1 hour ago
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed at least four Palestinians, including a 13-year-old girl, local health officials said.
16 hours ago
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran again launched drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait on Sunday following new U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic Republic, and threatened a “complete halt” in negotiations to end the war if Washington continues its attacks.
7 hours ago
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s Cabinet unanimously approved a proposal on Sunday to designate violence against Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I as a genocide.
9 hours ago
BERLIN (AP) — France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country's public health agency said Sunday, as the head of the World Health Organization warned that Europe is now the fastest-warming continent and needs to do more to protect its citizens.
9 hours ago
TOMBLAINE, France (AP) — Families watched in shock as a skydiving plane carrying their loved ones on what was meant to be a thrilling introduction to parachuting crashed in northeastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 people on board, authorities said.
10 hours ago
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine kept up its heavy drone assault on Russia, setting fire to a major oil refinery in the south and killing at least two people, Russian authorities said Sunday, as President Vladimir Putin acknowledged his country is going through a “difficult period.”
8 hours ago
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission.
14 hours ago
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military said Sunday that three members of its paramilitary Rangers force were killed and four others wounded in fighting after militants launched an attack the previous night on a regional headquarters in the southern port city of Karachi.
1 day ago
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military launched a second round of airstrikes Saturday targeting Iran at President Donald Trump’s direction as Tehran hit both Bahrain and Kuwait, underscoring rising tensions that threaten the interim deal between the two nations to stop the war.
1 day ago
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Tensions flared Saturday as desperation grew in Venezuela's state of La Guaira as rescuers and civilians searched for earthquake survivors and the death toll rose sharply to 1,430.
1 day ago
HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese political dissident who fled to South Korea last month in a dinghy has arrived in Canada, his friend said on social media on Saturday.
23 hours ago
Physicians with the Venezuelan American Medical Association asked the public on Saturday to drop off donations of medical supplies at a warehouse in northwestern Miami-Dade County.
1 day ago
BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah’s leader on Saturday criticized a framework agreement that Israel and Lebanon signed a day earlier to end months of conflict between the Iran-backed militant group and Israel, raising concerns about its effectiveness.
23 hours ago
German Leal, a 46-year-old father of three who enjoys fishing and golfing in South Florida, returned to his native Venezuela on Saturday. He had not visited in about 15 years.
1 day ago
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli drone strike on Saturday killed two Palestinian siblings, including a 15-year-old girl, in southern Gaza and wounded at least seven others, according to Nasser hospital, where the casualties were taken.
1 day ago
BERLIN (AP) — Temperatures soared to record highs from Switzerland to the Czech Republic and Denmark on Saturday, as a heat wave that baked western European countries this week moved to central and eastern parts of the continent.
1 day ago
The Pembroke Pines Police Department announced on Saturday that they are preparing for a collection drive on Tuesday to help victims of the recent earthquake in northern Venezuela.
1 day ago
The U.S. Southern Command announced Saturday that it is sending additional military resources to Venezuela as part of the U.S. government’s ongoing earthquake relief mission, which was requested by the Venezuelan government and is being led by the U.S. State Department.
1 day ago
As the need for emergency housing increased in northern Venezuela, Airbnb announced a new partnership with a nonprofit that has been active with South Florida’s Jewish community.
1 day ago
Supporters of the South Florida-based Bambi International Foundation reported that their operation in Caracas needed support as a crisis with vulnerable children was unfolding after two earthquakes struck northern Venezuela
1 day ago
Ukraine struck a major industrial facility in the Russian city of Volgograd, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday, while a Russian drone attack killed a man in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region overnight.
1 day ago
LONDON (AP) — Britain looks set to get a change of tone at the top, replacing stolid, unpopular Prime Minister Keir Starmer with popular, affable Andy Burnham.
1 day ago
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities on Saturday said a small plane that crashed into a building in Beijing the day before had killed the pilot and injured 13 others.
2 days ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. struck Iran on Friday in response to a drone attack a day earlier on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. It's the most significant test yet to an interim understanding reached a week ago by the two countries to begin working to end their months-long war and reopen the pivotal waterway.
1 day ago
Washington, D.C.-based Airlink, an aviation and logistics nonprofit organization, recently announced helping more than 25 charities to get aid to Venezuela after the earthquakes.
1 day ago
Venezuela’s disaster zone was closed to the public on Saturday morning, and witnesses reported on social media that law enforcement and the military were turning away donors and volunteers.
