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US, Russia negotiations on Ukraine went 'into detail' in Saudi Arabia, Kremlin says

The two sides held their latest round in talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday.
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A tram passes along a street past a military mural entitled "Ghost of Kyiv" in the Podil neighbourhood of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 24, 2025.
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Turkey's opposition leader visits jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu

The head of Turkey’s main opposition party is visiting jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu after six nights of massive protests calling for his release
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People shout slogans next to anti riot police officers during a protest after Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested and sent to prison, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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Depardieu testifies at sexual assault trial, saying, 'I won’t hide, it’s hard'

Actor Gérard Depardieu is testifying on Day 2 of his trial in Paris on sexual assault charges
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Actor Gerard Depardieu, left, arrives at his trial for the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set in 2021, with his lawyer Jeremie Assous ,Tuesday, March 25, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
March 25

A Japanese court orders the dissolution of the Unification Church, report says

A Japanese court on Tuesday issued an order to dissolve the Unification Church, upholding the government request for a revocation, officials said
March 25
The entrance of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, is seen on Nov. 7, 2023, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)
March 25

Sierra Leone debates decriminalizing abortion as women and girls endanger their lives

Sierra Leone could become the second country in West Africa to decriminalize abortion
March 25
Medical equipment at the Marie Stopes Sierra Leone Reproductive Choices clinic in Njagbahun, Sierra Leone, Saturday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly)
March 25

Court poised to decide if Bolsonaro will stand trial over coup attempt accusation

A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices will gather to determine whether former President Jair Bolsonaro and several of his associates will stand trial on five counts including attempting to stage a coup
March 25
FILE - Police stand on the other side of a window at Planalto Palace that was shattered by protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, after they stormed the official workplace of the president in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
March 25

Motorcyclist who disappeared into huge sinkhole found dead after overnight search

Officials in South Korea say a motorcyclist who fell into a cavernous sinkhole that opened on a Seoul street was found dead after an overnight search
March 25
Rescue authorities inspect a sinkhole on an intersection in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (Suh Dae-hyun/Yonhap via AP)
March 25

Residents in South Korea's Andong city told to evacuate as wildfires spread

Officials in the South Korean city of Andong have alerted residents to evacuate to safe areas as firefighters struggled to contain wildfires that ravaged the country’s southern regions since last week, forcing thousands to flee and destroying likely hu...
March 25
Smoke rises from a mountain in Andong, South Korea, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (Kim Doo-hoon/Yonhap via AP)
March 25

Greenlanders unite to fend off the US as Trump seeks control of the Arctic island

Lisa Sólrun Christiansen gets up at 4 a.m. most days and gets to work knitting thick wool sweaters coveted by buyers around the world for their warmth and colorful patterns celebrating Greenland’s traditional Inuit culture
March 25
Juergen Boasson, Trump's fan posting for photo in his house in Nuuk, Greenland, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
March 24

Photojournalist on documenting Venezuelan migrants flown to a prison in El Salvador

ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with photojournalist Philip Holsinger about documenting Venezuelan migrants flown to El Salvador and imprisoned at the request of President Donald Trump's administration.
March 24
VIDEO: Photojournalist on documenting Venezuelan migrants flown to a prison in El Salvador
March 24

Dozens injured in strike on Ukraine as US-Russia talks resumed, officials say

Monday's talks followed discussions between American and Ukrainian negotiators.
March 24
A firefighter works at a site an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 23, 2025.
March 24

Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers, detained: Activists

Activists say Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning film “No Other Land” in the occupied West Bank, and he was then detained by the Israeli military
March 24
Salem Adra, left, brother of Palestinian activist Basel Adra, who won Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars for "No Other Land" talks with a local Palestinian shepherd as they stand near an Israeli settlers' outpost at the West Bank village of Tuwani, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
March 24

Putin gifted a portrait of Trump to the U.S. president

The Kremlin has confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin gifted to Donald Trump a portrait he commissioned of the U.S. president
March 24
FILE - President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
March 24

Protesters in Serbia rally against real estate project with Trump son-in-law Kushner

Thousands of protesters in Serbia have rallied against plans to turn a former army headquarters into a luxury complex
March 24
People take part in a protest rally in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, March 24, 2025, against a real estate development project that will be financed by the firm of Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, at the site of the former Yugoslav army headquarters destroyed in a U.S.-led NATO bombing campaign in 1999. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
March 24

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March 24
Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
March 24

Canada's leader laments lost friendship with US in town that sheltered stranded Americans after 9/11

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has lamented Canada’s lost friendship with the United States as he visited the town that sheltered thousands of stranded American airline passengers after the 9/11 attacks
March 24
Canada Liberal Leader Mark Carney makes an announcement at the airport in Gander, Newfoundland, on Monday March 24, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
March 24

How Pope Francis’ recovery will impact the papacy

Colleen Dulle, associate editor of America magazine and host of the podcast “Inside the Vatican,” discusses the latest on the health of Pope Francis.
March 24
VIDEO: How Pope Francis’ recovery will impact the papacy
March 24

