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Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(SAN FRANCISCO) — In an indictment unsealed Monday, the Department of Justice alleges that a naturalized U.S. citizen was working with the Chinese government as a “courier” for information about the U.S. government on […]

pawel.gaul/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A U.S. military base in Somalia was attacked by extremists Monday. No American troops were killed or wounded in the attack, a U.S. official told ABC News. The Somali extremist group al-Shabab has […]

USGS(TALCA, Chile) — An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 6.8 has been detected off the coast of Chile, according to officials with the U.S. Geological Survey. Chile’s National Office of Emergency says the quake will […]

WMUR(BOW, N.H.) — Scores of climate change protesters were arrested outside a coal power plant in New Hampshire on Saturday as they staged a demonstration calling for the facility to be shut down. About 120 […]

Google and GRID Pacific(NEW YORK) — Some people have traversed thousands of miles with cameras strapped onto their backs, cars or even horses to share the streets and back alleys of their homes with the […]

Virgin Islands National Park(NEW YORK) — Authorities in the U.S. Virgin Islands said they’ve expanded their search for Lucy Schuhmann, a 48-year-old from Kentucky who’s been missing for more than a week. Schuhmann was reported […]

Royal Canadian Mounted Police(TORONTO) —  The teen suspects who were wanted for three murders in Canada confessed to their crimes and said they planned to kill more people in a video recorded not long before […]

ABC News Seoul Bureau(SEOUL, South Korea) — In the busy streets of Seoul, 6,000 miles away from home, Greg Priester joyfully takes selfies at the request of fans while his manager keeps a wary eye. […]

DisobeyArt/iStock(NEW YORK) — For the second consecutive week, climate change demonstrators took to the streets across the globe to highlight the growing climate crisis. The Climate Strike protests were largely inspired by Swedish 16-year-old Greta […]

ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is denying that President Donald Trump offered to lift sanctions on Iran in order to secure a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during the United Nations General Assembly — […]

hidesy/iStock(OAXACA, Mexico) — Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca celebrated as it became the second region in the predominantly Catholic country to decriminalize abortion. Footage of women cheering and jumping in the air as the vote […]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(CAPE TOWN, South Africa) — Prince Harry followed in the footsteps of his mom, the late Princess Diana, Friday, visiting the southern African nation of Angola to put a spotlight on de-mining. The Duke of […]

Suvra Kanti Das/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The United States’ top official for foreign aid issued a firm and emotional warning Thursday to Myanmar about the lack of progress over how it treats the Rohingya and other ethnic […]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(WASHINGTON) — U.S. intelligence has determined that the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad used chlorine as a chemical weapon on May 19, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. He said the Trump administration will […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — In a one-on-one sitdown interview, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani explained to ABC News’ World News Tonight anchor David Muir why he would not be meeting with President Donald Trump. “America has […]

Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(NEW YORK) — Just hours before Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivered an ultimatum that he would not meet with President Donald Trump without relief from sanctions, there was a strong push to get the […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — In an interview with ABC News anchor David Muir, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called U.S. allegations that Iran was behind a recent attack on Saudi oil facilities “unfounded,” and said the […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — In an interview with ABC News anchor David Muir on Wednesday afternoon, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said U.S. sanctions “cannot continue” and were “against the international laws and against [the] U.N. […]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(NEW YORK) — When Ukrainians voted to elect comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy as their next president in the spring of 2019, the fledgling administration was eager to coordinate a phone call with Kyiv’s most important benefactor […]

chrispecoraro/iStock(WASHINGTON) — As part of its latest attempt to deter migrants from seeking refuge at the U.S. southern border, the Trump administration has initiated a series of agreements with Central American countries and says they’re […]