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(IRAN) — The chances that flashpoints in the Middle East will ignite a conflict that engulfs the entire region have increased, Iran’s top diplomat told ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz in an exclusive interview Tuesday. “The scope of the war has become wider. This means that the danger of having a wider […]

(GAZA) — More than half a million people in Gaza are currently facing “catastrophic hunger” amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, according to multiple United Nations organizations. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said 570,000 Gazans are classified as having food insecurity equivalent to famine levels of starvation, as defined by […]

(KYIV, Ukraine) — Air raid sirens sounded in Ukraine’s two largest cities just before dawn on Tuesday, as the Russian military again targeted residential areas with a barrage of missiles, killing five and injuring dozens. Many residents of Kyiv and Kharkiv fled to underground shelters as missiles struck their cities, local officials said. Russia launched […]

(NEW YORK) — More than 100 days since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest between the warring sides since Israel’s founding in 1948, shows no signs of letting up soon and the brief cease-fire that allowed for over […]

(EL-ARISH, Egypt) — Sixteen-year-old Abdul Rahman Iyad, now in a wheelchair, was critically injured in the leg and head when an Israeli strike hit his home in central Gaza on Christmas Eve, killing his parents, siblings and grandparents, he said. Israeli strikes also left 8-year-old Abdullah with a fractured thigh bone and arm injury, his […]

KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. and U.K. on Monday staged airstrikes against multiple targets in Yemen aimed at stopping Iran-backed Houthi militants from attacking ships in the Red Sea. The White House has insisted the airstrikes have been effectives despite repeated Houthi attacks. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright […]

(NEW YORK) — The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that governs Gaza, freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on southern Israel. In exchange, Israel released more than 200 Palestinians from Israeli prisons. Here’s how the news […]

(NEW YORK) — The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that governs Gaza, freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on southern Israel. In exchange, Israel released more than 200 Palestinians from Israeli prisons. Here’s how the news […]

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. conducted another strike Thursday against Houthi targets, U.S. Central Command said, as President Joe Biden vowed they will continue as the militant group keeps up attacks against ships in the Red Sea. The strike targeted two anti-ship missiles that were aimed into the Southern Red Sea and were prepared to launch, […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — North Korea conducted a test of its underwater nuclear weapon system in response to the United States, Japan and South Korea’s “joint military exercises,” state-run media Korean Central News Agency said on Friday. The “joint maritime exercises” conducted by the three countries, which took place in the waters around Jeju […]