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Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Image(NEW YORK) -- More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout eastern […]

Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- When an independence referendum was held in Catalonia on Oct. 1, 2017, some citizens in Spain saw an illegal travesty -- and others viewed the vote as a sign of hope. Elisenda Paluzie, a University of […]

Jacek Malipan / EyeEm / Getty Images(NEW YORK, TOKYO and SEOUL) -- North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan early on Tuesday morning, the Japanese Ministry of Defense said. South Korea and the U.S. conducted a joint strike package flight […]

KeithBinns/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The third week of nationwide protests in Iran turned particularly violent Sunday when security forces besieged Sharif University, a prominent university in the country, and closed the main gates of the facility […]

Valeria Ferraro/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Giorgia Meloni, leader of Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy), will become the first female prime minister in Italy’s history. Her election last month will move the country […]

Sylvain Sonnet/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Buckingham Palace released a new official photo of the king, the queen consort and the prince and princess of Wales following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla posed […]

Photo and Co/Getty Images(MALANG, Indonesia) -- At least 125 people died after a soccer match in Indonesia, where police fired tear gas into crowds of rioting fans, causing a stampede, officials said. East Java Vice Governor Emil Dardak told a […]

Anna Rabemanantsoa/ABC News(PARIS) -- The restoration work inside Notre Dame cathedral is ramping up. Less than two years before the grand reopening, Notre Dame’s exceptional stained glass windows and paintings, which were spared by the flames […]

Tech. Sgt. Joshua Smoot/U.S. Air Force(CENTRAL AMERICA) -- U.S. military medical teams have carried out medical missions in Central America for decades, but a recently completed mission to Honduras and Guatemala may set a new standard for future […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- For months, the U.S. has warned that the Kremlin would move to annex occupied areas of Ukraine. But now that Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday has certified the annexation of four territories into […]