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China and Hong Kong national security authorities launch 1st publicly known joint operation

China’s national security authorities in Hong Kong and the city’s police launched their first publicly known joint operation, raiding the homes of six people on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security
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FILE - Police officers stand guard outside China's new Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong, July 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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Israel strikes dozens of targets in Iran, including nuclear program: IDF

Israel has launched what it is calling a "preemptive strike" against Iran and declared a state of emergency, according to Defense Minister Israel Katz.
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Israel has launched what it is calling a "preemptive strike" against Iran and declared a state of emergency, according to Defense Minister Israel Katz.
June 12

Israel strikes dozens of targets in Iran, including nuclear program: IDF

Israel's defense minister declared a state of emergency after the strikes.
June 12
Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, June 13, 2025.
June 12

Israel launches 'preemptive strike' against Iran, declares state of emergency

Israel has launched what it is calling a "preemptive strike" against Iran and declared a state of emergency, according to Defense Minister Israel Katz.
June 12
Israel has launched what it is calling a "preemptive strike" against Iran and declared a state of emergency, according to Defense Minister Israel Katz.
June 12

Owner of Dominican club whose roof collapsed and killed 236 is arrested along with his sister

The owner of an iconic nightclub in the Domincan Republic whose roof collapsed in April and killed 236 people has been arrested along with his sister
June 12
FILE - A banner with images of some of the victims of the Jet Set nightclub roof collapse that killed more than 200 people, is displayed on a facade in Haina, Dominican Republic, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
June 12

Survivor found after Air India jet crashes, 246 killed: Officials

Flight AI171 was operating from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, the airline said.
June 12
Firefighters work at the site of an airplane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, Thursday, June 12, 2025.
June 12

What we know about Dreamliner, the Air India plane that crashed

Transportation reporter Sam Sweeney discusses the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, the plane that crashed en route to the United Kingdom from India.
June 12
VIDEO: What we know about Dreamliner, the Air India plane that crashed
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Spain's prime minister asks nation for forgiveness after high court investigates a close confidant

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has asked for forgiveness after a close confidante in his Socialist Party has been put under investigation for his alleged participation in a kickback scheme
June 12
FILE - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a press conference at the Spanish Embassy in Beijing, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
June 12

Haiti's first domestic flight takes off since gangs halted commercial air travel

Haiti’s first commercial flight in seven months took off has taken off from the capital, going to the northern city of Cap-Haitien, where excited passengers hope to reunite with friends, relatives and business associates
June 12
A police officer stands guard at the Guy Malary Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
June 12

30 killed in a boat sinking in northwestern Congo, residents say

Residents and local media in northwestern Cong say at least 30 passengers including several students have been killed in a boat sinking in the Equateur province amid extreme weather
June 12
June 12

Israel considering military action against Iran in coming days: Sources

The U.S. currently has planned nuclear talks with Iranian officials this weekend. ABC News' Luis Martinez reports.
June 12
VIDEO: Israel considering military action against Iran in coming days: Sources
June 12

British national survives Air India plane crash, condition unknown

The Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad confirmed to ABC News that Ramesh Vishwaskumar, one passenger on the downed Air India flight, is alive and hospitalized there.
June 12
VIDEO: Air India jet carrying 242 crashes, at least 1 passenger survives
June 12

Dutch center-left parties unite to challenge the right in a historic merger

Two center-left Dutch political parties have agreed to merge
June 12
Frans Timmermans, of the center-left two party bloc of Labor Party and Green Left, looks on in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 3, 2025, after far-right leader Geert Wilders pulled his party out of the ruling four-party coalition in dispute over a crackdown on migration. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
June 12

Air India jet carrying 242 crashes in India en route to London, 'no survivors' likely

The plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed in the Meghaninagar area near Ahmedabad airport, in India's Gujarat state, Ahmedabad Police Commissioner G.S. Malik said.
June 12
VIDEO: Air India jet carrying 242 crashes in India en route to London, 'no survivors' likely
June 12

US-Iran nuclear talks to resume on Sunday

This will be the sixth round of talks between the U.S. and Iran since April.
June 12
This will be the sixth round of talks between the U.S. and Iran since April.
June 12

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Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
June 12

Protesters in Kenya's capital demand official answers over a blogger's death in police custody

Protesters have taken to the streets of the Kenyan capital to vent their anger over the death of a blogger in police custody
June 12
A protester scuffles with a police officer during a protest over the death in police custody of blogger Albert Ojwang, in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
June 12

What we know about Dreamliner, the Air India plane that crashed

ABC News’ Sam Sweeney and aviation analyst John Nance discuss the plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which crashed en route to the United Kingdom from India.
June 12
VIDEO: What we know about Dreamliner, the Air India plane that crashed
June 12

