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A man removes a damaged scooter from the debris of a destroyed house that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in the village of Burj al-Shamali, southern Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026

Lebanon state media says Israeli strike on south kills seven

35 minutes ago

Torchbearer Jason Arday carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Sutton and Merton, in London, July 23, 2012.

Youngest Black professor at Cambridge who faced plagiarism claims is found dead

37 minutes ago

Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers attempt to clear debris at building damaged by an earthquake in Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026.

Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's coast, killing at least 20 and toppling buildings

6 hours ago

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a meeting with members of the Homeless Workers Movement marking its 30th anniversary in Taboao da Serra, greater Sao Paulo area, Brazil Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026.

Brazil's Lula triggers reciprocity process against US tariffs in effort to show strength

11 hours ago

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives with Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger, to the Treaty Room at the State Department, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Washington.

With US-Iran talks stalled, diplomatic efforts expand to unlikely European players

12 hours ago

Israeli army soldiers turn back activists who marched with food and water supplies toward the houses of three Palestinian families that have been besieged by Israeli settlers for six days, in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, south of Nablus, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026.

Palestinians besieged in West Bank village fear Israeli settlers will seize their homes

12 hours ago

Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026.

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to killing healthcare CEO in a crime that shook America

14 hours ago

Oil residue lines the shore near fishing boats on Qeshm Island, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, amid ongoing wartime attacks on vessels and infrastructure in and around the Strait of Hormuz, though the spill's source has not been independently determined.

UAE claims Iran attacked two vessels of state-owned oil firm in Strait of Hormuz

15 hours ago

White House Ballroom construction continues Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, at the White House in Washington.

Trump asks US Supreme Court to let White House ballroom construction continue during appeal

15 hours ago

The initial death toll was six, he said, but two others died after being transported from the scene.

Toxic gas leak at Bangladesh shipbreaking yard kills at least eight workers

17 hours ago

Cars make their way through flooded road after heavy rain in Oamishirasato.

Heavy rain causes flooding near Tokyo that kills at least five, strands travellers

19 hours ago

A man offers Taliban flags for sale ahead of celebrations marking the fifth anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the start of Taliban rule.

Afghanistan marks five years under the Taliban with safer streets but pleas for jobs, education

19 hours ago

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