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Pakistan's president says terrorist attacks won't end friendship with China

Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari says his country’s friendship with China has “gone through ups and downs” but it won’t be broken down by terrorist attacks
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, applauds during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday Feb. 5, 2025. (Wu Hao/Pool Photo via AP)
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Concerns grow over press freedoms in Cambodia after British journalist blacklisted from the country

Cambodia’s Interior Ministry confirmed Wednesday it had blocked a British journalist known for his reporting on human rights abuses and environmental issues from the country, an incident that comes amid growing concerns over press freedom in the Southe...
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FILE- A Cambodian National flag flutters above barbed wire set up by police near the Council of Ministers building while garment workers gather for a rally in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
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Earthquakes keep rattling Greece's volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes

Earthquakes are still rattling Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes
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A man walks on an empty street in the town of Oia on the earthquake-struck island of Santorini, Greece, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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From Gaza to US: A teen's journey from war and amputation to hope

"After Oct. 7, there was no joy," Motassembelah Abuzayed said.
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Motassembelah Abuzayed, 17, was seriously injured at his home in northern Gaza in November 2023. He is receiving medical treatment in the U.S.
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11 dead in worst mass shooting in Sweden's history, authorities say

The alleged shooter was among the dead, Swedish police said late Tuesday.
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Police officers stand guard near the scene of a shooting at an adult education center on the outskirts of Orebro, Sweden, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.
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More than 100 Indian migrants deported by the US arrive home

A U.S. military plane carrying 104 deported Indian migrants has arrived in a northern Indian city, the first such flight to the country as part of a crackdown ordered by the Trump administration, airport officials said
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Police personnel redirect traffic near the international airport, before the arrival of a US military plane carrying deported Indian immigrants, in Amritsar, India, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)
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Gaza is in ruins, and it's unclear how it will be rebuilt

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are eager to leave miserable tent camps and return to their homes if a long-awaited ceasefire agreement halts the Israel-Hamas war
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FILE - Children play next to their tent in a refugee camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
February 05

Palestinians fear a repeat of their 1948 mass expulsion in the wake of Trump's remarks on Gaza

Palestinians will mark this year the 77th anniversary of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel
February 05
A view of an area in Gaza City destroyed during fightings between the Israeli army against Hamas, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Feb.4, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
February 05

Philippine lawmakers back move to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte

The lower house of the Philippines has impeached Sara Duterte
February 05
House Speaker Martin Romualdez, top right, presides over the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte at the House of Representatives in Quezon City in Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, Feb.5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerard Carreon)
February 05

Sweden's worst mass shooting leaves at least 11 dead at an adult education center

Sweden’s worst mass shooting has left at least 11 people dead, including the gunman, at an adult education center as officials warned that the death toll could rise
February 05
A Swedish flag flies at half-mast at Rosenbad, Sweden's Government Offices in Stockholm, Wednesday Feb. 5, 2025, after a shooting at an adult education center on Tuesday. (Jonas Ekströmer/TT via AP)
February 05

Inside the operations that took captive 2 North Korean soldiers fighting Ukraine

When Ukrainian soldiers captured two North Korean prisoners of war last month, it provided the first undeniable proof of Pyongyang’s direct involvement in the war against Ukraine
February 05
This image made from a video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on Jan. 11, 2025, shows Ukrainian forces capturing two North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
February 05

Islamic State members held for years in a Syria prison say they know nothing of the world

A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial
February 05
Guards stand in a corridor Syrian Democratic Forces-run Gweiran Prison, now called Panorama, which houses men accused of being an Islamic State (ISIS) fighters in Hassakeh, northeastern Syria, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
February 04

The Gaza Strip has long been a powder keg. Here's a look at the history of the embattled region

Gaza has long been a powder keg, and it exploded after Hamas fighters stormed southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and began killing and abducting people, sparking a crushing Israeli military operation there that’s only recently reached an uneasy ceasefire
February 04
FILE - PLO leader Yasser Arafat, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, right, both gesture at a joint press conference after their meeting held at the Erez Crossing, at the northern end of the Gaza Strip border with Israel, Nov. 8, 1994. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, FIle)
February 04

India PM Modi's party seeks to oust anti-corruption crusader in New Delhi state elections

Thousands are voting in the Indian capital’s state legislature election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party trying to unseat a powerful regional group that has ruled New Delhi for over a decade
February 04
People stand in a queue to cast their votes for the capital’s state legislature election at a polling booth in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Shonal Ganguly)
February 04

From Gaza to the US: A teen's journey from war and amputation to hope

Motassembelah Abuzayed is one of more than 25,000 Palestinian children injured in Gaza, according to the United Nations.
February 04
Motassembelah Abuzayed is one of more than 25,000 Palestinian children injured in Gaza, according to the United Nations.
February 04

