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Hezbollah leader says more Israelis will be displaced as it extends its rocket fire

Hezbollah's acting leader says that even more Israelis will be displaced as the militant group extends its rocket fire deeper into Israel
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A man shows a burnt car to a girl, after a rocket launched from Lebanon, hit an area in Kfar Vradim, northern Israel, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Hezbollah leader says more Israelis will be displaced as militant group expands attacks

Hezbollah leader says more Israelis will be displaced as militant group expands attacks
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Netanyahu and Sinwar: A year into war, leaders remain in power and without a deal

The two veteran leaders accuse each other of blocking progress.
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 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations headquarters in NYC on Sept. 27, 2024. | Yahya Sinwar attends attends a meeting with members of Palestinian groups in Gaza City, Gaza on April 13, 2022.
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Czech government undergoes a reshuffle after a party leaves but retains a majority in Parliament

President Petr Pavel has sworn in two new ministers as part of a reshuffle of the government following the decision of junior coalition partner, the Pirates, to leave the Cabinet
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FILE - Czech Republic's Prime Minister Petr Fiala arrives for the V4 meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, Feb. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
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German court acquits McCann suspect of unrelated sexual offense charges

A German court has acquitted a man who is also under investigation in the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann in a trial on charges of unrelated sexual offenses
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Christian Brueckner, center, stands in the courtroom at Braunschweig District Court before the start of the trial, in Brunswick, Germany, Tuesday Oct. 8, 2024. (Michael Matthey/dpa via AP)
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Facebook, YouTube and TikTok users in Europe get forum to challenge content decisions

Social media users across the European Union will soon have a new forum to challenge decisions by platforms to remove posts and videos for breaking their rules or leave up others that may violate them
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FILE - In this May 16, 2012, file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on a mobile device in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Hong Kong's Hang Seng index plunges 9.5% as investors dump shares after recent sharp gains

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index plunges 9.5% as investors dump shares after recent sharp gains
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The Nobel Prize in physics is being awarded, a day after 2 Americans won the medicine prize

The Nobel Prize in physics is being awarded, a day after two American scientists won the medicine prize for their discovery of microRNA
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FILE - A close-up view of a Nobel Prize medal at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Saudi Arabia executes Filipino convicted of murder despite presidential appeal

Saudi Arabia has put to death a Filipino citizen convicted of murder despite years of efforts by the Philippines to prevent the execution, including a presidential appeal
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France's new govt faces a no-confidence vote as far right offers critical support

France’s minority government is expected to survive a no-confidence vote on Tuesday in a test for conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier, forced to rely on the far right’s good will to be able to stay in power
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France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier delivers a speech at the National Assembly, in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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China puts provisional tariffs on brandy after EU okays duties on Chinese EVs

Chinese drinkers may pay more for Remy Martin and other European brandies after the government announced provisional tariffs of 30.6% to 39% on Tuesday
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FILE - Chinese EV manufacturer BYD unveils its electric car Seal at the Paris Car Show on Oct. 17, 2022, in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
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China imposes provisional tariffs of 30.6% to 39% on European brandy after EU approves tariffs on Chinese electric cars

China imposes provisional tariffs of 30.6% to 39% on European brandy after EU approves tariffs on Chinese electric cars
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Five Russian climbers die in a fall on the world’s seventh-highest peak

Five Russian mountaineers who appeared to have fallen on the world’s seventh-highest peak have died
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FILE -The Dhaulagiri Range, on the left and the Annapurna Range, on the right of the central Himalayas is seen as trekkers view the sweeping sunrise from Poon Hill, above the village of Ghorepani, in central Nepal, Oct. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Malcolm Foster, File)
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Five Russian climbers killed in Nepal after falling from the world’s seventh highest peak

Five Russian climbers killed in Nepal after falling from the world’s seventh highest peak
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China announces more support for economy but holds back on major spending package

China’s economic planning agency has outlined details of measures aimed at boosting the economy but refrained from major spending initiatives
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FILE - Construction cranes are seen near the central business district in Beijing, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
October 08

Middle East latest: Israeli military says it killed a senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut strike

The Israeli military says it has killed a senior Hezbollah commander in a strike on Beirut, a day after the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack was marked by mourning and demonstrations around the globe
October 08
Lebanese men ride a scooter past a damaged building hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
October 08

Netflix series explores women's dreams in the body-slamming world of Japanese pro wrestling

“The Queen of Villains” is a typical coming-of-age tale about a young woman’s road to empowerment and self-discovery — except it all takes place in the body-slamming, arm-twisting world of Japanese professional wrestling
October 08
This undated image released by Netflix Series The Queen of Villains shows Yuriyan Retriever, left, and Dump Matsumoto in Tokyo. (Netflix Series The Queen of Villains via AP)
October 08

Mozambique's presidential election: Here's what to know

Mozambicans are expected to turn out in large numbers on Wednesday for an election that will choose a successor to President Filipe Nyusi after his two terms
October 08
A poster of independent candidate Venacio Mondlane is held at an election rally on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024 in Maputo ahead of elections in Mozambique. (AP Photo/Carlos Uqueio)
October 07

