The devastation has tested Colombia's new president and his government as it scrambles to respond to the disaster and civil society as it pushes to provide aid to the most affected communities.

The Persian Strait Gulf Authority said "the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked and will not be reopened until Iran's conditions are accepted."

Putin threatened to seize European vessels from the Russian Black Sea to the Pacific as Ukraine's drone attack crippled Novorossiysk grain terminals.

A Pentagon review has found that U.S. airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen last year killed more than 150 civilians.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth floated on Wednesday the possibility of joint strikes on Colombian armed groups, as he welcomed ​the nation into a military-led counter-narcotics coalition after its conservative president took over last week.

Crews rescued 172 people and recovered the body of a passenger from a ferry that caught fire in rough seas Wednesday near the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, authorities said. The fire started at about 4:15 a.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has upheld state laws denying tax incentives to farmers who adhered to the country's soy moratorium. The court also affirmed the constitutionality of the voluntary

Survivors have described a tragic ferry disaster on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, where at least 44 people have died. The overloaded ferry capsized on Tuesday amid strong waves. Witnesses say