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Venezuela Live Updates: Rescuers Battle Through Aftershocks in Search for Survivors

More than three days after twin earthquakes devastated the Venezuelan coast, the rescue effort faced chaos and delays as the chances of finding survivors diminished.

33 rescued from Venezuelan rubble: Survival window desperately fading with nearly 50,000 missing

Search and rescue crews race against time in La Guaira as 33 survivors are pulled from collapsed buildings while nearly 50,000 remain missing.

French skydiving plane crashes near Nancy, killing all 11 onboard

Five students and five instructors dead along with pilot after plane fell suddenly near aerodrome, says prefectA skydiving plane has crashed in north-eastern France, killing all 11 people onboard, according to the region’s prefect.The parachuting-school plane crashed near Nancy at 11am, said Yves Sé...

Mideast Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Trade Attacks With Few Signs of De-escalation

President Trump and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards exchanged threats and U.S. allies in the Gulf said they had intercepted Iranian drones, as hostilities entered a fourth day.

Here’s the latest.

Eleven killed after plane carrying skydivers crashes in eastern France

The pilot and 10 passengers died in the incident, local officials said.

French skydiving plane crashes near Nancy, reportedly killing all 11 onboard

Five students and five instructors dead along with pilot after plane fell suddenly near aerodrome, says prefectA skydiving plane has crashed in north-eastern France, killing all 11 people onboard, according to the region’s prefect.The parachuting-school plane crashed near Nancy at 11am, said Yves Sé...

Fourteen killed in Saudi Arabia helicopter crash

The aircraft belonged to state oil giant Aramco and the cause of the crash is being investigated.

Here’s the latest.

Natural Selection

Sometimes, our preference for certitude, our need to define things with conviction, closes us off from possibility.

Uganda's leading media outlets shut down by army chief

NTV and Daily Monitor say their offices in the capital are under "military siege".

Helicopter Crash Near Major Saudi Oil Refinery Kills 14 People

The incident occurred near the Ras Tanura facility in the east of the country, a key export hub for oil transported through the Strait of Hormuz.

Helicopter Crash Near Major Saudi Oil Refinery Kills 14 People

The incident occurred near the Ras Tanura facility in the east of the country, a key export hub for oil transported through the Strait of Hormuz.

Fresh hostilities in Gulf suggest US-Iran memorandum was too broadly worded

Document appears to have been subject to conflicting interpretations on key issues of Lebanon ceasefire and strait of HormuzMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesThe sudden eruption of fresh hostilities in the Gulf – just 10 days after Iran and the US signed a memorandum of understanding to end th...

Bill Cassidy accuses Trump of treating Congress as ‘merely an appendage’

Out-going Louisiana senator’s rebuke over Iran war is rare instance of a Republican politician standing up to TrumpBill Cassidy, the Republican senator from Louisiana who is being ousted from his position after Donald Trump successfully backed a challenger in May’s primary, has accused the US presid...

Body of boy, 15, recovered from Manchester reservoir amid UK heatwave

At least seven people have died in water-related incidents during record-breaking June temperaturesThe body of a 15-year-old boy has been recovered from a reservoir near Manchester, as police renewed warnings about the dangers of swimming in open water during soaring temperatures.Greater Manchester ...

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation withdrew more than $800,000 of election spending claims after AEC inquiries

The Australian Electoral Commission is examining if party breached laws in its $6m public funding claim after the last election, documents showGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian Electoral Commission questioned Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party over more than $8...

Parliament has been getting frosty as winter closes in – but Labor may make one more gamble before the break

As Labor pushes on with reforms, the Coalition must decide whether to join in the parliamentary deal-makingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt’s the last week of parliament before the winter break, and not a minute too soon; tensions have been running a little high lately.T...

Biden calls Trump ‘a loser’, portraying him as incompetent, corrupt and vain

Pugnacious speech invokes Trump’s ‘vanity projects’ to makeover Washington and the ‘brazen, blatant corruption’Joe Biden called Donald Trump “a loser” in a pugnacious speech on Saturday that invoked his presidential successor’s attempted makeover of Washington DC to portray him as incompetent, corru...

Here’s What to Know About the Standoff in the Strait of Hormuz

The United States and Iran have engaged in rounds of attacks and counterattacks in recent days, eroding hopes for a quick return to normalcy in the Middle East.

Skydiving Plane Crashes in France, Killing All 11 People Aboard

Five instructors, five students and a pilot died when the plane crashed on Sunday morning in a field near the northeastern city of Nancy.

An Attack on Ebola’s First Responders

Our chief Africa correspondent, Declan Walsh, reports from a city where Red Cross workers carrying out burials in the Ebola outbreak have come under attack.

Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuela’s President, Is Accused of Politicizing Earthquake Relief

Critics say the country’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, is trying to exploit the tragedy for her political benefit. Her supporters accuse the opposition of doing the same.

Venezuela Government Accused of Politicizing Quake Relief

Critics say the country’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, is trying to exploit the tragedy for her political benefit. Her supporters accuse the opposition of doing the same.