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(LONDON) — About 50,000 ethnic Armenians have now fled the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, according to local officials, as the exodus triggered by Azerbaijan’s takeover of the region appeared to accelerate, with fears its entire population may leave. More than a third of the population have now left, with nearly 12,000 people leaving overnight, and […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — North Korea has announced that it is set to expel U.S. soldier Travis King several months after he ran across the border from South Korea during a tour in July. “The relevant organ of the DPRK decided to expel Travis King, a soldier of the U.S. Army who illegally intruded into […]

CT757fan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 114 people are dead and more than 200 are injured after a fire broke out at a wedding hall in northern Iraq, Nineveh Deputy Gov. Hasan al-Allaq said. Story developing… Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

(LONDON) — At least 125 people were killed in an explosion on Monday night at a makeshift gas station being used by ethnic Armenian refugees as thousands sought to flee the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, according to local authorities, as senior U.S. officials visited Armenia to signal concern over the humanitarian crisis affecting the region’s […]

(LONDON) — At least 20 people were killed and nearly 300 were injured in an explosion on Monday night that tore through a makeshift gas station being used by ethnic Armenian refugees amid their exodus from the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, according to the enclave’s local Armenian authorities. Dozens of people are in a critical […]

(NEW YORK) — Climbing Mount Everest is one of the most difficult feats known to humankind, but the treacherous expedition is getting even more challenging due to climate change, according to experts. Warming temperatures around the globe are making both the topography of the glaciers in the Himalayas and the weather patterns mountaineers rely on […]

Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter, Zoleka Mandela, has died at the age of 43. “The Nelson Mandela Foundation extends its heartfelt condolences to the Mandela family on the passing of Zoleka Mandela, tragically last night,” the Nelson Mandela Foundation said in a statement released on Tuesday morning. “We mourn the […]

(LONDON) — A large explosion has reportedly torn through a fuel store being used by ethnic Armenia refugees amidst their exodus from the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Thousands of ethnic Armenians have started fleeing from Nagorno-Karabakh following Azerbaijan’s successful military offensive to retake control of the region last week. The explosion occurred at a fuel […]

(NEW YORK) — No movie can capture the sweat, blood, pain and tears, said Serhiy. “The scariest things you can imagine and can’t imagine, you find here,” Serhiy, a commander of Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade, added. Amid the destroyed villages and desolate landscape in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian forces are slowly advancing, inch by bloody inch. […]

(NEW YORK) — Russian forces are allegedly committing continuous war crimes in Ukraine, including rape and “widespread and systematic” torture, the latest Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine found. The Russians are allegedly torturing people accused of being Ukrainian army informants in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, and in one case, the torture was so extreme […]