1 day ago
The Tampa-based Grey Bull Rescue Foundation, a veteran-led and donor-funded nonprofit organization, had a team in northern Venezuela on Saturday.
1 day ago
Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins announced on Friday that the city’s fire rescue personnel were preparing to deploy to Venezuela’s disaster zone.
1 day ago
El Salvador was waiting for updates from their president after rescuers found a 15-year-old girl who was trapped under the rubble since the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck on Wednesday in Venezuela.
1 day ago
The Centro Comunitario Amor, Fe y Esperanza plans to host a collection drive on Saturday in northwestern Miami-Dade County to benefit the victims of the two earthquakes in Venezuela.
1 day ago
To help the earthquake victims in Venezuela, Miramar officials announced on Friday that they will be accepting disaster relief donations from the public at six drop-off locations “24/7″ through July 31.
2 days ago
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans took the search for missing loved ones into their own hands Friday in the aftermath of back-to-back earthquakes, citing the scarcity of government rescuers, as the human toll of the disaster climbed to at least 920 dead and more than 51,000 missing.
1 day ago
Project DYNAMO already had a team on the ground ready to help when the devastating 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes struck late Wednesday.
1 day ago
Programa de Ayuda Humanitaria Para Venezuela, a nonprofit organization based in Weston, announced on Friday that an existing effort to help first responders in Venezuela was intensifying.
3 days ago
A rare double earthquake ravaged Venezuela on Wednesday, killing at least 920 and injuring another 3,360, authorities said. Many more are feared dead.
1 day ago
Rescue crews from around the world are working against the clock to find survivors trapped under rubble, as experts warn of a 72-hour window of opportunity to save those still missing.
1 day ago
Andrea Brito was among the donors and volunteers who worked hard on Friday despite their pain after the devastating 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes struck Venezuela.
2 days ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined Israel and Lebanon’s ambassadors to the U.S. Friday to announce a framework agreement that was described as a first step toward peace following months of conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
1 day ago
The U.S. Southern Command reported U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Kevin J. Jarrard was already working to solve problems in Venezuela after the earthquakes.
2 days ago
Miami Beach announced on Friday that starting on Monday morning, four fire stations will accept donations for the disaster zone in northern Venezuela.
1 day ago
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue announced on Friday that the U.S. State Department “activated” the department’s search-and-rescue team to work in Venezuela after the two earthquakes.
1 day ago
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue announced on Friday that the U.S. State Department “activated” the department’s search-and-rescue team to work in Venezuela after the two earthquakes.
2 days ago
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A father holds the hand of his daughter dressed as a fairy. A 24-year-old man in a pilot uniform stares proudly at the camera. A family embraces on a soccer field.
2 days ago
TAIPEI (AP) — A small aircraft crashed into Beijing’s tallest building on Friday, the global flight tracking service provider Flightradar24 confirmed, following witness accounts and evacuations in the city's business district.
2 days ago
Two powerful, back-to-back earthquakes shook Venezuela Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings, killing hundreds and leaving thousands more missing across the northern part of the country. Many more are feared dead.
2 days ago
South Florida-based Food For The Poor, a nonprofit founded in 1982, had a team of volunteers rushing to help the victims of two earthquakes in Venezuela.
2 days ago
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo said Friday it has filed a case against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice, accusing its neighbor of bearing legal responsibility for more than three decades of violence that has devastated eastern Congo.
2 days ago
Catholic Relief Services, a Maryland-based nonprofit, partnered with Caritas Venezuela to respond to the 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that struck on Wednesday.
2 days ago
North Carolina-based Samaritan’s Purse deployed a team from Colombia to Venezuela after the 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes struck on Wednesday.
2 days ago
NABATIYEH, Lebanon (AP) — Shiite Muslims on Friday marked Ashoura, one of the most important days on their calendar, with large gatherings in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and other parts of the Muslim world to remember the seventh-century killing of Hussein, the grandson of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
2 days ago
Dariel Fernandez was at the Global Empowerment Mission’s warehouse on Friday morning in Doral determined to help Venezuelans.
2 days ago
Dariel Fernandez was at the Global Empowerment Mission’s warehouse on Friday morning in Doral determined to help Venezuelans.
2 days ago
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Friday released a cache of previously classified documents that outline in detail the decisions behind a daring 1976 raid to free more than 100 hostages held captive in Uganda.
2 days ago
Dariel Fernandez was at the Global Empowerment Mission’s warehouse on Friday morning in Doral determined to help Venezuelans.
