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Russia launches massive drone strike on Ukraine as it begins talks with US
The overnight Russian barrage sparked a large fire in Kyiv.
February 18, 2025'Exceptionally rare' fossil of iconic species found with soft tissue still intact
Fossilized soft tissue is exceptionally rare in plesiosaur fossils.
February 18, 2025Man who attacked Japan's ex-PM Kishida convicted, sentenced to 10 years in prison
A Japanese court has convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in prison
February 18, 2025
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Russia attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles after its U.S. talks concluded.
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Migrants say racist attacks up in German city after deadly Christmas market violence
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Pope slept peacefully, had breakfast after diagnosis of pneumonia, Vatican says
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Israel's West Bank crackdown triggers a wave of displacement unseen in decades
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Police in disputed Kashmir raid bookstores, seizing books related to Islamic group
Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir have raided bookstores and seized 668 books linked to a major Islamic organization in the disputed region, where a strict controls on the press have escalated in recent years
February 19
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Dominica crams thousands of inmates facing no charges into overcrowded prisons
They’re known as “frog men,” inmates who are forced to sleep on prison floors across the Dominican Republic, often next to overflowing toilets or holes in the ground that serve as one
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Russia, US begin Ukraine peace talks sparking concern in Europe
ABC News’ Tom Soufi Burridge reports from Estonia and Poland as European nations voice concerns over U.S.-Russia mediation efforts, with Ukraine and NATO countries excluded.
February 18
February 18
Man who attacked Japan's ex-PM Kishida convicted, sentenced to 10 years in prison
A Japanese court has convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in prison
February 18
February 18
Nearly 300 deportees from US held in Panama hotel as officials try to return them to their countries
Panama is detaining in a hotel nearly 300 people from various countries deported by the United States, not allowing them to leave while waiting for international authorities to organize a return to their countries
February 18
February 18
Delta plane crash latest: 'Extreme conditions' at airport in days before crash
At least 21 people were injured in Monday's crash, officials said.
February 18
February 18
Hamas to release 6 more hostages, bodies of 4 others
The hostages will be released on Saturday.
February 18
February 18
'Exceptionally rare' fossil of iconic species found with soft tissue still intact
Fossilized soft tissue is exceptionally rare in plesiosaur fossils.
February 18
February 18
Haiti police name ex-senator among suspects facing arrest over deadly gang attacks
A former senator is among suspects facing arrest in Haiti in connection with deadly gang attacks on a community near the capital for the past three weeks
February 18
February 18
28-year-old American prisoner has been freed in Russia, Kremlin says
Byers was detained in Moscow on Feb. 7 and charged with drug smuggling.
February 18
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Mexico's economy secretary to meet with Trump officials in US to talk trade
Mexico’s Economic Minister Marcelo Ebrard says that he will meet on Thursday with Trump administration officials in Washington
February 18
February 18
Pope Francis has pneumonia but remains in 'good spirits,' Vatican says
A follow-up chest CT scan "demonstrated the onset of bilateral pneumonia."
February 18
February 18
Marian Turski, Auschwitz survivor who warned of danger of indifference, dies at 98
Marian Turski, a Holocaust survivor who became a journalist and historian in postwar Poland and was a co-founder of Warsaw’s landmark Jewish history museum, has died
February 18
February 18
Pope Francis has pneumonia but remains in 'good spirits,' Vatican says
A follow-up chest CT scan "demonstrated the onset of bilateral pneumonia."
February 18
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Canadian officials give update on Toronto plane crash
Nineteen of the 21 passengers taken to hospitals have been released, according to Delta.
February 18
February 18
Polish prosecutors probe an exhibition of Russian armor from Ukraine that contained live explosives
Polish prosecutors say they're considering whether to open a criminal investigation into an open-air exhibition in 2022 of damaged Russian military vehicles after one of them was found to contain live explosives
February 18
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Ethiopia and Somalia hold a first round of technical talks in Turkey toward resolving their dispute
Turkey says top diplomats from Ethiopia and Somalia have held a first round of technical talks aimed at resolving a dispute sparked by a deal between Ethiopia and Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland
February 18
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Delta crash had ‘important factors’ that kept passengers safe: Airline pilot
Veteran airline pilot Douglas Rice discusses the passenger jet crash-landing in Toronto.
February 18
February 18
Dramatic video shows moment Delta plane flipped after landing in Toronto
Twenty-one people were taken to hospitals after Monday's crash, Delta said. ABC News' Reena Roy and Sam Sweeney report.
February 18
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Sidelined by Trump, Macron tries to rally Europe on Ukraine. But divisions run deep
European leaders were summoned by French President Emmanuel Macron in a high-profile display of European coordination on Ukraine
February 18
February 18
Polish president says US assures him it won’t reduce troop levels as he revives 'Fort Trump' idea
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says he has received U.S. assurances that Washington will not reduce its troop presence in Poland and elsewhere along NATO’s eastern flank
February 18
February 18
Hamas to release 6 more hostages, bodies of 4 others
This latest hostage release is due to take place on Saturday, Hamas and Israel confirmed.
