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omersukrugoksu/iStock(MONROVIA, Liberia) — More than two dozen people, mostly children, have died in a fire that engulfed a religious boarding school outside Liberia’s capital in the middle of the night, authorities said. An Islamic school […]

Ivan Cholakov/iStock(WASHINGTON) — U.S. military personnel spent at least $184,000 on layovers in Scotland at the Trump Turnberry resort in Scotland, located 20 miles from the Prestwick Airport in Glasgow, which has become a major […]

iStock(NEW YORK) — A 2001 photograph of Justin Trudeau wearing brownface makeup at a private school dinner party has surfaced online just after the Canadian prime minister launched a reelection campaign in the wake of […]

Andrew Linscott/iStock(NEW YORK) — People widely support the conservation of wildlife, but lack an overall understanding of topics such as extinction due to lack of education, a new poll by National Geographic has found. A […]

macky_ch/iStock(TVER, Russia) — Russian Orthodox priests in the Central Russian city of Tver took to the skies in a small airplane to save citizens from “drunkenness and fornication,” reported a Russian local media outlet. On […]

lucagavagna/iStock(NEW YORK) — Half of the world’s population may be malnourished by 2030 if current trends go unchecked, according to a new report. The report, Growing Better: Ten Critical Transitions to Transform Food and Land […]

RoBeDeRo/iStock(LONDON) — A painting by the illustrious and elusive artist Banksy, depicting Britain’s parliament as chimpanzees, will soon go up for auction — but not without one last dig at the artwork’s subjects. “Devolved Parliament,” […]

Mumemories/iStock(PARIS) — Isabelle, Patricia, Céline, Laura…these are a few names of the 104 women murdered since the beginning of the year in France. A collective of women is making sure that everyone in Paris remembers […]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(LONDON) — A 37-year-old breast cancer survivor from Colorado made history Tuesday as the first person to swim the English Channel four times in a row. “I just can’t believe we did it,” Sarah Thomas […]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(LONDON) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are back from summer vacation and Meghan’s maternity leave in a big way. The royal couple is heading to Africa next week and bringing baby […]

iStock/grynold(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuela’s opposition has declared talks with its strongman president Nicolás Maduro dead after weeks without meetings — a decision meant to bring renewed international pressure, but that appeared to crack its united […]

iStock/Nikolasimage(AUCKLAND, New Zealand) — When one New Zealand man was facing redundancy, he brought a dash of color — and some balloon animals — to the meeting where he got laid off. Employers in New […]

choness/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A U.S. service member was killed in action in Afghanistan on Monday, the first American combat death since President Donald Trump decided to call off peace talks with the Taliban earlier this month. […]

choness/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A U.S. service member was killed in action in Afghanistan on Monday, the first American combat death since President Donald Trump decided to call off peace talks with the Taliban earlier this month. […]

JeanUrsula/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Iran launched nearly a dozen cruise missiles and over 20 drones from its territory in the attack on a key Saudi oil facility Saturday, a senior Trump administration official told ABC News Sunday. […]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection(NEW YORK) — Three people were killed and 11 were detained on Saturday night when a makeshift boat capsized in the Caribbean, authorities said. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents in […]

iStock/twinsterphoto(TUNIS, Tunisia) — On Sunday, 7 million Tunisians will vote for a new president in the country’s second presidential election since Tunisia’s Arab Spring in 2011. Arab Spring led to Tunisia’s first democratic elections. Initially […]

iStock/VanderWolf-Images(FRANKFURT, Germany) — Thousands of climate-change activists formed a human roadblock on Sunday to the Frankfurt auto show, one of the largest car industry showcases in the world. Protesters, many wearing surgical masks and white […]

ABC News(LONDON) — The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, is celebrating his 35th birthday Sunday, complete with a social media tribute from his wife Meghan on their joint Instagram account. The post includes a collage […]

iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — A solid gold toilet named “America” worth over $1 million has been stolen from a palace in the United Kingdom. The piece of art by Maurizio Cattalan had been installed at Blenheim Palace, […]