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Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (TAMAULIPAS, Mexico) — Seven people have died following a roof collapse at a church in Mexico on Sunday, according to local authorities. The collapse, which trapped between 30-40, happened at the Iglesia Santa Cruz Church, a Catholic church in Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico, Mexican officials confirmed to ABC News. A baptism was being […]

Westend61/Getty Images (LONDON) — Pro-Russia hackers have claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that crashed the British royal family’s website over the weekend. The website, royal.uk, went down for over an hour on Sunday morning due to a denial-of-service attack, a tactic for overwhelming a machine or network to make it unavailable, a royal source […]

(KORNIDZOR, Armenia) — Over 100,000 ethnic Armenian refugees have fled Nagorno-Karabakh as of Saturday, local authorities said, with it now appearing that virtually the entire Armenian population from the enclave will leave, abandoning their homes after Azerbaijan, backed by Turkey, recaptured the region last week with a military offensive. About 85% of the population has now […]

(LONDON) — Over 93,000 ethnic Armenian refugees have fled Nagorno-Karabakh as of Friday, local authorities said, meaning 75% of the disputed enclave’s entire population has now left in less than a week. Tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians have been streaming out of Nagorno-Karabakh following Azerbaijan’s successful military operation last week that restored its control […]

(NEW YORK) — Friday marks six months since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested and detained by Russian authorities on espionage charges, allegations that Gershkovich, the WSJ, the U.S. government and dozens of international news organizations have vehemently denied. Gershkovich remains behind bars in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo prison. In March, Gershkovich, who was […]

(LONDON) — At least 75,500 ethnic Armenian refugees have now fled Nagorno-Karabakh, more than half the disputed enclave’s population, according to local authorities, as the exodus from the region continues to accelerate. It is feared the enclave’s whole population will likely flee in the coming days, unwilling to remain under Azerbaijan’s rule following its successful […]

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 […]

(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 morning. “We […]

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 […]

(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 the Metropolitan Police […]