Trump: 'The US will take over the Gaza Strip'

In a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump discussed the U.S. potentially taking an “ownership position” in rebuilding the Gaza Strip.
February 04
Trump: 'The US will take over the Gaza Strip'
February 04

Trump continues to push idea that Gazans should leave Gaza

President Donald Trump doubled down on his belief that Gazans should be relocated out of the country while taking questions at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
February 04
Trump continues to push idea that Gazans should leave Gaza
February 04

Trump says he's given instructions to 'obliterate' Iran over assassination threats

President Trump, who signed an executive order that took aim at Iran, was asked about the threats the nation has made against him. The president said they "would be obliterated" if they did that.
February 04
President Donald Trump, who signed an EO that took aim at Iran, was asked about the threats the nation has made against him.  The president said they "would be obliterated" if they did that.
February 04

Fatalities confirmed in shooting at adult education facility in Sweden, police say

Authorities did not say whether the suspect was among the dead.
February 04
Police at the scene of an incident at Risbergska School, in Orebro, Sweden, Feb. 4, 2025.
February 04

Rubio says El Salvador agrees to take US criminals

Marco Rubio met with El Salvador’s president and said they've agreed to not only take in deported foreign nationals who committed crimes, but also jailed U.S. citizens.
February 04
VIDEO: Rubio says El Salvador agrees to take US criminals
February 04

Jewish population in West Bank keeps rising. Settlers hope Trump will accelerate growth

The Jewish population in the West Bank grew at twice the rate of the general Israeli population last year
February 04
FILE - A general view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat ,Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
February 04

What to know about El Salvador's mega-prison after Trump deal to send people there

The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said they struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship detained migrants and imprisoned criminals to a mega-prison there
February 04
FILE - Inmates attend class on social behavior during a press tour of the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, in Tecololuca, El Salvador, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Inmates wear masks as a precaution to not spread COVID-19. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)
February 04

Soldiers from El Salvador join U.N.-backed mission in Haiti to combat gang violence

Seventy soldiers from El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Tuesday to support a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police to help fight gangs that killed thousands of people last year and control much of the capital
February 04
Members of a U.N.-backed El Salvador police force walk on the tarmac of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport after landing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
February 04

Anglican Church in South Africa admits failures in handling of sexual abuse claims

The Anglican Church leadership in South Africa has admitted to failing to disclose sexual abuse allegations against its former member John Smyth, who mistreated children in the 1970s and 1980s in the U.K. and Zimbabwe before fleeing to South Africa, wh...
February 04
FILE - A prayer is said in memory of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu inside St. George's Cathedral, in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)
February 04

Italian politicians seek action against Trump Jr. hunting party for allegedly killing protected duck

Politicians in Italy have asked authorities to take action against a hunting party including Donald Trump Jr. that may have killed a protected species of duck near Venice
February 04
FILE - Donald Trump Jr., speaks at a campaign rally, Nov. 5, 2024, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
February 04

UN nuclear watchdog chief to visit Moscow as fears for Ukraine's nuclear plants spike

The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog says he will visit Moscow in the coming days to speak with officials about Russia’s persistent attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure which threaten nuclear safety
February 04
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi looks at damaged transformers during his visit to a substation in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
February 04

International headlines from ABC News

Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
February 04
Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
February 04

US doctor in Gaza on USAID freeze: ‘Consider the consequences’

Dr. Adam Hamawy said the funding freeze has led to hospital layoffs and patients being discharged.
February 04
VIDEO: US doctor in Gaza on USAID freeze: ‘Consider the consequences’
February 04

Syria's interim leader holds talks with key ally Turkey on his second international trip

Syria’s interim president is in the Turkish capital for talks expected to focus on Syria’s economic recovery and the presence of Kurdish-led forces in the north of the country that Turkey considers to be a security threat
February 04
In this photo released by the Turkish Presidency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, sits next to Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa during their meeting at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (Turkish Presidency via AP)
February 04

5 shot at adult education facility in Sweden, police say

The public was urged to stay away from the Vasthaga area of Orebro, police said. ABC News’ Marcus Moore reports.
February 04
VIDEO: 5 shot at adult education facility in Sweden, police say
February 04

Trump, Netanyahu meeting will ‘shape and change’ Middle East

Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel discusses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming meeting with President Donald Trump.
February 04
VIDEO: Trump, Netanyahu meeting will ‘shape and change’ Middle East
February 04

Exclusive looks at aid delivery inside Gaza

ABC News’ Ian Pannell reports from King Abdullah Air Base in Jordan after finishing a flyover with the Jordanian Air Force.
February 04
VIDEO: Exclusive looks at aid delivery inside Gaza
February 04

Facing a flap over cats, Scotland's government denies it plans to ban felines

The Scottish government wants everyone to know it does not plan to ban cats
February 04
A cat poses for a picture in London, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
February 04

