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Global Red Cross suspends Belarus chapter after its chief boasted of bringing in Ukrainian children
The International Red Cross has suspended the Belarusian chapter after its chief stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from Russian-controlled areas to Belarus
December 01, 2023Timeline: The long history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Thousands have been killed in the ongoing conflict.
November 10, 2023Thousands protest Indigenous policies of New Zealand government as lawmakers are sworn in
Thousands of protesters have rallied against the New Zealand government’s Indigenous policies as the Parliament convened for the first time since October elections
December 04, 2023
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Putin to discuss Israel-Hamas war during a 1-day trip to Saudi Arabia and UAE
The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a one-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia focused on the Israeli-Hamas war and also host the Iranian president in Moscow this week
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UK Home Secretary James Cleverly visits Rwanda to try to unblock controversial asylum plan
British Home Secretary James Cleverly has flown to Rwanda to try to revive a stalled plan to send asylum-seekers to the East African country
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French lawmakers approve bill to ban disposable e-cigarettes to protect youth
France’s National Assembly has unanimously approved a bill to ban single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes, in an attempt to protect young people drawn to their flavors and mitigate the environmental impacts of the disposable products known as “puf...
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Papua New Guinea's prime minister says he will sign a security pact with Australia
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says he will sign a bilateral security pact with Australia during a visit this week
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2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea with 400 Rohingya aboard desperately need rescue, UN says
Aid groups and the United Nations say an estimated 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats adrift in the Andaman Sea could die if more is not done to rescue them
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Munich Airport suspends all flights on Tuesday morning due to freezing rain
Munich Airport has temporarily suspended flight operations due to freezing rain as cold weather continues to affect the region
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Israel strikes in and around Gaza's second-largest city in an already bloody new phase of the war
Israel has intensified its bombardment in and around Gaza’s second-largest city as ambulances and other vehicles streamed into a local hospital carrying wounded Palestinians
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Live updates | Israel pushes deeper south after calling for evacuations in southern Gaza
Israel’s military is pushing deeper south into Gaza, after calling for more evacuations in the southern portion of the enclave
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December 05
Prince Harry challenges UK government's decision to strip him of security detail when he moved to US
Prince Harry is challenging the British government's decision to strip him of his security detail after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the United States
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December 05
Lebanon's Christians feel the heat of climate change in its sacred forest and valley
For Lebanon’s Christians, the cedars are sacred, these tough evergreen trees that survive the mountain’s harsh snowy winters
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December 05
Bus crashes in western Thailand, killing 14 people and injuring more than 30 others
A bus has crashed in western Thailand, killing 14 people and injuring more than 30 others
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December 05
A roadside bombing in the commercial center of Pakistan's Peshawar city wounds at least 3 people
Pakistani authorities say a roadside bomb went off near a school in the country's northwest on Tuesday, wounding at least three passersby and damaging windows of a nearby bank and several shops The bombing happened in the commercial center of Peshawar,...
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December 05
'We are officially hostages.' How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas hostage strategy
The recent release of dozens of Israeli hostages is bringing new focus on the Hamas rampage through the kibbutz of Nir Oz. In Nir Oz, Palestinian fighters roamed unopposed for hours
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December 05
Brutal killings of women in Western Balkan countries trigger alarm and expose system
A man in Bosnia killed his wife while streaming the murder live on Instagram
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More bodies found after surprise eruption of Indonesia's Mount Marapi, raising apparent toll to 23
Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano found more bodies among the climbers caught by a surprise eruption two days ago, raising the number of confirmed and presumed dead to 23
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Heavy rains leave at least 8 people dead as Michaung makes landfall on India's southeastern coast
A powerful storm began making landfall along India’s southeastern coastline on Tuesday, unleashing torrential rains and strong winds that killed at least eight people, officials said
December 04
December 04
Mexico halts deportations and migrant transfers citing lack of funds
The head of Mexico’s immigration agency has ordered the suspension of migrant deportations and transfers due to a lack of funds
December 04
December 04
Thousands protest Indigenous policies of New Zealand government as lawmakers are sworn in
Thousands of protesters have rallied against the New Zealand government’s Indigenous policies as the Parliament convened for the first time since October elections
December 04
December 04
'Russian roulette of how you want to be killed:' Doctor on situation in Gaza
ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke to Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, an intensive care physician with Doctors without Borders, about what they have seen in Gaza since the end of the cease-fire.
December 04
December 04
Palestinians freed under Israel-Hamas truce agreement thrilled to be home
ABC News’ Ines De La Cuetara reports on those recently freed and also the growing number of Palestinians held by Israeli forces and what some human rights experts call a two-tiered system of justice.
December 04
December 04
'Worse than before': Strikes in Gaza resume at intensified pace, Palestinians say
"I feel like I'm being suffocated again."
December 04
December 04
New wave of fighting between Israel and Hamas forcing civilians into South Gaza
Top executive with Doctors Without Borders, Avril Benoit, joins the "The Big Story" to discuss what is happening on the ground amid mass evacuations.
December 04
December 04
Fears of larger conflict in the Middle East
Retired Lt. Gen. William Troy joins ABC News Live anchor Kayna Whitworth to talk about an escalation of fighting in the Israel-Hamas war.
