- U.S. conducts additional strikes on Iran after Tehran launches drone attack on Bahrain, home of U.S. Fifth Fleet.
- A ship in the Strait of Hormuz was struck amid escalating U.S.-Iran tensions.
- Over 1,400 dead and tens of thousands missing in Venezuela after powerful earthquakes an
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