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May 23, 2024 | 
abcnews.go.com | James Longman |Bruno Roeber |Oleksiy Pshemyskiy
Col. Oleksandr Bakulin, of the 57th Motorized Brigade, spoke with ABC News. ByJames Longman, Bruno Roeber, and Oleksiy PshemyskiyNEAR KHARKIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's 57th Motorized Brigade is one infantry unit among many battling the new Russian offensive North of Kharkiv, and it was also amongst the first to engage the Russians as they pushed over the border. ABC News sat down in a rare interview with Col. Oleksandr Bakulin, commander of the 57th, alongside a senior Army leader at a secret location.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
thepulseofnh.com | Julia Jacobo |James Longman |Bruno Roeber |Emily Lippiello
(NEW YORK) -- Locust outbreaks, a visual often used in entertainment to signify an upcoming apocalypse, could worsen as global temperatures continue to climb, according to new research. Far-reaching, synchronized desert locust outbreaks are strongly coupled to climate change in the last several decades, a study published Wednesday in Science found. Desert locusts can migrate long distances, threatening crops in regions such as North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, the researchers said.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
newstalk1290koil.com | James Longman |Bruno Roeber |Emily Lippiello |Ivan Pereira
(NEW YORK) — Tawfic Abdel Jawwad went to spend a year with his family in the West Bank after he finished high school in New Orleans, where he was born and raised. Tawfic, 17, was enjoying connecting to his roots and spending time with his cousins, the teen’s father, Hafez Abduljabbar, told ABC News. But now he says his son is a martyr. Abduljabbar claims Tawfic was driving to a picnic last month with a friend when he was killed on a hillside road in what Abduljabbar called an ambush.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
southernillinoisnow.com | James Longman |Bruno Roeber |Emily Lippiello |Ivan Pereira
(NEW YORK) — Tawfic Abdel Jawwad went to spend a year with his family in the West Bank after he finished high school in New Orleans, where he was born and raised. Tawfic, 17, was enjoying connecting to his roots and spending time with his cousins, the teen’s father, Hafez Abduljabbar, told ABC News. But now he says his son is a martyr. Abduljabbar claims Tawfic was driving to a picnic last month with a friend when he was killed on a hillside road in what Abduljabbar called an ambush.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
abcnews.go.com | James Longman |Bruno Roeber |Emily Lippiello |Ivan Pereira
The U.S. has sanctioned four Israeli settlers over alleged threats. ByJames Longman, Bruno Roeber, Emily Lippiello, and Ivan PereiraFebruary 14, 2024, 11:23 AMTawfic Abdel Jawwad went to spend a year with his family in the West Bank after he finished high school in New Orleans, where he was born and raised. Tawfic, 17, was enjoying connecting to his roots and spending time with his cousins, the teen's father, Hafez Abduljabbar, told ABC News. But now he says his son is a martyr.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
abcnews.go.com | Tom Burridge |Oleksiy Pshemyskiy |Bruno Roeber |Nicky deBlois |Yuriy Boyko
"If we run out of weapons, we will fight with shovels," Kuleba told ABC News. ByTom Soufi Burridge, Oleksiy Pshemyskiy, Bruno Roeber, Nicky deBlois, and Yuriy Boyko January 15, 2024, 11:05 AMUkraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has warned that "time is running out" for Congress to pass a new funding deal for more military aid for Ukraine.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
southernillinoisnow.com | Tom Burridge |Oleksiy Pshemyskiy |Bruno Roeber |Fidel Pavlenko
(DNIPRO, Ukraine) — The number of heavily wounded soldiers being treated at one of Ukraine’s largest trauma hospitals has risen by as much as 30% in the past few weeks, according to the chief doctor there. Dr. Sergii Ryzhenko told ABC News that the Mechnikov Hospital in the city of Dnipro, a few hours’ drive from the fighting, is now receiving between 40 and 100 seriously wounded men each day, with his team performing between 50 and 100 surgical operations in any 24-hour period.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
abcnews.go.com | Tom Burridge |Oleksiy Pshemyskiy |Bruno Roeber |Fidel Pavlenko
DNIPRO, Ukraine -- The number of heavily wounded soldiers being treated at one of Ukraine's largest trauma hospitals has risen by as much as 30% in the past few weeks, according to the chief doctor there. Dr. Sergii Ryzhenko told ABC News that the Mechnikov Hospital in the city of Dnipro, a few hours' drive from the fighting, is now receiving between 40 and 100 seriously wounded men each day, with his team performing between 50 and 100 surgical operations in any 24-hour period.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
abcnews.go.com | James Longman |Bruno Roeber |Ivan Pereira
"We have no time. They have no time."ByJames Longman, Bruno Roeber, and Ivan PereiraDecember 13, 2023, 5:50 AMFor three Israelis who have been waiting two months for the safe return of their families from Hamas captivity, this year's Hannukah celebrations have been anything but joyful. Hamas freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise terror attack on Israel.
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Oct 12, 2023 | 
1430wcmy.com | James Longman |Knez Walker |Bruno Roeber |Zach Fannin
(LONDON) — At a small shelter in Uganda, members of the LGBTQ community seek refuge from persecution after their government enacted one of the world’s harshest anti-homosexuality laws earlier this year. Henry, whose full name is being withheld for safety reasons, runs the shelter along with a local clinic he says also serves the general community. “Somebody has just called me that they need shelter. He has been evicted, and he’s on his way,” Henry told ABC News foreign correspondent James Longman.
