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American imprisoned in Russia sentenced to new 15-year jail term for espionage

A Russian-born U.S. citizen already imprisoned in Russia on a bribery conviction has been handed a second 15-year jail term for espionage, Russian news agencies reported
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Hong Kong police issue arrest warrants and bounties for six activists

Hong Kong police have announced a fresh round of arrest warrants for six activists based overseas, with bounties set at $1 million Hong Kong dollars for information leading to their arrests
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A blast at a Turkish armament factory kills at least 12 people

An explosion at an armament factory in northwest Turkey left at least 12 dead and four injured Tuesday morning
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US, UK condemn Pakistani military court convictions of Imran Khan supporters

The United States and the United Kingdom have expressed deep concern over the recent handing down of convictions by Pakistani military courts to 25 civilian supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan over last year's riots
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December 24

Tonga's parliament elects a new prime minister after his predecessor quit this month

Tonga’s parliament has elected Aisake Eke as the country’s new prime minister
December 24
December 23

Southern Africa elections brought big changes in 2024

Old liberation movements in Southern Africa suffered serious electoral declines this year as millions of people made their voices heard in elections
December 23
FILE - A voter fills out a ballot paper during general elections in Nkandla, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, on May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, file)
December 23

South Korea's opposition party vows to impeach acting president

South Korea’s main opposition party said Tuesday it will seek to impeach acting leader Han Duck-soo after he missed an opposition-set deadline to approve independent investigations into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife
December 23
Protesters hold a banner showing images of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, and acting President Han Duck-soo during a rally demanding the arrest of Yoon in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. The banner reads "Denounce Han Duck-soo's veto." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
December 23

20 years on, ‘Baby 81’ of Indian Ocean tsunami embraces his unique identity

The boy once known as “Baby 81,” who was pulled from the mud as an infant after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and reunited with his parents following an emotional court battle, is now a 20-year-old dreaming of higher education
December 23
Jayarasa Abilash, known as Baby 81 after he was swept away by the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami, stands in front of a monument built in memory of tsunami victims outside his residence with his father Murugupillai in Kurukkalmadam, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
December 23

Leader of Tibet’s government-in-exile on the Dalai Lama, China

ABC News’ Stephanie Ramos spoke to exiled Sikyong Penpa Tsering about President Joe Biden’s efforts to enhance U.S. support for Tibet while China seeks to eventually choose the next Dalai Lama.
December 23
Leader of Tibet’s government-in-exile on the Dalai Lama, China
December 23

El Salvador's Congress approves ending ban on metals mining

El Salvador's Congress has approved a law that would lift the country’s seven-year-old ban on mining for metals
December 23
FILE - El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks after receiving Costa Rica's highest honor from President Rodrigo Chaves at the presidential palace in San Jose, Costa Rica, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Diaz, File)
December 23

Only 1 hospital in northern Gaza now able to provide services, say officials

There are currently 400 civilians inside Kamal Adwan Hospital, doctor says.
December 23
An injured Palestinian man is transported to the emergency ward of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, following an Israeli strike in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on November 21, 2024.
December 23

Swiss Air flight diverts with smoke on board; crew member, 10 passengers hospitalized

There were 74 passengers and five crew members on board. 
December 23
Swiss Airbus A220-300 aircraft or former Bombardier CS300 BD-500 model, as seen on final approach flying for landing at the runway of London Heathrow International Airport LHR.
December 23

Legendary drug lord Fabio Ochoa is deported to Colombia and walks free after 20 years in US prisons

One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cartel has been deported back to the South American country, after serving 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence in the United States
December 23
Fabio Ochoa, center, a former member of Cartel of Medellin, arrives at El Dorado airport after being deported from the U.S., in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
December 23

Hundreds march in Croatia for safer schools after a student is killed in a knife attack

