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mphotoi/Getty Images (LONDON) — A driver was taken into custody after allegedly striking and injuring several pedestrians and cyclists in southwestern France, the interior minister said. “An investigation has been opened,” Laurent Nunez, the minister, said in French on social media. “At the request of the prime minister, I am heading to the scene.” The […]

(ROME) — A worker who had been trapped for 11 hours in the partial collapse of a medieval tower in the heart of Rome was rescued late Monday, officials said. The 66-year-old man was the last of several workers saved in the rescue operation that was briefly interrupted by a second collapse of the 95-foot-tall […]

(LONDON) — A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder for allegedly attacking multiple people with a knife aboard a train headed to London on Saturday evening, according to police, a crime the prime minister called an “appalling incident.” In a statement shortly after the attack, British Transport Police (BTP) said two […]

(LONDON) — A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder for allegedly attacking multiple people with a knife aboard a train headed to London on Saturday evening, according to police, a crime the prime minister called an “appalling incident.” In a statement shortly after the attack, British Transport Police (BTP) said two […]

Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Two people arrested in the investigation into the Louvre Museum robbery last month have been formally charged in connection with the case, according to the Paris Public Prosecutor’s office. Both denied their involvement in the robbery. Two others were charged in connection with the heist this week. French […]

(NEW YORK) — The United Nations said Friday that U.S. airstrikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean violate international human rights law and must stop. In a statement to ABC News, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said that the attacks breach international law and called for an […]

[Editor’s Note: This story includes graphic descriptions of alleged torture.] (NEW YORK) — The bodies of some unidentified Palestinians handed over by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement showed severe signs of torture, according to an aid worker who inspected at least 10 bodies. “People’s bodies were covered in scars and what looked like […]

(NEW YORK) — Satellite images and verified videos paint a harrowing picture of door-to-door mass killings in the Darfur region of war-torn Sudan as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary rebels captured a key city in the region. The Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at the Yale School of Public Health says they observed numerous clusters […]

(LONDON) — Prince Andrew, the brother of King Charles III, has been stripped of his prince title, Buckingham Palace announced Thursday. Andrew will now officially be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, according to the palace. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Jerome Gilles/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Five more suspects have been arrested in connection to the the Oct. 19 jewel heist at the Louvre museum in Paris, according to Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau. The arrests took place on Wednesday in the Seine-Saint-Denis region in the suburbs of Paris though French authorities have not yet […]