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It’s just before noon and several news crews are gathered outside the fire hall in Comfort, Texas, their cameras pointed at a yellow siren high on a pole and set to go off every day at midday. ‘These sirens helped us,’ says local fire official. Alarm sounded on July 4 …

At least seven children were killed by an Israeli strike in broad daylight while waiting in line for nutritional supplements near a medical centre in central Gaza on Thursday, health officials say.  Attack near medical centre in Deir al-Balah killed 15 people, officials say; Israel says it targeted militants. At …

Political leaders in Lithuania were briefly directed to air raid shelters on Thursday after the alarm was raised over an airspace violation from Belarus, Lithuanian media reported. Media reports stated that Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas and Parliament Speaker Saulius Skvernelis were taken to safety as a precaution while the situation …

Today’s letters to seven minor trading partners add to the 14 other tariff rates U.S. President Donald Trump set earlier in the week.  The letters set rates between 20 and 30 per cent for handful of minor trading partners. U.S. President Donald Trump issued final tariff notices to seven minor …

Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done more to warn people ahead of devastating flash flooding that killed at least 119 people on July 4.  Texas governor suggested the word ‘blame’ was for ‘losers.’ Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on …

Overwhelmed doctors and patients at Gaza’s largest medical centre could soon be plunged into darkness because of dwindling fuel supplies, which doctors say threaten to paralyze Al Shifa hospital as Israel presses on with its military campaign.  More than 600 attacks on health facilities since October 2023, World Health Organization …

It’s been six months since longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled following a stunning rebel offensive that saw opposition fighters seize the country in just 11 days. One community in particular finds itself in a delicate situation: the Druze. Dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled half a year ago. It’s …

Fresh off their joint military assault in Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump took a victory lap at the White House Monday evening. But after a second meeting Tuesday, it’s unclear how much closer they are to a ceasefire deal in Gaza.  Netanyahu depending on …

Texas inspectors signed off on Camp Mystic’s emergency planning just two days before catastrophic flooding killed more than two dozen people at the all-girls Christian summer camp, most of them children.  Dozens of campers at the all-girls summer camp were killed by the fast-rising water. Texas inspectors signed off on …

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says at least 161 people are still missing days after flash floods that killed more than 100 people across central Texas.  5 campers and 1 counsellor from Camp Mystic still missing. ‘Throw me your baby’: Texas RV park owner describes flood rescue attempt Lorena Guillen, owner …