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pawel.gaul/Getty Images (JERUSALEM) — Twin blasts near bus stops in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning killed at least one person and injured 15 others in what Israeli police described as a suspected “coordinated terror attack.” “Not an easy morning,” Israel Police Commissioner R.N. Yaakov Shabtai said. “This kind of attack has not been seen for many […]

SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose forces began an offensive in August, has vowed to take […]

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following the emergence of video suggesting Ukrainian fighters may have committed a war crime by firing on nearly a dozen surrendering Russian soldiers at close range, the country’s prosecutor general on Tuesday announced an investigation into the incident — although Kyiv has maintained its troops were responding to an […]

KeithBinns/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In recent days, social media posts providing alarming updates on protesters in Iran have been shared by tens of thousands online. The posts, including by prominent officials and celebrities, falsely claimed that Iran’s parliament had voted to execute thousands of detained protesters. Iran’s parliament does not issue sentences; that’s a […]

David Barnes (left) is seen at the wedding of his friend Chris Schiller (right). Schiller told ABC News that the day before Barnes was taken into custody in Moscow, the two spoke to each other on the phone. – Courtesy Chris Schiller (MOSCOW) — A Texas father being held in Russia on accusations that were […]

yorkfoto/Getty Images (JAKARTA, Indonesia) — A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Java island in Indonesia on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. At least 268 people have died as of about 5:30 p.m. local time, according to the head of Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency who was speaking at a press conference on Tuesday. So far, a […]

yorkfoto/Getty Images (JAKARTA, Indonesia) — A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Java island in Indonesia on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. At least 62 people have died as of about 7:30 p.m. local time, according to Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency, which posted a statement online. About 700 have been injured, Herman Suherman, the regent […]

Maxar via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A New Zealand-led team of marine geologists investigating an underwater volcano that erupted on Jan. 15 in the Tongan archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean have found that it was the “largest ever recorded” with modern equipment. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano, which triggered a tsunami and a […]

yorkfoto/Getty Images (JAKARTA, Indonesia) — A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Java island in Indonesia on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Indonesia’s Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency said on Twitter that it had also measured the quake at a magnitude of 5.6. Preliminary data from the USGS had placed the quake at a magnitude of […]

d3sign/Getty Images/STOCK (LONDON) — British shoppers looking for eggs have been met with empty shelves as the United Kingdom’s “largest ever” outbreak of bird flu and rising costs have placed pressure on egg supplies across the country. Customers at British supermarket retailers Sainsbury’s and Tesco found eggs out of stock, while retailer Lidl has put a […]