(NEW YORK) -- As the Israel-Hamas war nears the near-month mark, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, and Israeli forces continue to launch incursions in the southern Gazan town of Rafah ahead of a possible large-scale invasion.Here's how the news is…
(BELIZE) --Scientists are increasingly turning to Indigenous communities for marine conservation, leaning toward generational practices to reach environmental goals.Indigenous and Native communities, historically pushed to the side by colonizers and explorers in centuries past, are coming to the forefront of ecosystem restoration efforts around the world, experts told ABC News.While…
(UKRAINE) -- Soon after President Joe Biden announced a new $225 million package of desperately-needed weapons and ammunition for Ukraine during an in-person meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris Friday, he told Biden that to thwart the Russian invasion, Ukraine must be allowed to use the weapons to strike…
(LONDON and BRUSSELS) -- Dozens of Congolese and foreign nationals -- including 3 Americans -- were brought to trial on Friday in the Democratic Republic of Congo over a failed attempted "coup" against the government of President Felix Tshisekedi last month.Fifty-three people are accused of participating in the uprising, which…
(TEL AVIV, Israel) -- After being out of commission for almost two weeks, the U.S. military's temporary pier has been repaired and was reattached to a beach in Gaza on Friday morning with humanitarian aid deliveries expected to resume "in the coming days," said a top U.S. military official.The Joint…
(WASHINGTON) -- A date has finally been set for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress.House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced that Netanyahu will address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24."I am very moved to have the privilege of representing Israel before…
(AUSTRALIA) -- Several seabird populations have an increasingly dangerous predator as the effects of climate change worsen: Hurricanes.As the frequency and intensity of hurricanes -- referred to as tropical cyclones internationally -- increase, seabird species' ecosystem and community recovery become strained, researchers warn.In a study published Thursday in Nature, researchers…
(NEW YORK) -- President Joe Biden marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day by honoring the bravery of the American World War II veterans who stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, alongside U.S. allies, as he tied Allied efforts against Nazi Germany to their front against Russia's war in Ukraine."We know…
(LONDON) -- Scores of civilians are feared dead in Sudan's Al Jazirah state following attacks by the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group around the village of Wad Al-Noora on Wednesday."Up to a hundred" people were killed as the RSF militia besieged the village, attacking the village twice with heavy artillery,…
(NEW YORK) -- At least four people are dead and 26 others injured after a passenger train and freight train collided in the Czech Republic, authorities said.The crash occurred in Pardubice, about 73 miles east of Prague.Rescue teams are on the scene clearing the accident site, Czech national police said…