Iraq's top court suspends new legislation that activists say undermines women's rights

Iraq’s top court has suspended implementation of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, including a measure that activists say undermines women’s rights
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Floods kill 2 people and wreak havoc in Australia's Queensland after monsoon rains

Monsoon rains have unleashed flooding in Australia's Queensland that claimed the lives of two people
February 04
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China strikes back at Trump, retaliating with tariffs as it 'firmly opposes' US plan

Select U.S. goods will be under new Chinese tariffs of up to 15%, China said.
February 04
In this file photo, then-U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands ahead of their bilateral meeting during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019.
February 04

Experts question medical evidence that led to murder conviction of British nurse

A panel of expects is disputing the medical evidence used to convict British nurse Lucy Letby of murdering seven newborns and trying to kill seven others
February 04
Retired medic Shoo Lee looks up at a large screen as he takes part in a press conference to announce "new medical evidence" from an international panel of neonatologists in connection with the conviction of British nurse Lucy Letby, in London, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
February 04

US aid freeze puts at risk Ukraine’s wartime help for frontline evacuees

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to freeze for 90 days the humanitarian aid that the United States provides to countries overseas is being felt in places far from Washington
February 04
People sit on beds after evacuation from the frontline at a center for displaced people in Pavlohrad, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Maloletka)
February 04

Death toll from last week's gas tanker explosion in Pakistan rises to 18

Officials say the death toll from last week’s gas tanker truck explosion in central Pakistan has jumped to 18
February 04
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Heavy snow hits northern Japan, disrupting daily life

Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, disrupting traffic, causing airport closures and delaying deliveries
February 04
People remove snow from a street in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)
February 04

US, Philippine fighter aircraft jointly patrol disputed shoal region guarded by China

U.S. and Philippine fighter aircraft have staged a joint patrol and training over a disputed South China Sea shoal where Chinese fighter jets fired flares last year to drive away a Philippine aircraft
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Japanese man who threw pipe bomb at ex-PM Kishida tells court he didn't intend to kill

A man accused in the explosives attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during an election campaign denied his murder intent Tuesday as his trial opened at a court in western Japan
February 04
FILE - A suspect, center on the ground, is caught by police after he allegedly threw "the suspicious object," as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Saikazaki port for an election campaign event in Wakayama, western Japan Saturday, April 15, 2023.(Kyodo News via AP, File)
February 04

Russian attacks near Ukrainian nuclear infrastructure heighten scrutiny of Kyiv's preparedness

Despite more than a year of warnings that critical Ukrainian nuclear energy infrastructure sites are vulnerable to potential Russian attacks, Ukraine's Energy Ministry has failed to act swiftly to protect them, government officials have told The Associ...
February 04
FILE - A Russian rocket attack causes a blackout in the city center of Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko, File)
February 03

Indonesia prepares to send home an ailing French national on death row

Indonesian authorities are set to return an ailing French national who has been on death row in the Southeast Asian country, under an arrangement between the two nations
February 03
Serge Atlaoui, an ailing French national who has spent almost 20 years on death row in Indonesia for drug offenses, is seen handed over to a French official as he attends a news conference ahead of his return to France, at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
February 03

Modi's ruling party looks to topple corruption crusader in Delhi poll with graft allegations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party is eyeing the state legislature election in Delhi where it is in race against a popular regional party that has governed the Indian capital for over a decade
February 03
Supporters of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) carry brooms, their party's symbol, during a show of their party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal as they campaign for Delhi state election, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo)
February 03

Rubio says El Salvador has offered to accept US deportees of any nationality as well as violent American criminals

Rubio says El Salvador has offered to accept US deportees of any nationality as well as violent American criminals
February 03
February 03

Why shutting down USAID could have major impacts on Gaza aid, organizations warn

USAID has provided more than $2.1 billion in aid to Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023.
February 03
A view of the USAID building in Washington, D.C., Feb. 1, 2025.
February 03

US pauses tariffs on Mexico, Canada for a month

The U.S. has paused the implementation of tariffs for a month in both Canada and Mexico following conversations on Monday with President Donald Trump, according to each country's leader.
February 03
VIDEO: US pauses tariffs on Mexico, Canada for a month
February 03

USAID turmoil 'is profoundly self destructive': Amnesty International director

Paul O'Brien, executive director at Amnesty International USA, joined ABC News Live with a reaction to Elon Musk vowing to end USAID with support from Donald Trump.
February 03
VIDEO: USAID turmoil 'is profoundly self destructive': Amnesty International executive director
February 03

Gangs attack a neighborhood in Haiti that's home to the country's elite

Heavily armed gangs in Haiti have attacked a neighborhood that’s home to most of the country’s elite and had been largely untouched by criminals
February 03
People displaced by armed gang attacks take refuge in the town hall of the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.(AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)