6.1-magnitude earthquake hits Turkey – UPI.com
Aug. 10 (UPI) -- A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey on Sunday, causing dozens of reports of damage and at least one collapsed building. Turkey's Disaster…
Flash flooding, severe weather pummels Wisconsin, closes State Fair
Record rainfall and life-threating flash flooding prompted road closures, emergency declarations and closure of the Wisconsin State Fair Sunday. Photo courtesy of City of Milwaukee…
Trump expected to formally announce plan to take over Washington, D.C.
Aug. 10 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he would hold a press conference at the White House on Monday to present his…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatens indefinite special sessions
Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbot is threatening to call a series of rolling special legislative sessions to push the Trump administration's…
Trump taps Tammy Bruce to be next deputy representative to U.N.
Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Tammy Bruce, the former conservative radio host and Fox News contributor who now serves as the spokesperson for the U.S. State…
Sigrid Kaag on Gaza: Aid under siege & the collapse of humanitarian norms | Gaza
Former UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag speaks to Talk to Al Jazeera about delivering aid under Israeli siege, amid what…
Israelis protest against Gaza war expansion
Israeli Police detain a protester who participated with families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. The protest, which called on the government to…
Iran’s triple crisis is reshaping daily life | Climate Crisis News
Tehran, Iran – Every morning at 6am, Sara reaches for her phone – not to check messages, but to see when the day’s blackout will…
Wildfires are inevitable, but we can learn to control them | Climate Crisis
We are midway through summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and we are witnessing another severe wildfire season. In May, wildfires were burning throughout Russia’s Far…
Two boxers die from brain injuries in separate bouts in Japan | Boxing News
Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa pass away within a day of each other after separate bouts on the same card.Two Japanese boxers have died from…
Three injured in Times Square shooting
Three people were injured and one person was arrested after an early-morning shooting in New York City’s Times Square Saturday. Photo by Alba Vigaray/EPA-EFE Aug.…
Mexico’s Sheinbaum says no to ‘invasion’ by U.S. military
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday said Mexico is working with the United States to oppose drug cartels and related criminal activity but will not…
Canyon Fire prompts air quality alert in parts of Southern California
The Canyon Fire burns on brush-filled hillsides in Castaic, Calif., on Thursday. Photo by Allison Dinner/EPA Aug. 9 (UPI) -- An air quality alert was…
Trilateral U.S., U.K. and Ukrainian meeting weighs possible peace
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian Presidential Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak, from left…
Trump, Putin agree to meet in Alaska; Zelensky might, too
Aug. 9 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to meet Friday in Alaska and might invite Russian President Volodymyr Zelensky…
Haiti declares three-month state of emergency as gang violence spikes | Conflict News
Government says move aims to boost ‘fight against insecurity’ as armed gangs continue to carry out attacks across the country.Haiti’s government has announced a three-month…
Fed Gov. Bowman wants three interest rate cuts in 2025
Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The Federal Reserve has not approved an interest rate cut since before the Nov. 5 election, but one of its governors…
Propaganda loudspeakers are being dismantled at the Korean border
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, third from right, ordered the dismantling of some loudspeakers at the 38th parallel, the South Korean military reported…
UCLA gets $1B settlement proposal from DOJ to restore federal funding
Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department is asking for $1 billion from the University of California, Los Angeles in exchange for re-starting federal…
Over 200 arrested at London pro-Palestinian protest
Aug. 9 (UPI) -- More than 200 people were arrested in London Saturday during a major pro-Palestinian protest in the British capital, police confirmed. "We've…