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(LONDON) — A Princeton University graduate student is being held captive by an Iran-linked Shiite militia in Iraq where she was conducting field research for her Ph.D. in political science, according to officials and colleagues. The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office announced in a statement on Wednesday that Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian dual citizen, “has been […]

(NEW YORK) — For three days in a row, the planet reached its hottest day ever recorded as regions all over the world endure dangerous heat. Earth warmed to the highest temperature ever recorded by human-made instruments when the average global temperature reached 17.18 degrees Celsius, or 62.92 degrees Fahrenheit, on Tuesday, as millions of […]

(NEW YORK) — Ukrainian officials have heightened warnings in recent days that Russia plans to blow up the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant — the largest nuclear plant in Europe. The plant has been at the center of concern since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. Russian troops stormed the plant and took control on […]

(KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s ongoing counteroffensive has allowed their forces to take the “initiative” in the war against Russian invaders but “we want to do it faster,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told ABC News’ Martha Raddatz in a wide-ranging new interview previewed on Good Morning America Thursday. “What is your assessment of how the counteroffensive is […]

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military released dramatic video of a tense encounter on Wednesday over the skies of eastern Syria as Russian fighter jets were seen “harassing” three American military drones carrying out a mission against the Islamic State group, an official said. In a statement, the U.S. Air Force general in the Middle East […]

(JENIN, West Bank) — Israeli forces were accused of firing tear gas inside of a hospital in the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, causing 125 people to be treated during a two-day raid. The tear gas made the emergency room “unusable,” and the ER and the rest of the hospital were “completely filled […]

(JENIN, West Bank) — Israel withdrew its forces from the Jenin refugee camp just after midnight Wednesday, ending the largest military operation it’s conducted in the occupied West Bank in nearly twenty years. The Israeli operation — which included drone airstrikes, hundreds of special forces and tanks — lasted 48 hours, leaving fatalities and scenes […]

(EDINBURGH, Scotland) — Kate, the Princess of Wales, paid sentimental tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II while attending a coronation celebration in Scotland Wednesday for King Charles III. Kate joined her husband Prince William, as well as Charles and Queen Camilla, in Edinburgh for a series of events organized by the Scottish government in […]

(NEW YORK) — The planet reached the highest temperature ever recorded by human-made instruments during one of America’s most quintessential summer holidays. The average global temperature reached 17.18 degrees Celsius, or 62.92 degrees Fahrenheit, on Tuesday, as temperatures sizzled beyond the triple-digit mark around the world and millions of Americans celebrated the Fourth of July, […]

(NEW YORK) — As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A feud between Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Russian paramilitary organization Wagner Group, and Russia’s top military brass escalated as Prigozhin’s forces left the front line in Ukraine and […]