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U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Indra BeaufortBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Two U.S. Navy ships deployed to the Middle East are experiencing coronavirus outbreaks and have arrived in Bahrain to isolate infected […]

Oleksii Liskonih/iStockBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The United States conducted a military airstrike in eastern Syria along the border with Iraq on Thursday night targeting Iranian-backed militias in retaliation for a recent rocket […]

NASA/JPL-CaltechBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — NASA released an immersive new panoramic image with 360-degree views of Mars on Wednesday that was taken by its Perseverance rover. The photo is the latest in […]

photoBlueIce/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and AICHA EL HAMMAR CASTANO, ABC News (LONDON and RIO DE JANEIRO) — At least 79 inmates have died in riots at four prisons across Ecuador, authorities said. Gen. Edmundo Moncayo, head […]

NASA/JPL-CaltechBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — See the Martian landscape come to life in the first high-resolution, color image released by NASA from the hazard cameras on the underside of its Perseverance rover. […]

CGinspiration/iStockBy CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. and Iran are inching closer toward diplomatic talks over Tehran’s nuclear program, even as the Iranian government moved further outside the original nuclear deal on Tuesday […]

simon2579/iStockBy MAGGIE RULLI and ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (ACCRA, Ghana) — The first shipment of vaccines touched down in Ghana’s capital Wednesday morning, marking a pivotal moment in the world’s fight against COVID-19. The 600,000 […]

Marco Ravagli/Barcroft Media via Getty ImagesBy ERIC M. STRAUSS and MARK OSBORNE, ABC News (LONDON) — Moderna, which produces one of two vaccines authorized for use in the U.S., said Wednesday it has shipped a […]

Atlantic-Lens-Photography/iStockBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News (LONDON) — Prince Philip, who was hospitalized last week, is being treated for an infection, according to Buckingham Palace. The palace did not provide any further details about the infection […]

BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy ALEXANDER MALLIN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The wife of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was arrested Monday in Virginia at Dulles International Airport on international drug trafficking charges, with prosecutors accusing her of participating in […]

NASA/JPL-CaltechBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — NASA released new video for the first time Monday from its Perseverance rover’s landing on Mars last week. The footage, shot from multiple cameras, captures the rover’s […]

DNY59/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The families of three U.S. service members killed and 13 others who were severely wounded at Naval Air Station Pensacola have sued Saudi Arabia over its role […]

ZU_09/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (LONDON) — Three rare giraffes were electrocuted to death when they walked into low-hanging power lines within a conservation area in western Kenya, officials said. The Kenya Power and Lighting […]

omersukrugoksu/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, PHEOBE NATANSON and CLARK BENTSON, ABC News (LONDON and ROME) — Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Luca Attanasio, was killed Monday in an attack on a United Nations convoy […]

MicroStockHub/iStockBY: ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are falling among vaccinated age groups in Israel, which could be a sign that the nation’s rapid vaccination campaign is working. Israel’s vaccination […]

eROMAZe/iStockBy GUY DAVIES and PARTH M.N., ABC News(LONDON) — For the best part of two-and-a-half months, Jaivir Nain, 36, has been camped out in a truck along with seven other farmers on the outskirts of […]

Karwai Tang/WireImageBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News (LONDON) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will not return as working members of Britain’s royal family, Buckingham Palace confirmed Friday. “The Duke and […]

Anson_iStock/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (LONDON) — The reported death toll from COVID-19 in Africa surpassed 100,000 on Friday, as the world’s second-largest and second-most populous continent grapples with a fresh wave of infections. Out […]

DanHenson1/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A court in Belarus has sentenced two journalists to two years in prison for live-streaming one of the pro-democracy protests that rocked the country last year as […]

omersukrugoksu/iStockBy HATEM MAHER and CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s administration expressed concern about the Egyptian government’s human rights record Tuesday, especially after family members of a U.S. citizen and human rights […]