(NEW YORK) -- Habitats for Asian elephants have decreased by more than 64% across the continent, equating to about 3.3 million square kilometers -- more than 850 million acres -- since the year 1700, according to a new study published Thursday in Scientific Reports. The timeframe coincides with colonial-era use…
(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Ukrainian juvenile prosecutors have opened more than 100 criminal proceedings for what they describe as illegal transfers of Ukrainian kids to Russian-occupied territories, their further deportation to Russia and Belarus, and illegal adoption by Russian citizens, officials in the Ukrainian prosecutor general's office told ABC News. All…
(WASHINGTON) -- After intense negotiations, the Sudanese Armed Forces & Rapid Support Forces had agreed to implement a 72-hour cease-fire across the country beginning at midnight Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Monday afternoon in Washington. Blinken added that the U.S. would "coordinate with regional and international…
(SUDAN) -- A second American has been killed in the violence in Sudan, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby confirmed on Wednesday. While Kirby did not name the victim, a family spokesperson identified him to ABC News as Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman, a doctor who was helping educate physicians in Sudan…
(WASHINGTON) -- The 73-year-old remains of an American veteran of the Korean War have been identified, the United States and South Korea revealed on Wednesday. The joint announcement from President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol identified the remains as belonging to Cpl. Luther H. Story, who was…
(NEW YORK) -- An ongoing investigation into a suspected religious cult in southeastern Kenya whose followers were allegedly told to starve themselves has led to the discovery of dozens of bodies. The death toll reached 90 on Tuesday after Kenyan police exhumed more remains from mass graves on an 800-acre…
(MOSCOW) -- At a movie theatre in central Moscow this month, people had come to watch an illicit film. It wasn’t a documentary about the war in Ukraine or political persecution under Vladimir Putin’s regime. it was "Avatar: The Way of Water." Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, Russian…
(NEW YORK) -- Mohamed Ahmed went back to Sudan for the first time in 13 years for his father's funeral earlier this month. He was scheduled to come back to his family in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on April 19 -- but clashes between Sudan's warring parties left him stranded and…
(NEW YORK) -- Family members of two U.S. citizens who were trapped in Sudan and had to endure major obstacles to leave the country are grateful they're now in Egypt. Imad, a Bay area resident who asked ABC News not to disclose his full name, said his parents Ahmed, 74,…
(LONDON) -- Fighting in Sudan between forces loyal to two rival generals has triggered a mass exodus of foreigners, while locals struggle to escape. As of Tuesday evening, one American and five United Nations staffers were among the hundreds that have been killed amid the ongoing conflict, according to officials.…
