By Sarah Kinosian
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela, July 11 (Reuters) - Maria Alejandra Sanz turned away when she heard rescue workers had pulled the lifeless body of one of her best friends from the rubble of a building leveled by twin earthquakes that struck the state of La Guaira in northern Venezuela last month.
The 17-year-old high school student had lain in near-darkness for 17 hours after the June 24 quakes, trapped beneath the collapsed... (continue reading...)
LOS GALLARDOS, July 11 (Reuters) - Firefighters in Spain's southeastern Almería province would start to beat back one of the country's deadliest wildfires on Saturday, an emergency services chief said, though more villages had been evacuated as a precaution overnight.
Fanned by winds, the fire spread rapidly on Friday, engulfing victims as they tried to flee. Autopsies have been conducted on all 12 bodies recovered from close to the forested... (continue reading...)
By Rami Ayyub
TURMUS AYYA, West Bank, July 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic lawmaker Ro Khanna said he was detained by Israeli settlers armed with U.S.-made rifles during a West Bank visit this week that he cast as an unfiltered look at the human toll of Israeli occupation as he weighs a 2028 presidential run.
Speaking with Reuters on Thursday in a Palestinian village, Khanna said his group's van was surrounded by settlers wielding M4... (continue reading...)
July 11 (Reuters) - A written statement from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei threatened vengeance for the death of his predecessor and father on Saturday, but added that it would depend not only on Iran but also on "free people around the world".
In the supreme leader's first public message since funeral ceremonies for his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, began a week ago, the statement read on state television said that vengeance... (continue reading...)
MANILA, July 11 (Reuters) - At least 15 Indian tourists died when a boat capsized off Vietnam's southern island of Phu Quoc on Saturday, VnExpress reported, citing local authorities.
Twenty-one people survived the accident, according to the report. The vessel was carrying 36 people, including 32 Indian tourists, three crew members and one attendant.
India's embassy in Vietnam said it was monitoring the incident and had established... (continue reading...)
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