The United States on Friday announced a further $205 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine to help the country with shortages of food, drinking water and other needs as its fights against Russia’s invasion. Top US diplomat Antony Blinken said that the aid will be distributed via partner NGOs in the region, and was also aimed at helping victims of …

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Philippines on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, as local authorities warned of aftershocks and possible damage. The earthquake struck at a depth of 124 kilometres (77 miles) at around 10:00 am (0200 GMT) in waters about three hours’ drive from the capital Manila. Calatagan municipality police chief Emil Mendoza said he and …

Former President Donald Trump has been arrested at the federal courthouse in Miami. He will soon face charges related to mishandling classified documents. During the proceedings on Tuesday, deputy marshals took electronic copies of his fingerprints. However, they did not take a mugshot of Trump because he is easily recognizable, as reported by CNN. Trump’s assistant and co-defendant, Walt Nauta, …

Three people, including two students, were found dead and a van tried to mow down three others in Nottingham, central England, on Tuesday, in incidents the authorities believe are linked. Nottingham’s centre was cordoned off, with a heavy police presence, including armed officers following the events that left residents shaken. Police said a 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion …

Three leaders of Tunisia’s once-dominant Ennahdha party are on a hunger strike to protest their detention under a crackdown against opponents of President Kais Saied, the party and a detainee’s wife said Monday. One of them, Sahbi Atig, 64, a former leader of Ennahdha’s parliamentary bloc, has been on a hunger strike for 32 days, leading to a severe deterioration …

Three people have died and thousands have been evacuated after heavy rains pummeled eastern and central Cuba in recent days, authorities said Monday. Heavy rains that started Thursday had subsided by Monday evening, but recovery operations were still underway in several eastern provinces, including Holguin, Camaguey, Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Las Tunas, as well as in Sancti Spiritus, in …

Italy’s former Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi has died aged 86, his spokesman confirmed. Berlusconi is renowned for reshaping Italy’s political and cultural landscape while fending off multiple legal and sex scandals, The billionaire media mogul was admitted to a Milan hospital on Friday for what aides said were pre-planned tests related to his leukemia. His admission came just three weeks …

An elderly Ecuadoran woman who woke up inside a coffin at her own wake is being treated at the same state hospital that declared her dead two days earlier, her son said on Sunday. A video posted on Twitter shows Bella Montoya, 76, in her open coffin breathing heavily while two men assist her. Her son, Gilbert Balberán, said “she …

The four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest after a small plane crash have been found alive, President Gustavo Petro announced Friday. “A joy for the whole country! The 4 children who were lost 40 days ago in the Colombian jungle were found alive,” Petro wrote on Twitter. His post …

A paid informant told the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that an executive from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma has documents proving he bribed President Joe Biden with $5 million while he was vice president. According to Washington Times, the “trusted” and “highly credible” FBI informant said Burisma paid the bribe between 2015 and 2016 to solicit then Vice President Biden‘s help in …