International News

WNBA star's trial in Russia to begin July 1

Mystery over deaths of 21 at S African nightclub

NATO to boost rapid reaction force

Israel loosens abortion regulations in wake of Roe

Seoul urges China, Russia to prevent NKorea test

Russia 'pouring fire' on Ukrainian city

Pope hails families, blasts 'culture of waste' after Roe

Charles denies wrongdoing over bags-of-cash claim

China: Ukraine crisis sounds alarm for humanity

Samuel Galindo Campos
At least 6 dead, 200 injured after stands collapse during bullfight
The spectators were watching a bullfight in El Espinal, Colombia, on Sunday.
June 26, 2022

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No sign of reprieve for 3 condemned by Ukraine separatists

Less than two weeks remain for two Britons and a Moroccan to appeal the death sentences imposed by separatist forces that captured them during fighting in eastern Ukraine

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FILE - Two British citizens Aiden Aslin, left, and Shaun Pinner, right, and Moroccan Saaudun Brahim, center, sit behind bars in a courtroom in Donetsk, in the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Less than two weeks remain for two Britons and a Moroccan to appeal the death sentences imposed by separatist forces that captured them during fighting in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo, File)

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Toxic gas released in Jordan port kills 13, injures 250

Authorities in Jordan say a crane loading chlorine tanks onto a ship in the port of Aqaba dropped one of them, causing an explosion of toxic yellow smoke that killed at least 13 people and sickened some 250

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This photo taken from CCTV video broadcasted by Al-Mamlaka TV shows a chlorine gas explosion after it fell off a crane in the port of Aqaba, Jordan, Monday, June 27, 2022. Some dozen workers were killed and scores were hospitalized. (Al-Mamlaka TV via AP)

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Hamas says captive Israeli's condition has deteriorated

Gaza’s Hamas rulers say the condition of one of the Israelis it is holding captive has deteriorated

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Russia 'pouring fire' on Ukrainian city as offensive mounts

The governor of the Luhansk region says Russia is mounting an all-out assault.

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A police officer and paramedic give the first aid to a woman wounded by the Russian shelling in city center in Slavyansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, June 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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President Biden, world leaders talk Ukraine war at G7 summit

President Joe Biden attends the G7 summit in Austria this week to meet with other world leaders over potential sanctions on Russia.

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VIDEO: President Biden, world leaders talk Ukraine war at G-7 summit

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Missile hits shopping mall in central Ukraine

A shopping mall was hit by a Russian missile in Ukraine, killing at least 10 people. ABC News foreign correspondent Tom Soufi Burridge reports from Kyiv.

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VIDEO: Missile hits shopping mall in central Ukraine

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US Coast Guard rescues 3 US sailors in Atlantic Ocean

The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued three U.S. sailors whose vessel began taking on water during a trip from the British Virgin Islands to Bermuda

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SCOTUS reaction, Pride celebration, Griner in court: World in Photos, June 27

A look at the top photos from around the globe.

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VIDEO: SCOTUS reaction, Pride celebration, Griner in court: World in Photos, June 27

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'I want my son back': Moroccan's father pleads with Putin

The father of a Moroccan man facing possible execution after being captured by Ukrainian separatists appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to intervene to spare his son from the firing squad

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Taher Saadun, father of Moroccan Ibrahim Saadun, who was captured and sentenced to death in Russian-held eastern Ukraine, speaks to the media in a press conference in Rabat, Morocco, Monday, June 27, 2022. (AP Photo)

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Mystery over deaths of 21 teenagers at S African nightclub

South African authorities are seeking answers.

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A body is removed from a nightclub in East London, South Africa, Sunday June 26, 2022. South African police are investigating the deaths of at least 20 people at a nightclub in the coastal town of East London early Sunday morning. It is unclear what led to the deaths of the young people, who were reportedly attending a party to celebrate the end of winter school exams. (AP Photo)

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Live updates | Erdogan adamant on Sweden, Finland NATO bids

Turkey’s president says he will do “whatever is necessary for our country’s rights and interests” at the NATO summit in Spain Tuesday

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Police forces drive to Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Monday, June 27, 2022. The G-7 leaders will begin Monday's session of their three-day summit with a focus on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

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Cyberattack forces Iran steel company to halt production

One of Iran’s major steel companies says it was forced to halt production after being hit by a cyberattack that also targeted two other plants, marking one of the biggest assaults on the country’s strategic industrial sector in recent memory

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Putin to make 1st trip abroad since Ukraine conflict's start

President Vladimir Putin is making his first public foreign trip since Russia sent troops into Ukraine, heading for two former Soviet republics and meetings likely to be friendly

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WNBA star Brittney Griner's trial in Russia set to begin July 1

She has been in Russian custody since Feb. 17.

