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omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A U.S. Army private who had just finished a stint in a South Korean detention facility crossed the border into North Korea “without authorization” and is in custody in the secretive country, United Nations and U.S. officials said Tuesday. The soldier was identified as 23-year-old Pvt. Travis King, a U.S. official […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A U.S. service member who crossed into North Korea “without authorization” is in custody in the secretive country, United Nations and U.S. officials said Tuesday. “A U.S. National on a JSA orientation tour crossed, without authorization, the Military Demarcation Line into the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” the United Nations […]

Vera Katkova/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (LONDON) — A series of explosions damaged a section of the single bridge that connects Russia to Crimea on Monday, marking the latest attack on Moscow’s crucial link to the annexed peninsula. The blasts occurred before dawn, killing a married couple and wounding their daughter, according to Russian state […]

Sercan Ozkurnazli/dia images via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After Russia announced it would end its participation in a critical deal that has allowed ships to safely export millions of tons of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea, top Biden administration officials on Monday accused Moscow of weaponizing food. But even as they denounced the decision, they […]

KeithBinns/Getty Images (LONDON) — Iran’s infamous hijab police, known as the “morality police,” are again patrolling the streets, Iranian authorities said. The controversial measure was announced Sunday along with a series of other severe actions that are being taken against women just 10 months after the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, an event […]

Alex Nicodim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (BUCHAREST, Romania) — Two accusers of divisive social media personality Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking and rape in Romania, have been the victims of “targeted” harassment designed to “scare them into silence,” their legal adviser in the United States told ABC News. Tate, 36, and his brother […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ukraine marked a milestone last week, hitting 500 days of combat between the sovereign nation and Russia. And for Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Head of the Office, Ukraine’s resistance has carried global significance. “Ukrainians during these 500 days showed to the world that good, in the end – I’m […]

George Karbus Photography/Getty Images (LONDON) —  A cruise line has apologized to over 1,000 of its passengers after one of their ships arrived at port in the middle of a whale hunt where dozens of the marine mammals were being slaughtered. Ambassador Cruise Lines confirmed on Thursday that the arrival of their ship Ambition in […]

Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (VILNIUS, Lithuania) — President Joe Biden highlighted allied unity in a major speech Wednesday following a two-day, high-stakes NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Biden spoke to a large crowd gathered in the courtyard at Vilnius University, where he touted the strength of the alliance and the importance of continued support […]