December 04
December 04
Canada's public broadcaster to cut 600 jobs as it struggles with budget pressures
Canada’s public broadcaster says it will cut 600 jobs and reduce its English and French programming budgets as it struggles with monetary pressures
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December 04
Putin plans to visit UAE and Saudi Arabia this week, according to Russian media reports
Russian media outlets are reporting that President Vladimir Putin plans to visit the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia this week
December 04
December 04
Argentina's outgoing government rejects EU-Mercosur trade deal, but incoming administration backs it
Argentina’s outgoing government says it will not support the signing of a long-delayed trade deal between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur during a summit this week in Brazil even though the incoming Argentine government has expr...
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December 04
Family of American trapped in Gaza talks about struggle to bring loved one home
The family of an American trapped in Gaza talks about the struggle to bring their loved one home.
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December 04
US tourist from Boston killed in shark attack in Bahamas, police say
Police say a female tourist from Boston has been killed by a shark while paddleboarding in the Bahamas, police told reporters
December 04
December 04
American woman killed in shark attack in the Bahamas
The woman was believed to be in her 40s and from Boston.
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December 04
Niger’s junta revokes key security agreements with EU and turns to Russia for defense partnership
Niger’s junta has scrapped two key military agreements that the West African nation signed with the European Union to help fight violence in Africa’s Sahel region
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Venezuela's government wins vote on claiming part of Guyana, but turnout seems lackluster
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has the victory he was seeking in a weekend referendum on whether to claim sovereignty over an oil-rich area of neighboring Guyana
December 04
December 04
U.S. imposes sanctions on three Sudanese figures with ties to Omar al-Bashir
The United States has imposed sanctions on three Sudanese individuals accused of undermining “peace, security and stability” in the conflict-stricken African nation
December 04
December 04
Tensions grow in Red Sea as Houthi rebels attack ships
ABC News’ Luis Martinez is at the Pentagon as the world reacts to increased tension in the Red Sea during the Israel-Hamas war.
December 04
December 04
Israel mobilizes forces across entire Gaza Strip
ABC News' Ines de la Cuetara and contributor Darrell Blocker talk about what comes next as the Israel Defense Forces is mobilizing into all of the Gaza Strip.
December 04
December 04
Bodies of 5 young men found in car in Mexico
Mexican authorities say the bodies of five university students have been found stuffed in a vehicle on a dirt road in north-central Mexico
December 04
December 04
A small plane makes an emergency landing in the southern Paris suburbs
A spokesperson for France’s civil aviation safety agency says a small twin-engine plane was forced to make an emergency landing in the southern Paris suburbs
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December 04
A Nigerian military attack mistakenly bombed a religious gathering and killed civilians
Nigerian government and military officials say an army attack that used drones to target rebels instead killed an unspecified number of civilians gathered for a religious celebration
December 04
December 04
UK unveils tough new rules designed to cut immigrant numbers
The British government has announced tough new immigration rules it says will reduce the number of people able to move to the U.K. each year by hundreds of thousands
December 04
December 04
US Navy warships on high alert after missile attacks
ABC News senior Pentagon reporter Luis Martinez and ABC news contributor, former senior CIA field operative, Darrell Blocker discuss the rising tensions in the Red Sea.
December 04
December 04
Hungary's Orban demands Ukraine's EU membership be taken off the agenda at a bloc summit
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is demanding that the issue of Ukraine’s membership in the European Union be taken off the agenda at a summit of the bloc's leaders next week
December 04
December 04
Judges reject call for near ban on Hague prison visits for 3 former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters
International judges have rejected a demand by prosecutors for a nearly complete ban on prison visits for three former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders on trial at The Hague for war crimes
December 04
December 04
Germany and Brazil hope for swift finalization of a trade agreement between EU and Mercosur
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have both expressed hope that negotiations about a wide-ranging free trade agreement can be finalized in the near future
December 04
December 04
Spanish judge opens an investigation into intelligence agents who allegedly passed secrets to the US
Spain's defense minister says a Madrid judge has opened an investigation into several agents of Spain’s National Intelligence Center for an alleged leak of secret information to the United States
December 04
December 04
ABC News Live: US warship shoots down drones over Red Sea
Defense officials say a U.S. Navy destroyer shot down three drones headed in its direction after Houthi rebels launched missiles toward three commercial ships.
December 04
December 04
Israel expands ground offensive into all parts of Gaza
ABC News foreign correspondent Tom Soufi Burridge and ABC News national security and defense analyst Mick Mulroy report on Israel’s latest military offensive in Gaza.
December 04
December 04
Mother of Israeli hostage speaks out
Miri Ben Ami, the mother of 23-year-old Yosef Haim Ohana, who was taken hostage by Hamas, pleads for his release.
December 04
December 04
The World Food Program will end its main assistance program in Syria in January, affecting millions
The U.N. World Food Program says it will end in January its main assistance program across war-torn Syria, where over 12 million people lack regular access to sufficient food
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December 04
In some Czech villages, St Nicholas leads a parade with the devil and grim reaper in tow
In an eastern corner of the Czech Republic, St. Nicholas leads a procession of followers dressed in grim reaper and devil costumes on a journey through the village of Lidecko
December 04
December 04
British research ship crosses paths with world's largest iceberg as it drifts out of Antarctica
Britain’s polar research ship has crossed paths with the largest iceberg in the world
December 04
December 04
France's parliament considers a ban on single-use e-cigarettes
The French parliament is considering a ban on single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes that are popular with teenagers for their sweet flavors and are under scrutiny as a new source of trash
December 04