Villagers rescue five in Kiribati after 3,355-mile Pacific drift
Nine set out on a one-hour crossing in July. Four remain unaccounted for.

47 stories · latest 4 Nov
Nine set out on a one-hour crossing in July. Four remain unaccounted for.


Morton's wife, Doriana Zohil-Morton, was struck with a hammer, and two of the four family members have life-altering injuries, Toronto police say.

Italian press reports say Rubio Leiva stepped off the marked path for a photograph; the rescue service's account says only that she slipped.

Patterson was one of four airmen set to rappel to the field, and the American Conference says the game resumed before his death was confirmed.

Odyssey of the Seas skipped its Naples call after about 14 hours searching; the woman was treated for hypothermia.

The September 17 attack in South Kivu left about 20 people dead or wounded and marked the first known casualties for Prince's Vectus Global in Congo.

Born Margaret Chant in Oak Park, Illinois, she pressed Greek lawmakers to abolish dowries and legalize divorce by mutual consent.

Prosecutors in Naha began examining the case on Monday and have weeks to decide whether to charge Lance Corporal Devin Jacob Ballard, 20.

Four Canadian crew and two Bermudian passengers were aboard the Gulfstream G100, which fell from 24,000 feet before vanishing off Nantucket.

Dam operators reported imminent failure of the 25-foot earthen structure, which a 2023 inspection rated in poor condition with no emergency action plan.

Eight guides dug through snow at the 7,126-metre peak on Monday; all of the dead and missing are Nepali expedition workers.

The State Department said four Americans died in a gas explosion in the Plaka district of Athens, where residents had warned of gas risks a year earlier.

No deployment orders have been issued, and the message never names Cuba, but U.S. officials told CBS News the planning is aimed at the island.

Lebanese Army Intelligence detained a Syrian Islamic State member in Batroun and handed him to the Military Court, where he is expected to face terrorism charges.

Prosecutors have not named the 18, but those held in Haiti included 17 Colombian soldiers and a former justice ministry official.

Almost 12 kilometres of coastline is closed until at least noon Saturday, four days after a shark seriously injured a surfer near Geraldton.

Reporter Eliana Moreno, pilot George Marciniw and Edy Gutierrez Mejia, 29, were killed; a preliminary report is due within about 30 days.

Police say the four men fled in a grey Nissan Dualis, registration CA 6956, and are now sending SMS appeals to the public in Blantyre.

Rescuers carried her body up the cliff track for about 90 minutes after a sea recovery was ruled out; the fall is under investigation.

The Carabinieri profile was cited by the judge who refused to free Spada, who goes on trial on 15 October over the death of Deanna Mambelli, 85.

A Coast Guard plane spotted the boy on the hull in the Bering Sea at 10:30 a.m. Monday and laid a line of flares to guide a fishing vessel to him.

Witkoff and Kushner used Kremlin-provided Aurus limousines rather than US Embassy cars, breaking with custom for high-level diplomatic talks.

More than 70 officers responded to the August 30 gathering, which police believe grew out of an influencer's community event.

Aargau police say a lone perpetrator is believed responsible and have set a news conference for Wednesday; the motive remains unknown.

The Van Cleef necklace, made for the 1939 royal wedding of Princess Fawzia, was the most valuable object stolen in Vienna since 2003.

Days earlier Ukraine reported 8,500 fresh North Korean troops massing in Kursk, part of a wider Russian escalation on several fronts.

Miami-Dade homicide detectives are treating the death aboard the Miami-to-Bahamas sailing as an unclassified death investigation.

Police and Premier Chris Minns apologised after Hooper's family was told she had been found alive, minutes before the death was confirmed.

Iran International said the three-minute broadcast maps the university Barron Trump attends and his security detail, but could not verify its claims.

The 1 a.m. post landed after negotiators walked out in Washington, with Ottawa set to retaliate dollar for dollar on Sept. 8.

Israel called the man a militant preparing an attack; Syria's foreign ministry said its drone hit a civilian on a public road near Beit Jinn.

The duties cover hockey sticks, plywood and liquor but exempt energy and potash; Ottawa will impose matching counter-tariffs.

Prince Laurent formally established paternity of the 26-year-old before a civil registrar in February, six months before the case became public.

The pair have been jailed since 2021; a third defendant, Albert Ho, pleaded guilty, and the vigil group itself was also convicted.

The two men last contacted their fishing cooperative on August 14, and a navy air and sea search found them alive after five days adrift.

A depression could form near Mexico this weekend and near Hawaii within days, after Lala killed at least one person and damaged more than 100 homes.

The state development bank confirmed Klepach's exit but gave no reason; The Bell reported chairman Igor Shuvalov acted after a call from above.

Police are treating the death of the 41-year-old academic as unexpected but not suspicious; his family says he faced a sustained campaign of abuse.

Passed by Parliament last month, the law would have made France the first EU country to bar minors under 15 from social platforms.

The helicopter, assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division, crashed in a Bell County field about 20 miles from its base at Fort Hood.

President Abelardo de la Espriella declared a national disaster as more than 2,700 people were reported missing across five cities.

Colombia's new president declared a state of emergency on day three, as Washington pledged $15.5 million and El Salvador offered rescue crews.

SpaceX's spent Falcon 9 stage struck at 5,400 miles an hour, 19 months after a launch that carried two landers toward the moon.

Sworn in at Cali, the first president to take office outside the capital, he gave armed groups 100 days to surrender. His party holds one Chamber seat and four in the Senate.


Nearly 75,000 have since gone back to Morocco, while many of the roughly 1,100 unaccompanied minors left behind sleep in warehouses or on the streets.
