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Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(LONDON) —  An American diplomat’s wife who was involved in a crash that killed a teenager in the United Kingdom is no longer covered by diplomatic immunity, according to British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. […]

MicroStockHub/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Nobel prize in economics has been awarded to three economists “for their experimntal approach to alleviating global poverty.” Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer were announced as the winners on […]

Somaye Malekian/ABC News(TEHRAN, Iran) — They waved flags. They painted their faces with stripes of green, white and red. They celebrated with blowhorns. For the first time in four decades, women were allowed to pack […]

iStock(HONG KONG) — Residents of Hong Kong have convened on the streets in masses for months, demonstrating against Beijing’s dominance in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory they call home — what sets these uprisings apart from […]

BrianAJackson/iStock(LONDON) — A man has been arrested on suspicion of “terrorism offenses” after a man with a knife stabbed three people in a busy shopping center in Manchester, England. The suspect, a man in his […]

MivPiv/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The United States is deploying thousands of additional U.S. forces to Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the Iran’s attack on Saudi oil facilities in September, the Pentagon announced on Friday. The deployment […]

NataliaCatalina/iStock(LONDON) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has a message for young girls as the world celebrates International Day of the Girl. “Every girl has potential. She has promise. She has the right to learn, […]

rrodrickbeiler/iStock(LONDON) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which is responsible for selecting the Nobel Peace Prizes, decided to award this year’s prize to Ahmed […]

iStock(NEW YORK) — Egypt, as part of a larger effort to ramp up tourism, has unveiled a 3,500-year-old industrial area, a first-of-its-kind collection of artifacts, on the west bank of the Nile River in Luxor. […]

mason01/iStock(VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis and over 200 bishops, indigenous leaders and climate change experts convened in the Vatican on Monday to discuss issues related to the Amazon rainforest region. The gathering, called a synod, […]

BrianAJackson/iStock(HALLE, Germany) — The live-streaming site Twitch is defending its actions after a user shared a video of the Halle synagogue shooting on the platform where it was viewed several thousand times. Two people were […]

Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(LONDON) — Ukrianian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Thursday there was “no blackmail” in a July telephone call with President Donald Trump that provoked an impeachment inquiry. The recently-elected Ukrainian leader made the comments during […]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(ANKARA, Turkey) — Turkey’s military airstrikes inside Syria are the first step in its offensive into northern Syria, targeting the Syrian Kurds that helped the U.S. defeat the Islamic State. But where is this fighting […]

welcomia/iStock(NEW YORK) — The U.S. military has taken custody of two notorious British Islamic State fighters nicknamed “The Beatles,” who were responsible for the executions of western hostages. They were moved on Wednesday from a […]

iStock(NEW YORK) — Norwegian Cruise Line is blaming “severe weather conditions” for forcing it to revise the itinerary of its Spirit ship, which has left guests irate and calling this cruise of a lifetime more […]

iStock(HONG KONG) — An American citizen stands to profit as his security company expands operations into a Chinese province described as a modern-day police state by human rights activists, and where the Chinese government is […]

iStock(NEW YORK) — Amin Dzhabrailov remembers the day vividly. He was working in his hair salon in Grozny, the capital city of Chechnya, Russia, in 2017 when he says three large men came in, grabbed […]

iStock(NEW YORK) — Fish hunters in Norway are trying to round up as many of the hundreds of thousands of salmon that have escaped breeding facilities this year as they can, and an organization is […]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(LONDON) — Turkey has launched a long-planned military operation in northeastern Syria, targeting the Syrian Kurdish fighters that helped the United States defeat ISIS. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced via Twitter on Wednesday that […]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(ANKARA, Turkey) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Twitter Wednesday morning that an operation had begun in northeast Syria, following President Donald Trump’s announcement that U.S. troops would be withdrawing. With the operation, […]