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Trump warns Iran of '1,000 missiles locked and loaded' over alleged assassination plot
President Trump posted on Truth Social that the US has '1,000 missiles locked and loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands more to immediately follow,' should Tehran act on threats to assassinate him. He said the US military was prepared to 'completely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran' for a year or more if such a plot were carried out, and that orders had 'already been given.' The warning lands amid a renewed round of strikes and counter-strikes between the US and Iran that collapsed an earlier ceasefire memorandum, further raising the stakes in an already volatile conflict.
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Trump warns Iran of '1,000 missiles locked and loaded' over alleged assassination plot
President Trump posted on Truth Social that the US has '1,000 missiles locked and loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands more to immediately follow,' should Tehran act on threats to assassinate him. He said the US military was prepared to 'completely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran' for a year or more if such a plot were carried out, and that orders had 'already been given.' The warning lands amid a renewed round of strikes and counter-strikes between the US and Iran that collapsed an earlier ceasefire memorandum, further raising the stakes in an already volatile conflict.
Venezuela earthquake death toll passes 4,000 as rescue effort drags into third week
Nearly three weeks after twin 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck northwestern and central Venezuela, officials say the confirmed death toll has climbed past 4,000, with more than 16,700 injured and tens of thousands still unaccounted for. Rescue crews continue to pull survivors and remains from collapsed buildings, while aid groups warn that damaged roads, power outages and a lack of clean water are compounding the humanitarian crisis in the hardest-hit regions.
Read more →Venezuela earthquake death toll passes 4,000 as rescue effort drags into third week
Nearly three weeks after twin 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck northwestern and central Venezuela, officials say the confirmed death toll has climbed past 4,000, with more than 16,700 injured and tens of thousands still unaccounted for. Rescue crews continue to pull survivors and remains from collapsed buildings, while aid groups warn that damaged roads, power outages and a lack of clean water are compounding the humanitarian crisis in the hardest-hit regions.
Cuba's national power grid collapses again in fourth total blackout of 2026
Cuba's electric grid operator UNE confirmed a total nationwide collapse that left all 10 million residents without power, the fourth full grid failure this year. Public transport largely halted and tens of thousands of scheduled surgeries were canceled as crews worked to restore service, first to hospitals and food-production sites and later to the capital. Officials point to decades of deferred maintenance on aging power plants combined with a worsening fuel shortage, intensified by expanded US sanctions on Cuba's energy sector, as the underlying cause of the repeated failures.
Read more →Cuba's national power grid collapses again in fourth total blackout of 2026
Cuba's electric grid operator UNE confirmed a total nationwide collapse that left all 10 million residents without power, the fourth full grid failure this year. Public transport largely halted and tens of thousands of scheduled surgeries were canceled as crews worked to restore service, first to hospitals and food-production sites and later to the capital. Officials point to decades of deferred maintenance on aging power plants combined with a worsening fuel shortage, intensified by expanded US sanctions on Cuba's energy sector, as the underlying cause of the repeated failures.
Iran buries slain Supreme Leader Khamenei at Mashhad shrine after week of mourning
Iran completed the burial of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and four family members killed alongside him in the US-Israeli strikes that opened the war in late February, laying him to rest at the Imam Reza shrine in his birthplace of Mashhad. State media said the private burial capped a week of mass funeral processions across the country that drew crowds Iranian officials put at over 15 million, with mourners in Tehran chanting against President Trump. Khamenei's successor has yet to appear in public, leaving Iran's leadership transition uncertain even as the war with the US and Israel continues.
Read more →Iran buries slain Supreme Leader Khamenei at Mashhad shrine after week of mourning
Iran completed the burial of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and four family members killed alongside him in the US-Israeli strikes that opened the war in late February, laying him to rest at the Imam Reza shrine in his birthplace of Mashhad. State media said the private burial capped a week of mass funeral processions across the country that drew crowds Iranian officials put at over 15 million, with mourners in Tehran chanting against President Trump. Khamenei's successor has yet to appear in public, leaving Iran's leadership transition uncertain even as the war with the US and Israel continues.
Iran strikes US and allied bases across the Gulf and Jordan as war escalates further
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said it fired ten ballistic missiles at a US command-and-control center and the Al-Azraq air base in Jordan, which hosts American, German, Belgian and French forces; Jordan said its air defenses intercepted eight incoming missiles. Iran's military also launched waves of kamikaze drones at a Patriot missile system in Kuwait, an early-warning radar site in Qatar and fuel tanks in Bahrain, retaliating for fresh US strikes on Iranian cities including Bushehr, Chabahar and Bandar Abbas. The IRGC warned that any repeat US aggression would draw further strikes on American bases across the region, as mediators pressed both sides to return to the ceasefire memorandum.
Read more →Iran strikes US and allied bases across the Gulf and Jordan as war escalates further
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said it fired ten ballistic missiles at a US command-and-control center and the Al-Azraq air base in Jordan, which hosts American, German, Belgian and French forces; Jordan said its air defenses intercepted eight incoming missiles. Iran's military also launched waves of kamikaze drones at a Patriot missile system in Kuwait, an early-warning radar site in Qatar and fuel tanks in Bahrain, retaliating for fresh US strikes on Iranian cities including Bushehr, Chabahar and Bandar Abbas. The IRGC warned that any repeat US aggression would draw further strikes on American bases across the region, as mediators pressed both sides to return to the ceasefire memorandum.
Wildfire kills 12 in southern Spain as Andalusia heatwave fuels blaze
A fast-moving wildfire near Almeria in southern Spain killed 12 people, with several victims found inside vehicles in the hamlet of Bedar as they apparently tried to flee. At least six others were injured, including people treated for burns and smoke inhalation, and around 150 firefighters battled the blaze overnight. Investigators believe the fire may have started when a fallen power line ignited dry vegetation, which then spread rapidly through woodland during a heatwave that has triggered orange-level weather warnings across Andalusia.
Read more →Wildfire kills 12 in southern Spain as Andalusia heatwave fuels blaze
A fast-moving wildfire near Almeria in southern Spain killed 12 people, with several victims found inside vehicles in the hamlet of Bedar as they apparently tried to flee. At least six others were injured, including people treated for burns and smoke inhalation, and around 150 firefighters battled the blaze overnight. Investigators believe the fire may have started when a fallen power line ignited dry vegetation, which then spread rapidly through woodland during a heatwave that has triggered orange-level weather warnings across Andalusia.