Hundreds walked in silence in Croatia’s capital on Monday, seeking action after a pupil was killed and three other children were wounded in a knife attack at a school in Zagreb
December 23
Protesters march urging action after a pupil was killed and three more children were wounded in a knife attack in a school in Zagreb, Monday, Dec. 23, 2004. (AP Photo)
December 23

UN publishes new death toll for massacre of older people and Vodou religious leaders in Haiti

The United Nations has raised the death toll of a recent massacre in which dozens of older people and Vodou religious leaders were killed by a gang in Haiti
December 23
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Former Greek royal family expresses 'deep emotion' after regaining citizenship

Members of Greece’s former royal family have expressed “deep emotion” after being granted Greek citizenship, ending a decades-old dispute with the country's government
December 23
FILE - From left, Pavlos, son of former king of Greece Constantine II, Nikolaos, son of former king of Greece Constantine II, former Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Philippos son of former king of Greece Constantine II, Marie-Chantal, wife of Pavlos, and Olga, daughter of Michael, attend the funeral of Michael, cousin of the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas, File)
December 23

Albania opposition activists rally on streets of Tirana to demand government steps aside

Albania’s main opposition party has blocked the capital Tirana’s main intersections in an anti-government protest calling for a technocratic caretaker cabinet
December 23
Police block opposition protesters during an anti-government rally asking for a technocratic caretaker Cabinet, in Tirana, Albania, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)
December 23

France has a new government. Now it must fix the budget while avoiding collapse

French President Emmanuel Macron’s office announced a new government Monday, after the previous Cabinet collapsed in a historic vote prompted by fighting over the country’s budget
December 23
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou arrives for a meeting at a crisis centre at the Interior Ministry in Paris, Monday Dec. 23, 2024, following the cyclone Chido's passage over the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte. French President Emmanuel Macron's office announced a new government Monday, after the previous Cabinet collapsed in a historic vote prompted by fighting over the country's budget. (Julien de Rosa, Pool via AP)
December 23

Surveillance videos appear to show 2 of 4 missing Ecuadorian kids taken by men in military uniform

Surveillance videos have emerged from the Ecuadorian coastal city of Guayaquil, showing men in military uniform grabbing two boys and driving them away
December 23
People embrace during a protest in front of the prosecutor's office following the disappearance in Guayaquil of four children who were last seen running away from a military convoy, in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)
December 23

Mozambique court upholds the governing party's presidential election victory as protests flare again

Mozambique’s highest court has upheld the governing party’s win in the October presidential election following weeks of opposition protests in which more than 100 people have died
December 23
FILE - A barricade burns Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 in Mozambique's capital, Maputo,Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 in protests that have engulfed the country after the opposition rejected the results of the country's polls which saw the Frelimo party extend its 58-year rule. (AP Photo/Carlos Uqueio, File)
December 23

Italy vows to push ahead with dormant migrant vetting centers in Albania

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s government has vowed to open controversial migrant processing centers in Albania that have remained dormant after Italian courts refused to validate the transfer of the first two groups of migrants
December 23
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends a press conference during the North-South Summit in Inari, Finland, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva via AP)
December 23

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says 3,000 North Koreans killed or wounded in Russia fighting

North Korean troops are fighting alongside Russian units in Kursk.
December 23
Korean People's Army soldiers are pictured at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea on Dec. 17, 2019.
December 23

Kosovo election authority bans main ethnic Serb party from parliamentary vote

Kosovo’s election authority has barred the main ethnic Serb party from competing in the upcoming parliamentary election
December 23
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Plane crash leaves 10 family members dead in Brazil

The plane went down in a popular shopping area in Gramado, in the country’s southern region.
December 23
The plane went down in a popular shopping area in Gramado, in the country’s southern region.
December 23

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December 23
Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
December 23

Bridge collapse in Brazil leaves at least 2 dead and a dozen others missing

Brazilian police say that that at least two people have been killed and a dozen others are missing after the collapse of a bridge that linked two northern states
December 23
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Hamas reports Israeli attack on Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp

Hamas on Monday said the Israel Defense Forces killed or wounded at least 50 people in an air and ground assault on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. ABC News’ Ines de La Cuetara reports.
December 23
VIDEO: Hamas reports Israeli attack on Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp
December 23

Afghanistan welcomes Saudi Arabia’s decision to reopen embassy in Kabul

Afghanistan has welcomed the reopening of Saudi Arabia’s Embassy in Kabul for the first time since the Taliban returned to power in 2021
December 23
This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo)
December 23

Bangladesh seeks extradition of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina from India

Bangladesh has sent a formal request to India to extradite ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
December 23
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina checks her watch as she waits for the official opening time to cast her vote in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jan. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
December 23

Rescuers reach a stranded hiker in Slovenia but another is missing during a Balkans snowstorm

A snowstorm on Monday has brought traffic chaos across Croatia and Bosnia
December 23
People walk in the street during heavy snowfall in downtown Sarajevo, Bosnia, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
December 23

France observes a national day of mourning for victims of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte

France has marked a national day of mourning for the victims of Cyclone Chido, which devastated the French overseas department of Mayotte earlier this month
December 23
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron stand for a minute of silence Monday, Dec. 23, 2024 at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, after Macron declared a day of national mourning for the lives lost when Cyclone Chido ripped through the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, Pool)
December 23

Imran Khan's party holds talks with Pakistan's government to seek former PM's release

The opposition party of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan has held a first round of talks with the government to secure the release of its leader and other activists, officials said
December 23
December 23

Chinese court issues suspended death sentence to man who drove car into a crowd of schoolchildren

A Chinese court issued a suspended death sentence to a man for driving his car into a crowd of elementary school students and parents in southern Hunan province last month
December 23
December 23

China says Philippine plan to deploy midrange missiles would be 'extremely irresponsible'

China says a plan by the Philippines to deploy midrange missiles would be a provocative move that stokes regional tensions
December 23
December 23

Magdeburg mourns Christmas market attack victims as fears swirl of deeper social divisions

Mourners are laying flowers near the scene of the deadly Christmas market attack as investigators puzzle over the motive of the suspect
December 23
Co leader of German far right party AfD Alice Weidel, centre, attends an AfD election campaign in Magdeburg, Germany, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
December 23

British economy flatlines in 3rd quarter in another blow to new Labour government

The British economy flatlined in the third quarter of the year, according to downwardly revised official figures in another blow to the new Labour government that has made growth its number one mission
December 23
Christmas shoppers out wearing seasonal hats in central London, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, Britain's economy unexpectedly shrank by 0.1 percent in October, The Office for National Statistics stated in figures released Friday. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, Pool)
December 23

Romanian pres. nominates incumbent premier to lead pro-European coalition government

Romania’s president has nominated incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu to lead a new pro-European coalition government inn hopes of ending a protracted political crisis following the annulment of a presidential election by a top court
December 23
Romanian Prime Minister designate Marcel Ciolacu, the leader of the Social Democratic party, adjusts his glasses before a confidence vote for him and his team at the parliament in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
December 23

Pandas An An and Ke Ke celebrate their 1st Christmas in Hong Kong

A pair of five-year-old pandas, named An An and Ke Ke, celebrated their first Christmas early in a Hong Kong park, munching on special treats and looking cute for the cameras
December 23
In this photo released by Hong Kong Ocean Park, Giant Panda Ying Ying poses with Christmas treats at the Ocean Park in Hong Kong on Dec. 19, 2024. (Hong Kong Ocean Park via AP)
December 23

Japan's former Emperor Akihito marks his 91st birthday

Japan’s beloved former Emperor Akihito marked his 91st birthday on Monday, as he continues to pursue his lifetime research into goby fish, care for his wife and pray for peace
December 23
This handout photo taken on Dec. 11, 2024 by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan and released on Dec. 23, 2024 shows Japan's former emperor Akihito, left, and former empress Michiko as they pose for photos at their residence in Tokyo. Japan's former emperor Akihito turns 91 on Dec. 23. (Imperial Household Agency of Japan via AP)
December 23

