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  • Morgues overwhelmed in Libya as rescuers search for thousands m

    Libya is racing to bury its dead as bodies pile up in the streets of Derna, the northern coastal city devastated by flooding after a torrential downpour smashed through two dams, washing homes into the sea.   Morgues are full in hospitals that remain out of service despite the desperate need ...
  • Trump slams Georgia grand jury report

    Donald Trump sharply criticized the final report from the Georgia special grand jury that investigated the former president and his allies' attempts to overturn the 2020 election, saying in a social media post Friday that the report lacks credibility.   “The Georgia Grand Jury report ha...
  • Thai King cuts ousted former leader Thaksin Shinawatra’s 8-year

    Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has reduced the prison sentence of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from eight years to one, in a remarkable turn of events that caps an extraordinary decades-long political saga.   Thaksin, the head of a famed political dynasty who had dramat...
  • 3 US Marines killed in aircraft crash in Australia during train

    Three US Marines have been killed and several others seriously wounded after an Osprey aircraft crashed during military exercises in Australia. Of the 23 Marines on board the MV-22B Osprey aircraft, three died while five others have been transferred to Royal Darwin Hospital in a serious condition, ...
  • Ukrainian forces appear to widen breach of Russian defenses on

    Signs are growing that Ukrainian forces have penetrated Russian defenses along part of the southern front lines in Zaporizhzhia region and are expanding a wedge toward the strategic town of Tokmak, while stepping up attacks on Russian-occupied Crimea.   The Ukrainian General Staff said Friday...