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Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets with Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz (2nd-R) in Tel Aviv, on Jan. 9, 2024, during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East....

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(LONDON) -- An internet seller who tricked eBay users into bidding for a walking stick that he falsely said belonged to Queen Elizabeth II has been sentenced. Dru Marshall, ...

amphotora/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A 32-year-old dual U.S.-Russian citizen has been arrested in Russia on drug charges, local officials said. Robert Woodland was arrested on Jan. 5 and appeared in co...

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(DNIPRO, Ukraine) -- The number of heavily wounded soldiers being treated at one of Ukraine's largest trauma hospitals has risen by as much as 30% in the past few weeks, acc...

SimpleImages/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A year featuring extreme events across the globe is now officially Earth's hottest year on record, according to Copernicus, Europe’s climate change service...

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- South Korea's national assembly unanimously passed a bill to ban eating and selling of dog meat on Tuesday. Slaughtering, breeding, trading and selli...

belterz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Ukraine's Air Force said Monday it was only able to shoot down 18 of the 51 Russian missiles fired overnight at targets across Ukraine, and that 33 of the missiles co...

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Efforts were underway Sunday to rescue five people who became trapped in a cave in southwestern Slovenia when torrential rains caused water levels to rise i...

ABC News/Plant(NEW YORK) -- Beginning in December, after the end of the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) expanded its ground operation in Gaza — bot...

MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Oscar Pistorius, the former South African runner who competed in both the Olympics and Paralympics, has been released from prison on parole nearly 11 year...