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Erin Donalson/iStock(SYDNEY) — With more than 100 fires still burning in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia, rain would seem like a welcome relief. But for firefighters battling the blazes, the wetness makes it nearly […]

NataliaCatalina/iStock(LONDON) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are back in the public spotlight. The couple made their first public appearance Tuesday since taking an extended break from royal duties over […]

Cindy Smith/ABC News(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States “will pay” for its actions and must “be prepared for the consequences” in the wake of the death of Maj. […]

imamember/iStock(SYDNEY) — Two dozen Australians in the state of New South Wales have been arrested since early November for intentionally setting fires as record-large blazes continue to burn across the country. There have been 24 […]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(TEHRAN, Iran) — Hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the streets in cities across the country on Monday for a day of mourning for Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force […]

CGinspiration/iStock(NEW YORK) — One day after Iran’s government announced the country will no longer abide by any of the operational restraints on its nuclear program under the nuclear deal, President Donald Trump issued a new […]

gorodenkoff/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon has no plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, senior defense officials said on Monday, despite a vote by the Iraqi Parliament over the weekend to kick foreign forces out of […]

KeithBinns/iStock(NEW YORK) — One American citizen was killed and two others injured during an attack just south of the Texas border in Tamaulipas, Mexico, on Saturday, a U.S. State Department spokesperson confirmed to ABC News. […]

Patrick Honan/iStock(NEW YORK) — Climate change can increase the chances that areas prone to wildfires see both record high temperatures and drought simultaneously, creating the potential to ”supercharge” the wildfires in Australia after 2019’s record-high […]

File photo. imamember/iStock(AUSTRALIA) —  The raging fires in Australia have burned over 12.35 million acres of land — with at least 24 people killed and more than 2,000 homes destroyed by the blazes, officials said. […]

pic_studio/iStock(WUHAN, China) — Dozens of people in China have been sickened with pneumonia from an unknown source, according to the World Health Organization. WHO was first informed of cases of the disease in Wuhan, a […]

ShyMan/iStock(TOKYO) — Give a man a fish and you’ll feed him for a day, teach a man to bid on an even bigger fish and feed hundreds of hungry sushi customers. Kiyoshi Kimura, the self-proclaimed […]

Toa55/iStock(NEW YORK) — The wildfires in Australia have destroyed millions of acres of land, killed at least two dozen people so far and left thousands more people and animals in danger. The overwhelming images of […]

KeithBinns/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The American ambassador to Afghanistan is stepping down from his position on Monday, after serving in the war-weary country’s capital since December 2017, according to an official at the U.S. Department of State. […]

Kevin Brine/iStock(MONTREAL) — An Air Canada Express flight lost a wheel seconds after the plane lifted off the Montreal-Trudeau International Airport runway on Friday. Passenger video captured sparks and flames coming from the landing gear […]

ABC News(SYDNEY) — The family of the late Steve Irwin has helped rescue 90,000 animals including those falling victim to the ongoing wildfire devastation in Australia. Terri Irwin, the widow of Steve Irwin, and their […]

iStock/VanderWolf-Images(NAIROBI, Kenya) — One U.S. service member and two American Department of Defense contractors were killed in a terror attack on a military base in Kenya that houses some U.S. military personnel. The Somali terror […]

iStock/VanderWolf-Images(NAIROBI, Kenya) — The U.S. military has confirmed that there has been a terror attack on a military base in Kenya that houses some U.S. military personnel. The Somali terror group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility […]

Capt. Robyn Haake/U.S. Army(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon is deploying roughly 3,500 more troops to the Middle East in response to rising tensions in the region with Iran and one day after a U.S. airstrike killed […]

iStock(WASHINGTON) — In killing Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran’s elite Quds Force, President Trump went where his predecessors wouldn’t dare to tread. The move was the culmination of months of building tensions between […]