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Iran's Revolutionary Guard commander vows 'hit' on all involved in US killing of top general Qassem Soleimani

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Updated 3 min ago

By SOMAYEH MALEKIAN, ABC News

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Israel goes on its second lockdown as Jewish High Holidays begin

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Updated Sep 18, 2020

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Death of George Floyd prompts reckoning over race, colonialism in Europe

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 18, 2020

By GUY DAVIES, ABC News

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Animal rescue group reunites pets with owners after Beirut explosion

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 18, 2020

By ANGELINE JANE BERNABE, ABC News

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Navalny's team says nerve agent used to poison him found on hotel room water bottle

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 18, 2020

By PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News

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Lawmakers call for Russia to release jailed ex-US Marine

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 17, 2020

By PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News

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Over 1,500 refugees from Moria Camp will be resettled in Germany

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 17, 2020

BY: CHRISTINE THEODOROU and IVAN PEREIRA

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Barbados to drop Queen Elizabeth II as head of state

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 16, 2020

By KARMA ALLEN, ABC News

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Alexey Navalny, Russian opposition leader suspected of being poisoned, slowly recovering

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 15, 2020

BY: PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News

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Satellite images show deterioration of Antarctica glaciers that could lead to rising sea levels

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 15, 2020

BY: JULIA JACOBO, ABC News

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Lukashenko flies to Russia for talks with Putin amid Belarus protests

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 14, 2020

By PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News

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Meet the first traveler in a wheelchair to visit all seven continents

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 14, 2020

By GENEVIEVE SHAW BROWN, ABC News

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Trump announces Bahrain, Israel will normalize relations

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 12, 2020

BY: JORDYN PHELPS AND BEN GITTLESON, ABC NEWS

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Dozens of Saudi officials may be witnesses in 9/11 lawsuit

ABC Audio
Updated 3 min ago

BY: AARON KATERSKY AND CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC NEWS

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300,000 seafarers still stuck on ships: 'We feel like hostages'

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 18, 2020

BY: MINA KAJI, ABC NEWS

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Migrants stuck in limbo over a month aboard rescue ship

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 18, 2020

BY: PHOEBE NATANSON, ABC News

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Alexey Navalny’s team pushes for successful elections as Russian opposition leader remains hospitalized

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 18, 2020

By AICHA EL HAMMAR CASTANO, ABC News

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Largest refugee camp in Greece gutted by fire

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 17, 2020

By CHRISTINE THEODOROU, ENGIN BAS and IBTISSEM GUENFOUD, ABC News

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US reducing troop size in Iraq to 3,000

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 17, 2020

By LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News

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US Navy ends search for missing sailor believed to have gone overboard

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 17, 2020

By LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News

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Remains of 2 missing Americans found in well: Mexican officials

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 16, 2020

By: CHRISTINE THEODOROU, ABC News

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Belarus protest leader detained at Ukraine border after disappearing from Minsk

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 16, 2020

By GUY DAVIES, ABC News

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Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny out of coma after 'severe' Novichok poisoning

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 15, 2020

By GUY DAVIES, ABC News

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Key opposition figure in Belarus disappears after weekend of mass protests

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 15, 2020

By GUY DAVIES and PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News

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Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan are officially 'financially independent'

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 15, 2020

By ZOE MAGEE, ABC News

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UK sees highest increase of new daily COVID-19 cases in months

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 14, 2020

By MATT ZARRELL, ABC News

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Navy searches N. Arabian Sea for sailor missing from aircraft carrier USS Nimitz

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 14, 2020

By LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News

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Beirut explosion: More signs of life detected under rubble

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 12, 2020

BY: IBTISSEM GUENFOUD, ABC NEWS

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Search for survivor in Beirut rubble continues as rescuers detect 'heartbeat'

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 12, 2020

By GUY DAVIES, ABC News

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What is Novichok, the nerve agent used to poison Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny?

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 11, 2020

By PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News

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Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan are becoming film and TV producers

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 10, 2020

By ZOE MAGEE and LESLEY MESSER, ABC News

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Former UN employee arrested, charged with making false statements to cover up alleged sexual assault

ABC Audio
Updated Sep 10, 2020

By IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News

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Coronavirus live updates: WHO says containment of novel coronavirus 'is feasible' and 'top priority'

JTP
Updated Mar 2, 2020

(NEW YORK) -- A viral outbreak that began in China has since spread to every continent across the globe except Antarctica, infecting nearly 90,000 people.