February 18
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February 18
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US, Russia agree to try to end war without Ukraine at the table
High-level delegations from the U.S. and Russia held talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday over the fate of Ukraine, the negotiations taking place without Kyiv's participation.
February 18
February 18
Descendants of Holocaust survivors mark 76th anniversary of Cypriot internment camps' closure
Snunith Shoham says she was only a few months old in February 1947 when British authorities permitted her family to leave one of around a dozen internment camps in Cyprus that held tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors and head for “the homeland.”
February 18
February 18
Guyana military chief: 6 soldiers hurt in suspected gang attack on Venezuela border
Six soldiers in Guyana have been injured after armed men in neighboring Venezuela opened fire in an attack expected to further heighten tensions between the two South American countries
February 18
February 18
Attacks by Sudanese RSF paramilitaries leave hundreds dead in White Nile State
Sudanese officials and rights groups say insurgent attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Force have killed hundreds of civilians, including infants, in White Nile state
February 18
February 18
Japan adopts new carbon reduction targets, energy plan to boost nuclear and renewables by 2040
Japan’s government adopted new decarbonization targets aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 70% from 2013 levels over the next 15 years, approving a renewed energy plan to help meet the goal
February 18
February 18
Hamas says it will release 6 living Israeli hostages on Saturday
Hamas says it will release 6 living Israeli hostages on Saturday
February 18
February 18
Greece says over 100 migrants are detained as officials link the surge in arrivals to Mideast wars
Authorities in Greece said Tuesday they detained 107 migrants in two separate operations near the island of Crete, as the country sees an increase in people trying to cross the eastern Mediterranean
February 18
February 18
Cook Islands gives some detail of its China deal that has upset close partner New Zealand
The South Pacific country of Cook Islands has unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost cooperation after the pact provoked a rare diplomatic clash with the nation’s chief benefactor, New Zealand, and protests at home
February 18
February 18
Iran accuses detained British couple of spying
Iranian state media say authorities have accused a British couple detained in the country since January of spying
February 18
February 18
Cambodia passes bill toughening penalties for denial of Khmer Rouge genocide
Cambodian lawmakers have approved a bill that will toughen penalties for anyone denying that atrocities were carried out in the late 1970s under the rule of the Khmer Rouge, whose brutal policies are blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people
February 18
February 18
'Hanging...like bats': Toronto plane crash survivor speaks out
“It all happened pretty, pretty fast," one survivor told ABC News.
February 18
February 18
UN human rights chief accuses Rwanda-backed rebels in east Congo of killing and recruiting children
The U.N. human rights chief has accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Congo of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses storing humanitarian aid
February 18
February 18
Russia launches massive drone strike on Ukraine as it begins talks with US
The overnight Russian barrage sparked a large fire in Kyiv.
February 18
February 18
Chinese navy helicopter flies within 10 feet of Philippine plane over disputed shoal
A Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet of a Philippine patrol plane on Tuesday in a disputed area of the the South China Sea, as the Filipino pilot warned by radio: “You are flying too close, you are very dangerous.”
February 18
February 18
Villagers in southern Lebanon prepare to return home as Israeli army withdraws under ceasefire deal
Israeli forces have withdrawn from border villages in southern Lebanon under a deadline spelled out in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war
February 18
February 18
Senior Afghan Taliban officials in Japan for talks with Japanese officials
Japanese officials say senior Afghan Taliban officials are in Japan for talks, as part of Tokyo’s efforts to help Afghanistan build a more inclusive political system and protect human rights
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February 17
North Korea slams U.S. and Asian rivals for 'absurd' denuclearization plans
North Korea has criticized the United States and Asian neighbors for pursuing the “absurd” goal of denuclearizing the North and says it will push to expand its nuclear forces under the direction of its authoritarian leader Kim Jong Un
February 17
February 17
Australian central bank cuts benchmark interest rate for the first time since October 2020
Australia’s central bank has reduced its benchmark interest rate for the first time since October 2020 as the nation’s inflation cools
February 17
February 17
Delta plane crashes, overturns in Toronto; all survive, officials say
At least 18 people were taken to area hospitals, airport officials said.
February 17
February 17
Toronto fire officials hold briefing on Delta plane crash
The plane crash cause is under investigation, according to fire officials in Toronto, Canada.
February 17
February 17
Officials give update on Delta plane crash in Toronto
Injuries were reported when a plane crashed while landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday. It was wound up upside-down on the snow-covered ground.
February 17
February 17
Top American and Russian officials gear up for talks on ending war
Tuesday's talks come days after Donald Trump's phone call with Vladimir Putin.
February 17