN and LUCIEN BRUGGEMAN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Office of Director of National Intelligence on Friday released its highly anticipated report on the murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi Friday, making public […]

SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty ImagesBy CONNOR FINNEGAN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden spoke to King Salman of Saudi Arabia on Thursday — the two leaders’ first call amid pressure on his new administration […]

DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty ImagesBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Prince Harry showed his funny and lighthearted side in a new interview with Late Late Show host James Corden, while also opening up […]