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Global coronavirus death toll reaches nearly 3,000; RI announces first presumptive positive

Leighton Schneider
Updated Mar 1, 2020

(NEW YORK) -- The global death toll of coronavirus has reached nearly 3,000 people as countries around the world continue to report their findings to the World Health Organization.

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3 hurt in stabbing at The Hague in the Netherlands

Leighton Schneider
Updated Nov 29, 2019

(NEW YORK) -- Three people were wounded in a stabbing in the Netherlands on Friday, police said.

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Ceiling collapses at London Theater during show, injuring five

JTP
Updated Nov 7, 2019

(LONDON) -- At least five people were injured after the ceiling of a theater in the heart of London’s entertainment district collapsed during a performance.

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Prince Harry unveils UK team for Invictus Games

CJC
Updated Oct 29, 2019

(LONDON) -- Prince Harry joked and laughed at an event Tuesday revealing the members of the U.K. team for the fifth annual Invictus Games, which will be held next year in the Netherlands.

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Man dies after becoming stuck on top of 290-foot tall smokestack

CJC
Updated Oct 29, 2019

(CUMBRIA, England) -- A man who was dangling from the top of a 290 foot smoke stack for more than six hours, apparently suspended only by his pants, before he was rescued by emergency responders, has since died as a result of the incident, officials said.

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Paris apartment fire kills 10, injures more than 30; arson suspected

JTP
Updated Feb 5, 2019

(PARIS) -- At least 10 people were killed and 37 others injured when flames engulfed an apartment building in an affluent western Paris neighborhood early Tuesday morning.

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China begins celebrating Lunar New Year

JTP
Updated Feb 5, 2019

(SHANGHAI) -- The biggest holiday of the year has begun in China.

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Crocodile warning issued as Australian city faces 'unprecedented' levels of flooding

JTP
Updated Feb 5, 2019

(LONDON) -- The Australian government is warning citizens to be on the look out for crocodiles and snakes in the streets amid severe rainfall and flooding in north Queensland over the past few days.

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Top US commander: Political talks with Taliban 'absolutely' key part of any endgame in Afghanistan war

KT
Updated Feb 5, 2019

(KABUL) -- Gen. Scott Miller, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, has taken over at a pivotal moment in America's longest war.

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Pentagon report warns about the future of ISIS in Syria, as Trump says US troops can return 'very quickly'

KT
Updated Feb 4, 2019

(WASHINGTON) -- A Pentagon report released on Monday indicated that the Islamic State remains an active insurgent group in Iraq and Syria and that, without sustained pressure, the group could reconstitute in Syria within six to 12 months.

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Egypt unearths more than 40 mummies in 'maze of tombs'

KT
Updated Feb 4, 2019

(CAIRO) -- Dozens of mummies have been unearthed at an ancient burial site in Upper Egypt, officials said.

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Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman federal jury begins deliberations

Leighton Schneider
Updated Feb 4, 2019

(NEW YORK) -- An anonymous Brooklyn federal jury began deliberations Monday afternoon in the sweeping drug conspiracy trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

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Israel begins building fence surrounding entire Gaza Strip

JTP
Updated Feb 4, 2019

(JERUSALEM) -- Israel has started to build a controversial fence around the Gaza Strip, saying it's vital for keeping out terrorists after three wars with Hamas in 10 years.

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At least 28 Haitians killed when migrant boat sinks near Bahamas

JTP
Updated Feb 4, 2019

(PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) -- A boat smuggling a large group of Haitian migrants sank over the weekend, killing at least 28 people, officials said.

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Norway hopes world's first floating tunnel will be 'like a new Eiffel Tower'

SL
Updated Feb 3, 2019

(OSLO, Norway) -- Highway E39 in Norway is one of the most beautiful drives in the world, hugging the country's rugged west coast from Kristiansand to Trondheim.

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Putin orders Russia to develop new missiles after US leaves treaty

SL
Updated Feb 3, 2019

(MOSCOW) -- President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s military to begin developing new medium-range missiles in response to President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States is leaving a key Cold War nuclear arms treaty.