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Boris Roessler/picture alliance via Getty Images (LONDON) — Several U.S. military bases across Europe are now operating under a heightened state of alert, ABC News has confirmed. The alert level of Force Protection Condition (FPCON) “Charlie” was put in place over the weekend, according to two U.S. officials. According to the U.S. Army, Charlie is […]

(BRIDGETOWN, Barbados) — Hurricane Beryl picked up power and speed on Sunday as it churned in the Caribbean and was upgraded to a major Category 4 storm, the first hurricane on record to reach major status east of the Lesser Antilles in the month of June. The rapidly developing storm is now the earliest Category […]

(MEXICO CITY) — Mexico City is one of the largest cities in the world, yet it is running out of water. It’s a slow-motion disaster decades in the making, caused by a litany of issues including human-induced climate change. Residents are deeply concerned about the impending water crisis. In Mexico City, many treat every drop […]

(NEW YORK) — Dozens of sick and injured children have been evacuated from Gaza to seek medical treatment, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT). COGAT said in a post on the social platform X that 68 pediatric patients were able to cross with their […]

(NEW YORK) — U.S. aid intended to help desperate Gaza residents has been sitting untouched on a beach in the war-torn strip because of a long-running dispute between the U.N. and Israel over whether the aid workers in charge of distributing the supplies can carry protective gear, radios and other sensitive equipment, according to several […]

(NAHAL OZ, Israel) — It was a sisterhood built around service: there were birthdays away from home, costume parties, TikTok dance videos and lots of laughter. Some of the young soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces’ Unit 414 were there by choice, others completing their mandatory military service after high school. Stationed at the Nahal […]

(WASHINGTON) — Inspectors General at the Pentagon and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have launched reviews of the mission to deliver humanitarian aid into Gaza via the U.S. military’s temporary pier system, which has faced operational challenges since it opened in mid-May. “The Inspectors General from the Department of Defense (DOD) and the […]

(EUROPE) — The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp and the Marines aboard are being sent to the eastern Mediterranean to serve as a deterrent and provide the U.S. military with options as tensions continue to rise between Hezbollah and Israel along the border with Lebanon, according to three U.S. officials. The officials stressed […]

(NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, and Israeli forces continue to launch incursions in the southern Gazan town of Rafah ahead of a possible large-scale invasion. Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern: Jun 27, 3:03 […]

(LONDON) — Scientists in South Africa on Tuesday inserted radioisotopes into the horns of live rhinoceroses in a groundbreaking anti-poaching project. Twenty rhinos at The Rhino Orphanage in Mokopane, Limpopo District, South Africa, had the radioscopes inserted into their horns, in what is the first the first such project of its kind. The material would […]