Oleksii Liskonih/iStockBy SOMAYEH MALEKIAN, ABC News (TEHRAN) — Iran officials again denied Saturday any plot to assassinate the U.S. ambassador in South Africa as an act of retaliation to the killing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ top general, Qassem Soleimani. However, the commander of the IRGC vowed that revengeRead More →
solarseven/iStockBy ABC News (NEW YORK) — Israel’s second COVID-19 lockdown started on Friday as the Jewish High Holidays began. The lockdown, which will last for three weeks, went into effect at 2 p.m. local time. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, begins Friday night, and is typically a time forRead More →
Alessandro Biascioli/iStockBy GUY DAVIES, ABC News (LONDON) — The summer of protests following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis was not confined to the United States. Demonstrations featuring placards emblazoned with Floyd’s face and his last words, “I can’t breathe,” spread to Canada and Brazil, to Europe, and evenRead More →
Animals LebanoBy ANGELINE JANE BERNABE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Beirut, Lebanon, is still devastated by the Aug. 4 explosion that ripped through the city, killing 190 people and destroying homes and businesses. More than a month after the blast, a group at the site of the disaster has beenRead More →
DanHenson1/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) — Top members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs have submitted a resolution demanding that Russia free Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine jailed by the country who U.S. officials suspect is being used as a political bargaining chip. Reed, 29, from Granbury,Read More →
WoodyAlec/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) — Traces of the Novichok nerve agent allegedly used to poison Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny were found in a water bottle in his hotel room in the Siberian city of Tomsk, where he was staying before he fell critically ill, Navalny’s colleagues saidRead More →
iStock/Savas BozkayaBY: CHRISTINE THEODOROU and IVAN PEREIRA (BERLIN) — German officials announced Wednesday that they will accept hundreds of refugees who were displaced during last week’s fire at the Moria camp in Greece. The German government said it would take 408 families consisting of 1,553 people who were living inRead More →
oversnap/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(BRIDGETOWN, Barbados) — Barbados announced plans to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state next year, marking the first time in nearly 30 years since a commonwealth country dropped a monarch. Barbados Governor-General Sandra Mason made the announcement in a speech Tuesday, revealing that theRead More →
Courtesy Kori Sidaway By JACQUELINE LAUREAN YATES, ABC News (NEW YORK) — One Canadian journalist is speaking up against a viewer who tried to body-shame her. On Twitter, Kori Sidaway of CHEK News in Victoria, British Columbia, posted a screenshot of an anonymous message sent to her attempting to “shameRead More →
iStock/peerapong boriboonBY: CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Two foreign hackers have been indicted for defacing dozens of U.S.-based websites with pictures of late Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani alongside the message, “Down with America.” The cyberattacks may be another sign of Iranian efforts to retaliate for President Donald Trump’s decisionRead More →
