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Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images (LONDON) — Authorities in England have arrested a 16-year-old boy after one of the most famous trees in the world was cut down overnight Thursday. The “Sycamore Gap tree,” also sometimes known as the “Robin Hood tree,” was found deliberately cut down early Thursday, according to officials. “Northumberland National Park Authority […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — Travis King, the American soldier who crossed into North Korea two months ago, is back on U.S. soil. An official with the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed that King landed in San Antonio early Thursday at around 1:30 a.m. ET. The news that King was back in U.S. custody came Wednesday […]
CT757fan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A bride and groom were killed along with more than 100 wedding guests as a fire ripped through a wedding hall in Hamdaniyah, in northern Iraq, on Tuesday, local officials said. At least 150 others were injured when the wedding hall’s ceiling caught fire and then collapsed, according to Hasan […]
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (LONDON) — Please return if found: Hundreds of missing artefacts formerly housed in a museum in central London. The British Museum has issued a plea to the public to assist in the recovery of ancient artefacts reported stolen or missing from its collection. The museum — which announced on Aug. 16 that […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — Travis King, the American soldier who two months ago crossed into North Korea, is back in U.S. custody, a U.S. official has confirmed. North Korea announced earlier Wednesday that it would expel King, who ran across the border from South Korea during a tour in July. “The relevant organ of the […]
Juanmonino/Getty Images (LONDON) — About 50,000 ethnic Armenians have now fled the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, according to local officials, as the exodus triggered by Azerbaijan’s takeover of the region appeared to accelerate, with fears its entire population may leave. More than a third of the population have now left, with nearly 12,000 people leaving […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — North Korea has announced that it is set to expel U.S. soldier Travis King several months after he ran across the border from South Korea during a tour in July. “The relevant organ of the DPRK decided to expel Travis King, a soldier of the U.S. Army who illegally intruded into […]
CT757fan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 114 people are dead and more than 200 are injured after a fire broke out at a wedding hall in northern Iraq, Nineveh Deputy Gov. Hasan al-Allaq said. Story developing… Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — At least 125 people were killed in an explosion on Monday night at a makeshift gas station being used by ethnic Armenian refugees as thousands sought to flee the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, according to local authorities, as senior U.S. officials visited Armenia to signal concern over the […]
Jose Azel/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Climbing Mount Everest is one of the most difficult feats known to humankind, but the treacherous expedition is getting even more challenging due to climate change, according to experts. Warming temperatures around the globe are making both the topography of the glaciers in the Himalayas and the weather patterns […]
