(TEHRAN, Iran) -- The plane carrying five American citizens freed as part of a deal between the U.S. and Iran has now landed back home in the United States. "They just landed on U.S. Soil early this morning, said National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby in an interview with ABC…
(WASHINGTON) -- The U.N. World Food Program (WFP), the largest anti-hunger initiative around the globe, is grappling with the worst funding shortage in its 60-year history and "we are in a desperate situation," Executive Director Cindy McCain said on Sunday. "It's a combination of things -- it's COVID, it's climate change,…
(TEHRAN) -- Iranian authorities detained the father of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman who died in police custody last year, as he left his home to visit his daughter's grave on the first anniversary of her death, human rights observers said. A few hours later, Amjad Amini was taken home by…
(LONDON) -- The death toll from devastating floods in eastern Libya has surpassed 11,000, according to the Libyan Red Crescent, as rescuers work to understand the full scope of the disaster. As of Saturday, the bodies of nearly 4,000 people have been recovered and identified, the World Health Organization said.…
(DERNA, Libya) -- Libya's chief prosecutor announced Friday he has ordered an investigation into the collapse of two overwhelmed dams during the catastrophic floods -- and whether better maintenance could have avoided the disaster. After Mediterranean storm Daniel brought heavy rains, and widespread flooding, to eastern Libya, two dams near the…
(LONDON) -- Members of the Wagner Group, a private military company with ties to the Russian government, are now subject to prosecution by British authorities after the United Kingdom declared the group a terrorist organization on Friday. The Wagner Group was added to the list of proscribed organizations in the…
(LONDON) -- American XL Bully dogs could be banned in the U.K. by the end of the year, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Friday. There have been a string of attacks involving the canine breed, including a fatal one in Staffordshire, England. In a statement, West Midlands Ambulance Service…
(MEXICO CITY and LONDON) -- Hundreds of migrants from Central and South America were found "crowded and dehydrated" in the back of a tractor-trailer in southeastern Mexico on Thursday, authorities said. The discovery was made at dawn after authorities stopped the driver of the trailer at a toll booth in…
(LONDON) -- Most of the casualties in the devastating Libya floods could have been avoided if the divided country had a functioning meteorological service, the head of the United Nation's World Meteorological Organization said Thursday. At least 6,000 people have died after widespread flooding washed away entire neighborhoods in eastern…
(LONDON) -- Ukraine is training thousands of drone pilots and ramping up its production of unmanned aircraft to bring an "army of drones" to the front lines of its counteroffensive against Russia, Ukrainian military officials and manufacturers told ABC News in rare interviews on the secretive program. From November through…
