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omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. military released dramatic video of a tense encounter on Wednesday over the skies of eastern Syria as Russian fighter jets were seen "harassing" thr...

Alexandre Morin-Laprise/Getty Images(JENIN, West Bank) -- Israel withdrew its forces from the Jenin refugee camp just after midnight Wednesday, ending the largest military operation it's conducted in ...

Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images(EDINBURGH, Scotland) -- Kate, the Princess of Wales, paid sentimental tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II while attending a coronation celebration in Scotland Wednes...

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For three days in a row, the planet reached its hottest day ever recorded as regions all over the world endure dangerous heat. Earth warmed to the highest tem...

Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images(TOKYO) -- The United Nation's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), approved plans by Japan to release water from the Fukushima Daiichi n...

Mona Makela Photography/Getty Images(TEXAS) -- Four bodies, including that of an infant, have been recovered from the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, since Saturday, according to Lt. Chris Olivarez, ...

Boy_Anupong/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Israeli forces fired tear gas inside of a hospital in the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday that injured 125 people as a two-day raid on the city continued, Doct...

George Karbus Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- July marks the peak of the humpback whale's 6,000-mile migration north to Queensland, Australia's warmer waters, where they mate and give birth. "We...

Bernard Van Berg / EyeEm/Getty Images(PARIS) -- France has been beset by violent unrest in recent days after a police officer shot and killed a teenager in a Paris suburb. Here's what we know about th...

pop_jop/Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Ukrainian Armed Forces have yet to reach their "full potential" but two top generals say the counteroffensive is "going to plan" despite anxiety among some Weste...