(WASHINGTON)-- The U.S. military accused the Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen of having fired a ballistic missile at a container ship in the Red Sea Thursday in the latest provocation that is raising tensions in the region. "Midday Dec. 14 (Sanaa time), a ballistic missile was fired from a Houthi-controlled…
(JERUSALEM) -- National security adviser Jake Sullivan touched down in Israel on Thursday with a blunt message from the Biden administration imploring the Israeli government to lower the intensity of its sweeping military campaign in Gaza as soon as possible, U.S. officials told ABC News. The officials said that the…
(LONDON) -- A Tanzanian national who had been missing since being taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7 has been confirmed dead, Tanzania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced. Joshua Mollel, 21, was a Tanzanian student who had been working as an agricultural intern at a kibbutz near Israel’s border…
(NEW YORK) -- A woman has been arrested and charged more than two weeks after she allegedly stole a truck “filled with donuts” from a service station, police say. The incident occurred at approximately 3:30 a.m. on Nov. 29 when police were called to a service station on Pennant Hills…
(NEW YORK) -- The Ukrainian military’s ammunition stocks are now running so low that units are unable to respond to Russian attacks, according to a prominent member of Ukraine's Parliament. Alexandra Ustinova said Ukraine today has half the munitions in its arsenal that it had a year ago with supplies…
(NEW YORK) -- Damage in Khan Yunis is outpacing other parts of Gaza for the first time, as Israel's offensive against Hamas pushes further south, according to university researchers' analysis of satellite data. Twenty percent of structures in Khan Yunis have likely been damaged or destroyed by Dec. 11, according…
(PARIS) -- Opened 20 years ago and voted best high school in France in 2013, with baccalaureate success rates between 97% and 100% each year, the Averroès school group in Lille, which is also the largest private Muslim secondary school in France, is threatened with closure. An advisory commission chaired…
(NEW YORK) -- The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference came to a close on Wednesday after going into overtime as participating countries negotiated the language included in the final agreement. While there was controversy going into the climate summit over the host country and its selection for conference president-designate,…
(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. officials confirm to ABC News that two missiles were fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward a commercial tanker vessel in the Red Sea Wednesday, with the projectiles missing the ship. The tanker had just entered the Red Sea on its way toward the Suez Canal, an…
(NEW YORK) -- For three Israelis who have been waiting two months for the safe return of their families from Hamas captivity, this year's Hannukah celebrations have been anything but joyful. Hamas freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise…
