(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Russia could stage an explosion at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to halt Ukrainian advances on the battlefield, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned in a wide-ranging new interview with ABC News that was previewed on "World News with David Muir" on Thursday. Speaking to ABC News’ Chief Global…
(NEW YORK) -- For three days in a row, the planet reached its hottest day ever recorded as regions all over the world endure dangerous heat. Earth warmed to the highest temperature ever recorded by human-made instruments when the average global temperature reached 17.18 degrees Celsius, or 62.92 degrees Fahrenheit,…
(LONDON) -- A Princeton University graduate student is being held captive by an Iran-linked Shiite militia in Iraq where she was conducting field research for her Ph.D. in political science, according to officials and colleagues. The Israeli Prime Minister's Office announced in a statement on Wednesday that Elizabeth Tsurkov, an…
(NEW YORK) -- Ukrainian officials have heightened warnings in recent days that Russia plans to blow up the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant -- the largest nuclear plant in Europe. The plant has been at the center of concern since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. Russian troops stormed the…
(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Ukraine's ongoing counteroffensive has allowed their forces to take the "initiative" in the war against Russian invaders but "we want to do it faster," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told ABC News' Martha Raddatz in a wide-ranging new interview previewed on Good Morning America Thursday. "What is your assessment…
(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. military released dramatic video of a tense encounter on Wednesday over the skies of eastern Syria as Russian fighter jets were seen "harassing" three American military drones carrying out a mission against the Islamic State group, an official said. In a statement, the U.S. Air Force…
(JENIN, West Bank) -- Israel withdrew its forces from the Jenin refugee camp just after midnight Wednesday, ending the largest military operation it's conducted in the occupied West Bank in nearly twenty years. The Israeli operation -- which included drone airstrikes, hundreds of special forces and tanks -- lasted 48…
(EDINBURGH, Scotland) -- Kate, the Princess of Wales, paid sentimental tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II while attending a coronation celebration in Scotland Wednesday for King Charles III. Kate joined her husband Prince William, as well as Charles and Queen Camilla, in Edinburgh for a series of events organized…
(TOKYO) -- The United Nation's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), approved plans by Japan to release water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday. The plan would see Japan release 1.3 million tons of treated wastewater -- the equivalent of 500…
(TEXAS) -- Four bodies, including that of an infant, have been recovered from the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, since Saturday, according to Lt. Chris Olivarez, a spokesperson with the Texas Department of Public Safety. Olivarez tweeted Monday that the agency's Tactical Marine Unit (TMU) and the Florida Fish…
