(GAZA) -- In Israel, right-wing settlers question the delivery of aid to Gazans, while Israeli peace activists advocate for the passage of aid trucks.A Palestinian truck driver is back on the road delivering flour, sugar and salt to Gaza after being attacked by right-wing Israeli settlers last month.Tamer Muhtaseb and…
(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. military is planning to suspend operations to its temporary pier off Gaza on Friday, temporarily moving the structure to an Israeli port to ride out high seas and rough waves expected to hit the region in coming days, according to an official.It's the third time in…
(GREECE) -- A sweltering heat wave in Greece, recorded as the season's earliest-ever, has prompted authorities to close public schools, limit outdoor attractions and release safety alerts.Primary schools and kindergartens closed Wednesday and Thursday in areas of Greece where temperatures sustained heat wave levels and soared well over 100 degrees…
(NEW YORK) -- As the secretive Israeli rescue operation began at 11 a.m. on Saturday in Gaza, hostage Andrey Kozlov first heard the gunfire and wondered whether he was in mortal danger, his girlfriend, Jennifer Master, told ABC News.As intense gunfire rang out, the first Israeli commandos Kozlov saw were…
(NEW YORK) -- In a setback to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, the Russian prosecutor's office announced Thursday he will stand trial on espionage charges, officially ending any future pre-detention appeals."The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation has approved an indictment in the criminal case against US citizen…
(CANADA) -- A segment of the polar bear population is at risk of extinction should ice-free periods continue to get longer, researchers have determined using analysis of the sea ice as well as the health of the bears themselves.Ice-free periods in Canada's Hudson Bay have been lengthening over the past…
(FASANO, Italy) -- G7 leaders on Thursday agreed to lend Ukraine $50 billion this year -- backed by profits from frozen Russian assets -- to help the country's war effort and rebuilding.This plan has been years in the making. It's a win for President Joe Biden, who has been pushing…
(RUSSIA) -- The Pentagon is downplaying Wednesday's arrival of four Russian Navy ships in Cuba as U.S. officials acknowledge that U.S. Navy ships "actively monitored" the Russian ships as they made their way to a port of call in Havana.At the on-camera Pentagon press briefing, spokesperson Sabrina Singh downplayed the…
(ITALY) -- It has been thousands of years since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius left the Italian city of Pompeii in ruins, but the ancient archaeological site continues to offer new findings.An ornate "blue room," distinguished by depictions of female figures on the cerulean-painted walls, was newly excavated by archeologists,…
(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Ukraine on Tuesday launched its Unmanned Systems Forces, a new branch of its military focused on drone warfare that officials said was the first of its kind."Ukraine is the only country in the world that has created the Unmanned Systems Forces, and this gives hope for the…