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U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, in handcuffs, arrives to hearing in Khimki court outside Moscow, June 27, 2022. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and WNBA champion, was detained at Moscow airport in February on charges of carrying in her luggage vape cartridges with cannabis oil, which could carry a 10-year prison sentence.

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Qatar Energy to cut emissions as methane movement grows

The state-owned oil and gas company Qatar Energy says it is joining a new industry initiative aiming to reduce nearly all methane emissions from their operations by 2030

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FILE - This undated file photo shows a Qatari liquid natural gas (LNG) tanker ship being loaded up with LNG, made up mainly of methane, at Raslaffans Sea Port, northern Qatar. The state-owned oil and gas company Qatar Energy said Monday, June 27, 2022, it is joining a new industry-led initiative to reduce nearly all methane emissions from operations by 2030. (AP Photo, File)

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Israel loosens abortion regulations in response to Roe

Israel has eased its regulations for women seeking to undergo abortions in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade

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FILE - Protesters fill the street in front of the Supreme Court after the court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Washington, June 24, 2022. Public opinion on abortion is nuanced, but polling shows broad support for Roe and for abortion rights. Seventy percent of U.S. adults said in a May AP-NORC poll that the Supreme Court should leave Roe as is, not overturn it. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Supreme Court rules in favor of football coach praying on field

Plus, President Joe Biden attends the G-7 summit in Austria, and states race to add new abortion bans or restrictions.

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VIDEO: Supreme Court rules in favor of football coach praying on field

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Lawyers want 101-year-old alleged ex-Nazi guard acquitted

Lawyers have asked a German court to acquit a 101-year-old man charged with 3,518 counts of being an accessory to murder for allegedly serving as an SS guard at a Nazi concentration camp

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UK presses on with Brexit rules rewrite; EU calls it illegal

Britain is pressing on with a plan to rip up part of the post-Brexit trade deal.

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FILE - Demonstrators protest outside Hillsborough Castle, ahead of a visit by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, Monday, May, 16, 2022. Britain is pressing on with a plan to rip up parts of the post-Brexit trade deal it signed with the bloc European Union. Legislation that rewrites trade rules for Northern Ireland is scheduled to get its first major House of Commons debate on Monday, June 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

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'I am not a murderer,' Paris attacks defendant maintains

The only surviving suspected member of the Islamic State attack team that terrorized Paris in 2015 has pleaded for leniency during his final court appearance

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FILE - Key defendant Salah Abdeslam in seen in the special courtroom built for the 2015 attacks trial, Wednesday Sept.8, 2021 in Paris. The only surviving member of the Islamic State attack team that terrorized Paris in 2015 pleaded for mercy and leniency for the last time in court on Monday June 27, 2022, acknowledging he had "made mistakes, but I'm not a murderer". Abdelslam apologized to the victims during his court appearance, saying his remorse and sorrow for the death of 130 people and more than 400 wounded is heartfelt and sincere. (Noelle Herrenschmidt via AP, File)

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Germany returns artifacts taken from 3 African nations

German officials say that numerous priceless artifacts taken from African nations during colonial times will be permanently returned

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NATO to boost rapid reaction force, Ukraine military support

NATO wants to grow the force from the current 40,000 to over 300,000.

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference prior to a NATO summit in Brussels, Monday, June 27, 2022. NATO heads of state will meet for a NATO summit in Madrid beginning on Tuesday, June 28. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

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Greece: Serbian vacationer held on war crimes warrant

Police in Greece have detained a 59-year-old Serbian man wanted in Croatia for alleged war crimes committed in 1991, during the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia

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President Biden attends G-7 summit in Austria

World Leaders react to the Supreme Court decision on abortion and focus on the war in Ukraine.

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VIDEO: President Biden attends G-7 summit in Austria

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EXPLAINER: What's the impact of a Russian debt default?

