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Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — Activists are demanding an investigation after they say a humanitarian ship headed to Gaza was bombed by a drone in the Mediterranean Sea overnight Friday. The passenger vessel Conscience made a mayday call shortly after midnight, reporting a fire on its bow, the government of Malta said. The […]

Firefighters extinguish a blaze after a Russian drone strike on May 3, 2025 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Yevhen Titov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) (LONDON) — An estimated 50 people were hurt, including an 11-year-old child, when Russia attacked the city of Kharkiv with drones late Friday, officials said. Calling it a “massive attack,” […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (LONDON) — The U.S. and Ukrainian governments touted the signing of a controversial minerals sharing deal as a launchpad for expansive bilateral economic cooperation — and as a signal of America’s long-term investment in a free Ukraine. American and Ukrainian representatives signed the accord in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday after months of […]

Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen/ Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images (ROTTERDAM, Netherlands) — Literally marked by a child’s hand, one of the Netherland’s most valuable paintings is now undergoing restoration after being accidentally damaged in a museum in Rotterdam. The work in question — Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8 (1960) by Mark Rothko — sustained several […]

Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly oversaw the test of a supersonic cruise missile fired from a new battleship — the destroyer Choe Hyon — this week, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency. In a report published on Wednesday, KCNA said the first test […]

Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov warned Wednesday that “a whole series of nuances” needs to be addressed before Russia will agree to any U.S.-brokered peace deal to end Moscow’s 3-year-old invasion of Ukraine. Speaking with journalists, Peskov appeared to downplay hopes of a quick peace agreement — which President […]

Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images (LONDON) — A professional hockey player who was arrested in connection with the 2023 on-ice death of former NHL player Adam Johnson will not face charges, British prosecutors announced on Tuesday. Johnson, 29, was killed during an October 2023 game between two British professional teams, the Nottingham Panthers and Sheffield Steelers. Johnson, […]

Moiz Salhi/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Israel’s humanitarian aid obligations in Gaza and its ban on UNRWA, the United Nations agency that provides civil and medical services to Palestinian refugees, are under examination in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as a week of hearings began on Monday. Forty countries and four international organizations […]

Yurii Tynnyi/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC “UA:PBC”https://digital.abcaudio.com/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — U.S. and Russian officials continued Ukraine peace discussions on Monday as the Kremlin announced a 3-day ceasefire during May’s Victory Day celebrations — and as Kyiv cited continued Russian missile and drone attacks as evidence that Moscow has no genuine interest in peace. On […]

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — The cardinal of Baghdad, Louis Raphael Sako, reportedly told journalists at the Vatican on Tuesday that he expects a “short conclave” that could select Pope Francis’ successor in as little as two days. “It will be a short conclave, two, three days,” Sako said, as quoted by Italy’s ANSA […]