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Getty Image – STOCK (UKRAINE) — Russian forces struck a Ukrainian shopping center in Kharkiv on Saturday, leaving four people dead and 38 people wounded according to local officials. Sources in local law enforcement tell ABC News they expect the casualty numbers to rise as this supermarket is usually crowded on weekends and employs dozens […]
ABC (TURKS AND CAICOS) — The plight of multiple Americans charged with bringing ammunition to Turks and Caicos has drawn attention to the islands’ strict gun laws. Those convicted under the firearms ordinance of possessing ammunition could face a minimum sentence of 12 years in prison — unless a judge grants them leniency for “exceptional […]
Palestinians look at the rubble of a family house that was hit overnight in Israeli bombardment in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah in southern Gaza on May 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. (AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month […]
U.S. Central Command via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Three U.S. service members have been treated for injuries related to the U.S.-built pier off Gaza known as JLOTS, or the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore capability, according to U.S. Central Command. Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM deputy commander, didn’t provide specifics Thursday other than saying they were non-combat-related […]
Yannik Merkl (GOBELSBURG, Austria) — While renovating his wine cellar, a man in Austria made a discovery far older than a vintage bottle of Merlot. Instead, he discovered a rare collection of mammoth bones, believed to date back approximately 40,000 years. Marking one of the most significant mammoth fossil finds in over a century in […]
Henry Nicholls – WPA Pool/Getty Images (LONDON) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called for a snap general election in the United Kingdom on July 4, despite having until January of next year to hold one. Sunak, the leader of the ruling Conservative Party, and leaders of other political parties have already started their […]
Palestinians look at the rubble of a family house that was hit overnight in Israeli bombardment in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah in southern Gaza on May 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. (AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month […]
Tents of mountaineers are pictured at Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district on April 18, 2024. (Purnima Shrestha/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Kenyan mountaineer Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui, who went missing with his guide on Wednesday morning on Mount Everest, has been found dead, officials announced Thursday. Kirui’s body was […]
ABC News (NEAR KHARKIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s 57th Motorized Brigade is one infantry unit among many battling the new Russian offensive North of Kharkiv, and it was also amongst the first to engage the Russians as they pushed over the border. ABC News sat down in a rare interview with Col. Oleksandr Bakulin, commander of […]
Fogbow (LONDON) — With the crisis in Gaza worsening, a private humanitarian group staffed with former military and intelligence officials stumbled upon a surprising hurdle in its efforts to help the United States government rush supplies to Palestinian residents by boat: For several weeks, there was little to no aid ready to move. Fogbow, an […]