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(NEW YORK) — A massive volcano eruption in Iceland has triggered a warning from government officials that toxic gas is venting from a 2 1/2-mile-long fissure, but earlier predictions that the pollution could reach the capital have dissipated. Growing fears of the toxic plume on the Reykjanes Peninsula where the volcanic activity is occurring prompted […]

(NEW YORK) — Pope Francis stunned the Catholic world on Monday by making a tweak to the Vatican policy concerning same-sex couples. Catholic priests can now bless those couples if they request it. However, the Church stressed it is not changing its views on marriage and that it believes it is between one man and […]

(NEW YORK) — The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended on Dec. 1, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel. In exchange, Israel released […]

(WASHINGTON) — Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Joe Biden directly at their recent summit that China will reunify with Taiwan, sources confirmed to ABC News. NBC News was the first to report the conversation. It was unclear whether Beijing plans to use force in its effort to reunify with Taiwan, but Xi indicated they will […]

(LONDON) — Thousands of people have been forced to flee as fighting reached one of Sudan’s largest cities, Wad Madani. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, said on social media that the RSF have taken control of Wad Madani, capital of Sudan’s el-Gezira state. Videos posted on social […]

(KHIRBET ZANUTAH, West Bank) — A Palestinian village school had been ransacked and a dozen houses nearby were abandoned. In some, a few belongings remained: a mattress and children’s shoes. This was Khirbet Zanutah in the West Bank which has been under Israeli military occupation for decades. In late October, its roughly 250 residents fled, […]

(KYIV, Ukraine) — After 22 months of the all-out war against Russia, Ukraine lacks not only ammunition and long-range weapons, but also manpower. Building reserves is one of the five key tasks for Ukraine’s military, Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi told The Economist last month. The authorities need to expand the categories of people who can be […]

(NEW YORK) — The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended on Dec. 1, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel. In exchange, Israel released […]

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is responding to the escalating crisis in the Red Sea by announcing Tuesday it has launched an international task force for maritime security, but so far only nine other politically similar nations are confirmed to have joined on — sparking doubt that the coalition can put an end to militia attacks on […]

(NEW YORK) — A volcano that began erupting on Monday in Iceland continued to spew lava on Tuesday and was accompanied by hundreds of earthquakes across the magma flow on the country’s southwestern coast, officials said. The volcanic activity in Sundhnúksgígar on the Reykjanes peninsula appeared to be diminishing, according to Iceland’s Meteorological Office. New aerial […]