Colombia entered a second day of search-and-rescue operations Tuesday after a magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck the country a day earlier.

A 7.4 quake in Colombia left more than 100 people dead as rescuers combed rubble for survivors on a second day of recovery efforts.

Rescue efforts across western Colombia carried into a ⁠second ⁠day on Tuesday as emergency workers dug ⁠through collapsed buildings and flattened homes, amid expectations that the death toll from the ​country's most powerful earthquake in decades could rise.

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake has struck western Colombia, killing at least 111 people and damaging hundreds of buildings

President Trump said the U.S. is only "semi-negotiating" with Iran after it laid out new terms for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Imtiaz Tyab has the latest.

Iran says talks with Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are progressing, while also stressing that resuming traffic is tied to U.S. concessions in broader negotiations between the two countries

Oil prices remain elevated after Iran said an imminent agreement with Oman to manage the Strait of Hormuz would not be enough to reopen the vital waterway, unless the US meets a list of conditions. Follow for live updates.

President Trump signaled he’s prepared to let economic pressure on Iran build rather than launch fresh military strikes to force a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, even as the Islamic Republic reiterated that the conditions still aren’t in place to allow free passage through the key waterway.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of using North Korean ballistic missiles in its attacks, as another night of bombardment killed at least nine civilians and injured dozens of others.

- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks od during his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) KYIV,

Russia attacked Ukrainian cities with missiles, drones and glide bombs Tuesday, killing at least 10 civilians, officials said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow is getting new military help from North Korea for its more than 4-year-old invasion.

Ukraine's president says strikes in Zaporizhzhia - which killed at least six and injured 19 - involved ballistic missiles from Russia's ally.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the White House kept Congress “in the dark” about last month’s ruse to avoid an Iranian threat.

President Donald Trump's secretive overseas trip out of Turkey in July has raised eyebrows because his advisers went to extraordinary lengths to conceal his whereabouts from the public

USA TODAY's Susan Page recalls the time Clinton secretly switched planes before a Pakistan visit in 2000, revealing a security tactic echoed in later presidential travel, like President Trump's decoy flight from Turkey.

The Washington Post reports that President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft due to an Iranian assassination threat

The Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor was razor thin late Tuesday after voters spent recent days weighing whether to support a democratic socialist state lawmaker or a Milwaukee County leader who touted his pragmatism.

The race for the Democratic nomination for Wisconsin's governor between Francesca Hong and David Crowley was too close to call early Wednesday

Wisconsin state Assemblymember Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, is locked in a tight contest for the Democratic nomination for governor against David Crowley, the establishment-backed Milwaukee County executive.

David Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, and Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist who had polled strongly in the race, were locked in a tight race. In Minnesota, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a progressive,

The Thai government has pledged to tighten gun controls and crack down on illegal firearms after two deadly shootings near Bangkok intensified calls for tougher enforcement.

Thailand's government will immediately stop issuing gun permits after a shooting incident last week in which a 14-year-old killed eight people and himself. Existing gun owners are already banned from carrying their weapons in public.

Thailand suspended a controversial program that allowed police and local officials to buy discounted firearms and tightened gun controls after a student killed eight people in the country’s deadliest school attack in recent years.

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Tuesday suspended the issuance of permits to buy ​firearms and said existing licences would be ‌reviewed, days after a 14-year-old gunman killed nine people.