Congo rebel leader says sanctions or minerals deal with the US won’t stop fighting in the east

The leader of the rebels who captured two key cities in eastern Congo tells The Associated Press that international sanctions and Congo’s proposed minerals deal with the United States in search of peace will not stop the fighting
March 24
FILE - Rebel leader of group of Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) including M23, Corneille Nangaa, addresses a news conference in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, file)
March 24

US-Russia talks to resume in Saudi Arabia as Zelenskyy calls for pressure on Putin

ABC News’ Patrick Reevell reports on Monday's talks, which follow discussions between American and Ukrainian negotiators.
March 24
VIDEO: US-Russia talks to resume in Saudi Arabia as Zelenskyy calls for pressure on Putin
March 24

Israeli strike on south Gaza hospital kills senior Hamas official

Hamas confirmed that Ismail Barhoum was killed in the strike on Nasser Hospital. ABC News’ Matt Rivers reports.
March 24
VIDEO: Israeli strike on south Gaza hospital kills senior Hamas official
March 24

Israeli strike on south Gaza hospital kills senior Hamas official

Hamas confirmed that Ismail Barhoum was killed in the strike on Nasser Hospital.
March 24
Palestinians try to put out a fire at Nasser Hospital after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 23, 2025.
March 24

Brazil's top court to decide if ex-President Bolsonaro will face charges. What could happen next?

A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court will open proceedings Tuesday to decide whether former President Jair Bolsonaro and several of his associates will stand trial on five counts, including attempting to stage a coup d’etat
March 24
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro arrives at a rally on Copacabana Beach in support of a proposed bill to grant amnesty to those arrested for storming government buildings in an alleged coup attempt in 2023, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
March 24

Philippine defense chief calls China's claims in the South China Sea 'the biggest fiction and lie'

The Philippine defense chief has called China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea as “the biggest fiction and lie” that no Southeast Asian country will accept
March 24
FILE - Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro gestures as he answers questions during an interview with the Associated Press at the Department of National Defense headquarters in Quezon city, Philippines on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, file)
March 24

Andrew and Tristan Tate check in at police station, complying with judicial measures

Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate checked in at a police station near Romania's capital on Monday, complying with judicial requirements in the case in which they are charged with human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually explo...
March 24
Andrew Tate waves next to his brother Tristan as they check in at a police station as part of their judicial control, which requires them to appear before judicial authorities in Romania when summoned, after returning from the United States, in Voluntari, Romania, Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
March 24

Heathrow defends response as questions grow about length of closure

Heathrow bosses are defending their response to a fire that shut down Europe’s busiest air hub for almost a day
March 24
People watch an Emirates plane at Heathrow Airport in London on Saturday March 22, 2025, after flights resumed at the west London airport on Friday evening. (Maja Smiejkowska/PA via AP)
March 24

Vehicle hits 4 children in Japan and the driver is arrested

Officials say a vehicle struck and injured four children riding bicycles on a street in central Japan
March 24
March 24

Japan's weather agency declares flowering of Tokyo's cherry blossoms as season begins

Japan’s official cherry blossom spotters on Monday confirmed the first blooming of the country’s favorite flower, declaring the official start of the festive season in the Japanese capital
March 24
Officials from the Tokyo Regional Meteorological Observatory of the Japan Meteorological Agency check the blooming status of the Somei Yoshino specimen tree at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Monday March 24, 2025. (Kyodo Photo via AP)
March 24

Austria says it has uncovered a Russian-steered campaign to spread disinformation

Austrian authorities say they uncovered a Russian-steered campaign aimed at spreading disinformation about Ukraine following the detention in December of a Bulgarian woman accused of spying for Russia
March 24
FILE - Outside view of the Russian embassy in Vienna, Austria, on March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)
March 24

Thailand's PM faces a no-confidence vote over alleged influence by her father

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is facing a no-confidence motion in parliament as the opposition alleges she is being unduly influenced by her father, a former prime minister, and is mismanaging the country
March 24
Leader of People's Party, Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut speaks during a no-confidence debate against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
March 24

Danish police fly extra forces to Greenland ahead of second lady Usha Vance's visit

A spokesman for the Danish national police force says it has sent extra personnel and sniffer dogs to Greenland as the icy island steps up security measures ahead of a planned visit this week by second lady Usha Vance
March 24
Houses covered by snow are seen on the coast of a sea inlet of Nuuk, Greenland, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
March 24

Turkey detains journalists as protests over Erdogan rival’s jailing intensify

A media workers union says Turkish authorities detained several journalists from their homes amid escalating protests triggered by the imprisonment of a top rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
March 24
FILE.- Residents gather for the fast-breaking meal known as iftar, organized by the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), on the first day of Ramadan in the Jobar neighborhood, which was devastated by the Syrian war, in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, March 1, 2025.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed,File)
March 24

Wildfires in western Japan damage homes, force residents to evacuate

Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and damaging homes as hundreds of firefighters battled the widening blaze in the mountains
March 24
Smoke rises from a forest in Okayama, western Japan Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)
March 24

