BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 69 people, trapping residents under debris of collapsed buildings and forcing people to evacuate their homes as far as the capital of Bogotá. The epicenter was in San Jose Del Palmar, a co
BOGOTA, Aug 10 (Reuters) – The death toll after a strong earthquake that rocked western Colombia on Monday has risen to at least 20, authorities said. In the town of Pereira, 18 people were killed and others were trapped in buildings that collapsed, Mayor Mauricio Salazar told Caracol Radio. In Mani
By Nivedita Balu TORONTO, Aug 10 (Reuters) – An 80-year-old woman died in the fast-moving Bald Range wildfire in British Columbia’s wine country, Canadian police said, after the blaze nearly doubled in size over the weekend and forced the evacuation of people in the area. The death was the first rep
BEIRUT, Aug 10 (Reuters) – A Lebanese judge on Monday indicted former central bank governor Riad Salameh and a former commercial banker, accusing them of financial crimes including embezzlement and illicit enrichment, a senior Lebanese judicial source told Reuters. Salameh, who headed the Lebanese C
MADRID, Aug 10 (Reuters) – A large wildfire in southwestern Spain was burning beyond firefighters’ ability to extinguish it on Monday, regional authorities said, as hot and windy weather fuelled other blazes raging across the country. With consecutive heatwaves scorching much of Europe, the Mediterr
TASHKENT, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Seven Uzbek citizens were killed in a drone attack in Russia’s Tatarstan region on Monday, the Uzbek consulate in Kazan said. The consulate did not immediately provide further details about the victims. Earlier local authorities said that at least 13 people were killed,
LONDON (AP) — Count Binface, a serial comic candidate who wears a garbage can on his head, is stealing the show in a special election after being a running joke in British politics for nearly a decade. The so-called intergalactic space warrior is among a field of 33 other candidates facing off Thurs
CAIRO, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Leaking crude oil from a tanker grounded off a nature reserve in Oman has created a slick covering almost 400 square kilometres, the country’s government said on Monday. The Caroline Bezengi is loaded with close to one million barrels of Russian oil bound for Asia and first
By Nelson Bocanegra and Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA, Aug 10 (Reuters) – At least two people were killed in a powerful earthquake in western Colombia on Monday, which downed buildings and left people trapped in the rubble, authorities said. Two people were killed in the town of Manizales, Mayor Jorge Ed
BERLIN, Aug 10 (Reuters) – A German far-right influencer whose online posts have been amplified by Elon Musk has applied for funding from the U.S. State Department to launch a media network for political content, Germany’s Handelsblatt news outlet reported on Monday. The self-professed libertarian a
Iran’s president says the country’s supreme leader is calling for “unity and cohesion” as the Islamic Republic faces economic hardships and sanctions stemming from its war with the United States. Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle East on Monday. Full cover
CAIRO (AP) — A volley of fire between the Iranian-backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia has threatened to upend a 2022 truce in Yemen and open another front in the already expanding war in the Middle East after the collapse of the ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran. “Yemen today faces a greater risk
Aug 10 (Reuters) – Iran has appointed Mohsen Rezaei as secretary of its Supreme National Security Council, promoting a prominent hardliner and close ally of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to the role more than five months into the conflict with the United States. Rezaei replaces Mohammad
JERUSALEM, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s latest plan to end the Gaza war calls on Hamas to lay down its arms as Israel withdraws from the territory, terms endorsed by the militants but rejected by Israel, which says it will not pull back until the group’s disarmament is complete. WHAT IS TRUMP’S
By Marek Strzelecki and Andrius Sytas WARSAW/VILNIUS, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Russia’s northern NATO neighbours are tightening security around dams, power plants and natural gas infrastructure in a sign of mounting concern that Moscow will stage a “false flag” attack on them using Ukrainian drones. Lithu
FRANKFURT, Aug 10 (Reuters) – The German government regards U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest Gaza plan as an opportunity to make progress towards the disarmament of Hamas, a German foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday. Asked in a regular news conference about Israeli Prime Minister Benja
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Aug 10 (Reuters) – The third round of regional elections in Pakistan-administered Kashmir was marred by delays and security concerns on Monday, weeks after deadly protests erupted in the region and authorities imposed sweeping restrictions. Clashes in the region have led
DHAKA, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman told India’s envoy on Monday that there was a need to create a “conducive environment” to boost ties between the neighbours, as Dhaka continues to press New Delhi over the politically sensitive issue of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh H
TOKYO (AP) — Taiwan’s top economic representative in Japan said he boycotted this year’s memorial marking Nagasaki’s 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the Japanese city, accusing Nagasaki officials of being pro-China and insulting Taipei. Lee Yi-yang, head of the Taipei Economic and Cul
GUWAHATI, India (AP) — The flood crisis in India’s northeastern Assam state remained critical on Monday, with the death toll reaching 100 after two more people died overnight, officials said. Several rivers remain above danger levels, raising the risk of fresh flooding in vulnerable areas, the Assam
NAIROBI, Aug 10 (Reuters) – A South Sudanese whistleblower who was abducted in Kenya in June and taken to South Sudan has been released after nearly two months in detention, his family said on Monday. Athorbey Al-Gaddhaffy-Dit returned to Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Saturday and is receiving medical
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean and U.S. troops will begin their annual exercises next week to beef up readiness against North Korean threats, the allies announced Monday, days after North Korea resumed ballistic missile testing activities that are banned by the U.N. The Ulchi Freedom Shield
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Voters went to the polls Monday in the final phase of elections for the legislative assembly in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, following weeks of violent protests and clashes with security forces that overshadowed campaigning in the disputed Himalayan region, officials
Aug 10 (Reuters) – UEFA, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and CONCACAF, which runs football in the Caribbean, North and Central America, issued an open letter on Monday attacking FIFA President Gianni Infantino over his conduct during the proposed sale of a stake in the commercial rights to th
By Maria Martinez QUEDLINBURG, Germany, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Lars Gottschligg bought an abandoned building in the east German state of Saxony-Anhalt, covered it with solar panels and transformed it into a sleek black cube that harvests and stores energy, houses data centres and charges electric cars.
By Libby George and Abraham Achirga LONDON/ABUJA, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Grace Adama puts her earrings on in her two-room flat before grabbing her handbag and leaving for work in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The health NGO worker’s 135,000 naira ($99) monthly salary is nearly double the country’s minimum w
BEIJING (AP) — Tropical Storm Dolphin dumped heavy rain in eastern China on Monday, causing flooding in places after making landfall as a typhoon the previous day. Authorities have warned of risks of severe flooding and landslides in some areas. Dolphin had maximum sustained winds of 65 kph (40 mph)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia intensified efforts Monday to combat a growing number of wildfires across the archipelago, deploying helicopters, hundreds of firefighters and disaster personnel as blazes spread through a popular national park in East Java and peatlands in Sumatra during an unusu
DUBAI, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Iran has changed its secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, appointing former Revolutionary Guards commander Mohsen Rezaei as second-in-command on the body that coordinates the country’s security and foreign policy. Rezaei is more of an outspoken public figure
(Corrects rank to captain in paragraph 7, not colonel) By Joyce Lee SEOUL, Aug 10 (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States will conduct major joint military drills from August 17 to 27, incorporating exercises to counter drones, GPS disruption and cyberattacks as they adapt to North Korea’s evo
