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U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, looks out from inside a glass defendants’ cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg’s Sverdlovsk Regional Court on June 26, 2024. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — The trial of Evan Gershkovich, an American journalist charged with espionage in Russia, was convened on Wednesday behind closed doors, […]

Neal Pritchard Photography/Getty Images (LONDON) — When Wikileaks founder Julian Assange sets foot in his native Australia Wednesday, he will be a free man for the first time after 14 years spent in some form of confinement while attempting to avoid U.S. prosecution. He will also meet his two young sons for the first time […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A growing number of pet owners in the U.S. are turning to Mexico to access more affordable medical care for their pets. Miguel Lazcano of New York City, a pet owner who considers his three dogs to be his family, was facing a heart-wrenching situation. One of his dogs, a […]

Protesters react after being pushed by Kenya Police officers while demonstrating during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 25, 2024. (Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Police allegedly fired live ammunition at anti-government protesters in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi on Tuesday, as […]

African Parks (NEW YORK) — South Sudan is trying to protect the largest land mammal migration in history by partnering with the nonprofit organization African Parks to safeguard the migratory species that rely on the ecosystem to survive. The migration has enabled animals such as the white-eared kob, tiang, Mongalla gazelle and bohor reedbuck — […]

Supporters of Julian Assange demonstrate outside the Royal Courts of Justice as the High Court is set to deliver a ruling whether Assange can appeal against the US’s extradition order in London, United Kingdom on May 20, 2024. (Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department has reached an agreement with Julian Assange […]

Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip are pictured on June 4, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken […]

An airplane (C) that carried Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is pictured on the tarmac at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok on June 25, 2024. (MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — A plane believed to be carrying Julian Assange landed on Tuesday in Bangkok, Thailand. The WikiLeaks founder was photographed boarding a private plane […]

pawel.gaul/Getty Images (GAZA) — The number of children who are missing or separated from their families in Gaza due to the Israel-Hamas war may be as many as 21,000, according to humanitarian aid group Save the Children. This organization — which has been providing support for Palestinian children in the region since 1953 — reports […]

Princess Anne, Princess Royal attends day 2 of the 2024 Royal Windsor Horse Show in Home Park, Windsor Castle on May 2, 2024 in Windsor, England. (Max Mumby/indigo/Getty Images, FILE) (LONDON) — Britain’s Princess Anne has been hospitalized following an “incident” at Gatcombe Park on Sunday evening, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. The princess on […]