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omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Russian fighter jet fired flares directly at an American MQ-9 Reaper drone over Syria on Sunday, damaging its propeller, according to U.S. Air Forces Central — the latest in a string of what military officials have denounced as risky and provocative behavior. The drone was on a counter-terrorism mission […]

Jose Antonio Caravaca/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Iran’s “morality police,” are again patrolling the streets to enforce the country’s compulsory hijab law, nearly a year after widespread protests erupted following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody. The controversial measure was announced Sunday along with a series of other severe actions that are […]

Alina and Andriy Smolensky (KYIV, Ukraine) — EDITOR’S NOTE: Readers may find some images disturbing. Andriy and Alina Smolensky were just 22 years old when they were introduced by a mutual friend at a party in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, five years ago. “I think it was midnight,” Alina told ABC News. “We talked all night […]

pawel.gaul/Getty Images (LONDON) — Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved the key part of a divisive judicial overhaul plan pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Part of the plan — which was proposed as a sweeping reform by Netanyahu’s hardline nationalist government — removes the court system’s ability to strike down “unreasonable” decisions by the government. […]

pawel.gaul/Getty Images (LONDON) — Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved the key part of a divisive judicial overhaul plan pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Part of the plan — which was proposed as a sweeping reform by Netanyahu’s hardline nationalist government — removes the court system’s ability to strike down “unreasonable” decisions by the government. […]

Henry Nicholls – WPA Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday cautioned that deliveries of the F-16s that Ukraine has long sought in its fight against Russia could take “months and months” once it’s determined the fighter jets are appropriate, but America’s support hasn’t wavered. In an interview on CNN, America’s top […]

Andrea Ronchini/NurPhoto via Getty Images (ROME) — The intense heat gripping Europe won’t end soon and according to the European Space Agency bulletin, it has only just begun. The prolonged sizzling temperatures in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Poland and more countries on the continent, are potentially the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Europe. Rome shattered records […]

Alexander Nolting / EyeEm/Getty Images (LONDON) — A suspected lion is loose in Berlin, prompting authorities in Germany to send emergency alerts to thousands of people in Berlin warning them to stay indoors. The message has warned thousands of people across Germany’s capital city to “stay indoors” after a lion was last seen on the […]

Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, and the State Department’s Assistant Secretary for East Asia Daniel Kritenbrink’s email accounts were breached by China-based hackers in the massive cyberattack that began in May and was discovered in mid-June, according to U.S. officials familiar with the investigation into the […]

Jordan Cary / 500px/Getty Images (LONDON) — A massive search for an elusive animal initially thought to be a lioness on the loose near Germany’s capital was called off Friday after authorities found no trace of a big cat in the area. After 36 hours of combing through woodlands and speaking to experts, authorities said […]