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12 people found dead inside restaurant at popular ski resort
"No signs of body injuries or signs of violence were detected.”
December 18, 2024Ukraine's Zelenskyy says 3,000 North Koreans killed or wounded in Russia fighting
North Korean troops are fighting alongside Russian units in Kursk.
December 23, 2024Mexico tests cellphone app allowing migrants to send alert if they are about to be detained in US
Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow migrants to warn relatives and consulates if they think they are about to be detained by U.S. immigration officials
December 27, 2024
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Azerbaijan Airlines crew member who survived plane crash speaks out from hospital
The crash killed 38 of the 67 people on board.
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Escalating threats to take back Panama Canal
John Feeley, the former U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Panama, discusses President-elect Donald Trump’s assertions that the U.S. should control the Panama Canal.
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Venezuela accuses an Argentine officer of terrorism as relations deteriorate
Venezuela’s attorney general said on Friday that an Argentine military officer who was arrested in Venezuela earlier this month has been charged with terrorism
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South Korea’s National Assembly impeaches acting president
The vote took place just 13 days after the country’s prime minister, Han Duk-soo, began his role as acting president.
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December 27
Russia blaming Ukraine for airliner crash ‘not surprising’: Former DHS official
ABC News contributor and former DHS Acting Under Secretary for Intelligence John Cohen discusses the fatal crash that killed at least 38 people in Kazakhstan.
December 27
December 27
Travelers face disruptions as foggy weather affects UK airports
Travelers to and from the U.K. are facing disruption and delays with foggy weather affecting some of the country’s airports
December 27
December 27
Montenegro approves the extradition of cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon to the United States
Montenegro has approved the extradition of a South Korean mogul known as “the cryptocurrency king” to the United States
December 27
December 27
NATO will step up Baltic Sea patrols as Finland probes the possible sabotage of undersea cables
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the military alliance will step up patrols in the Baltic Sea area as Finnish investigators work to establish whether a ship linked to Russia sabotaged undersea cables there this week
December 27
December 27
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Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
December 27
December 27
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala detained by police while reporting in Iran
Italy's foreign ministry says an Italian journalist who was reporting in Tehran has been detained by the Iranian police
December 27
December 27
Relatives of Bashar Assad arrested as they tried to fly out of Lebanon, officials say
Lebanese officials say the wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad’s cousins have been arrested at the Beirut airport
December 27
December 27
Mexico tests cellphone app allowing migrants to send alert if they are about to be detained in US
Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow migrants to warn relatives and consulates if they think they are about to be detained by U.S. immigration officials
December 27
December 27
Belarus convicts well-known activist and sentences him to 6 years in prison
The leading human rights organization in Belarus says a well-known opposition activist has been convicted of public order offenses and sentenced to six years in prison
December 27
December 27
Senegal announces closure of all foreign military bases as it cuts ties to ex-colonial power France
Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has announced the closure of all foreign military bases
December 27
December 27
50 killed in strike near northern Gaza hospital: Health ministry
Kamal Adwan Hospital, in the city of Beit Lahia, has reported multiple attacks by Israeli forces over the past week. ABC News’ Britt Clennett reports.
December 27
December 27
Marches, traffic blockades in Serbia as protests persist over concrete canopy fall
Serbian university students have left piles of old school books outside the education ministry building as part of daily street protests demanding accountability over the collapse nearly two months ago of a concrete canopy that killed 15 people in the ...
December 27
December 27
Brother of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has died at 60
The brother of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has died after suffering from cancer, Downing Street said in a statement Friday
December 27
December 27
Chinese man sentenced to death for killing 35 people after driving into a crowd
A court in China has sentenced a man to death for killing 35 people last month by driving into crowd, in an attack that raised national concern about mass killings
December 27
December 27
Two climbers found dead on Italy's Gran Sasso massif
The bodies of two Italian climbers have been found on the Gran Sasso massif five days after the men disappeared during an excursion, rescuers said
December 27
December 27
Nearly 70 migrants died when their boat sank en route to Spain, a Malian minister says
The Malian authorities have announced that almost 70 migrants, including 25 Malians, died when their boat sank last week while they were trying to reach Europe
December 27
December 27
Dog goes viral over her love for garbage men
Maddie’s weekend can’t officially start until her favorite neighborhood garbage men arrive at her home in northern Ireland.
