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Syrian air defenses confront "hostile targets" over Damascus, state media reports

Syrian air defenses confront "hostile targets" over Damascus, state media reports
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Israeli military says it is "conducting precise strikes on military targets in Iran"

Israeli military says it is "conducting precise strikes on military targets in Iran"
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Sounds of explosions heard near the Iranian capital, Tehran, though authorities offer no cause, state media report

Sounds of explosions heard near the Iranian capital, Tehran, though authorities offer no cause, state media report
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Premature baby taken from Paris region hospital found in Amsterdam, parents detained

Amsterdam police say they have found a prematurely born baby who was abducted from the maternity ward of a Paris-region hospital earlier this week
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US airline temporarily suspends flights to Haiti's capital after UN helicopter hit by gunfire

At least one U.S. airline has temporarily canceled flights to Haiti’s capital after gang members opened fire and hit a U.N. helicopter flying near the country’s main airport
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UN official calls for more attention to Sudan’s 'forgotten' war amid fresh atrocities

A senior United Nations official has called for more international attention to “the forgotten crisis” in Sudan, where more than a year and a half of war has pushed the African country to the brink of famine
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File - A man walks by a house hit in recent fighting in Khartoum, Sudan, an area torn by fighting between the military and the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, April 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali, File)
October 25

A violent start to the term of Mexico's new president raises questions about strategy, the army

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum, in just over three weeks in office, has inherited a whirlwind of violence that many say was set up by her predecessor's policy of not confronting drug cartels and using the army for law-enforcement
October 25
Caution tape surrounds a body lying on the street Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo)
October 25

Tunisian commentator sentenced to two years under controversial anti-fake news law

A well-known Tunisian attorney and commentator is facing two years in prison for remarks she made about Tunisia and its treatment of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa
October 25
October 25

Poland alerts prosecutors to alleged offenses during probe of 2010 plane crash that killed president

Poland’s Defense Ministry says it has notified prosecutors of suspected offenses committed by members of a special commission that investigated the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed Poland’s then-president and 95 others
October 25
FILE - Pictures of victims of a plane crash lie between flowers and candles in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, April 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)
October 25

Brazil reaches a $23 billion settlement with mining firms over a 2015 environmental disaster

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed an agreement worth tens of billions of dollars with the mining companies responsible for a 2015 dam collapse that was one of the country’s worst-ever environmental disasters
October 25
What remains of a home that was destroyed when a dam broke carries signs that read in Portuguese "That marked our lives" and "So that it is never forgotten" in Bento Rodrigues, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Oct. 19, 2024. Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, on Nov. 5, 2015, took their case for compensation to a UK court on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, almost nine years after tons of toxic mining waste poured into a major waterway, killing 19 people and devastating local communities. (AP Photo/Eleonore Hughes)
October 25

Calls for reparations for Britain's slave trade are rooted in dark legacy

A debate about reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade overshadowed a summit in Samoa of the Commonwealth, many of whose member nations were once British colonies
October 25
FILE - The Gladstone Memorial, a statue of former British Prime Minister William Gladstone, the son of sugar and coffee plantation owner John Gladstone, in London, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
October 25

Death of journalists won’t affect peace talks: Former counterterrorism official

Former National Security Council Senior Director for Counterterrorism Javed Ali discusses what the latest Israeli strikes could mean for cease-fire talks set to resume on Sunday.
October 25
VIDEO: Death of journalists won’t affect peace talks: Former counterterrorism official
October 25

Ecuador expands power cuts to 14 hours a day due to drought

Ecuador has announced an increase in daily power cuts as the severe drought impacting the nation keeps lowering the levels of water for the key hydroelectric plants, the source of more than 70% of the country's electricity
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One of 3 judges weighing request for ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu and others is replaced

The presiding judge of an International Criminal Court panel considering a request to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defense minister and senior Hamas leaders has been replaced on medical grounds
October 25
FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attend a news conference at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 28, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)
October 25

A man who abused up to 3,500 girls online has been sentenced for crimes including manslaughter

