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Machado vows to return to Venezuela after earthquake death toll rises to over 1,700

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Monday that she is "willing to do whatever it takes" to enter Venezuela to help with the country's recovery efforts following last week's earthquakes.

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General view of a demolished building at Caraballeda after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Venezuela and other regions in the Caribbean on June 27, 2026 in La Guaira, Venezuela.
The American flag flies in front of the U.S. Capitol on February 28, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Pentagon identifies first US soldiers killed in Operation Epic Fury

The US Army Reserve soldiers, from the 103rd Sustainment Command out of Des Moines, are the first to be identified out of six deaths confirmed by the US.

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Firefighters and their dog search for victims of a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Barrio Parque Jardim Burnier neighbourhood in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, on February 24, 2026.

At least 46 dead and 21 missing after heavy rains hit southeastern Brazil

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva offered his condolences in a post on X as specialized teams have mobilized to respond to incidents and search for missing people.

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Israel Police vehicles; illustrative.

Twenty-year-old man shot dead in Nazareth, Arab sector death toll in Israel hits 48

The Magen David Adom team that responded to the incident was forced to pronounce him dead at the scene. 

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The ‘cycle of violence’ dehumanizing cliches after Jerusalem massacre - analysis

Though Jerusalem was on the receiving end of violence, the global community still turns the narrative against the victim state.

JANUARY 28, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Police operate at the scene of a Jerusalem terror attack after two bombs exploded at the bus stops near the entrance to the city, November 23, 2022.

Russia's Wagner to send Kyiv bodies of soldiers killed in Soledar - report

The mercenary group 'Wagner' plans to return bodies of those killed in battle and by the group.

JANUARY 21, 2023ByREUTERS
Evacuees from Soledar stay at a temporary accommodation centre in Shakhtarsk

Ukraine honors interior minister, other senior officials, killed in helicopter crash

Zelensky credits the fallen minister as being instrumental in efforts to defend Ukraine following Moscow's assault of Ukraine in February 2022.

JANUARY 21, 2023ByREUTERS
Memorial ceremony for Ukrainian interior minister, his deputy and officials who died in helicopter crash

No hope of any survivors in Nepal's deadliest crash in 30 years, officials say

The worst plane crash to hit the country in 30 years had a fatal end.

JANUARY 17, 2023ByREUTERS
A rescue team recovers the body of a victim from the site of the plane crash of a Yeti Airlines operated aircraft, in Pokhara, Nepal January 16, 2023

Suicide blast outside Afghan foreign ministry kills 20, Taliban says

Suicide bombers hit Kabul during peak travel times through the city.

JANUARY 11, 2023ByREUTERS
The family members of Um al-Banin, who was killed in a suicide attack in a tutoring center in Dasht-e-Barchi district in the west of Kabul, pray at her grave in Kabul

Russia intensifies assaults on Ukrainian salt mining town and east

Russia's shelling "post-ceasefire" continues, leaving a fatal mark.

JANUARY 9, 2023ByREUTERS
Firefighter works at a site of a market hit by Russian missiles in the town of Shevchenkove

Iran Supreme Court accepts rapper Yasin's appeal against death sentence

Iran hanged two protesters, Mohsen Shekari and Majid Reza Rahnavard, earlier this month.

DECEMBER 24, 2022ByREUTERS
People light a fire during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran, September 21, 2022.

Three killed, several missing after explosion on island of Jersey

The search is ongoing and began after a building collapsed on the island.

DECEMBER 10, 2022ByREUTERS
Rescue operation of migrants trying to cross the English Channel

Iran official says 50 police killed in protests

In addition to police deaths, more than 300 demonstrators have been killed since the death of Mahsa Amini in September.

NOVEMBER 24, 2022ByREUTERS
Iran protests

Walmart employee kills seven, including himself, in Virginia shooting

Six other people were confirmed dead and four were being treated at area hospitals.

NOVEMBER 23, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
A person waits at a Walmart Pharmacy in West Haven, Connecticut