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More earthquakes rock Venezuela as death toll rises to 1,430

Two earthquakes measuring magnitudes 4.7 and 4.8 struck off the country’s northern coast less than 24 hours apart ...

Hezbollah rejects ‘humiliating’ Israel-Lebanon deal

The armed group argued that the US-brokered agreement would legitimize Israel’s occupation of parts...

Funeral homes overwhelmed amid heatwave in France

At least 109 people have died in a single day in Paris, where temperatures...

Trump threatens to destroy Iran as US conducts new strikes

CENTCOM said the operation came in response to a drone attack on a ship...

US and Iran exchange strikes for first time since ceasefire

It followed a hit on a container ship traversing the Strait of Hormuz outside of the route approved by Tehran ...

OpenAI restricts ChatGPT rollout at Washington’s request

The developer has become the second major AI firm to restrict a frontier model launch after Anthropic earlier this month ...

View from Russia: How Ukraine buried Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer’s resignation exposes a deeper British crisis: voters no longer accept Ukraine posturing as a substitute for competence at home ...

Weinstein sent for resentencing in rape conviction appeal

A California court has ordered a new sentence hearing for former film producer Harvey Weinstein amid a years-long legal battle ...

Top African university rises in global rankings

The University of Cape Town has climbed to 122nd in the world ...

EU to refuse protection for military-age Ukrainians

The bloc has said it will keep supporting refugees from the country, while also taking Kiev’s defense needs into account ...

UK could take 300 years to clear court backlog

The British government wants to scrap jury trials in order to clear the outstanding caseload ...

France suffers another diplomatic setback in West Africa

Burkina Faso has broken off ties with Paris, accusing it of interfering in its internal affairs ...

Immigrant behind deadly German Christmas market attack gets life sentence

Saudi national Taleb al-Abdulmohsen rammed a car into a crowd in Magdeburg in 2024, killing six people, including a child ...

Plane crashes into Beijing skyscraper (VIDEO)

The incident prompted an evacuation of the 109-storey CITIC Tower in the Chinese capital’s business district ...

Ukrainian regiment commander suspended over multiple training camp deaths

The “Skelia” assault unit is under investigation following allegations of abuse, torture, and non-combat fatalities of recruits ...

US and Iran trade strikes, Hezbollah warns of ‘civil war’ over Israel-Lebanon deal: Live updates

Hostilities have resumed in the region nearly two weeks after Washington and Tehran signed an interim peace framework ...

Protests erupt in Beirut over deal with Israel (VIDEOS)

Hezbollah warned the Lebanese government that it was risking “a civil war” ...

Nothing sticks to John Bolton

A spy scandal, a plea deal, and maybe no jail: Bolton’s latest escape act shows how Washington protects its most connected failures ...

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