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Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (TOKYO) — Two people in central Japan are dead after a military recruit allegedly opened fire on his colleagues. The incident occurred Wednesday at a Ground Self Defense Force-run indoor shooting range during routine, live-fire drills. The Ground Self-Defense Force at Moriyama Garrison told ABC News that the live-fire pistol and rifle […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (ATHENS, Greece) — Rescue efforts were underway Wednesday after a fishing vessel carrying migrants capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea, about 54 miles off the coast of Pylos, Greece. At least 104 people have been rescued and 59 have died, the Greek Coast Guard said. Unconfirmed early estimates put hundreds of migrants […]
AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — The global number of children forcibly displaced from their homes reached a record 43.3 million by the end of 2022, fueled by conflicts such as the war in Ukraine, according to estimates released Wednesday by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund. That figure has doubled in the last […]
Max Ryazanov/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 51-year-old American living in Moscow was arrested on reported drug trafficking charges last week, according to Russian media. Michael Travis Leake, accused of selling narcotics, appeared on Russian TV in a courtroom cage. “I am not admitting to any guilt,” Leake said in a video posted on social media […]
pop_jop/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukraine has begun its long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia, officials told ABC News. Multiple reports have said a […]
Jordi Romo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Relatives of four children who survived a plane crash followed by 40 days alone in Colombia’s Amazon rainforest are reportedly fighting for custody of the siblings. Astrid Caceres, director of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF), told a Bogota-based radio station that a caseworker has been assigned to […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Twenty-two U.S. service members were injured on Sunday in northeastern Syria in a “mishap” involving a helicopter, military officials said Monday. “The cause of the incident is under investigation, although no enemy fire was reported,” U.S. Central Command said in a statement. The service members had “various degrees” of injuries, officials […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (LONDON) — A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three people were killed in the English city of Nottingham and a van attempted to run over more people early Tuesday morning, police said. Police were called to Ilkeston Road in the center of the city shortly after 4 […]
pop_jop/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukraine has begun its long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia, officials told ABC News. Multiple reports have said a […]
Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — A bus driver was arrested and charged on Monday after the vehicle rolled over while transporting wedding guests on a foggy night in Australia’s wine country, killing 10 of them, authorities said. The rollover occurred just after 11:30 p.m. local time on Sunday as the bus was making […]