An online predator who blackmailed as many as 3,500 girls around the world has been sentenced to at least 20 years in prison
October 25
Detective Chief Superintendent Eamonn Corrigan, Police Service of Northern Ireland and Catherine Kierans, NI Public Prosecution Service, speak to the media outside Belfast Crown Court after prolific online predator Alexander McCartney was jailed for a minimum of 20 years after admitting 185 charges involving 70 children, on Friday Oct. 25, 2024. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)
October 25

Blackout hits French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe as striking workers shut down power

Workers on strike have shut down power across the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and left its more than 370,000 inhabitants without electricity
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The UK denies a visa to Mandela's grandson over his support for Hamas

The grandson of South Africa’s first Black president, Nelson Mandela, says the U.K. government denied him an entry visa because of his support for Hamas
October 25
FILE - Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla Mandela, center, with Hamas official Basem Naim, center right, during a march to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of former South African president Nelson Mandela in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (AP Photo, File)
October 25

Hard-right Dutch government approves unprecedented package of measures to control migration

The hard-right Dutch government has announced tough measures aimed at reining in asylum requests
October 25
FILE - Netherlands' Prime Minister Dick Schoof speaks to the media during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Monday Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
October 25

Israeli strike kills 3 journalists in Lebanon

U.S. talks with Arab leaders come in the wake of an Israeli airstrike that killed three journalists staying at a guesthouse in Lebanon. ABC News' Tom Soufi Burridge reports.
October 25
VIDEO: Israeli strike kills 3 journalists in Lebanon
October 25

Indonesia’s new President and ministers begin a military-style retreat which includes morning drills

Indonesia’s newly inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto and his cabinet ministers have started a military-style retreat at a military academy in the Java province
October 25
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, center, accompanied by, rear from left, Defense Minister Sjafrie Samsoeddin, Armed Forces Chief Gen. Agus Subiyanto, and National Police Chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo, inspect honor guards during a cabinet retreat at the Military Academy in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
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Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
October 25

Ex-commander of a Ugandan rebel group has been sentenced to 40 years in prison

A court in Uganda has sentenced a former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels to 40 years in prison for brutal crimes committed by the group during its insurgency that started in the 1980s
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Former commander of the Lord's Resistance Army rebel Thomas Kwoyelo, smiles as he listens to the court ruling in Gulu, Uganda Friday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo)
October 25

An Israeli airstrike killed journalists covering the war in Lebanon as they slept

An Israeli airstrike that hit a guesthouse in southeast Lebanon has killed three journalists who were covering the Israel-Hezbollah war
October 25
An injured cameraman is moved by the Lebanese Red Cross to a hospital, at the site where an Israeli airstrike hit a compound housing journalists, killing three media staffers from two different news agencies according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency, in Hasbaya village, southeast Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
October 25

Greek ferry crews call off strike early ahead of three-day holiday weekend

Greek ferry crews have curtailed a four-day strike by several hours, announcing Friday they would go back on the job in the early afternoon instead of at midnight
October 25
A man jogs as a woman stands in front of a docked ferry during the fourth day of strike by seamen as their demands include a 12% pay increase, at Athens' port city of Piraeus, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 . (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
October 25

The son-in-law of former Myanmar's strongman is arrested over Facebook posts

Myanmar’s state-run media say security forces have arrested the son-in-law of the country’s former longtime military ruler, Than Shwe, for allegedly posting inflammatory statements on his Facebook account
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EU leader praises Serbia for its advances in EU membership bid despite growing Russian influence

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on has praised the Serbian president for meeting her and other European Union leaders instead of attending a Russia-organized summit of developing economies held earlier this week
October 25
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen adjusts her headset during a joint news conference with the President of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Borjana Kristo in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
October 25

