(WASHINGTON) -- The United States has now had "direct contact" with Niger's junta leaders, but the conversations have yet to substantially move the needle as the West African nation -- a key ally on counterterrorism in the region -- faces an apparent coup, U.S. officials said. U.S. Department of State…
Nuno Cruz/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LISBON, Portugal) -- In one of the most iconic moments coming out of World Youth Day, Pope Francis called on the hundreds of thousands gathered before him to yell back at him that the Catholic Church is for "todos, todos, todos" -- everyone, everyone, everyone.…
(NEW YORK) -- A Russian and Chinese naval formation patrolled "near Alaska" last week but "was not considered a threat," U.S. Northern Command said Sunday. "Air and maritime assets under our commands conducted operations to assure the defense of the United States and Canada," a NORTHCOM statement to ABC News…
(KYIV, Ukraine) -- A Ukrainian woman has been detained by Ukraine’s Security Service in connection with an apparent plot to attack President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the service said on Monday. The woman, who is from Mykolaiv but was not publicly named, was being questioned, officials said. She had been part of…
(EDINBURGH, U.K.) -- Monster hunters, assemble! The Loch Ness Centre announced it's set to begin the biggest search for its infamous mythical creature in over 50 years and volunteers are needed. In partnership with research team Loch Ness Exploration, the tourism company is looking for volunteers to join in a search…
(LISBON, Portugal) -- You'd think you were at a music festival -- jubilant crowds singing and dancing, wearing face paint, even having a beer in some cases. And the young people packing the streets of Lisbon are here for their very own rockstar: Pope Francis. Close to 800,000 young people…
(NEW YORK) -- A Moscow court has extended the detention of Travis Leake, an American man detained by Russia on drug charges. Heavily armed Russian police arrested Leake in early June at his apartment in Moscow, accusing him of selling narcotics. Leake, 51, had lived in Russia for more than…
(LONDON) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's most prominent opponent was sentenced Friday to an additional 19 years behind bars on extremism charges. A Russian judge delivered the guilty verdict and sentencing in the closed-door trial against Alexey Navalny at a courtroom inside the maximum-security prison camp in Melekhovo, about 145…
(SAN DIEGO, CA) -- Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested on charges related to allegedly spying for China, federal prosecutors announced on Thursday. Both are accused of having passed along national defense information to Chinese intelligence officials in return for cash payments. Jinchao "Patrick" Wei, a 22-year-old petty officer…
(EAGLE PASS, TX) -- Two people have been found dead in the southern part of the Rio Grande river, officials said. One body was found stuck in the lines of orange buoys installed by Texas authorities near the U.S.-Mexico border. A second body was discovered separately in the area of…