Air India plane carrying 242 crashes in India en route to United Kingdom

The plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed in the Meghaninagar area near the airport, the Ahmedabad Police Commissioner said Thursday.
June 12
The plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed in the Meghaninagar area near the airport, the Ahmedabad Police Commissioner said Thursday.
June 12

Austrian school shooter planned attack in detail but motive unclear, police say

Officials say the former student who killed nine students and a teacher at a school in Austria and then took his own life planned the attack in detail
June 12
People attend a wreath laying ceremony after a former student opened fire the day before fatally wounding several people and injuring many others before taking his own life, Graz, Austria, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
June 12

EU court says Italy not responsible for Libyan coast guard actions over boat sinking

Judges at the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Italy could not be held liable for the actions of the Libyan Coast Guard, rejecting a case brought by a group of migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea in a fatal boat sinking in 2017
June 12
FILE - View of the European Court of Human Rights Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
June 12

Argentine President Javier Milei receives Israel's Genesis Prize

President Javier Milei of Argentina has received the $1 million Genesis prize in Jerusalem in recognition of his support for Israel ss it faces a mounting international isolation over the war in Gaza
June 12
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, welcomes Argentina's President Javier Milei, center, with Speaker Amir Ohana, to the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
June 12

UN agencies say a violence-hit part of South Sudan is on the brink of famine

Three United Nations agencies warned on Thursday of looming famine in an area of South Sudan facing violent conflict
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China appears to downplay US trade deal Trump said was 'done'

U.S. and Chinese negotiators met in London this week.
June 12
Chinese made cars and containers are seen before being loaded onto ships at the port in Shanghai, China, on June 11, 2025.
June 12

Japan and China trade blame over Chinese fighter jets flying close to Japanese planes

Japan and China are blaming each other after Tokyo raised concern that a Chinese fighter jet came dangerously close to Japanese reconnaissance planes
June 12
This image provided by Japan's Ministry of Defense shows a Chinese J-15 fighter jet over the Pacific on June 8, 2025. (The Ministry of Defense via AP)
June 12

Indian authorities attempt to tow container ship on fire with dangerous cargo

The Indian Coast Guard is attempting to tow a container ship that caught fire off the coast of Kerala in southern India earlier this week to prevent a potential ecological disaster
June 12
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Sudan’s paramilitaries seize a key area along with the border with Libya and Egypt

Sudanese paramilitaries have claimed the seizure of a strategic area along the border with neighboring Libya and Egypt
June 12
FILE - In this June 22, 2019 file photo, a Sudanese soldier from the Rapid Support Forces or RSF, stands on his vehicle during a military-backed tribe's rally, in the East Nile province, Sudan. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
June 12

3 killed and scores injured as Russia targets Ukraine with new attacks

Russian forces have pummeled Ukraine with drones and other weapons, killing three people and injuring scores of others despite international pressure to accept a ceasefire
June 12
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Services on Thursday, June 12, 2025, a rescue worker evacuates a woman from a building which was damaged by a Russian strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Emergency Services via AP)
June 12

Australia's defense minister downplays concerns over Pentagon review of multi-billion submarine deal

Australia’s defense minister has dismissed concerns that a deal between the U.S., Australia and Britain to provide his country with nuclear-powered submarines could be in jeopardy, following a report that the Pentagon had ordered a review
June 12
FILE - Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, right, welcomes Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles, left, before the start of their meeting at the Pentagon, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
June 12

Istanbul mayor boycotts court hearing in one of many cases that could see him banned from politics

Istanbul’s imprisoned opposition Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and his lawyers have boycotted a court hearing, claiming a late change of venue was “unlawful.”
June 12
ARCHIVO - Ekrem Imamoglu, candidato a la alcaldía de Estambul con el Partido Republicano del Pueblo, o CHP, se limpia el sudor de la frente durante una conferencia de prensa tras las elecciones locales, en Estambul, Turquía, el 31 de marzo de 2019. (AP Foto/archivo)
June 12

US-Iran nuclear talks to resume in Oman on Sunday

Scheduled talks would the the sixth between Washington and Tehran since April.
June 12
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves during the 36th anniversary of the death of the leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, at Khomeini's shrine in southern Tehran, Iran June 4, 2025.
June 12

Iran says it will create a new uranium enrichment facility after a vote at the IAEA

Iran says it will create a new uranium enrichment facility after a vote at the IAEA
June 12
June 12

The UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors finds that Iran isn’t complying with its nuclear obligations, diplomats say

The UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors finds that Iran isn’t complying with its nuclear obligations, diplomats say
June 12
June 12

Rescuers in South Africa search for the missing after floods as the death toll rises to 57

A government minister says the death toll in floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has risen to 57
June 12
Women wash their clothes along the river next a car that was swept through by floods in Mthatha, South Africa, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
June 12

Oman FM says there will be sixth round of negotiations between Iran and US on Sunday

Oman’s foreign minister says there will be a sixth round of negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program this weekend
June 12
FILE - The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency flys in front of its headquarters during an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader, File)
June 12

Oman's foreign minister says there will be a sixth round of negotiations between Iran and the US on Sunday in Oman

Oman's foreign minister says there will be a sixth round of negotiations between Iran and the US on Sunday in Oman
June 12
June 12

45 minutes to pack up a lifetime as Pakistan's foreigner crackdown sends Afghans scrambling

A Pakistani crackdown on Afghans has seen some families handed deadlines of hours, or just minutes, to collect whatever they can and leave forever
June 12
A Taliban fighter stands on a hill overlooking a camp housing Afghan refugees who have been repatriated from Pakistan, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, in Torkham, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
June 12

With Trump as ally, El Salvador's President ramps up crackdown on dissent

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is intensifying his crackdown on dissent, a move observers suggest has been emboldened by his alliance with U.S. President Donald Trump
June 12
Alejandro Henriquez, left, and Jose Angel Perez, second from right, speak with their lawyers prior to their first court hearing in Santa Tecla, El Salvador, Friday, May 30, 2025. The National Civil Police arrested them for protesting near the presidential residence. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
June 11

Colombia's president bypasses lawmakers and issues decree to let voters decide on labor reform

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has bypassed legislative opposition and signed a decree summoning voters to the polls in August to decide changes to the country’s labor laws, including whether workdays should be limited to eight hours
June 11
A man wears a hat with a Cuban flag and an image of Che Guevara at a rally in support of Colombian President Gustavo Petro's intention to call a referendum on labor reform, in Cali, Colombia, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
June 11

More Palestinians killed at aid distribution site in Gaza

ABC News’ Tom Soufi Burridge reports on the latest killings -- this time of more than 30 Palestinians at an aid distribution site in Gaza, as the death toll surpasses a grim milestone.
June 11
VIDEO: More Palestinians killed at aid distribution site in Gaza
June 11

Trump confirms US personnel are being removed from parts of Middle East

"We'll see what happens," the president said Wednesday.
June 11
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, June 10, 2025.
June 11

Bruce Springsteen's Berlin concert echoes with history and a stark warning

Veteran rock star Bruce Springsteen, a high-profile celebrity critic of President Donald Trump, slammed the U.S. administration as “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous” during a concert Wednesday in Berlin
June 11
Bruce Springsteen, center, performs with the E Street Band at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
June 11

66 Palestinians killed in back-to-back shootings near aid sites: Health ministry

At least 163 people have been killed while trying to get aid from the GHF.
June 11
Palestinian children wait for food at a distribution point in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, on June 11, 2025.
June 11

Kosovo has accepted a request to shelter third-country migrants a year from the US

Kosovo says it has agreed to a request from the United States to temporarily accept up to 50 third-country migrants a year
June 11
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New dinosaur species discovered

Paleontologists discovered a new species of dinosaur that was related to the infamous Tyrannosaurus rex.
June 11
Paleontologists discovered a new species of dinosaur that was related to the infamous Tyrannosaurus rex.
June 11

EU and UK reach accord on cross-border trade and travel in Gibraltar

The European Union and the U.K. have reached an agreement to ease cross-border trade and travel in Gibraltar after years of post-Brexit wrangling over the contested territory, EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said Wednesday
June 11
FILE - People walk past a Brexit information office at the British territory of Gibraltar, on Jan. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Javier Fergo, File)
June 11

UK and EU strike deal on Spain-Gibraltar border after years of post-Brexit wrangling over the contested territory

UK and EU strike deal on Spain-Gibraltar border after years of post-Brexit wrangling over the contested territory
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New dinosaur species related to T. Rex discovered

Fossils found 50 years ago were initially thought to belong to another species.
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Turkish far-right politician accused of inciting hatred goes on trial

A Turkish far-right politician accused of inciting public hatred and hostility has gone on trial in a case critics view as an effort to suppress opposition to the president
June 11
FILE - Umit Ozdag, the leader of nationalist Victory Party, speaks to the media after he filed a legal complaint, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, demanding that prosecutors investigate allegations of corruption. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, file)
June 11

At least 49 people have died in flooding in South Africa, officials say

Officials say at least 49 people have died in flooding in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province
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