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The U.S. is sending stronger signals to Guatemalan authorities to back off interference in the country's current election. MEXICO CITY -- With Guatemalan authorities appearing to ramp up their interference in the country's presidential election, including last week's raids of the election tribunal offices and the anti-corruption candidate's party offices, the U.S. is sending stronger signals to back off. The top U.S. diplomat for the Western Hemisphere called Guatemala's foreign minister yesterday to stress that the runoff should be allowed to take place "without interference or harassment of the candidates or political parties. Guatemalans have the right to elect their government," Assistant Secretary of State Brian Nichols said on social media on Monday. Guatemalan Foreign Minister Mario Búcaro confirmed the call took place, but spun the conversation as a "pleasure," saying they had discussed the "positive role that the executive bra...

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was "likely" killed in a plane crash along with nine others near Kuzhenkino, Russia, on Wednesday, according to the Pentagon. The explosion that downed a plane carrying Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and nine others in Russia was likely caused by a bomb, two U.S. officials told ABC News on Friday. A senior U.S. official said the preliminary belief is that the private jet was downed by an explosion on board, potentially caused by a well-placed bomb. Another U.S official said the United States believes that a bomb was very likely the cause of the explosion. The Kremlin vehemently denied having any involvement in the mysterious plane crash on Wednesday that presumably killed Prigozhin as well as Wagner Group co-founder Dmitry Utkin. ”There has been a lot of speculation around this crash [and] the tragic deaths of the plane's passengers, among them Yevgeny Prigozhin. Of course, the West presents all this speculation from a particul...

The number of deaths is expected to continue rising as search and rescue teams recover more bodies in what the U.N. has described as a "calamity of epic proportions." LONDON -- The death toll from devastating floods in eastern Libya has reached 5,300, a local health official said Wednesday. The number of death s is expected to continue rising as search and rescue teams recover more bodies in what the United Nations has described as a "calamity of epic proportions." Another 10,000 people are believed to be missing and some 40,000 are displaced from their homes in the flood-hit areas, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. MORE: Over 5,200 people feared dead, another 10,000 missing after flooding in Libya, officials say Mediterranean storm Daniel is behind the widespread flooding in the North African nation, as it washed away entire neighborhoods over the weekend and swept bodies out to sea. Libya's National Center of M...

Haiti’s government says it has met with Dominican officials in the Dominican Republic to talk about a threat by that country’s president to close all borders in response to a row over the construction of a supposed canal SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Haiti’s government announced that it met Wednesday with Dominican officials in the Dominican Republic to talk about a recent threat by that country’s president to close all border s in response to a row over the construction of a supposed canal . The brief statement by Haiti’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not provide much detail, except to say that both sides were trying to find a “fair and definitive” solution to squabbles over the use of the Massacre River that runs along the border both countries share on the island of Hispaniola. The Dominican Republic's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the meeting and said that talks would continue on Thursday. Simmering tensions between Haiti and the Dominican Republic deepened on Monday when...

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says the discharge of the second batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea has ended as planned on Monday TOKYO -- The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said the discharge of the second batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea ended as planned on Monday, and International Atomic Energy Agency officials in Japan for their first safety and monitoring mission since the release began two months ago said “no issues” were observed. Fukushima Daiichi started releasing treated and diluted radioactive waste water into the sea on Aug. 24. The operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, said the release of a second, 7,800-ton batch of treated waste water was completed, with its daily sea water sampling results fully meeting safety standards. A magnitude 9.0 quake on March 11, 2011, triggered a massive tsunami that destroyed the plant’s power supply and cooling systems, causing three rea...

The Biden administration says it is seeking safe passage for civilians in Gaza. Haneen Okal, a Palestinian-American who lives in New Jersey, reunited in recent months with family in the Gaza Strip for the first time in more than 10 years, she told ABC News. Now, Okal and her three young children -- two of whom were born and raised in the U.S. -- find themselves caught in the Israel-Hamas war despite pleas to U.S. officials in Israel, Okal said in an interview. "It's very terrifying because we all want to get out of here," Okal said. "Unfortunately, the U.S. embassy is not helping. We feel abandoned." Okal's husband, Abdulla, is at home in New Jersey pleading for help getting his family back to the U.S. safely. On ABC News Live at 8:30 pm on Thursday, Oct. 12, ABC News' James Longman, Matt Gutman and Ian Pannell look at the horrendous toll from Hamas’ massacre, the Israelis and Palestinians caught in middle and what comes next. In the aftermath of an a...

At least 49 people, including a 6-year-old boy, were killed Thursday in a Russian missile strike on a village in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, officials said. KYIV and LONDON -- At least 49 people, including a 6-year-old boy, were killed Thursday in Russian missile strike s on a village in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, officials said. At least seven others were wounded in the attack, which targeted a building that housed a cafe and a shop in the village of Groza in the Kupyansk district, according to the local prosecutor's office. A memorial service for a local resident was taking place in the cafe when the missile struck, according to Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klymenko. It's the deadliest strike to occur in the Kharkiv region since the start of Russia's invasion, according to the local government. It's also one of the deadliest attacks to take place in all of Ukraine in recent months. MORE: White House vows Ukraine aid will continue des...

Two bodies have been found stuck in the lines of orange buoys installed by U.S. authorities in the Rio Grande river along the U.S.-Mexico border, Mexican officials said. Two bodies have been found stuck in the lines of orange buoys installed by Texas authorities in the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border , Mexican officials said. The Texas Department of Public Safety notified the Mexican Consulate in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Wednesday afternoon that a person was found dead in the southern part of the floating barrier s. Members of the Mexican National Institute of Migration's assistance unit, Grupos Beta, are spearheading efforts to recover the body, according to the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "So far, the cause of death and nationality of the person is unknown," the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. Texas Department of Public Safety troopers ride past buoys while patrolling the Rio Grande river along the international boundary of the United States...

Ukrainian juvenile prosecutors have opened more than 100 criminal proceedings for illegal transfers of Ukrainian kids to Russia, Ukrainian officials told ABC News. KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian juvenile prosecutors have opened more than 100 criminal proceedings for what they describe as illegal transfers of Ukrainian kids to Russian-occupied territories, their further deportation to Russia and Belarus, and illegal adoption by Russian citizens, official s in the Ukrainian prosecutor general's office told ABC News. All the evidence collected by the Ukrainian investigators is expected to contribute to the International Criminal Court's case against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, a Russian official . The ICC’s case includes public documents, including Lvova-Belova’s Telegram communication, as well as Putin’s decree dated May 30, 2022, which was cited in the report of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry for Ukraine. Johann Soufi, senior international prosecutor ...