Gunmen storm hospital of newborn saved from quake in Syria

Gunmen stormed a Syrian hospital that is caring for a baby girl who was born under the rubble of her family’s earthquake-shattered home, and the attackers beat the facility’s director, a hospital official said Tuesday.

White House says objects shot from sky were not sent by aliens

The White House on Monday defended the shootdowns of three unidentified objects in as many days even as it acknowledged that officials had no indication the objects were intended for surveillance.

Baby Aya update: Newborn saved from rubble in quake-hit Syria in good health

Buried under the concrete, the baby still was connected by her umbilical cord to her dead mother. She's been named Aya — Arabic for “a sign from God" — by hospital workers.

How to help earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria

A wide range of needs will require donations for months, or even years, after the rescue and recovery missions end.

Turkey probes contractors as earthquake deaths pass 33,000

Turkish authorities are targeting contractors allegedly linked with buildings that collapsed in the powerful Feb. 6 earthquakes as rescuers found more survivors in the rubble Sunday, including a pregnant woman and two children, in the disaster that killed over 33,000 people.

China claims ‘unidentified object’ in its airspace, prepared to shoot it down

The shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon near the coast of South Carolina earlier this month has led to increased tensions between Beijing and Washington.

Vigil for earthquake victims and pleas for relief

A candlelight vigil at San Francisco’s Union Square honored the victims of the devastating earthquake in Turkiye and Syria. 

Autopsy of Orange County lawyer found dead in Mexico released

Autopsy results for 33-year-old Elliot Blair, who was found dead in Mexico while celebrating his one-year wedding anniversary with his wife, revealed the lawyer suffered 40 fractures to the back of his skull.

The Vallejo engineering firm that saved lives in Turkey quake

The devastating earthquakes that rocked Turkey and Syria on Monday have caused the deaths of over 23,000 people and the destruction of over 5,600 buildings and left the region a disaster area, but a company based out of Vallejo may have saved more lives from being lost.   

US blacklists 6 Chinese entities over spy balloon program

The move is likely to further escalate the diplomatic row between the U.S. and China sparked by the balloon.

Chinese spy balloon could collect intelligence signals, US says

China’s balloon that crossed the United States was part of a huge, military-linked aerial spy program that targeted more than 40 countries, the Biden administration said Thursday.

Survivors of Turkey, Syria earthquake struggle to stay warm and fed

Turkish authorities said the death toll had risen to more than 16,100 in the country, with more than 64,000 injured. Survivors gathered around campfires and clamored for food and water in the cold temperatures.

Kim Jong Un shows off daughter, missiles at North Korean parade

The military parade featured the newest hardware in Kim’s growing nuclear arsenal, including what experts said was possibly a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile he could test in the coming months.