Kurdish militants claim responsibility for deadly attack on Turkish defense firm

The banned Kurdistan Workers' Party has claimed responsibility for an attack on the headquarters of a key defense company in Ankara that killed at least five people
October 25
Turkish soldiers carry the coffin of Hasan Huseyin Canbaz, who was killed during an attack by PKK members at the Turkish aerospace and defense company TUSAS on Wednesday, during a funeral at Karsiyaka mosque in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Yavuz Ozden/DIA Photo via AP)
October 25

Russia's central bank raises interest rate to 21% to fight inflation boosted by military spending

Russia’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by two percentage points to a record-high 21% in an effort to combat growing inflation
October 25
In this photo taken from video released by Russian Central Bank Press Office, Russian Central Bank Chief Elvira Nabiullina holds a regular news briefing after a board meeting where the financial regulator raises the key interest rate up to 21%, in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (Russian Central Bank Press Office via AP)
October 25

Russian central bank hikes interest rate to record-high 21%, to fight inflation fueled by military spending

Russian central bank hikes interest rate to record-high 21%, to fight inflation fueled by military spending
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy claims N. Korean troops will be deployed by Russia in coming days

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims North Korean troops are poised to be deployed by Russia on the battlefield in Ukraine as early as this weekend
October 25
In this photo provided by Ukraine's 24th Mechanised Brigade press service, Ukrainian soldiers are seen inside a M109 self-propelled howitzer on the frontline on their position in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukrainian 24th Mechanised Brigade via AP)
October 25

A deadly attack at a police station in Bosnia is an act of terrorism, prosecutors say

Authorities in Bosnia have described an attack by a teenager who broke into a police station — killing one officer and wounding another — as an act of terrorism
October 25
Bosnian police officer guard the local police station after a teenager broke and killed one officer with a knife and wounded another, in the town of Bosanska Krupa, 200 kilometers (120 miles) northwest of Bosnia's capital Sarajevo, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Edvin Zulic)
October 25

India and Germany look to bolster ties as Modi and Scholz hold talks in New Delhi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have held wide-ranging discussions to bolster strategic ties between the two countries
October 25
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speak after bilateral talks in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo)
October 25

7 charged with cyberbullying after Paris Olympics artistic director's opening ceremony backlash

French authorities say they have charged seven individuals in connection with a cyberbullying campaign targeting Thomas Jolly, the artistic director behind the Paris Olympics’ opening and closing ceremonies
October 25
FILE - Thomas Jolly poses Friday, July 19, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Tom Nouvian, File)
October 25

Takeaways from AP investigation into misconduct allegations against prosecutor who charged Netanyahu

As the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor weighed war crimes charges this year against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he was engulfed in a behind-the-scenes personal crisis
October 25
FILE - Karim Khan, center, prosecutor of International Criminal Court, greets members of delegations as he arrives for a Security Council meeting on the situation in Sudan, Thursday, July 13, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
October 25

International prosecutor who charged Netanyahu faces sexual misconduct accusation

As the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor sought war crimes charges this year against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he was engulfed in a behind-the-scenes personal crisis
October 25
FILE - Karim Khan, center, prosecutor of International Criminal Court, greets members of delegations as he arrives for a Security Council meeting on the situation in Sudan, Thursday, July 13, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
October 25

Hungary's Orbán claims Poland's center-right government was installed by the EU

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has suggested that Poland’s government and its prime minister, Donald Tusk, were installed by the European Union as part of a plot to remove the country’s previous right-wing populist leadership
October 25
Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban arrives to the 'Berlin Process' summit about integration with and within the western Balkans in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
October 25

War or peace? Russia's wrath hangs over Georgia elections

Moscow's war on Ukraine is looming large on both sides of the campaign.
October 25
Supporters of Georgia's pro-Western opposition groups hold a joint final campaign rally ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Oct. 20, 2024.
October 25

Record-setting teen climber says Sherpas should be leading climbs

A Sherpa teenager who’s won mountaineering celebrity as the youngest person ever to summit the world’s 14 highest peaks called for Sherpas to be recognized as athletes and expedition leaders as well as porters and guides
October 25
Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person ever to summit the world’s 14 highest peaks poses for a photograph during an interview with the Associated Press, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
October 25

Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate sentenced to another 6 months in prison

A group campaigning for Iran's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says Iranian authorities have issued an additional six-month prison sentence against her
October 25
October 25

Anti-whaling activist detained in Greenland requests French citizenship after asylum bid dismissed

Environmental activist Paul Watson, who is detained in Greenland and facing possible extradition to Japan, has formally requested French citizenship after France’s Foreign Minister said his bid for political asylum could not be processed because he is ...
October 25
October 25

Israeli strike kills 38 people Friday morning in Khan Younis, Gaza health officials say

Israeli strike kills 38 people Friday morning in Khan Younis, Gaza health officials say
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A Philippine police official says 33 people were killed mostly in landslides set off by a storm south of Manila.

A Philippine police official says 33 people were killed mostly in landslides set off by a storm south of Manila.
October 25
October 25

After 20 years at the top of chess, Magnus Carlsen is making his next move

Few chess players have produced the magic commodity which separates Norway’s Magnus Carlsen from any of his peers: celebrity
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FILE - Norway's Magnus Carlsen plays Fabiano Caruana of the U.S., during the Norway Chess Open 2024, in Stavanger, Norway, on June 7, 2024. (Carina Johansen /NTB Scanpix via AP, File)
October 25

Warsaw opens a new modern art museum as it tries to leave Poland's communist legacy behind

The grand opening of new modern art museum designed by the American architect Thomas Phifer is taking place in the Polish capital, Warsaw
October 25
American architect Thomas Phifer speaks to reporters in the new Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
October 25

3 Indian soldiers and 2 civilians are killed in an alleged rebel ambush in Kashmir

Authorities say three Indian soldiers and their two civilian porters have been killed in a rebel ambush in Indian-controlled Kashmir
October 25
Neighbors and relatives carry the coffin of Mushtaq Ahmad, an army porter who was among those killed in a rebel ambush on an army vehicle, during his funeral in Nowshera village, north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
October 25

1 dead and 12 injured after bus carrying Japanese tourists smashes into truck in Malaysia

One of Japan’s largest travel agencies says a tourist died and 12 other people were injured when their a tour bus smashed into the rear of a truck on a highway in Malaysia
October 25
This handout photo provided by the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department shows officers carry an injured out from a tour bus that smashed into the rear of a lorry in Taiping, Perak State, Malaysia, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department via AP)
October 25

Militants in northwest Pakistan attack a security post killing 10 forces

Authorities say a group of militants have attacked a security post in northwest Pakistan and killed 10 officers in an intense shootout
October 25
This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo)
October 25

Middle East latest: Israeli strikes on Lebanon and Gaza leave dozens dead

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says an Israeli airstrike hit guesthouses where journalists were staying in southeast Lebanon, killing three media staffers from two different news agencies
October 25
An injured cameraman is moved by the Lebanese Red Cross to a hospital, at the site where an Israeli airstrike hit a compound housing journalists, killing three media staffers from two different news agencies according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency, in Hasbaya village, southeast Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
October 25

Storm blows away from northern Philippines leaving 82 dead but forecasters warn it may do a U-turn

Tropical storm Trami has blown away from the northwestern Philippines, leaving at least 82 people dead mostly in extensive flooding and landslides
October 25
In this handout photo provided by the 9th Infantry Division, Philippine Army, troopers from the 9th Infantry "Spear" Division (9ID) and a contingent from the Australian Army distribute food packs to evacuees affected by Tropical Storm Trami, locally named Kristine, at Naga city, Camarines Sur province, Philippines on Thursday Oct. 24, 2024. (9th Infantry Division, Philippine Army via AP)
October 25

Vote-weary Bulgarians face a seventh general election in just over 3 years

Bulgarians will cast ballots on Sunday in the seventh general elections in just over three years as their country faces growing political instability that might further enhance the popularity of pro-Russian and far-right groups
October 25
FILE - An early voter casts his vote in the polling station on the outskirts of Sofia, Bulgaria, June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova, File)