World

(NEW YORK) — As leaders in the Middle East and the United States await Iran’s response to the Israeli assassination Wednesday of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, an expert on the situation said it could mean all-out war in the volatile region or lead to a quick resolution of the conflict in Gaza. […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (LONDON) — A 17-year-old male has been charged with the murders of three young girls in a knife attack in Southport, England, and 10 counts of attempted murder, officials said Wednesday night. Police said the accused, who cannot be named for legal reasons, would face Liverpool Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, Aug. 1. […]

(NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, efforts to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization are ongoing, and Israeli forces have launched an assault in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Here’s how the news is developing: Israel has crossed a red line, must expect rage and revenge, Nasrallah says Speaking […]

Moscow City Court Press Service/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Here’s a look at the Americans returning to the United States as part of the prisoner exchange with Russia happening Thursday. Evan Gershkovich The 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter was sentenced last month to 16 years in a Russian penal colony on charges of […]

(SOLOTVYNSKA, Ukraine) — The barbed wire fence stretches along the bank of the river that marks Ukraine’s western border. Across the water, lie Romania and the European Union. Before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, there was no fence here at this stretch of the Tisza River. But in the two and a half years […]

(NEW YORK) — UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis sat down with ABC News’ Linsey Davis to talk about the dangers to global stability, from conflicts to climate change. Since 1945, the United Nations has addressed issues that transcend borders, with the world’s problems being debated at the General Assembly Building in New York. Francis, […]

(NEW YORK) — The plight of Palestinians trapped in war-torn Gaza has captivated the world since the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, but people who fled the region for medical treatment face a different kind of challenge. At the Al Sawana hostel in Israel-occupied East Jerusalem, Gazan cancer patients in remission are trapped in […]

Paul Whelan, a former US Marine accused of spying and arrested in Russia stands inside a defendants’ cage during a hearing at a court in Moscow on Aug. 23, 2019. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Russia and the United States have agreed to swap prisoners in an extraordinary multipart deal, according to […]

(LONDON) — Israel’s military has conducted at least eight airstrikes in recent months in an area it designated as an expanded humanitarian zone, an ABC News investigation has found using verified videos, photos and personal testimonies. Israeli officials confirmed the strikes to ABC News, but maintained they were efforts to destroy Hamas militants, commanders and […]

(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is conducting successor programs with implications that he has his 11-year-old daughter Kim Ju Ae in mind “as of now” to be his successor, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in a closed-door briefing to the members of the National Assembly on Monday. Curiosity […]