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Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Tuesday directed the Biden administration to take action after a conservative group sued to reveal government records about Prince Harry’s immigration to the U.S. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols urged the government to decide how it will respond to a Freedom of […]

Alex Babenko/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least nine people were killed by the devastating flooding caused by destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the Kherson region of Ukraine and nine were injured during the shelling the Russians did during the evacuation, local authorities said. Regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said the average water level […]

pop_jop/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukraine has begun its long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia, officials told ABC News. Multiple reports have said a […]

ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, appeared in court in Birmingham, Alabama, on Friday, pleading not guilty to federal extortion and wire fraud charges. Holloway’s mom, Beth Holloway, looked on as van der Sloot, who […]

ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images (ROME) — Pope Francis’ night “passed well” after he underwent intestinal surgery on Wednesday, Vatican officials said Thursday morning. The Holy See Press Office had said Wednesday evening local time that the surgery was over and that “it took place without complications and lasted three hours.” The pope then “spent […]

ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The FBI agents who will be escorting Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, back to the United States have arrived in Peru, sources told ABC News. Upon arrival in the U.S., van der Sloot will face […]

pop_jop/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine on Thursday began its long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia, officials told ABC News. Well-trained Ukrainian troops had been gathering at strategic locations near the front lines in recent days, Western officials said last week. Two Ukrainian officials, including a source close to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, confirmed to ABC News that […]

ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, is en route to the United States to face extortion and wire fraud charges, according to Peruvian Interpol. The Dutch citizen was handed over to the FBI on Thursday […]

Bernard Van Berg / EyeEm/Getty Images (PARIS) — Eight people, including children, were injured in a stabbing in the French Alps on Thursday morning, local authorities said. The attack took place at about 9:45 a.m. local time, in Annecy’s city center, a spokesperson for the local prefecture told ABC News. The suspect, a 31-year-old Syrian, […]

Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (LONDON) — An increasing number of family and friends of Belarusian political prisoners say they are unable to contact their loved ones. There are hundreds of political prisoners in Belarus, many of whom were arrested in the aftermath of the disputed 2020 presidential election, when protests and dissent were violently suppressed. Tatsiana […]