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What the journey back to earth looks like for 2 Starliner astronauts

Space industry expert Eric Ingram breaks down the journey back to earth for astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore since departing the ISS.
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VIDEO: What the journey back to earth looks like for 2 Starliner astronauts
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Israel hits Gaza with 'extensive strikes,' killing over 400 and ending ceasefire

Hundreds have been killed or injured in the strikes, Gaza officials said.
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A Palestinian boy inspects a destroyed area of Al Tabien school following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Mar. 18, 2025.
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Parents of missing Pittsburgh student ask Dominican police to declare her dead

Sudiksha Konanki, 20, disappeared in Punta Cana in the early hours of March 6.
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Sudiksha Konanki is seen in this undated photo shared to Meta.
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Israel acted on ‘imminent’ threat of Hamas: IDF spokesperson

Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani says the Israeli military is acting “to prevent the next kidnapping of Israeli civilians.”
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VIDEO: Israel acted on ‘imminent’ threat of Hamas: IDF spokesperson
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Gaza ceasefire falling apart was ‘inevitable’: Analyst

Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says the gaps between Israel and Hamas on phase two of the ceasefire proposal were “too wide.”
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VIDEO: Gaza ceasefire falling apart was ‘inevitable’: Analyst
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Defense analyst on what led to latest Israeli strikes on Gaza

ABC News’ Marcus Moore and contributor Mick Mulroy discuss what the military action means for the trajectory of the war.
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VIDEO: Defense analyst on what led to latest Israeli strikes on Gaza
March 18

Inside Gaza amid ‘extensive strikes’ by Israel

ABC News freelance producer Diaa Ostaz reports from Gaza City.
March 18
VIDEO: Inside Gaza amid ‘extensive strikes’ by Israel
March 18

‘Ceasefire is in peril’ in wake of Israeli strikes on Gaza: Former DHS official

Javed Ali, a former Trump administration official and cybersecurity expert, talks about the impact the strikes could have on the return of remaining hostages and the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
March 18
VIDEO: ‘Ceasefire is in peril’ in wake of Israeli strikes on Gaza: Former DHS official
March 18

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Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
March 18
Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
March 18

MI6 has never had a woman as spy chief. That could be about to change

Real-life spies say their world is nothing like that of James Bond, but in one way truth may soon follow fiction: MI6 could be about to get its first woman leader
March 18
A man stands in front of the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, in London, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
March 18

At least 18 killed in airstrike on market in northern Mali, separatist group says

An airstrike in northern Mali killed at least 18 people, a separatist group said, while the army says it targeted armed militants
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Trump-Putin call poses choice of sanctions or 'escalation,' analysts say

The president has threatened to impose tariffs and sanctions on Russia.
March 18
President Donald Trump stands in the presidential box as he visits the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Mar. 17, 2025.
March 18

3 believed dead after small plane headed for Denmark crashes in the Swiss Alps

Police say a small plane that was headed for Denmark has crashed in the Alps in southeastern Switzerland, killing the three people who were believed to be on board
March 18
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Poland, Baltic states recommend leaving land mine treaty, citing threat from Russia

Poland and the three Baltic nations say they want to withdraw from an international convention that bans antipersonnel land mines due to the growing threat from Russia to front-line NATO states
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March 18

Flash floods in southern Spain prompt officials to evacuate over 350 homes

Flash floods unleashed by heavy rains have promoted officials to evacuate over 350 homes, shut down roads and cancel classes in southern Spain
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March 18

EU debates ways to keep Radio Free Europe afloat after Trump orders staff cuts

European Union government ministers are debating ways to keep Radio Free Europe afloat after the Trump administration stopped grants to the pro-democracy media outlet over the weekend
March 18
FILE - The Voice of America building, Monday, June 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
March 18

North Macedonia appeals for calm as nightclub fire deaths trigger protests

Authorities in North Macedonia are appealing for calm as students plan fresh protests following the nightclub fire in the eastern town of Kocani that killed 59 people over the weekend
March 18
People confront police near the home of the owner of a nightclub that was the scene of a massive fire, after a vigil for the victims in the town of Kocani, North Macedonia, Monday, March 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
March 18

Last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain, John Hemingway, dies at age 105

John “Paddy” Hemingway, the last surviving pilot who flew during the Battle of Britain, has died at the age of 105
March 18
In this photo provided by the UK Ministry of Defence on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, John "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot of the iconic Battle of Britain, poses for a photo in front of a Hurricane on July 22, 2022. (UK MOD via AP)
March 18

Pope from hospital pens letter to the editor as plans advance for April 8 meeting with King Charles

Pope Francis has said in a letter to an Italian newspaper that his lengthy illness has helped make “more lucid” to him the absurdity of war and the power of words to shape the truth and facts
March 18
Faithful pray in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, during a vigil rosary for the recovery of Pope Francis, Monday, March 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
March 18

