INTERNATIONAL

The situation in Ukraine continues to escalate and it’s hitting home for many people in Metro Detroit.

Lanes on northbound and southbound I-75 will be closed this weekend due to Gordie Howe International Bridge construction.

There are many holiday rituals that are celebrated by just about everyone around the world, whether that means exchanging gifts, family get-togethers or attending church services.

SpaceX and Nasa are set to launch four astronauts of the Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station just after 9 p.m. on Wednesday.

A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group demanded $1 million ransom per person, although authorities were not clear whether that amount included the five children being held, a top Haitian official said Tuesday.

Journalist Danny Fenster is from Huntington Woods and the community has been supporting this family since he was detained in Myanmar as a political prisoner.

Seventeen missionaries including children were kidnapped by a gang in Haiti over the weekend. The group is comprised of 16 Americans and a Canadian. They’re with the Ohio-based organization Christian Aid Ministries. The work the missionaries are doing in Haiti is similar to humanitarian efforts by Detroit’s own Mitch Albom.

A plane carrying skydivers has crashed shortly after takeoff in central Russia, killing 15 of the 22 people aboard.

Traffic is moving again on the Ambassador Bridge after an explosives scare Monday (Oct. 4) morning.

The Taliban say at least five civilians have been killed by a bomb blast at the entrance of a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul.

Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib has questions for U.S. Customs and Border Protection that she claims are going unanswered.

Protests were held across the world on Friday (Sept. 24) to demand political leaders take action against climate change.

“Humanitarian parole is a way to get people in crisis into the country and safe,” Kragt said. “We’ll work out next steps as they come.”

Thousands of Afghan evacuees are looking for new homes in the United States after escaping the Taliban takeover of their country.

The 20-year Afghanistan War is over but there are still people there who need help and want to leave.

Tuesday (Aug. 31) marks the 100th day Huntington Woods native Danny Fenster has been held in a prison in Myanmar.

The U.S. Department of State is urging residents to reconsider travel to Canada due to spread of the coronavirus.

The U.S. Department of State is urging residents to reconsider travel to Canada due to spread of the coronavirus.

A Yemeni military spokesman says a missile and drone attack on a key military base in Yemen’s south has killed at least 30 troops.

Watch live coverage as the Pentagon holds a briefing with Press Secretary John Kirby and Army Maj. Gen. William “Hank” Taylor. The briefing comes after the U.S. drone strike targeted an ISIS-K planner.

President Joe Biden is set to speak following the deadly explosions outside the airport in Kabul that killed 12 U.S. service members and scores of Afghans.

The ZEUS laser system at the University of Michigan will start its first experiments in 2022.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued the following statement as the United States prepares to receive Afghans.

Sabrina Spanta has had to watch from Metro Detroit as the Taliban seize continues to happen in her home country of Afghanistan.

There is no disputing the Taliban now control Afghanistan and the situation has led to a lot of frustrated Americans in disbelief.

Officials in Haiti have raised the death toll from a powerful weekend earthquake to more than 1,900.

Monday is an important day for a Rochester Hills family as it commemorates a sad anniversary.

In its new report, the Michigan ACLU accuses the Michigan Branch of Customs and Border Protection of “blatant racial profiling” and making people of Latino or Hispanic descent a “primary suspect.”

Many residents in Metro Detroit are fearful for their families who are still in Afghanistan.

Haiti's civil protection agency says at least 29 people killed in earthquake.

Haiti’s civil protection agency says at least 304 people have been killed and 1,800 injured fromr a 7.2 magnitude earthquake striking the poor island nation.

If you have loved ones in Canada or just wanted to visit our neighbors to the north which is technically south of us when you’re in Detroit the wait is over, but it comes with strings attached.

“I’m very excited my sister lives in Windsor. It’s like ten minutes from me and it has been so long,” said one local woman.

“I’m very excited my sister lives in Windsor. It’s like ten minutes from me and it has been so long,” said one local woman.

It has been a tough year and a half. A lot of us just need to vent. Well a Hazel Park father of four feels that way.

Katherine Nye recent victory has made her the first American woman to win silver at the Olympic Games, according to USA Weightlifting.

Family and friends of Olympian Annie Lazor packed into a Bloomfield Hills home to watch her compete in her first Olympic race.

“We must stand up and make clear that American citizens will not be used as political pawns for other countries,” Stevens said. “Period, end of story.”

"The fact remains that Paul is being held on false charges," Stevens said.

One of the most obvious changes to the Olympics this year is the lack of fans in the stands. It’s the first time spectators will not be allowed to attend.

Fully vaccinated United States citizens will be allowed to cross the border into Canada starting Aug. 9, but the United States extended restrictions on non-essential travel through Aug. 21.

What happens when an Olympic athlete tests positive for coronavirus?

Police say a small plane crashed shortly after taking off in southwestern Germany and three bodies were found at the crash site.

“Extremely disappointing as a family,” Bryan Fenster said. “We’re scared. We’re very concerned COVID is bouncing all over this prison."

When we think of castles, we often think of kings and queens, or maybe even some fairytale Disney movie -- but always some extravagant place, and certainly not one in which we’d be able to stay -- until now.

How would you like to live forever? If a child prodigy in Belgium has his way, then that could eventually be the case.

Thousands of people poured into the streets in Cuba on Sunday in what is becoming the largest anti-government protest in decades.

Since the start of India’s COVID crisis, the Oakland County nonprofit has donated more than 210,000 meal kits to India.

The road to Tokyo has been filled with many challenges for athletes.

An indigenous nation in Canada said it has found 751 unmarked graves at a former residential school in Saskatchewan, according to the BBC.

EDENVILLE TWP, MI — A single-vehicle traffic crash in Midland County has claimed the life of a Lupton man. About 2:40 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1, Michigan State Police troopers responded to a reported crash involving a tractor trailer on M-30 near West Curtis Road in Edenville Township. Grezesak had been hauling milk in the vehicle, troopers said. Troopers are continuing to investigate the cause of the crash. They were assisted at the scene by Midland County Sheriff’s deputies, Jerome Township firefighters, Mid-Michigan Medical Center EMS, Cole’s Towing, and Mike’s Towing.

Keith Wilson will serve the Monroe-based furniture company as President International, where he will oversee all international sales, merchandising and marketing. La-Z-Boy Inc. has named a new president in the businesss international division. Keith Wilson will serve the Monroe-based furniture company as President International, where he will oversee all international sales, merchandising and marketing, according to a news release. Prior to La-Z-Boy, Keith held various U.K. and European leadership roles with companies such as Calligaris, Techtronic Industries, Moulinex and Whirlpool. Wilson said in the news release, he is excited to grow with La-Z-Boy.