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Trumps return to White House creates uncertainty for Israelis and Palestinians

Wednesday, December 18 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The upcoming change in the White House is sparking uncertainty for the Middle East. President-elect Donald Trump might be a familiar face (and a historically friendly one for the Israelis), but what he will do to address the conflict between Israel and the... Read More.

Middle East live updates: IDF says Israelis entered Lebanon in serious incident

Wednesday, December 18 by ABC News

(DAMASCUS, SYRIA) -- Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country.Meanwhile, the ceasefire in Lebanon is holding despite ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets, which Israeli officials say... Read More.

Russia detains suspect in Moscow blast that killed general

Wednesday, December 18 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- Russian investigators detained a 29-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan in connection with Tuesday's assassination of a general in Moscow, an attack in a residential neighborhood for which Ukraine claimed credit.Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed by an explosive device that appears to have... Read More.

A dozen people found dead inside restaurant at popular ski resort

Wednesday, December 18 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- Twelve people are dead at after their bodies were found inside a restaurant at a popular ski resort in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia, authorities said.The Mtskheta-Mtianeti Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Georgia said that the bodies were... Read More.

Middle East live updates: Israel says it plans to reoccupy Gaza Strip

Tuesday, December 17 by ABC News

(DAMASCUS, SYRIA) -- Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country.Meanwhile, the ceasefire in Lebanon is holding despite ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets, which Israeli officials say... Read More.

Syrians uncovering massive graves could find 100,000 bodies, NGO says

Tuesday, December 17 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- Mouaz Moustafa, the head of the U.S.-based Syrian advocacy organization, the Syrian Emergency Task Force, told ABC News Tuesday there are believed to be well over 100,000 bodies in a "massive" grave discovered at a site 25 miles north of Damascus.Opposition groups and... Read More.

Earthquake damages US Embassy in Vanuatu

Tuesday, December 17 by ABC News

(PORT VILA, VANUATU) -- The U.S. Embassy in Port Vila was damaged on Tuesday as a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu.The embassy, which is in the capital on the island of Efate, "sustained considerable damage during the earthquake and... Read More.

Ukraine behind killing of Russian chemical weapons general in Moscow blast, sources say

Tuesday, December 17 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- A senior Russian general was killed in a bomb blast in a residential neighborhood in Moscow, Russian media reported early Tuesday, in what Ukrainian sources told ABC News was an intelligence operation.Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed by an explosive device that... Read More.

Climate and environment updates: Land now permanently drier due to climate change

Monday, December 16 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying our communities. Rising seas and flooding are swallowing our homes. And... Read More.

Syrias Assad blames terrorism for regime collapse in first statement since defeat

Monday, December 16 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- Former Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday made his first official statement since being topped by a rebel offensive and fleeing the country for Russia, declaring that he left Syria after a Russian request to do so."My departure from Syria was neither... Read More.

Trumps return to White House creates uncertainty for Israelis and Palestinians

Middle East live updates: IDF says Israelis entered Lebanon in serious incident

Russia detains suspect in Moscow blast that killed general

A dozen people found dead inside restaurant at popular ski resort

Middle East live updates: Israel says it plans to reoccupy Gaza Strip

Syrians uncovering massive graves could find 100,000 bodies, NGO says

Earthquake damages US Embassy in Vanuatu

Ukraine behind killing of Russian chemical weapons general in Moscow blast, sources say

Climate and environment updates: Land now permanently drier due to climate change

Syrias Assad blames terrorism for regime collapse in first statement since defeat

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