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South Korea conducts 'retaliatory fire' after North Korea blows up border roads

The explosions follow several months of rising cross-border tensions.
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A TV screen reports North Korea has blown up parts of northern side of inter-Korean roads during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024.
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Violence-hit Pakistan locks down the capital for an Asian security meeting

Pakistani authorities have locked down the capital in a major security move as senior officials from several nations arrive for an Asian security group meeting
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In this photo released by the Press Information Department, visiting China's Premier Li Qiang, left, and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attend a welcome ceremony, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Press Information Department via AP)
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Middle East latest: Israeli strikes on southern Gaza kill at least 15 people overnight

Israeli strikes in the southern Gaza Strip have killed at least 15 people overnight, including six children and two women
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Palestinians look at the damage after an Israeli strike hit a tent area in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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How did a killing at a Sikh temple lead to Canada and India expelling each other's diplomats?

Relations between India and Canada are at a low point as the countries expelled each other’s top diplomats over an ongoing dispute about the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada
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FILE - Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, walks past India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at Raj Ghat, Mahatma Gandhi's cremation site, during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, Sept. 10, 2023. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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China unveils its plans to turn its feats in space exploration into scientific advances

China has made great strides in exploring space in recent years, rocketing astronauts to its own space station and bringing back rocks from the moon
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A woman holds a national flag near a floral display featuring a theme of China Space Mission for the upcoming National Day celebration, in Beijing, on Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
October 15

A Hong Kong zoo seeks answers after 9 monkeys die in 2 days

Hong Kong’s oldest zoo is seeking answers in a monkey medical mystery after nine animals died in two days, including three members of a critically endangered species
October 15
October 15

King Charles III set to visit Australia and Samoa on a trip spanning a dozen time zones

King Charles III will travel halfway around the world to Samoa this month to take his seat as the head of the Commonwealth and highlight the existential threat climate change poses for Pacific island nations
October 15
FILE - Britain's Prince Charles, right, and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, pose for photographs at the Mt Adelaide lookout in Albany, Australia, on Nov. 14, 2015. (Tracey Nearmy/Pool Photo via AP, File)
October 15

A pastry brought to Mexico by British miners is still popular after 200 years

Back in the 19th century, migrant miners from Cornwall, in the southwest of England, brought their pastries to the Mexican mining town of Real del Monte
October 15
A basket of Mexican pastes sit on a patron's table before they are eated for lunch at the 16th International Paste Festival in Mineral del Monte, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/India Grant)
October 14

Campaigning begins for Japan's parliamentary election

Official campaigning has begun for Japan's Oct. 27 parliamentary election
October 14
Yoshihiko Noda, leader of Japan's opposition Constitutional Democratic Party delivers a speech in Hachioji, outskirts of Tokyo as official campaigning for a parliamentary election later this month officially kicked off Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)
October 14

North Korea blows up parts of inter-Korean roads in a symbolic display of anger

South Korea says North Korea blew up the northern parts of inter-Korean roads no longer in use
October 14
A TV screen reports North Korea has blown up parts of northern side of inter-Korean roads during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. The sign on the screen reads, "North-South Gyeongui and Donghae roads line connection section." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
October 14

South Korea says North Korea has blown up the northern parts of inter-Korean roads no longer in use

South Korea says North Korea has blown up the northern parts of inter-Korean roads no longer in use
October 14
October 14

Rebecca Kimmel's search for her roots had an unlikely ending: Tips for other Korean adoptees

Thousands of South Korean adoptees are looking to satisfy an urge many other people take for granted: the search for identity
October 14
Rebecca Kimmel points to color photos of herself after being adopted, next to a photo of a girl used in her adoption file that she believes is a different baby, Saturday, July 1, 2023, at her art studio in Seattle. AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
October 14

Who am I? A South Korean adoptee finds answers about the past — just not the ones she wants

Rebecca Kimmel sat in a small room, staring at the baby photo she had just unearthed from her adoption file
October 14
Rebecca Kimmel points to color photos of herself after being adopted, next to a photo of a girl used in her adoption file that she believes is a different baby, Saturday, July 1, 2023, at her art studio in Seattle. AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
October 14

China holds military drills around Taiwan

China is conducting large-scale military drills around Taiwan, simulating a blockade and practicing attacking targets on land and sea.
October 14
China holds military drills around Taiwan
October 14
ABC News' Matt Gutman interviews Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
October 14

The UN says over 400,000 children in Lebanon have been displaced in 3 weeks by war

A top official with the U.N. children's agency says more than 400,000 children in Lebanon have been displaced in the past three weeks
October 14
People walk past tents set up as temporary shelters by displaced families fleeing the Israeli airstrikes in the south and Dahiyeh, on Beirut's corniche, Lebanon, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)WLD
October 14

Aid agencies warn of impending humanitarian disaster in northern Gaza

Those in northern Gaza say they fear they could die "at any moment."
October 14
A boy watches a smoke plume rise while standing in the balcony of the Rafei school, being used as a displacement shelter, in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip on Oct. 9, 2024 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas.
October 14

