Efraín Gallego does not lose faith that his brother will be found alive, although when he speaks about him, trapped beneath the rubble of a building, his voice breaks and he swallows hard until he regains his composure. “You feel anguish. Every time there is an alert about someone being alive, hope is reborn that…
The US military says one of its helicopters has fired missiles to disable “the steering gear” of a cargo ship attempting to violate the US blockade of Iranian ports. In a statement, US Central Command (Centcom) says its MH-60 aircraft on Tuesday fired two hellfire missiles into the engine room of the Panama-flagged M/V Vela…
Six people have been killed and 10 injured in strikes by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis on a cargo ship in the Red Sea, the internationally recognised government of Yemen has said. The transport ministry said the vessel was hit with three ballistic missiles, south of the port of Mocha, causing a fire on board and resulting…
Hours after the earthquake hit Pereira, a resident of the Parque Industrial neighborhood, near the city’s airport, told BBC Mundo about the shock being experienced in the area. “It’s impossible to get around the city center. In Bolívar Square (the city’s main square), at least one building collapsed. Furthermore, there are structures where buses and…
Workers waded through a rubbish-filled river in Manila, collecting waste that washed in during days of heavy rain. The nine-day downpour, exacerbated by tropical storms, was equivalent to more than a month’s worth of rain in some areas. It resulted in school and government office closures across the main island of Luzon and flooding in…
President Donald Trump said a US Marine held in a Russian prison, whose health was reportedly in extremely poor condition, has been released. “After my discussions with President Vladimir Putin, Russia has agreed to release him, very much on a Humanitarian Basis,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that no prisoner swap took place. In…
As trial approaches, Mangione’s team has yet to unveil its full strategy. So far, his lawyers have not offered a robust alternative theory to the one prosecutors have put forth. “We do not have, like in ‘The Fugitive,’ the idea of the one-armed man who’s the real killer,” said former federal prosecutor Mitchell Epner, referencing…
Thailand’s government will immediately stop issuing gun permits after a shooting incident last week in which a 14-year-old killed eight people and himself. Existing gun owners are already banned from carrying their weapons in public. The South East Asian country has one of the highest rates of civilian gun ownership in the region, with around…
Libyan emergency services have been battling to contain a huge blaze at a major oil plant after it was targeted by unknown attackers. The Zawiya refinery, west of the capital Tripoli, was hit in a drone strike on Monday evening – the third such incident in two days. The National Oil Corporation (NOC) said a…
Golden Emerald Cross From 16th‑Century Shipwreck, PC: Teddy Tucker In 1955, a Bermudian diver named Teddy Tucker pulled a gold cross studded with seven emeralds from the wreck of a sixteenth-century Spanish galleon resting in the reefs off Bermuda. It would go on to be called one of the most valuable single objects ever recovered…