December 27
December 27
Azerbaijan's flag carrier suspends flights to more Russian cities following crash
Azerbaijan’s flag carrier has announced the suspension of flights to several Russian airports, citing potential flight safety risks following a crash of one of its planes that many experts have blamed on Russian air defense fire
December 27
December 27
Suzuki Motor ex-CEO Osamu Suzuki, who turned car maker into global player, dies at 94
Osamu Suzuki, the charismatic former boss of Japanese mini-vehicle maker Suzuki Motor Corp., has died
December 27
December 27
Kenya human rights groups raise concerns over abductions of government critics
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has raised concerns over the rising number of government critics who were apparently abducted, as four people were reported missing over the weekend
December 27
December 27
Germany's president dissolves parliament, sets national election for Feb. 23
Germany is headed for a national election seven months early
December 27
December 27
South Korea opposition-controlled National Assembly votes to impeach acting president
South Korea’s opposition-controlled National Assembly has voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo
December 27
December 27
Leaders and politicians pay homage to India’s former prime minister, Manmohan Singh
Authorities in India have declared a seven-day mourning period to honor Manmohan Singh as politicians and public paid tributes to the country’s former prime minister widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform program
December 27
December 27
'We fall and we rise': Some amputees in Sierra Leone turn to farming to combat discrimination
Sierra Leone's brutal civil war from 1991-2002 created about 28,000 amputees
December 27
December 26
Croatia's outspoken president is seeking reelection. He faces several contenders in Sunday's vote
Croatia’s left-leaning president, who has been critical of Western military support for Ukraine in the war with Russia, is running for reelection this weekend
December 26
December 26
International committee warns of growing global humanitarian need
ABC News’ Phil Lipof spoke to Ciarán Donnelly with the International Rescue Committee on growing humanitarian concerns in Gaza, Syria and Sudan as winter begins.
December 26
December 26
Russian anti-aircraft system may have struck plane in deadly crash: US official
At least 38 people were killed after the plane crashed in Kazakhstan.
December 26
December 26
Prayers, tears mark 20 years since Indian Ocean tsunami that killed over 200,000
People are gathering in prayer and visiting mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history’s worst natural disasters.
December 26
December 26
Israeli attorney general orders probe into report that alleged Netanyahu's wife harassed opponents
Israel’s attorney general has ordered police to open an investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife on suspicion of harassing political opponents and witnesses in the Israeli leader’s corruption trial
December 26
December 26
Haiti’s health minister loses his job after a deadly gang attack on a hospital in the capital
Government officials tell The Associated Press that Haiti’s health minister has been removed from his post after a deadly gang attack on the largest public hospital in the capital, Port-au-Prince
December 26
December 26
Russian anti-aircraft system may have struck Azerbaijan plane: US official
There are early indications that a Russian anti-aircraft system may have struck the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan, a U.S. official told ABC News.
December 26
December 26
An altercation erupts at a high-level meeting of a Russia-dominated economic union
A meeting of the Russia-dominated economic alliance of former Soviet nations has plunged into disarray when two of the leaders started bickering during a live broadcast
December 26
December 26
Death toll in bridge collapse in Brazil jumps to 8, with at least 9 people still missing
Brazilian authorities say more bodies have been found after the collapse of a bridge linking two northern states, raising the death toll from the accident to eight
December 26
December 26
Israeli forces conduct strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen: IDF
The targets were "used by the Houthi terrorist regime to smuggle Iranian weapons into the region and for the entry of senior Iranian officials,” the IDF said. ABC News’ Britt Clennett reports.
December 26
December 26
India's former prime minister Manmohan Singh, architect of economic reforms, dies aged 92
India’s former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform program and a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has died
December 26
December 26
Missile from Yemen sets off attack alerts in Israel
A missile fired by Houthi forces from Yemen in the early hours of Wednesday set off sirens across central Israel, the Israel Defense Forces said. ABC News' Britt Clennett reports.
December 26
December 26
New video emerges in Kazakhstan passenger plane crash
ABC News’ Ines de La Cuetara and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Mick Mulroy discuss the fatal crash that killed at least 38 people.
December 26
December 26
Pakistan military raids insurgent strongholds in restive northwest, killing 13
Pakistan's military says troops have faced off with insurgents in three separate shootouts in the restive northwest bordering Afghanistan, killing 13 militants
December 26
December 26
Drone footage captures sharks circling fishing boat
A fisherman captured the moment a dozen sharks circled his boat off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
December 26
December 26
The body of a missing Hungarian hiker is found in Slovenia
Slovenia’s mountain rescuers have found the body of a Hungarian hiker who got lost in a blizzard in the Alps last week
December 26
December 26
Cambodian court gives an opposition leader 2-year prison term, keeping pressure on critics
A Cambodian court has convicted an opposition party leader of inciting social disorder and sentenced him to two years in prison, the latest legal assault on opponents and critics of the government of Prime Minister Hun Manet
December 26
December 26
Middle East latest: WHO chief says he was at Yemen airport as Israeli bombs fell nearby
The World Health Organization’s director-general said airstrikes on Yemen’s main airport occurred as he was about to board a flight in the Houthi rebel-held capital of Sanaa
December 26
December 26
6,000 inmates escape from a high-security prison in Mozambique
Mozambique’s police chief has said that at least 6,000 inmates have escaped from a high-security prison in the capital on Christmas Day after a rebellion, as widespread post-election riots and violence continue to engulf the country
December 26
December 26
Russian ship that sank in the Mediterranean was attacked, owner says
The Russian operator of a cargo ship that sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria says it has been hit by a series of explosions in an act of sabotage
December 26
December 26
Greek police warn drivers to use snow chains after long traffic jams reported in some mountain areas
Greek traffic police are warning drivers in areas with ice and snow to use snow chains after long traffic jams were reported near some ski resorts because of cars stuck on the roads
December 26
December 26
Turkey's central bank lowers key interest rate to 47.5%
Turkey’s central bank has lowered its key interest rate by 2.5 percentage points to 47.5%, carrying out its first rate cut in nearly two years as it tries to control soaring inflation
December 26