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Explosions reported near US Consulate in Iraq; Iran claims responsibility
200mm/Getty Images(ERBIL, Iraq) -- Several explosions were reported near the U.S. Consulate in Erbil, Iraq, an Iraqi security source told ABC News. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps quickly took r...
Bader Katy, ABC News Jan 15, 2024

Ukraine's foreign minister warns 'time is running out' to pass funding deal for aid
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has warned that "time is running out" for Congress to pass a new funding deal for more military aid for Ukraine. The B...
Tom Soufi Burridge, Oleksiy Pshemyskiy, Bruno Roeber, Nicky deBlois, and Yuriy Boyko, ABC News Jan 15, 2024

US shoots down Houthi missile aimed at American warship in Red Sea, officials say
KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A U.S. fighter aircraft shot down a missile fired toward an American warship from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen, U.S. military officials said. The USS Laboon...
Kevin Shalvey, ABC News Jan 15, 2024

2nd volcanic fissure opens 'just outside' evacuated Icelandic town, Met office says
Civil Protection of IcelandHours after a volcanic fissure opened north of an evacuated town in Iceland, a second fissure opened "just outside" the residential area, the Icelandic Meteorological Office...
Kevin Shalvey Jan 14, 2024

'Catastrophic': Residents, aid organizations describe conditions in northern Gaza
UK Ministry Of DefenseWhile the Israeli army has gradually reduced the number of troops it has in northern Gaza, many residents and relief organizations said that part of the region had been largely i...
Zoe Magee and Ruwaida Amer Jan 14, 2024

North Korea tests ballistic missile, Japan and South Korea say
ABC NewsNorth Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile on Sunday afternoon, Japan and South Korea said. The launch appeared to have been a shorter-range ballistic missile than those recently teste...
Anthony Trotter, Hakyung Kate Lee, and Kevin Shalvey Jan 14, 2024

Ecuador prison staff being held hostage by inmates released: Officials
ABC NewsAll of the Ecuador prison guards and administrative employees who were being held by inmates were released, the country’s prison agency said Saturday night. As nationwide civil unrest un...
Aicha El Hammar Castano and Riley Hoffman Jan 14, 2024

2 Navy SEALs missing off Somalia coast were on a nighttime boarding mission: US officials
shaunl/Getty Images(SOMALIA) -- Two U.S. Navy SEALs are missing off the coast of Somalia after having fallen into the water during a nighttime boarding mission on Thursday, according to two U.S. offic...
Luis Martinez, ABC News Jan 13, 2024

US launches another retaliatory airstrike against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
On Jan. 11, 2024, at 2:30 a.m. (Sanaa time), U.S. Central Command forces, in coordination with the United Kingdom, and support from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, and Bahrain conducted joint stri...
Luis Martinez, ABC News Jan 13, 2024

US, UK launch large-scale retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen
filo/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. military has unleashed large-scale retaliatory airstrikes against multiple Houthi targets in Yemen following months of attacks by the Iranian-backed militants...
Luis Martinez and Morgan Winsor, ABC News Jan 12, 2024
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