iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Despite continued coalition airstrikes, the Islamic State has launched a spring offensive in western Iraq and has already captured three villages near the provincial capital of Ramadi. The ISIS fighters are reportedly battling against Read More
jeff gynane/iStock/Thinkstock(MANCHESTER, United Kingdom) — Four people were arrested at Manchester Airport in the United Kingdom on Wednesday as part of an terrorism investigation. A Greater Manchester Police press release said that the latest arrests are part of Read More
Photo by Ebrahim Hamid /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(CAIRO) — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said Tuesday that security in the Gulf region is a “red line” during a meeting with Saudi Defense Minister Prince Mohammad Bin Salman. The two leaders Read More
DANIEL ROLAND/AFP/Getty Images(FRANKFURT, Germany) — The European Central Bank’s president was taken by surprise at a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday when an activist seemingly came out of nowhere and “glitter bombed” Read More
Hafez Alawdi is reunited with his wife and two kid after they fled Yemen by boat in a journey that took 16 hours. ABC News(DJIBOUTI) — Reuniting with his family after a terrifying ordeal on the high seas “was my life starting all over again,” Hafez Read More
Pete Souza / The White House(WASHINGTON) — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi confirmed Tuesday that atrocities have been committed by government forces battling ISIS, but in a White House meeting with President Obama he also insisted the incidents were not Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Everyone has heard of owls, but very few people have actually seen one. That’s about to change, at least for a few days in London. A cultural events planner offered lucky visitors a chance to spend two hours with owls in a secret Read More
Artist’s impression of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft encountering Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, in July 2015. NASA/Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute(NEW YORK) — NASA’s New Horizons space probe sent its first color Read More
Buda Mendes/Getty Images(MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay) — Pope Francis’ old iPad sold for $30,500 at an auction in Uruguay this week with the proceeds benefiting a high school in the country. Castells, the Uruguayan auction house that handled the bidding, told ABC News Read More
Courtesy Ol Pejeta Conservancy (NEW YORK) — Four armed rangers are guarding what is believed to be the world’s only remaining male northern white rhino around the clock as international experts attempt to facilitate his reproduction in Kenya. The Ol Pejeta Read More
