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Russia may be 'looking to move further' into Ukraine, its foreign minister warns
Erhoman/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- As it again masses troops and equipment on the border with Ukraine, the Russian government is "looking for the opportunity to move further" into Ukrainian territory, the ...
Conor Finnegan and MaryAlice Parks, ABC News Nov 12, 2021

Every US citizen who wants out of Afghanistan offered departure, State Department says
christophe_cerisier/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The State Department has arranged a means out of Afghanistan for the last remaining U.S. citizens who are seeking help departing, a senior State Department of...
Conor Finnegan and Libby Cathey, ABC News Nov 12, 2021

Former US Marine detained by Russia goes on hunger strike to protest treatment
Rattankun Thongbun/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Trevor Reed, the 30-year-old former Marine who has been detained on what his family says are trumped up charges in Russia for over two years, has gone on hunger ...
Conor Finnegan, ABC News Nov 09, 2021

Standoff ensues after Belarus escorts 1,000 migrants to border with Poland
iStock/AndreyPopov(WARSAW, Poland) -- An extraordinary standoff is taking place on the border between Poland and Belarus, after Belarusian authorities escorted hundreds of migrants up to it, in a dram...
Patrick Reevell, ABC News Nov 08, 2021

France returning 26 looted treasures back to Benin
iStock(PARIS) -- Twenty-six looted royal treasures will return to their country of origin this week after nearly 130 years of French ownership, as debate continues over repatriating artifacts. Th...
Ibtissem Guenfoud, ABC News Nov 08, 2021

Afghan woman's trek to escape Kabul with her daughter -- and her plea to help family stuck behind
Obtained by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- "Everything bad that you think of was there," Sarina told ABC News in a video call, wiping away tears. "I was feeling like, 'I'm gonna die. Why?'" She said she came t...
Libby Cathey, ABC News Nov 08, 2021

Travelers welcome long-awaited reopening of US borders
alexsl/iStock(LONDON) -- The U.S. is reopening borders to vaccinated travelers on Monday after 20 months of being closed to many countries, including the United Kingdom, Brazil, China, India, South Af...
Zoe Chevalier, ABC News Nov 08, 2021

Women kidnapped from Congo are suing Belgium's government for crimes against humanity
DNY59/iStock(NEW YORK) -- It was not until 2017 that Monique Bitu Bingi felt strong enough to tell the full story of what happened during her childhood in the Belgian-ruled Congo. Even her husband, wh...
Aicha El Hammar Castano and Guy Davies, ABC News Nov 08, 2021

Alleged kidnapper of 4-year-old girl sent to maximum security prison
Tamati Smith/Getty Images(PERTH, Australia) -- Terence Darrell Kelly was charged Thursday afternoon with one count of forcibly taking a child under 16 for allegedly abducting 4-year-old Cleo Smit...
Haley Yamada, ABC News Nov 05, 2021

Famine-stricken Madagascar donations pour in from 'World News Tonight' viewers
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Donations have poured in from thousands of "World News Tonight" viewers in the wake of our report on Southern Madagascar, a country on the verge of the world's first climate chan...
Esther Castillejo, ABC NEWS Nov 05, 2021
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