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Giorgi Arjevanidze/ AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — The ancient streets of Georgia’s capital city were again choked with smoke on Sunday night, as a fourth consecutive night of anti-government protests descended into running street battles between pro-Western demonstrators and security forces. Protesters in Tbilisi gathered behind makeshift barricades and launched fireworks toward lines of […]

Mandel Ngan via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday that President Joe Biden is looking to make as much progress as possible on foreign policy before he leaves office next month. In an interview with “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl, Sullivan said that Biden is hoping to surge aid to […]

Mahmoud Zayyat via Getty Images (LONDON) — A ceasefire went into effect at 4 a.m. local time Wednesday morning after Israel’s Cabinet approved the U.S.-backed proposal to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah after prolonged negotiations. The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza, particularly in the north of […]

Andre Luis Alves/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian authorities said that at least 23 people were injured and 41 buildings damaged by a Russian missile strike in the northeastern city of Kharkiv overnight into Monday, as Moscow’s troops launched a fresh offensive effort in the region and claimed battlefield gains all along the eastern […]

Yauhen Yerchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON and BELGRADE) —  A team of Lithuanian investigators recovered the black boxes from Monday’s deadly cargo plane crash, as they began their probe into what caused the aircraft to go down and worked to clear the crash site. Investigators from the U.S. were dispatched to aid in the […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — Syrian rebels have reportedly breached the city of Aleppo itself, according to open source analysts and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as thousands of insurgent fighters make startling advances in their surprise offensive against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in northwestern Syria. Videos circulating online appear to show rebels in the […]

Xinhua via Getty Images (CAIRO) — Three additional people — two Belgian nationals and an Egyptian — were rescued after a tourist boat sank Monday off the Egyptian coast, bringing the total number of survivors to 31, Amr Hanafy, the regional governor, said on Tuesday. Four bodies, whose identities were not publicly released, were also recovered […]

Ramiz Dallah/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his security cabinet on Tuesday and hold a vote on a cease-fire deal that could end more than a year of fighting across the Israeli-Lebanese border, an Israeli official told ABC News. The cabinet is expected to approve the U.S.-brokered deal. Israeli airstrikes […]

Royal Air Force Lakenheath; David Goddard/Getty Images (LONDON) — Unidentified drones have been spotted again over three British air bases used by the U.S. Air Force, officials confirmed Tuesday. They were first seen last week over Royal Air Force Lakenheath, Royal Air Force Mildenhall and Royal Air Force Feltwell, the U.S. Air Forces in Europe said […]

Bring Our Families Home (NEW YORK) — Three Americans who the State Department said were wrongfully detained in China for years are back on U.S. soil as part of a prisoner swap, a senior U.S. official with knowledge of the deal told ABC News. The State Department announced that Mark Swidan, of Houston, Texas, Kai […]