Middle East latest: Egypt offers proposal to get Israel-Hamas ceasefire back on track, officials say

Officials say Egypt has introduced a new proposal to try and get the Israel-Hamas ceasefire back on track
March 24
A Yemeni walks over the debris of a destroyed building after it was struck by U.S. airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo)
March 24

US airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels kill at least 1 person, wounds others, group says

U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels have pounded sites across the country
March 24
A Yemeni checks his damaged vehicle after U.S. airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo)
March 24

A European startup is set to launch an orbital rocket on its first test flight

A private European aerospace company is set to make the first test flight of its orbital launch vehicle
March 24
March 24

Families of victims mark 10 years since Germanwings plane crashed in the Alps

Victims’ relatives have traveled to the scene in the French Alps of the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 10 years ago while hundreds of people marked the anniversary in a German town that was home to an 18-strong school group on board the plane
March 24
The headmaster speaks to students during a memorial ceremony in the schoolyard of the Joseph-Koenig high school in Haltern, Germany, ten years after 16 pupils and two teachers of the school died in the Germanwings crash in the French Alps, Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
March 24

Actor Gérard Depardieu stands trial for alleged sexual assaults on film set

French actor Gérard Depardieu is standing trial at a Paris courthouse on sexual assault charges
March 24
Actor Gerard Depardieu, center, who is facing trial for the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set in 2021, arrives Monday, March 24, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
March 24

What to know about the reinstatement of South Korea's No. 2 leader

In the latest twist in South Korea’s ongoing political crisis, the country’s Constitutional Court reinstated Prime Minister Han Duck-soo as acting leader, overturning his impeachment by opposition lawmakers three months ago
March 24
Moon Hyung-bae, fourth right, acting chief justice of South Korea's Constitutional Court, presides over the impeachment verdict for South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo at the Constitutional Court in Seoul Monday, March 24, 2025. (Kim Min-Hee/Pool Photo via AP)
March 23

South Korea's acting president thanks court for restoring his powers and says he'll attend to the most urgent matters

South Korea's acting president thanks court for restoring his powers and says he'll attend to the most urgent matters
March 23
March 23

South Korean court overturns impeachment of Prime Minister

South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has been reinstated as the acting president as the Constitutional Court overturned his impeachment
March 23
Moon Hyung-bae, fourth right, acting chief justice of South Korea's Constitutional Court, and other judges arrive for the impeachment verdict for South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo at the Constitutional Court in Seoul Monday, March 24, 2025. (Kim Min-Hee/Pool Photo via AP)
March 23

Diver almost gets smacked by whale's tail

This diver in Norway came close to getting smacked by the tail of a whale as it swam by.
March 23
VIDEO: Diver almost gets smacked by whale's tail
March 23

Ukraine, Russia exchange deadly drone attacks overnight

Ukraine and Russia exchanged strikes through the night on Saturday, despite last week's apparent progress toward a United States-brokered partial ceasefire.
March 23
VIDEO: Ukraine, Russia exchange deadly drone attacks overnight
March 23

World Doula Week kicks off

Gynecologist Dr. Jessica Shepherd and Mama Glow founder Latham Thomas join ABC News Live to discuss the work doulas do.
March 23
VIDEO: World Doula Week kicks off
March 23

Somali militants kill 6 Kenyan police reservists and ransack their border camp

Kenyan police say armed militants from Somalia have raided a Kenyan police camp near the border, killed six reservists and seized weapons
March 23
March 23

Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 7, officials say

Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed at least seven people on Saturday, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry, as the IDF responded to rocket launches from the south of the country toward Israel.
March 23
VIDEO: Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 7, officials say
March 23

Pope Francis is released from hospital, returns to Vatican

Pope Francis made his first public appearance on Sunday since being hospitalized in Rome more than five weeks ago.
March 23
VIDEO: Pope Francis is released from hospital, returns to Vatican
March 23

Gerard Depardieu sexual assault trial marks a cultural reckoning for post-#MeToo France

When French actor Gérard Depardieu walks into a Paris courtroom on Monday, he won’t just be facing two women who accuse him of sexual assault — he’ll also be confronting a nation long criticized for dragging its feet in confronting sexual violence, par...
March 23
FILE - Actor Gerard Depardieu addresses the media during the press conference for the film 'Saint Amour' at the 2016 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt, File)
March 23

Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 7, officials say, as IDF threatens more attacks

Israel said it was responding to six rocket launches from southern Lebanon.
March 23
Smoke billows from the site of Israeli artillery shelling that targeted the area of the southern Lebanese village of Yohmor on March 22, 2025.
March 23

Ukraine and Russia launch 'massive' drone attacks ahead of US ceasefire talks

Cross-border strikes have continued despite a push for a partial ceasefire.
March 23
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fire following a Russian attack in near Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 23, 2025.
March 23

Canadian PM, opponent kick off election campaigns with vote set for April 28

New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Conservative opponent have kicked off their election campaigns against the backdrop of a trade war and annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump
March 23
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to media at Rideau Hall, where he asked the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and call an election, in Ottawa, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)