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pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with a bombing campaign and total siege of the neighboring Gaza Strip, leaving the region on the verge of all-out war. […]

Tim Bieber/Getty Images (LONDON) — More than 530 earthquakes rumbled southwestern Iceland before 7 a.m. on Monday, as magma continued to “slowly” move toward the surface, Icelandic Meteorological Office officials said. “The likelihood of a volcanic eruption is high, and an eruption can be possible on a timescale of just days,” a specialist wrote on […]

Sergio Mendoza Hochmann/Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — Thousands of angry, mournful protesters gathered in Mexico’s capital on Monday night demanding justice for and challenging the preliminary investigation into the death of perhaps the country’s most famous openly nonbinary person. Jesús Ociel Baena was the first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial position in Mexico […]

Emin Yogurtcuoglu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (REYKJAVIK, Iceland) — There remains a “significant likelihood” of a volcanic eruption in the coming days in southwestern Iceland, the country’s meteorological office said, as hundreds of earthquakes continue to shake the region. About 800 earthquakes have been measured so far on Wednesday, with the main seismic activity in the […]

Sami Zayara/ABC News Editor’s note: This reporting contains graphic descriptions. As the war between Israeli forces and the Hamas terror group rages on, children caught in the crossfire on both sides of the conflict are enduring unfathomable horrors. From witnessing their parents slain and having loved ones kidnapped to living in constant fear of being […]

KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The leader of a Haitian gang that allegedly kidnapped 16 U.S. citizens and killed one in another incident has been put on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, the agency announced Wednesday. Vitel’Homme Innocent was indicted for allegedly leading a gang that helped in the 2021 armed hostage-taking of 16 […]

pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with a bombing campaign and total siege of the neighboring Gaza Strip, leaving the region on the verge of all-out war. […]

Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images (TEL AVIV, Israel) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues with no end in sight, the lives of millions have been upended and their plans and dreams have been abruptly placed on hold. At least 1,200 people were killed by Hamas in Israel in the Oct. 7 surprise terrorist attacks, with more than 230 […]

Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas has led to scarce access to food, water, sanitation and medical supplies in overcrowded shelters and facilities that are housing hundreds of thousands of displaced people, many women and children, according to multiple humanitarian organizations. Current conditions put these people at high […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (LONDON) — A 12-year-old girl has been arrested and charged with murder after allegedly stabbing a 37-year-old woman to death, police said. In the early hours of Thursday morning in Melbourne, Australia, in an inner-city suburb called Footscray, Victoria Police said a “37-year-old woman was located deceased shortly before 2 a.m.” and […]