Russia appeared to default on its foreign debt for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution more than a century ago, further alienating the country from the global financial system amid its war in Ukraine

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FILE - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrives to meet with Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe at the Treasury Department, Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Washington. Russia is poised to default on its foreign debt for the first time since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, further alienating the country from the global financial system amid its war in Ukraine. The country faces a Sunday, June 26, 2022 deadline to meet a 30-day grace period on interest payments originally due May 27. But it likely will take time to confirm a default. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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2 priests killed in northern Mexico to be buried in village

Two Jesuit priests killed last week in remote mountains of northern Mexico are awaiting burial in the village where a gunman attacked them inside the church

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Women hold a portrait of Jesuit priest Javier Campos Morales as the funeral procession of Morales and fellow priest Joaquin Cesar Mora Salazar arrives to Cerocahui, Chihuahua state, Mexico, Sunday, June 26, 2022. The two elderly priests and a tour guide murdered in Mexico's Sierra Tarahumara this week are the latest in a long line of activists, reporters, travelers and local residents who have been threatened or killed by criminal gangs that dominate the region. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

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Ethiopia kills 7 Sudanese soldiers, civilian in border area

Ethiopia has killed seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian in a border area

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Kosovo arrests man accused of war crimes in 1999 fighting

Kosovo prosecutors have charged a man with war crimes for allegedly being part of a group of Serbian forces that executed at least nine ethnic Albanian civilians during the country’s 1998-1999 war

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Germany suggests airlines nix VIP lanes amid airport chaos

German officials say airlines could help ease the current chaos seen at airports due to staff shortages by ending the privileged treatment some travelers enjoy

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June 27

Sri Lanka sends 2 ministers to Russia for oil amid crisis

Sri Lanka is sending two ministers to Russia to negotiate for fuel — one of the necessities nearly exhausted as a result of the Indian Ocean nation’s economic collapse

June 27

1 dead, 10 injured as storm pummels southern Dutch city

One person has been killed and about 10 injured as a “weak tornado” ripped through a historic fishing town in the southern Netherlands, tearing the roofs off at least four houses and sending café furniture flying through the streets

June 27

EU countries adopt mandatory gas storage amid Russia's cuts

EU countries have agreed that all natural gas storage in the 27-nation bloc should be topped up to at least 80% capacity for next winter as they prepare for the possibility of Russia further reducing deliveries

June 27

The Industrial Park of Hoechst is pictured in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Germany activated the second phase of its three-stage emergency plan for natural gas supplies saying the country faces a “crisis” and warning that storage targets for the winter are at risk due to dwindling deliveries from Russia. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

June 27

Pakistani court sentences militant linked to Mumbai attacks

Pakistan has sentenced one of the militants linked to the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India to 15 years in prison for terror financing unrelated to the assaults

June 27

FILE - An Indian soldier takes cover as the Taj Mahal hotel burns during gun battle between Indian military and militants inside the hotel in Mumbai, India, Nov. 29, 2008. Pakistan sentenced one of the militants linked to the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India to 15 years in prison for terror financing unrelated to the assaults, according to court documents viewed by The Associated Press on Monday, June 27,2022. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

June 27

Heavy rains and floods hit northwest Turkey, no casualties

Heavy rains in northwest Turkey have caused rivers to overflow and bridges to collapse as authorities work to evacuate stranded locals

June 27

Germany's Lufthansa to return some A380s to service

Germany’s Lufthansa says it plans to put some of its Airbus A380 superjumbo jets back into service next year after mothballing the aircraft at the height of the coronavirus pandemic

June 27

Angry farmers block Dutch highways to protest pollution plan

Farmers driving tractors are blocking highways in the Netherlands in the latest protest sparked by a government pledge to rein in pollution emissions, a move that will hit the country’s agriculture sector

June 27

Dutch farmers protesting against the government’s plans to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia gather for a demonstration at Stroe, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Thousands of farmers drove their tractors along roads and highways across the Netherlands, heading for a mass protest against the Dutch government’s plans to rein in emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia. (AP Photo/Aleksandar Furtula)

June 27

Greece says 1,130 migrants turned back at sea in 3 days

Greece’s coast guard says it has prevented more than a thousand migrants and refugees crossing to its islands in boats from the nearby coast of Turkey over the past three days