Thousands killed and displaced across Lebanon

Nearly one quarter of the Lebanese population has been displaced by Israel's military campaign there, the country's caretaker prime minister has said.
October 14
VIDEO: Thousands killed and displaced across Lebanon
October 14

Residents blame Mexican army, National Guard for the deaths of nurse and 8-year-old

Human rights activists in the violent Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas, are blaming the army and National Guard troops in the deaths of a nurse and an 8-year-old girl
October 14
October 14

Bus carrying university students crashes in Egypt, killing 12 and injuring 33

The Egyptian health ministry says a bus crashed and overturned on a highway in northeastern Egypt, killing 12 people and injuring 33 others
October 14
This is a locator map for Egypt with its capital, Cairo. (AP Photo)
October 14

A bus carrying university students crashes, killing 12 and injuring 33 in Egypt's northeast

A bus carrying university students crashes, killing 12 and injuring 33 in Egypt's northeast
October 14
October 14

Italy sends the first ship with migrants to Albania as rights groups warn of a dangerous precedent

Italy is transferring the first group of migrants to Albania as part of a contentious plan to process thousands of asylum-seekers outside its borders
October 14
FILE - Italy's Premier Giorgia Meloni, right, and Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama shake hands after the signing of a memorandum of understanding on migrant management centers during a meeting in Rome, Italy, on Nov. 6, 2023. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP, File)
October 14

Paris Motor Show opens during a brewing EV trade war between the EU and China

Auto manufacturers competing to persuade drivers to go electric are rolling out cheaper, more tech-rich models at the Paris Motor Show
October 14
A man looks at the engine of a THK LSR-05 electric prototype at the Paris Auto Show, in Paris, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
October 14

AP source: Canada expels six Indian diplomats after police link Indian agents to violent crimes

AP source: Canada expels six Indian diplomats after police link Indian agents to violent crimes
October 14
October 14

ICC prosecutor announces renewed probe into alleged crimes in conflict-torn eastern Congo

The International Criminal Court prosecutor is renewing an investigation in Congo and focusing on allegations of crimes committed in the conflict-torn North Kivu province in the central African nation’s east since early 2022
October 14
October 14

Death toll in Bosnia floods reaches 26, with at least 1 still missing

The death toll from this month’s devastating floods and landslides in Bosnia has reached 26 people while rescue teams are searching for at least one more person
October 14
Aerial view of waste stuck at the dam on the Neretva river caused by landslides, torrential rain and flash floods in Grabovica, Bosnia, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
October 14

NASA launches $5 billion mission to Jupiter's moon Europa: What to know

Scientists believe the moon's water, chemistry and energy could support life.
October 14
This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter. The mission is targeting an Oct. 10, 2024, launch.
October 14

Hezbollah's drones are a fierce and evasive threat to Israel

A single drone, which evaded Israel’s vaunted aerial defense system, slammed into a mess hall at a military training camp deep inside Israel, killing four soldiers and wounding dozens of others
October 14
Israeli soldiers carry the flagged-covered coffin of Sgt. Amitai Alon, killed by a Hezbollah drone attack, during his funeral near Ramot Naftali, Israel, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
October 14

Congo cancels an auction for 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration

The government of Congo has canceled an auction for 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration, citing late submissions and a lack of competition
October 14
FILE—A burning flare is visible at an oil extraction area located in Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Dec. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)
October 14

Kenya relocates 50 elephants to larger park; sign poaching under control: Officials

Kenya is moving 50 elephants from a national reserve to a larger park after overpopulation overwhelmed the ecosystem, in what has been hailed as a conservation success
October 14
Kenya Wildlife Service rangers and capture team release five elephants at Aberdare National Park, located in central Kenya Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
October 14

Canada, India expel each other's diplomats in escalating dispute over assassination

Canada says it has identified India’s top diplomat in the country as a person of interest in the assassination of a Sikh activist there and expelled him and five other diplomats
October 14
RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme arrives for a news conference at RCMP National Headquarters in Ottawa, Ontaio, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
October 14

India recalls ambassador from Canada in growing dispute over allegation of involvement in assassination of Sikh activist

India recalls ambassador from Canada in growing dispute over allegation of involvement in assassination of Sikh activist
October 14
October 14

AP PHOTOS: Likely in its last decade, a Czech coal mine provides fuel for electricity and heat

Deep underground in northeastern Czech Republic, workers in the region's last-functioning coal mine drill, load and haul the fuel up to the surface. The CSM mine is part of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, a region straddling the Czech-Polish border with a 250-year history of mining because of its rich coal deposits and factories that produce steel and energy. With just the light of a headlamp, workers — their bodies and clothes covered in soot and dust — effortlessly navigate the mines, drilling the deposits underground. Others load cars to take the rocks to the surface, where huge piles of it lie ready to be transported to power plants. The work comes with a price: A 2021 study of more than 800 European cities by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health puts the regional capital of Ostrava and the nearby towns where the mine is located among the top 10 most polluted European cities. And when burned for energy, coal contributes to the carbon dioxide emissions warming up the...
October 14
Miners sit on a bench before going down to the CSM coal mine in Stonava, Czech Republic, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
October 14

