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"Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina to be released from prison, Rwandan government says
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Rwandan government announced Friday that Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the acclaimed 2004 film Hotel Rwanda, will be released from prison nearly three years...
Morgan Winsor, ABC News Mar 24, 2023

Harris to discuss 'brutality of slavery' at Cape Coast Castle during weeklong Africa visit
Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson(WASHINGTON) -- Kamala Harris, the first Black U.S. vice president, on Saturday begins a historic first trip while in office to Africa, with stops schedul...
Justin Gomez, ABC News Mar 24, 2023

Additional attacks on American bases in Syria Friday after US retaliatory airstrikes on Iranian-backed groups
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A U.S. official told ABC News that there were two new attacks late Friday on two U.S. facilities in Deir ez-Zor Province in eastern Syria after another earli...
Luis Martinez and Matt Seyler, ABC News Mar 24, 2023

How to watch the five-planet alignment: Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars
ABC News Photo Illustration(NEW YORK) -- Don't miss your lucky chance to see the stars -- or planets -- align next week. A five-planet alignment of Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars will be vis...
Haley Yamada, ABC News Mar 23, 2023

US speeds up delivery of Abrams tanks, could be in Ukraine by fall
FILE photo -- Stocktrek Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Ukraine will get American Abrams tanks this fall, much sooner than expected, after the Pentagon decided to refurbish existing hulls in its i...
Luis Martinez, ABC News Mar 22, 2023

Large asteroid to safely pass by Earth in once-per-decade moment
Tayeb Benzian / 500px/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An asteroid between 140 and 310 feet in size will safely pass by Earth on Saturday, according to NASA Asteroid Watch. An asteroid of this size only goes...
Emily Shapiro, ABC News Mar 22, 2023

Survivors reel in aftermath of one of Africa’s deadliest cyclones
AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- “Let me tell you, it is a serious situation. It is a tragedy,” says Paul Turnbull, Malawi Country Director of the World Food Programme. He is ...
Emma Ogao, ABC News Mar 22, 2023

Xi departs Putin meeting, after signaling strength in Russia-China alliance
Grigory Sysoyev/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping departed Moscow on Wednesday after two days of highly symbolic meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, i...
Karson Yiu and Kevin Shalvey, ABC News Mar 22, 2023

North Korea fires multiple cruise missiles amid US-South Korea joint drills
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles toward the East Sea Wednesday, the latest show of its military capabilities during the 11-days-long joint ...
Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News Mar 22, 2023

Gun used in kidnapping, killing of Americans in Mexico came from US
Steve Prezant/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A gun used earlier this month by cartel members to kidnap a group of Americans and kill two of them was illegally trafficked from the U.S., according to a crimi...
Conor Finnegan, ABC News Mar 21, 2023
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