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Paul Whelan's family says he feels 'abandoned' by US in Russian prison
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The family of American Paul Whelan, who has been imprisoned in Russia for years, said Monday he feels "abandoned" by the U.S. and that "his resilience ...
Ben Gittleson and Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News Apr 17, 2023

Sudan's civilian death toll nears 100 as fighting intensifies amid power struggle
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Dozens of civilians have died and hundreds have been injured in Sudan as forces loyal to two rival generals battle for control of the resource-rich North African nat...
Tom Soufi Burridge and Morgan Winsor, ABC News Apr 17, 2023

US conducts raid against ISIS fighters in Syria: Official
pi/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. forces conducted a raid against ISIS militants in northwest Syria on Monday, according to U.S. Central Command. "The raid resulted in the probable death of a senior...
Matt Seyler and Luis Martinez, ABC News Apr 17, 2023

Seven dead, including child, after gunmen storm Mexican resort
Omar Martinez/picture alliance via Getty Images(GUANAJUATO, Mexico) -- At least seven people are dead, including one child, in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato after several gunmen stormed the ...
ABC News Apr 16, 2023

Reports of gas attacks on Iranian schools resume as students vow to continue education
Handout(LONDON) -- It was in early March when Fereshteh, a 42-year-old mother of two, said she received a phone call from a friend claiming there had been a chemical gas attack at a girls' school in t...
Somayeh Malekian and Emma Ogao, ABC News Apr 15, 2023

Friend of detained journalist Evan Gershkovich: 'We need to make sure he feels he's not alone, he's not forgotten'
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich felt “slight unease” about reporting in Russia, but believed it was his professional duty to remain in the country t...
Allie Weintraub, ABC News Apr 14, 2023

Chechen volunteer fighters back up Ukraine's Russian resistance
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Thousands of foreign volunteer fighters are currently fighting on the side of Ukraine to help the country turn back Russia’s invasion. But for one group of those foreign fi...
Patrick Reevell and Ivan Pereira, ABC News Apr 13, 2023

Ukraine's spy chief says 'Russia is the only beneficiary' of US intelligence leak
ABC News(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Ukraine's most senior military intelligence official is blaming Russia for the massive leak of U.S. government secrets that has dominated headlines in recent days. In his fi...
Guy Davies and Ian Pannell, ABC News Apr 13, 2023

US special operations team working out of embassy in Ukraine: Sources
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A small U.S. military special operations team has been based at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv since early in the war in Ukraine that began in February 2022, accor...
Luis Martinez, ABC News Apr 13, 2023

Archeologists find ancient tomb of temple guard near Giza Pyramids
Fadel Dawod/Getty Images(CAIRO) -- A 3,200-year-old tomb belonging to Panehsy, the guard of the temple of Egyptian deity Amun, has been uncovered in Saqqara necropolis, south of the Egyptian capi...
Ayat Al-Tawy Apr 12, 2023
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