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Thirty-nine dead, 27 injured after fire breaks out at migrant detention center in Juarez, Mexico
Perry Gerenday/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A fire broke out at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Monday, killing 39 people, officials said. The blaze began as the result of a prote...
Mar 28, 2023
Here's why Israelis are protesting Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan
Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images(JERUSALEM) -- Tens of thousands of people are marching in the streets in Israel on Monday, the latest day in a series of protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netan...
Mar 27, 2023
Prince Harry makes surprise appearance in UK court for tabloid lawsuit
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Prince Harry, the duke of Sussex, made an unexpected appearance in a United Kingdom courtroom on Monday. Harry, who now lives in California with his wife Meghan ...
Mar 27, 2023
Israel delays controversial judicial reform bill until next session amid protests
200mm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Israel's controversial judicial overhaul plan pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been delayed until the parliament's next legislative session, according to...
Mar 27, 2023
Russian jets of newer generation increase 'dominance' in combat zone, Ukrainian official says
Maxime Popov/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Newer generation fighter jets are giving Russia "increasing dominance" in the skies over the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine, according to a senior Ukra...
Mar 27, 2023
Putin says he'll move nukes to Belarus, prompting Ukrainian alarm; US says no sign of imminent risk
Kremlin Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- U.S. officials and lawmakers reacted with a mix of caution and concern this weekend in the wake of comments from Russian ...
Mar 26, 2023
'I wish I could tell you I am shocked, but I'm not. I am tired': Uganda's Parliament passes tough anti-LGBTQ bill
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images(LONDON) -- In the days after Ugandan Parliament passed one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ bills, members of the country's LGBTQ community who spoke to ABC N...
Mar 26, 2023
Vice President Harris arrives for historic Africa trip, focused on investment and empowerment
Ernest Ankomah/Getty Images(ACCRA, Ghana) -- Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Accra, Ghana, on Sunday, kicking off a weeklong trip on the continent that will also take her to Tanzania and ...
Mar 26, 2023
American couple being held at ransom in Haiti, family says: 'We told them not to go'
Toussaint and Imbert Family(TAMARAC, Fla.) -- An American couple visiting Haiti is being held at ransom after being kidnapped from a bus nearly a week ago, according to their family. Jean-Dickens Tous...
Mar 24, 2023
"Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina to be released from prison, Rwandan government says
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Rwandan government announced Friday that Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the acclaimed 2004 film Hotel Rwanda, will be released from prison nearly three years...
Mar 24, 2023