The blaze erupted late on Wednesday in the city of al-Kut – with 14 bodies yet to be identified

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Israel has released drone footage of a huge missile strike on Syria’s military HQ on Wednesday (16 July).

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A tsunami warning in Alaska has forced local communities to evacuate to higher ground following a 7.3 magnitude earthquake.

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The number of Richardson's ground squirrels in North Dakota's fourth-largest city likely nears the city's population

Tensions erupt into airstrikes and sectarian violence as Israel intervenes in Syria’s southern province

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The Russia-Ukraine war has become the most drone-intensive conflict yet – and Ukrainian commanders believe they are the only thing keeping Russian forces at bay, writes Max Hunder and Sabine Siebold

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Aerial and land search resumes on Thursday to find the missing small plane

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‘We believe significant scientific knowledge may be garnered from following the ostriches in a controlled environment at the Universal Ostrich Farm,’ Kennedy argued in May

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A Trump administration proposal could put more than a million low-income households at risk of losing their government-subsidized housing

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A Trump administration proposal could put more than a million low-income households at risk of losing their government-subsidized housing

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George Retes, 25, who works as a security guard for the Glass House Farms in Camarillo, was arrested last Thursday and released three days later without being charged with a crime

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Convoys of government forces have begun withdrawing from the city of Sweida

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A 61-year-old man died, and more than a dozen others suffered injuries including burns, police say

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‘I think that anyone who participated or was associated with this despicable man ought to be held up to public scrutiny,’ the former vice president said

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The Trump administration has left the National Weather Service with ‘critical staff shortages,’ according to an employee union

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Maurene Comey prosecuted Ghislaine Maxwell in the Epstein case, as well as rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

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The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the federal cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein

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‘The week was a big kick in the balls,’ one administration official said

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Coca-Cola in the U.S. is currently made with high-fructose corn syrup, while the company uses cane sugar in other countries, such as Mexico

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Biden’s son insulated his father from criticism until it was too late — but he still doesn’t see how that was a problem, writes John Bowden

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