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Yao Dawei/Xinhua via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Directorate of Intelligence said on Monday that at least 30 North Korean soldiers were killed and wounded in weekend battles in Russia’s western Kursk region, prompting commanders to send reinforcements to frontline units. “North Korean army units are being re-equipped after losses in […]

Borna News/Matin Ghasemi/Aksonline ATPImages/Getty Images (LONDON) — Former Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday made his first official statement since being topped by a rebel offensive and fleeing the country for Russia, declaring that he left Syria after a Russian request to do so. “My departure from Syria was neither planned nor did it occur […]

Ugur Yildirim/ dia images via Getty Images (DAMASCUS, SYRIA) — Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country. Meanwhile, the ceasefire in Lebanon is holding despite ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets, which Israeli officials say are responses to […]

Sofia Buti/500px/Getty Images (LONDON) — Two Russian tankers believed to be carrying thousands of tons of oil were damaged off the coast of Crimea in the early hours of Sunday amid stormy weather, Russian emergency services and media reported. The Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239 vessels were both damaged while transiting the Kerch Strait waterway […]

South Korean Presidential Office via Getty Images (SEOUL) — The South Korean National Assembly has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday in a divisive vote. Thousands of people celebrated outside the National Assembly compound as the news was delivered while, across the city, thousands of President Yoon’s supporters gathered in the city […]

Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images (KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA) — The humanitarian crisis and ongoing conflict in Gaza has left in its wake thousands of people with life-altering disabilities. The ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, coupled with Gaza’s crumbling health care infrastructure, has created what some describe as insurmountable challenges for those injured during […]

SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying our communities. Rising seas and flooding are swallowing our homes. And record-breaking heat waves are reshaping our way of life. […]

Sadi Dubeysi/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — After dedicating his life to fighting the regime of Assad, Mazen Al-Hamada did not live to see it fall. A symbol of resilience and courage, the famous Syrian activist was found dead in the “slaughterhouse” prison of Saydnaya in Damascus, as confirmed by the Syrian Emergency Task Force to ABC News. An […]

Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — As South Korea navigates a path forward after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law order last week, the nation’s political parties are still wrangling over whether to impeach him for the shocking move even as the president maintains it was a “highly political decision.” Yoon could […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (DAMASCUS, Syria) — The parents of Austin Tice, the American freelance journalist and Marine Corps veteran who was kidnapped while reporting in Syria more than a decade ago, spoke out in an interview with ABC News Live Prime on Thursday as the U.S. works to uncover their son’s whereabouts after the collapse […]