International headlines from ABC News

Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
October 14
Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
October 14

Father of 10-year-old girl found dead in the UK called police from Pakistan to say he killed her

A jury has heard that the father of a 10-year-old girl found dead in her home in England fled to Pakistan and called U.K. police from there to say he had killed her
October 14
FILE - This court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook shows Sara Sharif's father Urfan Sharif, right, and her uncle Faisal Malik appearing via video-link, from Belmarsh prison, at the Old Bailey in London, Dec. 14, 2023 as three members of her family have pleaded not guilty to her murder. (Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP, file)
October 14

Body of Scottish independence champion Alex Salmond soon to be flown home from North Macedonia

The body of Alex Salmond, Scotland’s former first minister who died during a conference in North Macedonia, will soon be returned by special flight to Scotland
October 14
Image issued by the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy of Alex Salmond attending the the Ohrid Forum on Cultural Diplomacy in Ohrid, North Macedonia on Friday Oct. 11, 2024. (Academy for Cultural Diplomacy via AP)
October 14

US sends missile defense system to Israel in wake of Iran attack

Yousef Munayyer, an author and expert on Palestinian-Israeli relations, said he fears this deployment will only escalate tensions in the region.
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Russian court convicts French citizen of collecting military information, sentences him to 3 years in prison

Russian court convicts French citizen of collecting military information, sentences him to 3 years in prison
October 14
October 14

Poland's leader defends his decision to suspend the right to asylum

Human and civil rights groups are expressing concern after Poland's leader said he would suspend the right to asylum because of its alleged abuse by eastern neighbors Belarus and Russia
October 14
FILE - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk pauses as he speaks, during a news conference following his meeting with Lithuania's Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte at the government's headquarters in Vilnius, Lithuania, on March 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)
October 14

Former officer with East Germany’s secret police sentenced to prison for a border killing in 1974

An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany’s secret police, the Stasi, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of a Polish man at a border crossing in divided Berlin 50 years ago
October 14
The defendant stands in front of the district court and covers his face before the verdict is announced in the trial against the ex-Stasi employee for murder of a Polish citizen at the former Berlin-Friedrichstraße border crossing in 1974, in Berlin, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa via AP)
October 14

Lebanese Red Cross says at least 18 killed in an Israeli strike in northern Lebanon

Lebanese Red Cross says at least 18 killed in an Israeli strike in northern Lebanon
October 14
October 14

50 well-preserved Viking Age skeletons unearthed in Denmark

Archaeologists in Denmark have unearthed a Viking Age burial ground containing some 50 “exceptionally well-preserved” skeletons
October 14
Skeletons and skulls sit in graves at an excavation site of a 10th century Viking burial ground in Aasum, Denmark, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/James Brooks)
October 14

Lebanese officials say an Israeli airstrike in northern Lebanon has killed at least 9 people

Lebanese officials say an Israeli airstrike in northern Lebanon has killed at least 9 people
October 14
October 14

Russia prosecutors seek 3 1/4-year jail term for French citizen accused of collecting military data

Prosecutors have asked a Russian court to deliver a prison sentence of three years and three months to a French citizen arrested on charges of unlawfully collecting information on military issues
October 14
French citizen Laurent Vinatier sits in a cage prior to a court session at the Zamoskvoretsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
October 14

Russian prosecutors seek more than three-year prison term for French citizen accused of collecting military information

Russian prosecutors seek more than three-year prison term for French citizen accused of collecting military information
October 14
October 14

EU targets top Iran officials and airlines, accusing them of supplying drones and missiles to Russia

The European Union has imposed sanctions on Iran’s deputy defense minister, senior Revolutionary Guard members and three airlines
October 14
October 14

Nile basin nations say water-sharing accord has come into force without Egypt's backing

A regional partnership for Nile River basin countries says an agreement on the equitable use of water resources has come into force despite the notable opposition of Egypt
October 14
FILE - A fisherman's boat sails along the River Nile in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
October 14

Russia says it captured a southern Ukraine village in a push before winter comes

Russia says it has captured the village of Levadne in southern Ukraine as it probes for weaknesses along the war’s roughly 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line before winter arrives
October 14
Locals cross a street during rain in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.(AP Photo/Alex Babenko)
October 14

Social Democrats win round 1 of Lithuania's election and aim to oust the conservative leader

The opposition Social Democratic Party has emerged as the leader after the first round of national elections in Lithuania and says it will start negotiations to form a new government with left-leaning parties
October 14
Leader of the Social Democratic Party Vilija Blinkeviciute smiles as she waits for the results of the first round of Lithuania's parliamentary election, in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
October 14

Britain hosts an international investment summit and denies snubbing Elon Musk

Britain’s new Labour Party government is announcing $82 billion in investment in U.K. artificial intelligence, life sciences, infrastructure and technology at a business summit
October 14
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, sits in conservation with former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, center, and Emma Walmsley the CEO of GSK, during the International Investment Summit in London, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP)