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Putin says he'll move nukes to Belarus, prompting Ukrainian alarm; US says no sign of imminent risk
Kremlin Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- U.S. officials and lawmakers reacted with a mix of caution and concern this weekend in the wake of comments from Russian ...
Mar 26, 2023
'I wish I could tell you I am shocked, but I'm not. I am tired': Uganda's Parliament passes tough anti-LGBTQ bill
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images(LONDON) -- In the days after Ugandan Parliament passed one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ bills, members of the country's LGBTQ community who spoke to ABC N...
Mar 26, 2023
Vice President Harris arrives for historic Africa trip, focused on investment and empowerment
Ernest Ankomah/Getty Images(ACCRA, Ghana) -- Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Accra, Ghana, on Sunday, kicking off a weeklong trip on the continent that will also take her to Tanzania and ...
Mar 26, 2023
American couple being held at ransom in Haiti, family says: 'We told them not to go'
Toussaint and Imbert Family(TAMARAC, Fla.) -- An American couple visiting Haiti is being held at ransom after being kidnapped from a bus nearly a week ago, according to their family. Jean-Dickens Tous...
Mar 24, 2023
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Mar 22, 2023
