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ABC News (NEW YORK) — UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis sat down with ABC News’ Linsey Davis to talk about the dangers to global stability, from conflicts to climate change. Since 1945, the United Nations has addressed issues that transcend borders, with the world’s problems being debated at the General Assembly Building in New […]

Richard Pelham/Getty Images (PARIS) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is the target of controversy over her gender and sex after Italian boxer Angela Carini abandoned their Olympics bout on Thursday after only 46 seconds. Shortly after the match, reports falsely surfaced saying that Khelif is a transgender woman; however, she is not and was assigned […]

Maja Hitij/Getty Images (PARIS) — Eight Palestinians from across the globe say they are competing in honor of their ancestral roots on the Palestine Olympic Team for this year’s Games in Paris. But as athletes join in the international competition, conflict continues to rage on in Gaza. Gaza’s Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas, reports […]

Getty Images – STOCK/KeithBinns (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, efforts to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization are ongoing, and Israeli forces have launched an assault in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Here’s how the news is developing: Hamas in process of selecting new leader After the assassination […]

Gregory Shamus/Getty Images (PARIS) — WNBA star Brittney Griner, who spent 10 months detained in Russia, said she is “head over heels” after the release of Americans Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva, who were freed from Russia in a prisoner swap. “Great day,” Griner said from Paris, where she is competing in women’s […]

ABC News / IDF (LONDON) — Israel’s military has conducted at least eight airstrikes in recent months in an area it designated as an expanded humanitarian zone, an ABC News investigation has found using verified videos, photos and personal testimonies. Israeli officials confirmed the strikes to ABC News, but maintained they were efforts to destroy […]

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The plight of Palestinians trapped in war-torn Gaza has captivated the world since the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, but people who fled the region for medical treatment face a different kind of challenge. At the Al Sawana hostel in Israel-occupied East Jerusalem, Gazan cancer patients in […]

Getty Images – STOCK/KeithBinns (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, efforts to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization are ongoing, and Israeli forces have launched an assault in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Here’s how the news is developing: 40,000 cases of hepatitis in Gaza in outbreak: UNRWA An […]

Yahya Sinwar, leader of the Palestinian Hamas Islamist movement takes part in a rally organized to mark the movement’s 35th founding anniversary, in Gaza City, Palestine, Dec. 14, 2022. — Mohammed Talatene/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With the senior leadership of Hamas shattered by a recent series of assassinations allegedly carried out […]

Moscow City Court Press Service/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Here’s a look at the Americans returning to the United States as part of the prisoner exchange with Russia happening Thursday. Evan Gershkovich The 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter was sentenced last month to 16 years in a Russian penal colony on charges of […]