Scott Fisher/Getty Images(CHRISTMAS ISLAND, Australia) — Unrest in one of Australia’s offshore migrant and refugee detention centers has renewed scrutiny over the country’s handling of asylum seekers. “Americans have a problem with guns,” Read More
Pyotr Pavlensky(MOSCOW) — A radical Russian artist has set fire to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) headquarters as part of what he said was a piece of political performance art. On Sunday night, the artist, Pyotr Pavlensky, walked up to the front Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(CAIRO) — The Interior Ministry announced Monday morning that Egyptian security forces killed a top ISIS operative in Cairo. Ashraf Ali Ali Hassanein al-Gharabli was shot dead after police tried to arrest him. “He sensed them and shot at them, Read More
ABCNews.com(AMMAN, Jordan) — Two U.S. contractors were killed and another was injured in a shooting incident Monday at a police training center in Jordan involving a fired Jordanian police officer, according to a U.S. official. The official said the shooter took his Read More
Drn/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Myanmar’s opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi has hinted that her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), has won the country’s historic election. The NLD is expected to come out with the largest number of seats in Read More
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(ORLANDO, Fla.) — Vice President Biden had some harsh words Saturday night for a newly-appointed spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who just last week was found to have inflammatory statements posted on his Facebook Read More
knoppper/iStock/ThinkStock(SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt) — Investigators still do not know what brought down Kogalymavia Flight 9268 on October 31, but security at the airport in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt is undergoing major changes. One airport official told ABC News on Read More
seewhatmitchsee/iStock/ThinkStock(ISTANBUL) — Dozens of hostages long held by the Islamic State are now free. Detained for several months, the Syrian Christians were let go and allowed to return home. Most of those held captive by the extremist group were women. The Read More
Niyazz/iStock/ThinkStock(WASHINGTON) — Just days after the White House announced that President Obama had authorized the deployment of a small contingent of special operations forces to the war-torn country of Syria, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said more Read More
VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Russia has flown approximately 11,000 tourists home from Egypt in the last day and more are expected to return Sunday, says the BBC. After a Russian plane crashed in Sinai on October 31, Moscow announced it would Read More
