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Three US states to hold executions on same day for first time since 2010
News|Death Penalty Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma are set to execute inmates via lethal injection in what would be the ...
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How to stay safe during an earthquake: A visual guide
When an earthquake happens and the ground starts moving, what you do next can make a big difference to your safety. This...
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US diplomat calls Israeli settler siege of West Bank homes ‘act of terror’
The United States ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has said a days-long siege of Palestinian homes by Israeli settle...
Read morePhotos: Hope fades in Colombia as teams dig for earthquake survivors
13 August 2026Colombian rescuers are racing against time to find survivors of Monday’s powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake, as search ...
Russian strike sparks fire at Ukraine port; Zelenskyy seeks interceptors
13 August 2026Russian forces have struck Ukraine’s Izmail port in southern Odesa, setting off a fire, authorities said, a day after ...
Israeli strikes in south Lebanon a ‘violation of international law’: PM
13 August 2026Lebanon’s government has accused Israel of deliberately destroying homes and civilian infrastructure across the countr...
As temperatures soar, ‘exceptionally serious’ drought imperils UK farmers
13 August 2026Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom – Tom Pearson looks down at a crack in his own field, wide enough to plunge his fingers...
Polls open in Zambia presidential election as economic reforms tested
13 August 2026News|Elections Polls have opened for Zambia’s presidential election, in which President Hakainde Hichilema is seeking ...
How clinic closures left 3.7 million Afghan children acutely malnourished
13 August 2026New research from Save the Children has found that one in 10 infants and very young children in Afghanistan is now suffe...
Search efforts in Colombia enter ‘final phase’ as quake toll reaches 265
13 August 2026Rescue efforts in Colombia following Monday’s devastating earthquake have entered what officials called the “final p...