Major search continues after deadly migrant boat sinking off Cyprus coast

A major rescue operation is continuing off Cyprus’ southern coast following a migrant boat sinking a day earlier that left at least seven dead
March 18
Cyprus' defense minister Vasilis Palmas, left, and minister of Justice and Public Order Marios Hartsiotis talk to the media at a coordination center in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Monday, March 17, 2025 after a migrant shipwreck off Cyprus' coast leaves 7 dead and 2 survivors. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
March 18

What to know about why Israel launched dozens of attacks across Gaza

The relative calm of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has come to an abrupt end with Israel launching dozens of attacks on targets across the Gaza Strip
March 18
The bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli army airstrikes are brought to Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Gabbard says Trump committed to ensuring peace through 'realism and pragmatism'

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said President Donald Trump is committed to ensuring peace and security through “realism and pragmatism,” in remarks Tuesday before the U.S. leader speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin
March 18
United States Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, left, shakes hand with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 17, 2025. (Government of India Press Information Bureau via AP)
March 18

Germany's likely next leader seeks approval for huge defense and infrastructure package

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is asking lawmakers to allow the country to put “whatever it takes” into defense and to authorize an enormous fund for investment in its creaking infrastructure
March 18
German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz speaks during a debate and voting about loosen the country's debt rules and change constitution in the German Parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
March 18

Strange foam and dead fish wash ashore at 2 Australian beaches as surfers fall sick

An Australian state has closed two beaches after surfers reported feeling unwell while dead fish and unusual foam washed ashore
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This image made from video provided by Australian Broadcasting Corp., shows foam washing up on beach Monday, March 17, 2025, in Waitpinga, near Adelaide. (Australian Broadcasting Corp via AP)
March 18

Hong Kong's leader swipes at Trump

Hong Kong’s leader says his government opposes coercion by foreign governments, an allusion to comments by U.S. President Donald Trump, but stopped short of criticizing a prominent local conglomerate’s decision to sell its Panama Canal port assets to a...
March 18
A U.S. Coast Guard ship docks at a naval base along the Panama Canal in Panama City, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
March 18

China conducts air and sea drills near Taiwan

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says an unusually large number of Chinese military ships, planes and drones entered airspace and waters surrounding the self-governing island republic between Sunday and Monday
March 18
This photograph released by Taiwan Ministry of National Defense taken from a Taiwan Air Force F-16V, shows a Chinese CAIG Wing Loong II drone near Taiwan, Monday, March 17, 2025. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP)
March 18

Peru declares an emergency and deploys the army as violence surges in the capital

Peru's president declared a state of emergency in the capital and deployed soldiers to help police address a surge of violence, amid widespread outcry a day after the killing of a popular singer
March 18
FILE - Peruvian President Dina Boluarte speaks to the press during a visit by Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo, File)
March 17

Punta Cana spring break mystery: Timeline of college student's disappearance

Sudiksha Konanki, 20, disappeared while on spring break with friends.
March 17
Sudiksha Konanki is seen in this undated photo shared to Meta.
March 17

Israel hits Gaza with 'extensive strikes,' killing dozens and ending ceasefire

Israel Defense Forces are conducting a series of "extensive strikes" throughout the Gaza Strip overnight on Tuesday local time, officials said in a statement.
March 17
Israel Defense Forces are conducting a series of "extensive strikes" throughout the Gaza Strip overnight on Tuesday local time, officials said in a statement.
March 17

Trump says Iran will suffer 'dire' consequences for any more Houthi attacks

The Houthis responded by claiming a third attack in 48 hours.
March 17
This image taken from video provided by the U.S. Navy shows an aircraft launching from the USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea before airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 15, 2025.
March 17

60 feet underground in a 3-foot-wide tomb: Freed Israeli hostage details captivity

Israeli hostage Tal Shoham was held captive by Hamas for more than 500 days.
March 17
Tal Shoham, a hostage who was held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, reacts as he is reunited with his family, after he was released as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, February 22, 2025.
March 17

Man seen with missing Pitt student believes he's being detained illegally: Source

Sudiksha Konanki, 20, disappeared in Punta Cana in the early hours of March 6.
March 17
A member of civil defense canine unit searches for Sudiksha Konanki, a university student from the U.S. who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, March. 10, 2025.
March 17

Ukraine ready to 'do everything' to achieve ceasefire, Zelenskyy says

The U.S. and Ukraine are pushing Russia to accept a 30-day ceasefire.
March 17
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Mar. 14, 2025.
March 17

South Sudan orders civilians to vacate a northern area as it battles an armed group

South Sudan’s government has asked civilians to leave a northern area a day after the army conducted an airstrike against an armed group accused of overrunning a military base and attacking a U
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Aid group in Haiti temporarily shutters hospital after gangs attack convoy evacuating medical staff

Doctors Without Borders says that four of its vehicles came under fire while they evacuated staff from a hospital in Haiti’s capital as gang violence surges
March 17
People displaced by gang violence take refuge at a Mormon church converted into a shelter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
March 17

Trump and Putin to speak Tuesday, Trump says

President Donald Trump plans to speak on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the U.S. president’s efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
March 17
President Donald Trump plans to speak on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the U.S. president’s efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
March 17

Ukraine and Russia have conditions that could affect a ceasefire. What are they willing to concede?

