Wildfires raging across central and southern Chile on Sunday left at least 18 people dead, scorched thousands of acres of forest and destroyed hundreds of homes, authorities said, as the South American country swelters under a heat wave. Police recover the bodies of people who died after wildfires swept through homes near Lirquen, Chile. (AP) … Read more
Amid a big escalation in ongoing protests in Iran, US President Donald Trump on Friday suggested that the country’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may be looking to flee. Iranians are protesting against the ruling regime led by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the country’s poor economy. (via REUTERS) In an interview … Read more
BOGOTA, Colombia — More than 300 people have fled Colombia’s volatile Catatumbo region to escape fighting by rebel groups, and have now sought shelter in Cúcuta, a city near the border with Venezuela that was already bracing for a possible influx of refugees. More than 300 people flee Colombia’s Catatumbo to escape fighting in volatile … Read more
Protests continue in Iran against surging inflation and the decline of the Iranian rial. Amid the widespread demonstrations, which have now reached over 250 locations in the country, several media reports have claimed that the United States might be planning an intervention in Tehran. A demonstrator holds up a poster of the Iranian Supreme Leader … Read more