(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. and U.K. on Monday staged airstrikes against eight locations in Yemen aimed at stopping Iran-backed Houthi militants from attacking ships in the Red Sea. The White House has insisted the retaliatory airstrikes -- eight rounds so far -- have been effective despite repeated Houthi attacks. U.S.…
(IRAN) -- The chances that flashpoints in the Middle East will ignite a conflict that engulfs the entire region have increased, Iran's top diplomat told ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz in an exclusive interview Tuesday. "The scope of the war has become wider. This means that the…
(IRAQ) -- The U.S. on Tuesday staged airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq in retaliation for ballistic missiles fired Sunday against Al-Assad airbase that left four U.S. personnel with traumatic brain injuries, two U.S. officials said. "Today, at President Biden’s direction, U.S. military forces conducted necessary and proportionate strikes on…
(GAZA) -- More than half a million people in Gaza are currently facing "catastrophic hunger" amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, according to multiple United Nations organizations. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said 570,000 Gazans are classified as having food insecurity equivalent to famine levels…
(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Air raid sirens sounded in Ukraine's two largest cities just before dawn on Tuesday, as the Russian military again targeted residential areas with a barrage of missiles, killing five and injuring dozens. Many residents of Kyiv and Kharkiv fled to underground shelters as missiles struck their cities,…
(EL-ARISH, Egypt) -- Sixteen-year-old Abdul Rahman Iyad, now in a wheelchair, was critically injured in the leg and head when an Israeli strike hit his home in central Gaza on Christmas Eve, killing his parents, siblings and grandparents, he said. Israeli strikes also left 8-year-old Abdullah with a fractured thigh…
(NEW YORK) -- Hospitals in Gaza are experiencing “catastrophic” situations, operating far beyond capacity amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, according to international organizations. Nasser Hospital -- the largest functioning health facility in Gaza, located in Khan Younis in the south -- is currently operating at 300% capacity, according to Doctors…
(NEW YORK) -- North Korea conducted a test of its underwater nuclear weapon system in response to the United States, Japan and South Korea's "joint military exercises," state-run media Korean Central News Agency said on Friday. The "joint maritime exercises" conducted by the three countries, which took place in the…
(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. conducted another strike Thursday against Houthi targets, U.S. Central Command said, as President Joe Biden vowed they will continue as the militant group keeps up attacks against ships in the Red Sea. The strike targeted two anti-ship missiles that were aimed into the Southern Red Sea…
(LONDON and RAFAH) -- As the Israel-Hamas war passed the 100-day mark this week, the Gaza Strip continues to be devastated amid the conflict, with women and children said to be the majority of casualties -- and those still in Gaza desperate for aid. "I walk a kilometer [about three-quarters…
