A billboard promoting contract army service is pictured in the Russian city of Belgorod, some 40 km from border with Ukraine, on May 27, 2023. — Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images (SLOVYANSK, Ukraine) — Well-trained, well-equipped Ukrainian combat forces are now in “assembly areas,” close enough to front line areas,Read More →

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, will likely be extradited to the United States Tuesday, a source close to the family told ABC News. Van der Sloot left the Challapalca prison on SaturdayRead More →

Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images (TAIPEI, Taiwan) — In the second major provocation by China’s military in the span of a week, a Chinese warship carried out what the U.S. military called “an unsafe maritime interaction” when it crossed an American warship’s bow at a distance of 150 yards forcing the U.S. NavyRead More →

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ethnic cleansing campaigns have continued in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, despite a November 2022 peace agreement, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. “The November truce in northern Ethiopia has not brought about an end to the ethnic cleansing of Tigrayans in Western TigrayRead More →

pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NASSAU, Bahamas) — Five people were rescued after a private plane crashed into waters near the Bahamas on Thursday, the Bahamas’ Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority told ABC News. The plane was en route to Florida when it crashed into the water about 10 nautical miles north of Andros, anRead More →