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Over 220 dead, including former MLB pitcher Octavio Dotel, after roof collapses at Dominican Republic nightclub
Str/Xinhua via Getty Images (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) — The recovery phase has ended after the roof of a Dominican Republic nightclub collapsed during a concert, killing at least 221 people, officials said Thursday. Another 155 people [Read More…]

Over 200 dead, including former MLB pitcher Octavio Dotel, after roof collapses at Dominican Republic nightclub
Str/Xinhua via Getty Images (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) — The death toll continues to rise amid an ongoing search and rescue effort after the roof of a Dominican Republic nightclub collapsed during a concert. At least 218 [Read More…]

Ksenia Karelina, US ballet dancer, released from Russia in prisoner exchange
PHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images (LONDON) — U.S.-Russian dual citizen Ksenia Karelina was released from Russian prison in an overnight prisoner exchange, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Thursday. The exchange took place overnight in Abu Dhabi [Read More…]

Over 100 dead, including former MLB pitcher Octavio Dotel, after roof collapses at Dominican Republic nightclub
Str/Xinhua via Getty Images (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) — The death toll continues to rise amid an ongoing search and rescue effort after the roof of a Dominican Republic nightclub collapsed during a concert. At least 124 [Read More…]

Dozens dead, including former MLB pitcher Octavio Dotel, after roof collapses at Dominican Republic nightclub
Photo by FRANCESCO SPOTORNO/AFP via Getty Images (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) — The death toll has continued to rise after the roof of a Dominican Republic nightclub collapsed during a concert. At least 58 people were killed [Read More…]

14-year-old dual Palestinian-US citizen killed in the West Bank
Ayman Nobani/Xinhua via Getty Images (LONDON) — A 14-year-old dual Palestinian-U.S. citizen was killed in the West Bank on Sunday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said Monday. The teen was identified as Amer Mohamad Saada [Read More…]

Iran says US talks will be ‘indirect’ despite Trump ‘direct’ negotiations announcement
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (LONDON) — Iranian officials confirmed Monday that Tehran would hold “indirect” high level talks with U.S. representatives in Oman this weekend regarding Iran’s nuclear program, though appeared to contradict President Donald Trump’s [Read More…]

‘They do not surrender’: Ukraine commander details fight with North Koreans in Russia
This undated photo shows members of Ukraine’s 225th Separate Assault Regiment posing with Commander-in-Chief Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi at an undisclosed frontline location. (225th Separate Assault Regiment Press Office) LONDON — Maj. Oleh Shyriaiev’s first experience [Read More…]

Pope Francis makes first public appearance since leaving hospital
Grzegorz Galazka/Archivio Grzegorz Galazka/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images (LONDON) — Pope Francis on Sunday made his first public appearance since being discharged from hospital two weeks ago. Francis, 88, entered St. Peter’s Square at the [Read More…]

Russia launches missile strike on Ukraine with explosions reported in Kyiv
This handout photograph taken and released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on April 6, 2025, shows a firefighter working on a fire following the Russian missile attack in Kyiv. Handout/State Emergency Service of [Read More…]

US response to Russian ballistic missile strike ‘weak,’ Zelenskyy says
City utility workers clean up after a Russian drone attack on April 4, 2025 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The Russian army carried out around six strikes in the Novobavarskyi district. Nearly 30 residential high-rise buildings and [Read More…]

South Korea Constitutional Court upholds Yoon’s impeachment
(Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (SEOUL) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose short-lived declaration of martial law late last year plunged the country into political chaos, in [Read More…]

Hungary to withdraw from International Criminal Court as Israeli PM Netanyahu visits
Janos Kummer/Getty Images (HUNGARY) — Hungary announced it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court, the world’s first and only permanent tribunal for war crimes and genocide, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Budapest [Read More…]

Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 3,000 with hundreds still missing
(Photo by Jiang Chao/Xinhua via Getty Images) (LONDON) — The death toll from last week’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar rose to 3,085 people as of Thursday morning, according to an update released by the [Read More…]

Israeli operation in Gaza expanding to seize ‘large areas,’ defense minister says
Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — Israel’s renewed military operation in the Gaza Strip “is expanding to crush and cleanse the area of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure and seize large areas that will be [Read More…]

Remains of 4th missing US soldier found in Lithuania
U.S. Army (PABRADĖ, Lithuania) — The fourth U.S. Army soldier who went missing during a scheduled training exercise near Pabradė, Lithuania, last week was found dead on Tuesday, according to the Army. “The Soldier was found after [Read More…]

US pledges $2 million for Myanmar quake, but China already filled the void
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command military personnel continue to work alongside Thai military and first responders near the collapsed State Audit Office building in Bangkok, Thailand, which fell after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake, March 28, 2025. (U.S. [Read More…]

Woman pulled alive out of Myanmar earthquake rubble after 91 hours: Officials
Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua via Getty Images (MANDALAY CITY, MYANMAR) — A 63-year-old woman was pulled alive from under the rubble Tuesday about 91 hours after Myanmar was struck by a devastating, 7.7 magnitude earthquake, the [Read More…]

Myanmar earthquake death toll climbs to over 2,700, local media reports
Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua via Getty Images (MANDALAY CITY, MYANMAR) — At least 2,719 people have been confirmed dead in the aftermath of Friday’s massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, a government official reportedly told local [Read More…]

High levels of carbon monoxide found in Miller Gardner’s hotel room: Costa Rican police
This undated photo posted by the New York Yankees on the social media site X shows 14-year-old Miller Gardner, the son of former Yankees players Brett Gardner, who died, Mar. 21, 2025, from a sudden [Read More…]