(NEW YORK) -- The Taliban's Ministry of Higher Education has sent an order to all private and government-run universities banning women from attending. The order says all female students in Afghanistan should be prevented from attending universities until further orders, according to a decision made by the Taliban cabinet and…
(TORONTO) -- A 73-year-old man wielding a semiautomatic handgun opened fire Sunday at his luxury condo building in a suburb near Toronto, killing five neighbors, including three members of his condo board, police said Monday. Another victim was injured in the shooting in Vaughan, a city north of Toronto, according…
(BERLIN) -- A massive aquarium inside a Berlin hotel burst on Friday, causing "absolute destruction" and resulting in the loss of some 1,500 tropical fish, officials said. The AquaDom, a 50-foot-tall cylindrical glass aquarium with a built-in elevator located inside the Radisson Collection Hotel, Berlin, collapsed shortly before 6 a.m.…
(NEW YORK) -- Missing American college student Kenny DeLand Jr. has been located in Spain three weeks after he walked away from the University of Grenoble Alpes and apparently stopped communicating with friends and family. DeLand called his father on Friday after last being heard from Nov. 27, according to…
(LONDON) -- Prince William's godmother apologized in-person Friday to the woman who accused her of making racist remarks at a reception at Buckingham Palace last month. Lady Susan Hussey, a longtime lady-in-waiting to the late Queen Elizabeth II, offered her "sincere apologies" to Ngozi Fulani, Buckingham Palace said in a…
(NEW YORK) -- Iranian rap music has become a vehicle for criticism of the regime amid ongoing protests in the country, placing several rap stars in the crosshairs of government forces. The protest movement sparked by the arrest and death of Masha Amini in September has led to at least…
(LONDON) -- Members of Britain's royal family are getting into the holiday spirit early. On Thursday, Prince William and Kate, the princess of Wales, arrived at Westminster Abbey with two of their children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, for "Royal Carols: Together at Christmas," a Christmas carol service hosted by…
(NEW YORK) -- Two species that were previously extinct on the Galapagos Islands have reappeared a decade after an invasive predator population was eradicated, showing how impactful restoring and re-wilding ecosystems can be for addressing some of the world's environmental and biodiversity crises, according to scientists. Locally extinct cactus finches…
(NEW YORK) -- Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and other massive digital platforms, announced Thursday that since 2017 they disrupted more than 200 global networks engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior (CIB). Two-thirds of the 200-plus networks that Meta stopped focused on U.S. audiences, according to the company's newest…
(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Suedi Murekezi, an American who was freed from Russian-controlled territory on Wednesday, said he has since been in contact with U.S. officials. Murekezi told ABC News on Thursday that he’s in Kyiv and "going through the protocol" of being debriefed and is in contact with U.S. and…
