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CARACAS, Venezuela — The death toll from twin earthquakes in Venezuela was approaching 1,000 Friday as relief workers from across the globe arrived to search for survivors trapped in the rubble and provide desperately needed assistance to a reeling nation. “Time is the enemy,” said Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony C. Marrone. “We want to immediately begin trying to locate people who are ...

U.S. forces launched airstrikes against Iranian missile and drone storage locations Friday in what Central Command called a “powerful response” to “unwarranted aggression” by Iran with its Thursday attack on a commercial ship exiting the Strait of Hormuz.

The United States has launched a massive response to Venezuela’s earthquake disaster, but before aid can flow in at full scale, officials say a critical obstacle must be overcome: repairing the country’s heavily damaged airports to allow large military cargo planes to land.

The earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday have become the first major political test for acting President Delcy Rodríguez, with the disaster quickly evolving into a contest over competence.

The nation’s highest court paved the way for President Donald Trump to deport hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Haiti and Syria fleeing instability and violence in their home countries in a case about their deportation protections under temporary protected status.

The death toll from the powerful double earthquake that struck Venezuela’s Caribbean coast on Wednesday has climbed to at least 164, with more than 970 people injured, as rescue crews continue searching through collapsed buildings amid growing fears that the final number of victims could rise significantly.

A strong earthquake shook north-central Venezuela on Wednesday afternoon, west of the capital Caracas, with residents in neighboring Colombia also reporting feeling tremors. 

The deputy leader of Russia's Yabloko party, which opposes the war in Ukraine, was convicted on Wednesday of spreading lies about the Russian army and jailed for seven years, in a verdict he said showed public dissent had become illegal.

Ukrainian drones knocked out power in the biggest city in Russian-held Crimea on Wednesday and targeted facilities in central and southern Russia, local officials said, underscoring the reach of Kyiv's attacks on energy infrastructure.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new sanctions on two Cuban mining companies and three key enterprises in Cuba’s military conglomerate, GAESA, as the Trump administration continues putting pressure on Cuban leaders to enact significant changes in the country. Rubio also sanctioned Annalie Lilliam Rueda, the wife of Gen. Alejandro Castro Espín, Raúl Castro’s son, who was the head of ...

Beginning July 1, all single-entry visa fees for international visitors heading to Japan will increase from 3,000 Japanese yen to 15,000 yen, a fivefold increase that will cost Americans nearly $100. The new price hike, according to the BBC, is the first made since 1978. Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters on June 19 that the changes “reflect inflation and exchange rate ...

Just one in four Americans believes President Donald Trump's war with Iran was worth its costs and a majority worry that a truce with Tehran is unlikely to last, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

Andy Burnham appears set to become the UK’s seventh prime minister in a decade after Keir Starmer laid out a timeline for his own departure and potential rivals backed a quick transition to the popular Manchester politician. Burnham’s path to 10 Downing St., which only months ago seemed remote, suddenly cleared on Monday when Starmer announced that he would relent to pressure and step aside as ...

At least 18 people died in France, including two children left in a hot car, as a heatwave hung over Europe, smashing temperature records in several cities on Monday.

Britain will get its seventh leader in a decade after Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigned less than two years after he won a landslide election victory that promised to end his country's chaotic politics and reverse deepening public frustration with the cost of living and other economic woes.

The wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez must stand trial on corruption charges and has been banned from going abroad, a judge ruled on Saturday.

BUERGENSTOCK, Switzerland – The first round of talks between high-ranking U.S. and Iranian officials in Switzerland ended Monday, mediators said, after a tense opening marked by Tehran’s announcement it had again closed the Strait of Hormuz and President Donald Trump repeating his threats to resume attacks on Iran.