Colombia's President Abelardo De La Espriella on Wednesday vowed to set up an emergency fund to help rebuild hospitals, schools, ​homes and infrastructure destroyed by Monday's earthquake, which killed 265 and left nearly 500 people unaccounted for.

Rescue crews and civilians painstakingly searched through rubble Tuesday in the hopes of finding survivors trapped under debris after a powerful earthquake left thousands missing in dozens of cities and towns in western Colombia.

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake has struck western Colombia, killing at least 111 people and damaging hundreds of buildings

Iran and the United States remain ⁠at ⁠loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to ⁠the war in the Gulf, according to a senior

The United States has "total control" over the Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. "We totally control the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States is in control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz and will "keep it."

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that the US “will keep” the strait, adding that their naval blockade was being called “A Wall of Steel.”

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that America has control over the Strait of Hormuz and that he will "keep it". In a post on Truth Social, he praised the success of the US naval blockade and claimed that it is being touted as a "wall of steel" and that Iran cannot do anything about it.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian missiles and drones blitzed Russia's naval base on the Black Sea coast in a nighttime operation.

Ukraine's president says strikes in Zaporizhzhia - which killed at least six and injured 19 - involved ballistic missiles from Russia's ally.

Ukraine's August 12 Novorossiysk strike hit Russia's last Black Sea naval base with Palianytsia jet drones, Neptune missiles, and maritime drones -- domestically built weapons no Western government can veto -- suspending two grain terminals with 15.

Zelenskyy said the overnight operation hit air defence positions, piers and port infrastructure at a key Black Sea facility of the Russian Navy, as Russian missiles and drones killed two people in Kherson and disrupted port operations in Odesa.

Authorities in Zimbabwe say at least 15 people have died and another 27 are missing after a ferry capsized on Lake Kariba

Lake Kariba, which sits on Zimbabwe's border with Zambia, is one of the world's largest man-made reservoirs At least 44 people have died after a ferry sank on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, police have said.

A boat carrying more than 90 people capsized in Western Zimbabwe on Lake Kariba, the world’s largest man-made lake, police said.

Zimbabwe’s Civil Protection Unit says the ferry was carrying more than its capacity of 90 people when it capsized.

North Korea on Wednesday performed its second ballistic missile test in less than a week, its neighbors said, a likely protest of the upcoming military drills with South Korea and the U.S.

Last week, North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile towards the sea, according to the South Korean military. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Moscow used ⁠a

North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Wednesday, the militaries of Seoul and Tokyo said, its second such launch in less than a week.

North Korea's second ballistic missile launch in less than a week comes as the U.S. and South Korea prepare for Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises.

Russia has released a former U.S. Marine it imprisoned in 2022 amid fears he was close to death as it tries to curry favor with the Trump administration over its war in Ukraine. Robert Gilman, 32, was freed from detention “for humanitarian reasons,

President Donald Trump announced Gilman’s release. He said the 32-year-old is expected to land in Washington, DC, the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 11.

Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman, who serves a prison sentence for assaulting a Russian police officer in 2022, attends a court hearing in Voronezh, Russia April 6, 2026. REUTERS/Vladimir Lavrov/File Photo WASHINGTON,

Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman was released from Russia after being held for more than four years. President Trump said Gilman was released “on a humanitarian basis” after a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.