Tens of thousands displaced by ethnic violence in northeast India suffer squalid conditions in camps

Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes in India’s northeast Manipur state since violence erupted last year between the majority Meitei community and minority Kuki-Zo tribes
December 23
CORRECTS PLACE- A Kuki tribal woman Phalneivah Khonsai, 35, talks to Associated Press in a relief camp in Kangpokpi, Manipur, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. Khonsai ran for her life when violence struck her neighbourhood in India's restive northeast, carrying just the bare essentials in the hope that her family would return soon. Khonsai, her husband and three children left behind their house, which was torched by a mob, and made for the hills where thousands of people from their community were heading for safety. (AP Photo/Rishi Lekhi)
December 23

Australia approves extradition of ex-US Marine for allegedly training Chinese pilots

Former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan will be extradited from Australia to the United States over allegations that he illegally trained Chinese aviators
December 23
FILE - In this undated photo provided by Saffrine Duggan, her husband, former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan, poses for a photo in a restaurant. (Saffrine Duggan via AP, File)
December 22

10 dead in small plane crash in Brazil

At least 17 others, who had been in the area Christmas shopping, were injured.
December 22
This handout photo released by Rio Grande do Sul communication department show the site of a plane crash at the city of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on Dec. 22, 2024.
December 22

2 Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in 'friendly fire' incident: Officials

One of the pilots has minor injuries, according to the U.S. Central Command.
December 22
2 Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in 'friendly fire' incident: Officials
December 22

Rome's iconic Trevi Fountain reopens after renovation work

Rome’s iconic Trevi Fountain has reopened ahead of the inauguration of the 2025 Jubilee Holy Year, following the completion of extraordinary maintenance
December 22
Rome's mayor Roberto Gualtieri, center, tosses a coin into the 18th century Trevi Fountain, one of Rome's most iconic landmarks, as it reopens to the public after undergoing maintenance, just on time for the start of the Jubilee Year, an event expected to draw millions of visitors to the Eternal City, in Rome, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
December 22

At least 10 are killed as a small plane crashes into a Brazilian town popular with tourists

Brazil’s Civil Defense Agency says a small plane has crashed into a Brazilian town that's popular with tourists and killed all 10 passengers and crew on board
December 22
December 22

Thousands stream into Belgrade square to protest against populist Serbian president

Tens of thousands have streamed into a central square in Serbia’s capital for a big rally against populist President Aleksandar Vucic and his government
December 22
People attend a protest against the Serbian authorities in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
December 22

Suspect in Germany Christmas market attack facing murder charges, police say

The attack occurred on Friday night in the eastern city of Magdeburg.
December 22
A police officer guards the Christmas Market, where a car drove into a crowd on Friday evening, in Magdeburg, Germany, on Sunday morning, Dec. 22, 2024.
December 22

'El Gordo' lottery in Spain spreads Christmas riches worth $2.8 billion

Spaniards have been anticipating the arrival of “El Gordo” or “The Fat One” for weeks
December 22
A spectator waits for the start of the annual Christmas lottery draw, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, at Madrid's Teatro Real, Spain, on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
December 22

Pope Francis calls for a ceasefire on all fronts in his prayer ahead of Christmas

Pope Francis has called for a ceasefire on all war fronts in his Sunday prayer ahead of Christmas celebrations, condemning the “cruelty” of bombing schools and hospitals in Ukraine and Gaza
December 22
People hold statuettes of baby Jesus as they look at a giant screen in St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, showing Pope Francis reciting the Angelus noon prayer from his Santa Marta Residence, after he decided not to appear at the window of his studio overlooking the square because of a persistent cold, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
December 22

Destructive Cyclone Chido unearths tensions between locals and migrants in France's Mayotte

Cyclone Chido not only ravaged Mayotte’s fragile infrastructure but also laid bare deep-seated tensions between the island’s residents and its large migrant population
December 22
People line up to collect water in Barakani, Mayotte, home Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)