(AFGHANISTAN) -- The terrorist allegedly responsible for planning the August 2021 bombing at the Kabul, Afghanistan, airport that killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 170 Afghans was himself killed by Taliban fighters "in recent weeks," U.S. officials tell ABC News. A senior Biden administration official on Tuesday described…
(NEW YORK) -- Elizabeth Whelan said she was "surprised" to meet the eyes of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York City on Monday. Elizabeth Whelan is the sister of Paul Whelan, a Canadian-born former U.S. Marine who has been…
(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. military officials released two handout photos of the evacuation of the U.S. embassy staff from Sudan, marking the first official view of evacuees landing at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti. The photos, taken by Navy and Air Force photographers, show staffers arriving at an airfield in Djibouti, the…
(KHARTOUM, Sudan) -- Under pitch black conditions and amid fighting, U.S. military forces, including the Navy's elite SEAL Team Six, swooped into war-torn Sudan and evacuated the American embassy in a "fast and clean" operation, military officials said late Saturday evening. President Joe Biden confirmed the evacuation of U.S. government…
(KOSTYANTYNIVKA, UKRAINE) -- Alina Ivanchenko and her 9-year-old daughter, Zlata, waited as long as they could before leaving the city of Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine. Preparing to leave the relative safety of the central city of Dnipro along with a dozen other locals, the overriding emotion is bittersweet. "We were…
(LONDON) -- Deadly clashes in Sudan between forces loyal to two rival generals appeared to continue Friday, despite both sides agreeing to a three-day truce on humanitarian grounds. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a powerful Sudanese paramilitary group, released a statement on Friday morning announcing its pledge to commit to…
(TORONTO) -- Authorities are looking for about $14.77 million (20 million Canadian dollars) worth of gold and other high-value goods that were stolen from a holding cargo facility at Toronto Pearson International Airport, according to police. A "high-value container" was stolen from a holding cargo facility after it was taken…
(LONDON) -- A lion has been spotted in Chad's Sena Oura National Park for the first time in almost two decades. A team of conservationists from the Chadian government and the New York City-based nonprofit Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released an image on Thursday showing what they described as "a…
(LONDON) -- Members of Britain's royal family are honoring the late Queen Elizabeth II on what would have been her 97th birthday. Prince William and Kate, the princess of Wales, shared a photo on social media of the queen posing with 10 of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The photo was…
(NEW YORK) -- High in the hills of the San Juan Tlacotenco Forest, the worth of water is revealed as nearby villagers make the arduous journey to the Zacasonapan Spring. For generations, the pilgrimage has been a regular tradition for many who live in the area and rely on the…
