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TheaDesign/iStock(LONDON) — The parents of a British teenager who was killed in a crash involving the wife of an American diplomat are calling on the woman to return to the United Kingdom and “face up […]

fstop123/iStock(BERLIN) — Two people have been killed in a shooting in the east German city of Halle on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. Several shots were fired and the suspected attackers […]

AlexLMX/iStock(NEW YORK) — The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries. “Lithium-ion batteries have revolutionized our lives and […]

Woodke Family(NEW YORK) — An American missionary abducted by Islamic State-linked terrorists in Africa three years ago is still alive and in captivity, the president of Niger said in a recent interview with ABC News. […]

Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended himself against the accusation he has abandoned Kurdish fighters in Syria as Turkey prepares for an invasion — using a series […]

mik38/iStock(NEW YORK) — Three scientists have won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on understanding “Earth’s place in the cosmos” and the evolution of the universe. One half of the award was […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Mont Blanc, the tallest mountain in Europe, located in the Alps between Italy and France, has become a symbol of climate change as its glaciers continue to rapidly melt in response […]

ASU Knowledge Enterprise Development (KED), Michael Northrop(NEW YORK) — NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered what it dubs an “ancient oasis” on the red planet, featuring some very unusual salts. After sending Curiosity to explore the floor […]

Sahar Tabar/Instagram(NEW YORK) — Iranian social media influencer, Sahar Tabar, who is known for going through many plastic surgeries, was arrested by Tehran’s Court of Guidance for “blasphemy” and “encouraging youths to corruption.” Tehran’s Court […]

Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s sudden decision to pull back U.S. forces in Syria ahead of a possible Turkish assault on U.S. partners on the ground in the […]

richard johnson/iStock(LONDON) — The wife of an American diplomat in the United Kingdom has fled the country after apparently becoming a suspect in a traffic collision that killed a teenager. The fatal accident occurred on […]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Turkey is set to invade Syria, as the country had been threatening in recent months, with the U.S. saying it will remove all of its forces from the “immediate area,” according to the […]

gorodenkoff/iStock(NEW YORK) — The world was dramatically different 18 years ago when the war in Afghanistan started. Thousands of families were grappling with the deaths of their loved ones in the World Trade Center, the […]

iStock/dusanpetkovic(SEOUL, South Korea) — Advancement in DNA technology has helped police catch a murderer, solving a series of mystery cases that took place between 1986 to 1991. The killer, Lee Chun-jae, confessed to the murder […]

Abrill_/iStock(CARIO) — Sanitation workers digging near the western bank of the Nile River in Egypt made an unexpected discovery this week: the remains of a 2,200-year-old temple. So far, the corner of the temple and […]

U.S. State Department(WASHINGTON) —  The U.S. Department of State is offering up to $10 million for information about the deadly 2017 attack in Tongo Tongo, Niger, which resulted in the deaths of four U.S. and […]

AdrianHancu/iStock(LONDON) — Prince Harry’s battle against media outlets in the U.K. appears to be growing. Buckingham Palace confirmed Friday that Harry, the Duke of Sussex, has started legal action with regard to “the illegal interception […]

Grafissimo/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Ukraine’s prosecutor general said at a press conference his office is reviewing past criminal cases involving the businessman whose energy company employed Hunter Biden on its board. Ruslan Ryaboshapka said none of the […]

pawel.gaul/iStock(HONG KONG) — Hong Kong’s embattled leader has used a colonial-era emergency law to ban protesters from wearing face masks after four months of anti-government demonstrations that have, at times, turned violent and put the […]

pawel.gaul/iStock(HONG KONG) — Hong Kong’s embattled leader has used a colonial-era emergency law to ban protesters from wearing face masks after four months of anti-government demonstrations that have, at times, turned violent and put the […]