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Venezuela rescuers in final push to find survivors as families mourn

News June 30, 2026

Rescuers from around the world pushed on Tuesday to save any final survivors trapped under mountains of rubble after Venezuela’s massive quakes that killed over 1,700 people, with tens of thousands ...

More cash, not enough weapons: Nato presses to produce more

News June 30, 2026

A year on from their historic pledge to ramp up defence spending, leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) gathering in Ankara next week will reckon with another challenge: getting ind...

WhatsApp messenger to offer usernames

Business June 30, 2026

PARIS: The hundreds of millions who use Meta-owned messenger WhatsApp to chat with family, friends or businesses will no longer need to share phone numbers under a coming update, the company said on M...

Martinelli scores in 95th minute to send Brazil into World Cup last 16

News June 29, 2026

Substitute Gabriel Martinelli scored deep in injury time as Brazil beat a stubborn Japan 2-1 on Monday to roll into the World Cup last 16. Arsenal winger Martinelli struck in the 95th minute in Housto...

At least 1,719 dead in Venezuela twin earthquakes as hope fades of finding survivors

Business June 29, 2026

The death toll from the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela five days ago has risen to at least 1,719, National Assembly president Jorge Rodriguez said on Monday. Rodriguez added that 5,034 ...

Six killed in German 'family tragedy' shooting: police

News June 29, 2026

A gunman killed six people Monday in a German youth welfare centre for mothers and their children in what police said was a likely “family tragedy”, before the male suspect and a female companion ...

Five dead in shooting at German youth welfare centre: police

News June 29, 2026

Five people were shot dead at a youth welfare centre in Germany on Monday and the suspected gunman has been arrested, police said, in one of the country’s deadliest mass shootings in years. Police i...

Venezuela search teams scramble as hope fades of finding quake survivors

Business June 29, 2026

Hopes were fading Monday of finding survivors more than four days after powerful twin earthquakes struck Venezuela, as residents grow increasingly frustrated with the government’s response to the di...

Turkiye must be 'included' in Europe security structures: Erdogan ahead of Nato summit

News June 29, 2026

Turkiye must be included in all of Europe’s defence and security structures, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, a week ahead of a key Nato summit in Ankara. His remarks come as Europe se...

Azerbaijan slams ally Israel's recognition of Armenian genocide

News June 29, 2026

Azerbaijan on Monday denounced a decision by its ally Israel to recognise the World War I massacres of Armenians as a genocide, a move widely seen as a rebuke by Israel to Turkiye. Azerbaijan and Isra...