LONDON — One of the world's largest icebergs is drifting beyond Antarctic waters, after being grounded for more than three decades, according to the British Antarctic Survey. The iceberg, known as A23a, split from the Antarctic's Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986. But it became stuck to the ocean floor and had remained for many years
NANTUCKET, Mass. — A 4-year-old American girl captured after seeing her parents slain by Hamas fighters who stormed southern Israel from Gaza on Oct. 7 was among 17 hostages released Sunday as part of an Israeli-Hamas prisoner exchange, President Joe Biden said. Abigail Edan, who turned 4 while in captivity, became the third person with
BEIJING — For nearly 10 years, Jiang Hui has been searching for answers as to why the plane carrying his 70-year-old mother back from vacation in Malaysia vanished without trace. Jiang's mother, Jiang Cuiyun, was one of 239 people on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 when it deviated from its scheduled path from Kuala Lumpur
SEOUL — North Korea said it successfully placed its first spy satellite in orbit on Tuesday and vowed to launch more in the near future, defying international condemnation from the United States and its allies. Officials in South Korea and Japan, which first reported the launch, said they could not immediately verify whether a satellite
TEL AVIV — Israel's government and Hamas on Wednesday agreed to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of 50 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave. Officials from Qatar, which has been mediating negotiations, as well as
SALT LAKE CITY — What may be Utah's final pitch for the 2030 or 2034 Winter Games focused on how hosting another Olympics in the state could help an increasingly troubled world, Gov. Spencer Cox said. "Utah is a place where they can have confidence that not only can we pull off a Games, but
LONDON — Tens of thousands of people including former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson gathered in London on Sunday for a march against antisemitism, a day after large crowds turned out for a pro-Palestinian rally. Johnson was joined by U.K. Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and other senior government officials at the march to express solidarity
DUBLIN — Three young children were among five people injured in a knife attack in central Dublin on Thursday that police said they had not ruled out any motive over, including whether it could be terror-related. The incident sparked clashes between riot police and a group of anti-immigrant protesters, who arrived on the scene near
SALT LAKE CITY — Frozan Hatami never wanted to leave her home in Afghanistan. But when her activism increasingly put her in the path of the Taliban's wrath, fleeing felt like the only safe option. "It was really difficult to leave everything — your family, friends — behind and leave your country," Hatami said. "We
