Every year, an estimated 6,000 to 24,000 people are killed by lightning across the world, and many more are injured. Obviously, there is a wide range in these numbers, and that’s due to the fact that these estimates are built on limited and incomplete information. I’m a lightning researcher at the University of North Dakota….
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck western Colombia on Monday, killing more than 100 people, injuring dozens more and causing major damage across the region. It was the largest quake to hit the country on record. The epicenter was in San José del Palmar, a community in the rural Chocó province about…
At least three people, including a child, have been killed in overnight Russian attacks near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, a local official said. In the early hours of Saturday missiles hit east of the capital and witnesses reported hearing powerful explosions just days after strikes across Ukraine killed 21 people. The ballistic missile strikes killed…
One person has been killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says, after the Israeli military said it was responding to a “blatant violation of the ceasefire” by the Iran-backed group Hezbollah. A man died and 12 other people were injured when the roof of a prayer hall at the…
26m ago Israel “will not retreat from its current stance” in Gaza, senior Israeli political source tells CBS News Israel “will not retreat from its current stance” in Gaza, a senior Israeli political source told CBS News, after Hamas said Israeli escalation in the enclave was threatening negotiations. Israel on Monday said it had…
President Trump has called off new attacks on Iran for the time being, insisting an end to the war is close. He’s also again calling for the “immediate” re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
Donald Trump says he has cancelled strikes against Iran, provided a deal is struck “rapidly” with the country. In a post on Truth Social, the US president said he had been asked by Iran and other countries in the Middle East to “hold off” on any attack as the “perimeters” of a deal had been…
Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital killed at least four people and wounded more than a dozen others, local officials said Saturday local time, after Kyiv’s mayor warned of a ballistic missile attack. It comes after the United Nations found June was the deadliest month for civilians in Ukraine since April 2022, as Moscow ramped up…
US President Donald Trump during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. forces completed a “heavy wave” of strikes against Iran on Wednesday stateside, in retaliation against its missile attacks on American forces in…
Oil prices jumped again Wednesday, while the U.S. stock markets fell ahead of a Federal Reserve decision on what to do with interest rates. The S&P 500 fell 0.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 614 points, or 1.2%, as of 10 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.5% lower. The action…