Votes are being counted in the election for a truncated government in Indian-controlled Kashmir

Votes are being counted in the recent election for a largely powerless local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir
October 07
Political party representatives watch as polling officials count the votes in the recent election for a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir on the outskirts of Srinagar, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
October 07

No evidence of major fuel spill on Samoan reef where New Zealand navy ship sank

Samoa’s deputy prime minister says there's no evidence of a major fuel spill on a Samoan reef after a New Zealand navy ship sank
October 07
Smoke rises from the sinking HMNZS Manawanui in Upolu, Samoa, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2022. (Dave Poole via AP)
October 07

IDF chief spokesman reflects on Israel's year at war

ABC News' Matt Gutman interviewed IDF chief spokesman Daniel Hagari to discuss Israel's military operations against Hamas and Hezbollah one year after the attacks on Oct. 7.
October 07
IDF chief spokesman reflects on Israel's year at war
October 07

Self-described Nazi becomes first in Australian state of Victoria to be convicted over Nazi salute

A self-described Nazi has become the first person convicted in the Australian state of Victoria of performing an outlawed Nazi salute
October 07
Jacob Hersant, a self-described Nazi, talks to the media outside the Melbourne Magistrates Court after he became the first person convicted in Australia of performing an outlawed Nazi salute, Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)
October 07

October 7th: The Race to Survive

ABC News' Matt Gutman reports on the harrowing stories of survival for Israelis and Palestinians who have had to endure so much since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas and Israel's subsequent war in Gaza.
October 07
VIDEO: October 7th: The Race to Survive
October 07

Family of American activist killed in West Bank speaks for the first time

26-year-old activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was killed during a recent protest in the West Bank. Her family tells ABC News' Lama Hasan about their grief and how they want her to be remembered.
October 07
Family of American activist killed in West Bank speaks for the first time
October 07

North Korea's Kim again threatens to use nuclear weapons against South Korea and US

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has warned again that he could use nuclear weapons in potential conflicts with South Korea and the United States, as he accused them of raising animosities on the Korean Peninsula
October 07
In this undated photo provided on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2024 by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, watches an artillery exercise at an undisclosed place in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
October 07

Palestinian-American on losing 15 family members in ongoing war

Lena Badr spoke to ABC News about the effects of the Israel-Hamas war on her family. She has lost her grandmother, three aunts, two uncles, and seven cousins.
October 07
Palestinian-American on losing15 family members in ongoing war
October 07

New leader takes over Haiti's transitional presidential council marred by corruption allegations

A new leader has been sworn in for Haiti’s transitional presidential council as it grapples with the fallout of serious corruption allegations against three of its members
October 07
FILE - Ex-senator Louis Gerald Gilles, from left to right, pastor Frinel Joseph, barrister Emmanuel Vertilaire, businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr, interim Prime Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert, Judge Jean Joseph Lebrun, who is not a member of the council, former senate president Edgard Leblanc, Regine Abraham, former central bank governor Fritz Alphonse Jean, former diplomat Leslie Voltaire and former ambassador to the Dominican Republic Smith Augustin, pose for a group photo during an installation ceremony, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
October 07

Palestinian-American doctor talks treating people in Gaza

Dr. Ali Elyadi joins ABC News to discuss going back to where he grew up in Gaza and how much the Palestinian people are still in desperate need of food and medical supplies one year later.
October 07
VIDEO: Palestinian-American doctor talks treating people in Gaza
October 07

Police say 10 people are dead and an unknown number are missing after a mine collapse in Zambia

Police in Zambia say at least 10 people have died and an unknown number are missing in a mine collapse
October 07
October 07

FEMA official on misinformation amid Helene recovery

Keith Turi, FEMA Acting Associate Administrator for Response and Recovery discusses the rise in false claims about Hurricane Helene that are spreading online about the storm and recovery efforts.
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Resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council recounts growing up in Gaza

Palestinian American Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib grew up in Gaza during the Israeli military occupation. He witnessed Hamas' rise to power, watching as things got worse for his family in Palestine.
October 07
VIDEO: Resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council recounts growing up in Gaza
October 07

Uncle of teen killed by Hamas speaks out

Elad Levy last heard from his niece Roni Eshel, an IDF lookout soldier, on the morning of Oct. 7th. A little over a month later, the IDF confirmed she was killed in the Hamas attack.
October 07
VIDEO: Uncle of teen killed by Hamas speaks out
October 07

'Completely collapsed': A look at Gaza's hospitals 1 year into the war

"The health care system in Gaza has collapsed," one aid organization says.
October 07
Damaged beds and medical equipment outside the entrance to the Nasser Medical Hospital compound in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, April 21, 2024.
October 07

More than 230 migrants reached the Greek island of Crete from North Africa over the weekend

