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Office of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran via Getty Images (LONDON) — A helicopter flying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi made a “hard landing” Sunday in foggy conditions in central Iran, according to the country’s state-affiliated media. The 63-year-old Raisi was traveling with Iran’s minister of foreign affairs, Hossein Amirabdollahian, and other officials […]

Palestinians who fled Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip ride with their belongings in the back of a truck, as they arrive to take shelter in Deir el-Balah in the central part of the Palestinian territory on May 12, 2024. – Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the […]

Getty Images – STOCK (GAZA) — A “catastrophic” mental health crisis has unfolded in Gaza, affecting both civilians and humanitarian workers, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, according to international aid organizations. Since Hamas launched a surprise terrorist attack in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel responded by declaring war, more than 35,173 people have […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (BRAZIL) — “It is absolutely, absurdly, extraordinarily serious what is happening in Rio Grande do Sul right now — and unfortunately, it will get worse,” Brazilian state governor Eduardo Leite said during a press conference at the onset of what has become the most severe climate catastrophe to impact the region. Persistent […]

Palestinians who fled Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip ride with their belongings in the back of a truck, as they arrive to take shelter in Deir el-Balah in the central part of the Palestinian territory on May 12, 2024. – Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the […]

Newly arrive refugees stand outside their makeshift shelter as a sand storm approaches on April 21, 2024 in Adre, Chad. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (LONDON) — A record 75.9 million people were displaced by the end of 2023 by conflict, violence and national disasters, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre said in a report released Tuesday. At […]

STOCK/ Serge MELESAN / 500px / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A pod of killer whales attacked and sunk a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar, between Spain and Morocco, officials confirmed to ABC News. Two people were on board the vessel when the incident occurred Sunday at 9 a.m. local time, according to Spain’s […]

Anas Zeyad Fteha/Anadolu via Getty Images (JERUSALEM) — Multiple people have been arrested in connection with an attack Monday on an aid convoy headed toward Gaza, according to Israeli officials. Israeli protestors blocked aid trucks that were headed to Gaza from the West Bank. Humanitarian groups say civilians are facing a “full-blown famine” and a […]

Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A closer look at tree rings is adding to the growing list of evidence that shows unprecedented temperatures measured on Earth over the past year. The summer of 2023 was the warmest in the Northern Hemisphere extra-tropical regions — from about New Orleans to the North Pole — […]

Destroyed houses, damaged cars, branches, and debris are seen in Cruzeiro do Sul following the devastating floods that hit the region in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, May 14, 2024. (Nelson Almeida/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Persistent rains and destructive flooding continue to wreak havoc in Brazil, with officials saying rising river […]