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American detained nearly two years in Russia gets additional trial delay
Courtesy Carol Barnes(NEW YORK) -- David Barnes, an American who has been incarcerated in Russia since the beginning of 2022, will have to wait another three weeks before he returns to a Moscow courtr...
Jared Kofsky and Tanya Stukalova, ABC News Aug 16, 2023

North Korea claims US soldier seeks refuge after becoming 'disillusioned' with America
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- North Korea on Wednesday said the U.S. army private who crossed the border in July had "expressed his willingness to seek refuge" in the secretive country afte...
Luis Martinez and Kevin Shalvey, ABC News Aug 16, 2023

Dozens killed in gas station explosion in Russia, local officials say
Russian Emergency Ministry/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A gas station in the Russian town of Makhachkala, in the southern region of Dagestan, exploded on Tuesday evening, killing at least 35...
Kevin Shalvey, ABC News Aug 15, 2023

'Disease catastrophe' looms in Sudan as health conditions deteriorate, medics warn
A Sudanese officer speaks to civilians recruited by the army as they take part in a military training in the Kassinger area of Sudan's Northern State on August 9, 2023. -- AFP via Getty Images(LONDON)...
Emma Ogao, ABC News Aug 11, 2023

Who are the detained American citizens released from prison in Iran?
Neda Sharghi via Twitter(WASHINGTON) -- Five American citizens considered to be unjustly detained have all been moved into house arrest in Iran after previously being imprisoned there, U.S. officials ...
Shannon K. Crawford, Cindy Smith, and Ben Gittleson, ABC News Aug 10, 2023

Iran moves toward freeing five American citizens who had been imprisoned, in rare deal
Jose Antonio Caravaca/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- After months of quiet negotiations, Iran and the U.S. have reached an agreement that would see five American citizens considered to be unjustly detain...
Shannon K. Crawford, Cindy Smith, Ben Gittleson, and Molly Nagle, ABC News Aug 10, 2023

US expresses 'growing concern' for safety of Niger's president amid apparent coup
Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum at the Elysee Palace on Feb. 16, 2023 in Paris. -- Chesnot/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- There is "growing concern" for the safety of Niger's democratically electe...
Shannon K. Crawford and Morgan Winsor, ABC News Aug 10, 2023

Presidential candidate assassinated in Ecuador after alleging links between gangs and officials
RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images(QUITO, Ecuador) -- Fernando Villavicencio, a presidential candidate in Ecuador, whose campaign highlighted alleged connections between gangs and government officia...
Aicha El Hammar Castano, ABC News Aug 10, 2023

Scientists discover new species of miniature ancient whale that lived about 41 million years ago
Courtesy of Hesham Sallam(NEW YORK) -- Scientists have identified a new species of ancient miniature whale, which is now thought to be the smallest known basilosaurid to ever exist. Remnants from the ...
Julia Jacobo, ABC News Aug 10, 2023

41 people reportedly died after boat capsized off Italian coast, survivors tell Red Cross
Valeria Ferraro/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(LAMPEDUSA, Italy) -- Forty-one people are presumed to have died in a shipwreck close to the Italian island of Lampedusa on Friday, survivors told t...
Teddy Grant, ABC News Aug 09, 2023
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