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A United States Congressional delegation meets with government officials in Turks and Caicos, May 20, 2024. (Turks and Caicos Islands, Governor’s Office/Facebook) (NEW YORK) — A Congressional delegation traveled to Turks and Caicos over the fate of five U.S. tourists detained there for ammunition charges that carry a minimum 12-year sentence in prison if convicted. […]
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A U.S. national has been mistakenly accused of involvement in last weekend’s attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cole Patrick Ducey, an engineer living in Eswatini, told ABC News Monday that he was not involved, despite reports online and in the media. DRC government officials also confirmed to […]
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (LONDON) — One person was dead and several others injured after a Singapore Airlines flight encountered “severe” turbulence about 90 minutes from the plane’s destination of Singapore, the airline said in a social media post. The plane, a Boeing 777-300ER, was diverted to Bangkok, Thailand, the carrier said. Story developing… Copyright © […]
Palestinians who fled Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip ride with their belongings in the back of a truck, as they arrive to take shelter in Deir el-Balah in the central part of the Palestinian territory on May 12, 2024. – Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, and other officials died in a helicopter crash Sunday near Iran’s northern border with Azerbaijan, Iranian state media said Monday morning. The helicopter was part of a convoy of three helicopters returning from an event inaugurating a joint dam project when […]
Palestinians who fled Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip ride with their belongings in the back of a truck, as they arrive to take shelter in Deir el-Balah in the central part of the Palestinian territory on May 12, 2024. – Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the […]
Stella Assange, wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, delivers a speech in front of the Home Office as protesters gather to Demand Julian Assange’s Immediate release on May 17, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (LONDON) — The U.K.’s High Court on Monday said Julian Assange can continue appealing his extradition to […]
Office of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi is dead following a helicopter crash, Iranian state media said Monday morning. The Iranian minister of foreign affairs and the others onboard were also killed in the crash. Raisi’s administration began an emergency meeting on […]
People bring flowers to the Iranian embassy to pay tribute to Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in Moscow on May 20, 2024. The placard with a Raisi portrait reads “(We) mourn”. (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — With the news of Iranian President Raisi’s death in a helicopter […]
Palestinians who fled Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip ride with their belongings in the back of a truck, as they arrive to take shelter in Deir el-Balah in the central part of the Palestinian territory on May 12, 2024. – Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the […]