A ceasefire in Russia’s 3-year-old war in Ukraine hinges on Moscow accepting the U.S. proposal of a 30-day pause in fighting as a confidence-building measure for both sides to hammer out a longer-term peace plan
March 17
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, a burned car and damaged residential buildings are seen after a Russian missile hit the area, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
March 17

From France comes a call for Trump's America to return Lady Liberty. Here's why it won't happen

A French politician has suggested the U.S. is no longer worthy of keeping the Statue of Liberty
March 17
FILE - Raphael Glucksmann at the European Parliament Tuesday, March 11, 2025 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Pascal Bastien, file)
March 17

US attack on Houthi rebels sends a message to Iran: Defense analyst

ABC News’ Luis Martinez and contributor Mick Mulroy discuss the Trump administration’s airstrikes targeting the Yemeni group.
March 17
VIDEO: US attack on Houthi rebels sends a message to Iran: Defense analyst
March 17

North Korea vows to 'strengthen' nuclear capabilities

The G7 called on Friday for North Korea to "abandon" its nuclear program.
March 17
The G7 called on Friday for North Korea to "abandon" its nuclear program.
March 17

A son says a leader of Iran's 2009 Green Movement protests will be freed from house arrest

One of the leaders of Iran’s 2009 Green Movement protests will be released from house arrest in the coming weeks
March 17
FILE - Iranian Shiite cleric Mehdi Karroubi gestures during a news conference on Iran's parliamentary elections in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
March 17

Crowds pack Dublin's streets for national St. Patrick's Day parade

Hundreds of thousands of people have packed the streets of Dublin to watch Ireland’s national St. Patrick’s Day parade
March 17
Britain's Kate, the Princess of Wales, poses for a photo with members of the Irish Guards at a special St Patrick's Day parade and celebration at Wellington Barracks in London, Monday, March 17, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
March 17

Lawyers who say nurse wrongly convicted in baby killings ask to halt hospital inquiry

Lawyers for convicted baby killer Lucy Letby and former executives at the hospital where she worked have asked a judge to halt an inquiry into the deaths after a panel of medical experts found no evidence of a crime
March 17
FILE- This undated handout issued by Cheshire Constabulary shows of nurse Lucy Letby. (Cheshire Constabulary via AP, file)
March 17

Suspect in Slovak premier's attempted assassination is indicted on terror charges

Prosecutors in Slovakia says the suspect in the attempted assassination of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico last year has been indicted on terror charges
March 17
FILE - Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
March 17

Georgia ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili's prison terms now total over 12 years after latest verdict

A court in Georgia has handed another prison sentence to imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili
March 17
In this photo taken from video, Georgia's jailed ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili appears on a screen via a video link from a prison during a court hearing in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Monday, March 17, 2025. (TV formula via AP)
March 17

Hong Kong property developer Lee Shau Kee dies at 97

Hong Kong property developer Lee Shau Kee, who led one of the biggest real estate empires in the former British territory, has died
March 17
FILE - Henderson Land Development's founder and chairman Lee Shau Kee attends a news conference as he announces his retirement after the company's general meeting in Hong Kong, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, file)
March 17

A new anti-LGBTQ+ bill in Hungary would ban Pride event and allow use of facial recognition software

Hungary’s ruling coalition is continuing its crackdown on the country’s LBGTQ+ community
March 17
FILE - Members and supporters of Hungary's LGBTQ community march through Budapest, amid an increasingly hostile environment for sexual minorities led by the country's right-wing government, on Saturday, July 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi, file)
March 17

Lithuania says Russian military intelligence was behind an arson attack at an IKEA store in Vilnius

Lithuanian authorities have accused Russian military intelligence of being behind an arson attack at an IKEA store in the Lithuanian capital last year
March 17
March 17

Australian teen runs 200-meter dash in under 20 seconds

Australian teenager Gout Gout blew away the competition in the 200 meters, setting a wind-assisted time of 19.98 seconds, and set the fastest time in the world this year in the same heats.
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VIDEO: Australian teen runs 200M dash in under 20 seconds
March 17

Man lost at sea for 95 days returns home

Peruvian fisherman Maximo Napa’s two-week fishing trip turned into a nightmare that found him eating roaches and birds to survive.
March 17
Peruvian fisherman Maximo Napa’s two-week fishing trip turned into a nightmare that found him eating roaches and birds to survive.