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Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The year 2023 is already on track to be the warmest year on record, according to Copernicus, Europe’s climate change service. The month of September saw several unprecedented temperature anomalies around the world, following the hottest summer ever recorded, according to the monthly climate report released by Copernicus […]

Interior Ministry of Iraq (LONDON) — An ecstatic couple slow danced surrounded by their loved ones in an opulently decorated wedding hall flanked by pyrotechnics. Within an hour, over 200 of their closest friends and family suffered severe burns and smoke inhalation. More than half did not survive. Videos verified by ABC News and reviewed […]

Joel Carillet/Getty Images (GAZA) — Over 100 Israelis have died and more than 900 were injured after rockets were fired from Gaza by Hamas militants, Israeli officials said Saturday. The Palestinian Health Ministry said 198 were killed in Gaza and at least 1,610 were injured Saturday in retaliatory attacks from Israel. At least 50 Israelis […]

QASIM Mirzaie / 500px/Getty Images (AFGHANISTAN) — At least 100 people are dead and at least 500 injured after powerful earthquakes struck western Afghanistan on Saturday, the United Nations said. The United States Geological Survey reported two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes, as well as several strong aftershocks, near the city of Herat. One of the aftershocks […]

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 300 people have died and over 2,000 have been injured in Gaza and Israel after rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel by Hamas militants, Israeli authorities said. The Palestinian Health Ministry said 198 are dead and 1,610 others are injured in Gaza. According to the […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Australia is voting in a landmark referendum to decide whether it will permanently recognize Indigenous Australians in the Constitution and set up a body to advise on policies impacting their communities. More than 17.6 million Australians are called on to cast their ballots in the compulsory vote on Oct. 14. […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A U.S. fighter jet shot down a Turkish drone armed with air-to-surface missiles that was flying extensively in the area of U.S. ground troops in northeast Syria on Thursday, the Pentagon confirmed. An F-16 shot the drone down after a dozen unheeded calls to Turkish military officials stating American forces were […]

REIHANE TARAVATI/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which is responsible for selecting the Nobel Peace Prize recipients each year, decided to award this year’s prize to Mohammadi, 51, “for her fight against the oppression of women in […]

A Ukrainian sea drone takes aim at a Russian military vessel in the Russian port of Novorossiysk on August 2nd, 2023 — Ukrainian Security Services (LONDON) — Satellite images confirm that multiple ships in the Russian Black Sea fleet, which analysts and Ukrainian navy sources tell ABC News would usually be kept in the Crimean […]

FILE photo — MARK FELIX/AFP /AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Italian Luxury fashion house Prada has announced it is to partner with Axiom Space to design and develop NASA’s next generation lunar spacesuits for the upcoming 2025 Artemis III Moon mission. In a joint statement, the luxury fashion house announced its engineers are to […]