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CT757fan/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A Princeton University graduate student is being held captive by an Iran-linked Shiite militia in Iraq where she was conducting field research for her Ph.D. in politic...

Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Ukrainian officials have heightened warnings in recent days that Russia plans to blow up the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant -- the largest nuclear pla...

Yuriy Boyko/ABC News(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Ukraine's ongoing counteroffensive has allowed their forces to take the "initiative" in the war against Russian invaders but "we want to do it faster," President...

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...