June 27

Norway: Deadly Pride attack suspect jailed, refuses to talk

The suspect in a deadly shooting ahead of an LGBTQ festival in the Norwegian capital, which authorities are treating as an Islamist attack, has been ordered held in pre-trial detention for four weeks — two of them in solitary confinement

June 27

People stand next to the scene of a shooting in central of Oslo, Norway, Sunday, June 26, 2022. Norwegian police say they are investigating an overnight shooting in Oslo that killed two people and injured more than a dozen as a case of possible terrorism. In a news conference Saturday, police officials said the man arrested after the shooting was a Norwegian citizen of Iranian origin who was previously known to police but not for major crimes. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

June 27

Ukrainian officials: at least 2 dead, 20 injured as Russian missile hits shopping center in central city of Kremenchuk

June 27

Swiss intel service: Watch out for redeployed Russian spies

Russian spies were expelled from Western countries after the Ukraine invasion.

June 27

Detained LGBTQ activists in Istanbul Pride being released

Istanbul’s LGBTQ Pride organizers say 373 people detained by police Sunday following a ban on all Pride events are being released

June 27

Two women kiss as they hold up a placard that reads in Turkish: "I live free. Who's the fool who will put me in chains? I would be shocked" during the LGBTQ Pride March in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 26, 2022. Dozens of people were detained in central Istanbul Sunday after city authorities banned a LGBTQ Pride March, organisers said. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

June 27

War-damaged Russian weapons on display in Poland

Officials say a display of damaged Russian weapons shows Russia can be defeated.

June 27

Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Hanna Maliar, poses for a picture during an opening of an open-air exhibition of damaged and burnt-out Russian tanks and armored vehicles at the Castle Square, in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, June 27, 2022. The vehicles were captured by Ukrainian military forces during the war in the Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities announced that there are plans for similar exhibits in other European capitals such as Berlin, Paris, Madrid and Lisbon. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

June 27

Cyberattack hits Lithuania after sanctions feud with Russia

Defense Ministry says a cyberattack knocked out public and private websites.

June 27

Brother of Myanmar's Suu Kyi seeks share of family property

Myanmar’s Supreme Court has heard final arguments in a long-running, bitter dispute between the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and her estranged elder brother over the property where she was held under house arrest for 15 years

June 27

FILE - Myanmar's then opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walk through the garden at Suu Kyi's residence in Yangon, Myanmar, Dec. 2, 2011. Myanmar's Supreme Court on Monday, June 27, 2022, heard final arguments in a bitter dispute between the country's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and her estranged elder brother over the property where she was held under house arrest for 15 years. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool, File)

June 27

Russia defaults on its foreign debt

The West imposed sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine.

June 27

UN chief: national selfishness delaying global oceans deal

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that “egoism” on the part of some countries has been holding up a global agreement on protecting the world’s oceans

June 27

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, center, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, center right, and actor Jason Momoa, behind Guterrs, pose with participants at the United Nations' Youth and Innovation Forum at Carcavelos beach, outside Lisbon, Sunday, June 26, 2022. From June 27 to July 1, the United Nations is holding its Oceans Conference in Lisbon expecting to bring fresh momentum for efforts to find an international agreement on protecting the world's oceans. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

June 27

Leonardo Del Vecchio, founded Luxottica eyewear empire, dies

Leonardo Del Vecchio, who founded eyewear empire Luxottica and turned an everyday object into a global fashion item, has died in Italy

June 27

Stunning Roman mosaics return home to new Israeli museum

A series of well-preserved ancient Roman mosaics have returned home.

June 27

A worker cleans a restored Roman-era mosaic ahead of its display in its hometown ahead of the inauguration of the Shelby White & Leon Levy Lod Mosaic Archaeological Center, in Lod, central Israel, Thursday, June 23, 2022. A series of well-preserved ancient Roman mosaics have returned home to the central Israel city of Lod after more than a decade touring the world's most prominent museums. Israel on Monday inaugurated a new museum to house the artworks that once adorned a Roman-era villa. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

June 27

Spanish government approves new bill on transgender rights

Spain’s Cabinet has approved a new draft of a LGBTQ rights bill that if backed by parliament will allow people as young as 16 to change their gender freely and those as young as 12 to do so with a judge’s authorization

June 27