Greek authorities say more than 230 migrants crossed the Mediterranean in small boats from North Africa to Greece’s southern island of Crete over the weekend
October 07
October 07

Kenya’s deputy president defends himself before impeachment

Kenya’s deputy president has defended himself while facing an impeachment motion in which he's accused of supporting anti-government protests in June and of being involved in corruption and other irregularities
October 07
Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua addresses the media, in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
October 07

Tunisia's Kais Saied wins landslide reelection, entrenching his power in Arab Spring's birthplace

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has won reelection in a landslide victory after a campaign that saw opponents jailed alongside journalists, activists and attorneys
October 07
A voter casts his ballot at a polling station during the presidential elections, in the capital Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024 (AP Photo/Ons Abid)
October 07

A year after the attack, Israeli couple recounts trying to get to their son on Oct. 7

"Something in my heart told me, 'Noam, you have to go there.'"
October 07
Soldiers walk through this kibbutz after Hamas militants shot at and killed civilians, as well as kidnapping them near the border with Gaza, Oct. 25, 2023, in Nir Yitzhak, Israel.
October 07

3 suspects accused of stealing cash from South African president's farm appear in court

Three people accused of breaking into South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s game farm and stealing $580,000 in cash that was stashed in a couch have appeared in a court and had their case postponed until next month
October 07
Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, arrives for the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
October 07

Belarusian-American has his prison sentence extended amid continuous crackdown on dissent in Belarus

A Belarusian-American has had his prison term extended to a total of 13 1/2 years in the latest move in a multi-pronged crackdown on dissent by Belarus’ authoritarian government
October 07
FILE - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 8, 2024. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool Photo via AP, File)
October 07

Thousands survived a brutal gang attack in Haiti that killed 70. Now they face an uncertain future

Thousands of Haitians are facing an uncertain future after surviving a brutal gang attack last week in a small town that killed at least 70 people
October 07
A motorist carries an empty coffin to a morgue for the funeral of a person killed the previous week when a gang attacked the town of Pont-Sonde, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
October 07

Israeli military says it will soon launch operations on Lebanon's southern coast, warning residents to stay off beaches

Israeli military says it will soon launch operations on Lebanon's southern coast, warning residents to stay off beaches
October 07
October 07

Albania's opposition protests and demands a caretaker Cabinet

Opposition supporters in Albania have protested again and demanded that the government be replaced by a technocratic caretaker Cabinet before next year’s parliamentary election
October 07
An opposition protester holds a flare during an anti-government rally set up by the opposition, in Tirana, Albania, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Hameraldi Agolli)
October 07

Chagos islanders displaced for a US military base protest a deal on their future made without them

Islanders who were forced to leave their remote Indian Ocean home to make way for a U.S. military base half a century ago protested outside the U.K. Parliament on Monday
October 07
Chagossians attend a protest to response the U.K. announcement to agree to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius and against their "Exclusion" from Chagos negotiations, outside the House of Parliament, in London, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
October 07

Exiled Palestinian on time during Hamas captivity: ‘I was tortured, humiliated’

Hamza Howidy was held captive by Hamas in 2019 and 2023 after protesting the regime.
October 07
VIDEO: Exiled Palestinian on time during Hamas captivity: ‘I was tortured, humiliated’
October 07

Defaced mural of Oct. 7 survivor another example of rising antisemitism in Italy

The Antisemitism Observatory in Milan says the vandalism of a mural depicting a survivor of last year’s Oct. 7 Hamas attack is an example of rising antisemitism in Italy
October 07
This picture made available on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, shows in downtown Milan, Italy, the mural "October 7th, Escape" by Italian artist aleXsandro Palombo, which depicts Vlada Patapov, a survivor of the Hamas attacks, escaping through beheaded teddy bears. (aleXsandro Palombo via AP, HO)
October 07

Family of American held hostage by Hamas: ‘We want a cease-fire deal’

North Carolina native Keith Siegel was taken from his kibbutz one year ago, along with his wife, Aviva Siegel, who was later released.
October 07
VIDEO: Family of American held hostage by Hamas: ‘We want a cease-fire deal’
October 07

International headlines from ABC News

Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
October 07
Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
October 07

How US policy affects the Middle East crisis

Yousef Munayyer is the head of the Palestine/Israel Program and a non-resident senior fellow at the Arab Center in Washington, D.C.
October 07
VIDEO: How US policy affects the Middle East crisis
October 07

Kosovo lifts ban on entry of products from Serbia at the border

Kosovo’s government says it is lifting restrictions on trade from Serbia at one border crossing, , 16 months after it halted imports to prevent what it said could be hidden shipments of weapons for Serb separatists
October 07
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti speaks to The Associated Press, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
October 07

Israeli army reservist on Oct. 7 attack: ‘I’ve seen a massacre’

Nimrod Palmach is also CEO of Israel-is, an organization that connect young Israelis to their peers worldwide.
October 07
VIDEO: Israeli army reservist on Oct. 7 attack: ‘I’ve seen a massacre’
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