(OSLO, Norway) -- Andrey Medvedev is tense. He arrives unsmiling. Sitting in a hotel lobby in central Oslo, he anxiously eyes a man walking past the bar, asking why he's looking at him. Medvedev's anxiety is understandable. Until recently, he was a unit commander in the Wagner Group, the Russian…
(TORONTO) -- A high-altitude object tracked over northern Canada has been shot down over the Yukon, officials said. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he ordered the takedown of "an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace." "Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the…
(NORTHERN UKRAINE) -- Lt. Gen. Serhiy Nayev, one of the most senior commanders of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, believes that the data surveillance the United States has collected is crucial in Ukraine's efforts amid the ongoing war. Nayev is in charge of all troops based in the north of Ukraine…
(NEW YORK) -- Some 70 years after humans drove cheetahs to extinction in India, the country now seeks to bring them back. In efforts to reestablish a population, South Africa will ship about 100 of the carnivorous cats to India over the next decade with the first batch of felines…
(NACIMIENTO, Chile) -- Wildfires that have been raging across Chile for more than a week have now killed at least 26 people and left more than 2,000 injured. Over 1,500 homes have also been completely destroyed by the fires, leaving thousands more homeless as a heatwave has enveloped the region…
(NEW YORK) -- Almost a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout eastern and southern Ukraine. Putin's forces pulled out of key positions in November, retreating from Kherson as Ukrainian troops led…
(LONDON) -- King Charles III's highly anticipated coronation will take place on May 6 at Westminster Abbey. Charles will be the 40th monarch to be crowned at the church; William the Conqueror was the first on Christmas Day in 1066. The most recent was Queen Elizabeth II on June 2,…
(NEW YORK) -- A 17-year-old boy is sharing his story of survival after spending 94 hours trapped in rubble in the wake of the devastating earthquake that rocked Turkey early Monday. Speaking via FaceTime from his hospital bed in Gaziantep, Turkey, Adnan Muhammet Korkut told ABC News he was asleep…
(NEW YORK) -- ABC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Ian Pannell has been traveling throughout Turkey to some of the areas most devastated by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck early Monday. He spoke with ABC's "Start Here," about what he has seen so far. START HERE: Ian joins us from the…
(NEW YORK) -- Paul Whelan’s detainment in Russia has passed 1,500 days, and his brother David Whelan is urging people not to give up on him. President Joe Biden focused on the domestic agenda during his State of the Union address Tuesday and did not mention Paul Whelan, who was…
