By KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A new clip of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, speaking out to Oprah Winfrey was released Wednesday night, just hours after Buckingham Palace announced it plans to open an investigation into allegations of bullying made against the duchess."I don't know how they could…
By CLARK BENTSON, ABC News(VATICAN CITY) -- When the pontiff touches down in Baghdad on Friday, it will be the culmination of a Vatican trip decades in the planning.Pope Francis will be the first pope to ever visit this area of great biblical importance -- home to ancient civilizations. His…
By MORGAN WINSOR and KARSON YIU, ABC News (LONDON) -- At least 38 protesters were killed by authorities in Myanmar on Wednesday, marking the bloodiest day since the military seized power in an apparent coup last month, according to the United Nations' special envoy for Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener.Demonstrations have…
By ROSA SANCHEZ and ZOE MAGEE, ABC News (LONDON) -- Britain's Prince Philip had a "successful procedure" at a London hospital on Wednesday for a pre-existing heart condition, according to Buckingham Palace.The 99-year-old Duke of Edinburgh "will remain in hospital for treatment, rest and recuperation for a number of days,"…
By CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A Japanese billionaire is searching for eight members of the public to join him on a mission to orbit around the moon.Yusaku Maezawa, who made headlines in 2018 when he was unveiled as SpaceX's first private passenger to commission a trip around the…
By ANGELINE JANE BERNABE, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Just days ahead of their highly anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are firing back at a report in a U.K. newspaper that claims Meghan bullied royal staffers at Kensington palace before she and Prince Harry…
By PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News(MOSCOW) -- Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny has been sent to a prison known as unusually harsh and feared as place where prisoners are subjected to intense psychological pressure, according to former inmates and prisoner rights campaigners.Last month, Navalny was sentenced to serve over two and…
By ZOE MAGEE and KATIE KINDELAN, ABC NewsA U.K. judge on Tuesday denied a request by the publisher of the Mail on Sunday to appeal his ruling that the tabloid invaded the privacy of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, by publishing portions of a letter she wrote to her father.The…
By CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(TOKYO) -- After a nine-month battle fighting extradition, the American father and son duo accused of aiding former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn in his dramatic international escape have arrived in Japan.Former Green Beret Michael Taylor and his adult son, Peter Taylor, arrived in Tokyo Tuesday morning,…
By MORGAN WINSOR and JAMES BWALA, ABC News (LONDON) -- Hundreds of students who were abducted from an all-girls boarding school in northwestern Nigeria last week have been released, authorities said Tuesday.Gunmen kidnapped 317 students from the Government Girls Junior Secondary School (GGSS) in the rural town of Jangebe in…
