The death toll from Colombia's devastating earthquake has reached more than 250.

It's been revealed US President Donald Trump secretly slipped out of Turkiye on an alternate military plane last month.

The Iranian strikes that killed three American soldiers in Jordan show how quickly Iran’s war-fighting skills have evolved, as the Pentagon runs low on interceptors.

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The latest grisly story out of Pattaya, where Australian Simon Carman allegedly killed a teenage girl, involves a whole new level of horror.

The switch involved the US president being secretly moved from one plane to another in a catering truck after a potential Iranian assassination threat.

The manufacturer says the devices function as a normal pair of gloves - until you press a switch to activate their electrical mode.

The US president has said he was only following instructions from the Secret Service when he sneaked off the presidential plane, over concerns of an Iranian attack on Air Force One.

Civil rights advocates expressed alarm, saying ICE officers already face criticism for their use of force – including several deaths – with little oversight or accountability.

The president’s cryptic response to the idea of declaring a national security emergency ahead of the November elections gives oxygen to a call coming from his boosters in the right-wing media.

More than 24 hours after a devastating earthquake struck Colombia, survivors are being pulled from rubble.

The US president’s executive order calling for scaling back the number of vaccinations American children receive may not have any legal power, but it normalises misinformation about vaccines.

At least 111 people have died and others are trapped after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit Colombia.

Rescuers are scrambling to find survivors after the 7.4-magnitude quake collapsed at least 61 buildings, including a hospital, and damaged some 1600 others.

People smugglers are taking extreme measures to ferry migrants across the English Channel, filling 13 metre-long Chinese-made vessels to the brim for the dangerous passage.

A new heatwave is set to strike large parts of Western Europe after confirmation June and July were the region’s hottest on record.

The White House said the president was aboard Air Force One as he left the NATO summit. Instead, his departure included an elaborate ruse and a “decoy” plane that concealed his travel.

Watch the full exchange about a prime ministerial gift received by Anthony Albanese that has landed him in hot water.

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia.

Almost 30 years after his murder, the man accused of orchestrating American rapper Tupac Shakur's killing is on trial.