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US response suggests progress in renewing Iran nuclear deal
KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- After studying Iran's comments on the European Union's proposal to renew a 2015 nuclear deal, the State Department announced Wednesday it had submitted a formal ...
Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News Aug 25, 2022

Ukraine's volunteer 'IT army' responds to Russian hackers, minister says
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images(LVIV, Ukraine) -- The largest power producer in Ukraine, which operates four nuclear power plants, last week survived what officials described as the most powerful at...
Yuriy Zaliznyak, ABC News Aug 25, 2022

Palestinian NGO shuttered by Israel says it has resumed work
200mm/Getty Images(LONDON) -- At least one of the Palestinian NGOs raided and shuttered by Israeli forces last week has already resumed work. Shawan Jabarin, the director of Al-Haq, categorically deni...
Somayeh Malekian and Nasser Atta, ABC News Aug 25, 2022

'Drone Boy' becomes hero in Ukraine after taking out a line of Russian tanks
ABC News(KIEV) -- Andrii Pokrasa is being hailed as a hero in Ukraine, known to the public as "Drone Boy," after he helped a crucial Ukrainian military operation using his drone. Andrii, 15, helped by...
Michela Moscufo, ABC News Aug 24, 2022

Scorching, global drought has uncovered lost artifacts around the world
Ethan Miller/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A worldwide drought has devastated communities across the globe, but it also has fascinated millions as historic artifacts have come to the surface, igniting mem...
Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News Aug 24, 2022

Japan to end pre-departure COVID tests for fully vaccinated tourists in September
DigiPub/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Japan is ending its pre-entry COVID-19 test requirement for fully vaccinated travelers with at least one booster dose, making it one of the last countries to do so. The...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Aug 24, 2022

Ukraine celebrates Independence Day as it marks six months of war
Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- As Ukraine prepared on Wednesday to celebrate its Independence Day, residents of Kyiv, the capital, took to the streets to take photograph...
Yuriy Zaliznyak and Guy Davies, ABC News Aug 24, 2022

After six months of fighting, what's next in the war in Ukraine?
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, the conventional wisdom among many U.S. national security officials and analysts was that Ukraine's military would be a...
Luis Martinez, ABC News Aug 24, 2022

US airstrikes target Iran-backed militias in eastern Syria
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. military said it carried out airstrikes on Tuesday targeting areas of eastern Syria controlled by Iran-backed militias. The "precision strikes" in the...
Matt Seyler and Morgan Winsor, ABC News Aug 24, 2022

Ukrainian teen recalls horror of being shot by Russian soldiers, playing dead
ABC News(KIEV) -- In some ways, 14-year-old Dasha Pivtoratska is like other children her age. She wants to become a choreographer, she shares videos via TikTok and she lights up when she talks about h...
Michela Moscufo, ABC News Aug 23, 2022
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