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Khalil Ramzi Alkahlut/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in effect, many questions about the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip remain. It may take decades, not years, to rebuild Gaza due to the massive destruction, an expert from the Brookings Institute told ABC News. Under the ceasefire […]

The Venezuelan Armed Forces and army tanks drive along a highway during a military exercise in Caracas, Venezuela on September 20, 2025. (Photo by Ivan McGregor/Anadolu via Getty Images) (VENEZUELA) — Venezuelan officials say that they have bolstered their armed forces after the United States conducted another strike on vessel that originated from the country, which he […]

Christopher Furlong – WPA Pool/Getty Images (LONDON) — Prince Andrew, the brother of King Charles III, will no longer use his royal titles. In a statement Friday, Andrew said, “In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty […]

Israeli forces take security measures after organizing a raid in Hebron, West Bank on October 9, 2025. Amer Shallodi/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces are investigating reports Israeli troops who were occupying a key sewage treatment plant in Gaza set it ablaze amid a drawdown of their forces from much of the […]

Viktor Kovalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin spoke on Thursday, the White House said, ahead of Trump’s in-person meeting on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump, in a social media post, called it a “productive” conversation and said he and Putin would eventually meet […]

Trucks carrying food aid and fuel, accompanied by a United Nations team, passed through the Kerem Shalom border crossing and arrive in the Gaza Strip on October 16, 2025. (Photo by Hani Alshaer/Anadolu via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A U.S.-led coordination center based in Israel that will oversee implementation of the ceasefire agreement in […]

Doaa Albaz/Anadolu via Getty Images (KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip) — While there was joy on the faces of some Palestinians returning to the Gaza Strip this week after two years of war, many said they found their old neighborhoods unrecognizable from the relentless fighting that reduced many of the buildings to rubble. Following the historic […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — ABC News Live’s original docuseries “Last Lands,” the Emmy-nominated and Webby-winning show, is returning for season 2, kicking off in Guatemala’s Petén region. “Last Lands” covers the two-day journey by ATV through the jungle of Guatemala in search of the ancient Mayan city, El Mirador. Produced in partnership with ABC […]

Viktor Kovalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — Russia overnight fired more than 300 drones and about three dozen missiles at targets throughout Ukraine, including civilian energy infrastructure and emergency services, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday. The strike included an attack on the State Emergency Service department in the Kharkiv region, he […]

Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (PASS LAKE, British Columbia) — Two hikers were attacked by a grizzly bear after they encountered the mother and her two cubs on a trail in Canada, authorities said. The incident occurred on Sunday when the unnamed hikers encountered a grizzly sow with her two cubs on Farm […]