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MarkRubens/iStock(NEW YORK) — An 18th century Ethiopian crown will return to Addis Ababa after more than two decades abroad, hidden away in a Dutch apartment. For 21 years, former Ethiopian refugee Sirak Afsaw guarded the […]

ABC News(HONG KONG) — A photograph circulating on social media misidentifies Senior Foreign Correspondent Ian Pannell and an ABC News crew as “external advisers” and “an operational support team” for protesters in Hong Kong. The […]

iStock(LONDON) — A painting depicting British politicians as monkeys has become the most expensive artwork to date by street artist Banksy, as it was sold for 9.9 million pounds ($12.2 million) at the London auction […]

iStock(NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia) — Australian police have arrested a 19-year-old man they say is responsible for the deaths of up to 20 kangaroos in one night. The massacre occurred on Saturday after the suspect […]

anouchka/iStock(PARIS) — A Paris police department employee killed three officers with a knife at police headquarters in the heart of the French capital on Thursday, before being shot dead at the scene, authorities said. The […]

Leetal Ofer(LONDON) — Cousins Morris Sana and Simon Mairowitz lost each other while fleeing from the Nazis in World War II and 75 years later, the Holocaust survivors have finally been reunited. “We were an […]

anouchka/iStock(PARIS) — A knife-wielding man attacked officers inside police headquarters in the heart of Paris on Thursday afternoon. According to local media reports, at least four police officers died in the midday attack. Paris Mayor […]

Angelika/iStock(LONDON) — A zebra that had escaped from a circus in Germany was shot dead Wednesday after causing an accident on a major motorway, police said. The striped equid was one of two zebras that […]

CT757fan/iStock(BEIRUT) — Internet coverage across Iraq has been temporarily switched off by the government and Iraqi Prime Minister Abdel Abdul Mahdi ordered a curfew in the capital Baghdad in response to widespread anti-corruption protests during […]

iStock(ROME) — A restaurant in Rome is accused of ripping off its diners by not properly listing its prices and then charging diners hundreds of dollars. The Antico Caffe di Marte has come under fire […]

Dovapi/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has approved the $39 million sale of defensive lethal weapons to Ukraine, according to two U.S. officials and another source familiar with the plan. U.S. arms sales to Ukraine have […]

adam smigielski/iStock(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the East Sea Wednesday morning near the waters off the coastal town of Wonsan, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed to ABC […]

pawel.gaul/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A U.S. service member suffered a concussion injury from Monday’s attack by the terrorist group al-Shabab at a U.S. military airfield in Somalia, according to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). In the aftermath of […]

iStoc(NEW YORK) — The brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been sentenced to five years in prison on corruption charges, a spokesman for Iran’s judiciary said at a press conference on Tuesday, according to […]

iStock(LONDON) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have decided to take legal action against a British tabloid for what they allege was an invasion of privacy. Harry, whose mother, Princess […]

iStock(NEW YORK) — Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has found himself center stage since the controversy broke out over his phone call with President Donald Trump, but on Tuesday he briefly got an unlikely co-star — […]

Laoshi/iStock(HONG KONG) — An 18-year-old anti-government protester was shot by a police officer in Hong Kong on Tuesday afternoon as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on China’s National Day. Hong Kong police have […]

Pontuse/iStock(NEW YORK) — At least 10 people were injured after a towering arch bridge collapsed over a bay in eastern Taiwan Tuesday, with authorities searching for more possible victims. Six of the 10 people injured […]

Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. and North Korea will convene working-level nuclear talks for the first time since before President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un met in Hanoi, Vietnam, for their second […]

wingedwolf/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Several pregnant women who are seeking asylum in the U.S. and were sent back to wait in Mexico by the Trump administration are struggling to access food, water and basic medical care while […]