Health services are under extreme pressure now, says spokesman Christian Lindmeier

Health officials say mortality rose nearly 14% during five-day spell

Some 1,700 people were killed and thousands remain missing following the quakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 -- the strongest to hit the South American nation in more than a century

Mass casualty accidents are common at Myanmar's mines -- particularly in monsoon season, when rains destabilise sites where workers have dug unsafe shafts or piled up precarious waste heaps

Washington and Tehran both have said they were sending teams to the Gulf state, but issued conflicting statements on most other details, including timing and purpose of the trip

The poll of 2,022 voters showed Republicans and President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again base were skeptical of foreign aid before getting more details.

Here's how NATO will try to keep the mercurial US leader happy

The unrest has already killed at least four people, with thousands of African migrants fleeing home or huddling in makeshift camps for fear of attack

Until Trump, no president had tried to fire a Fed official

The drones were neutralized without force, Giuliani said, without explaining how

5,034 people were injured in the quakes, which left tens of thousands of people missing

Gaza health officials said an Israeli drone strike killed three civilians and injured several others yesterday, the latest violence to hit the Palestinian territory despite a ceasefire.

Pakistani airstrikes killed dozens of people in eastern Afghanistan, with Islamabad saying yesterday it targeted militants but the Afghan government reporting civilian casualties.

Rescue teams raced on Sunday to find more survivors of the two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela this week, with signs of life bringing occasional relief to a grim quest to whittle down a list of tens of thousands missing.

Iranian and US technical teams working on the implementation of an interim peace deal are expected to meet in Doha in the coming days, a source told Reuters yesterday, after tit-for-tat weekend strikes threatened to derail the fragile accord.

The motive for the incident in Stade, close to the port city of Hamburg, was not immediately clear, say police

A 4.6-magnitude aftershock struck north of Caracas, USGS said

Uncertainty over the talks followed renewed tit-for-tat attacks between the US and Iran in recent days despite an April ceasefire

British American Tobacco announced Monday sweeping job cuts as the cigarette maker axes 5,500 roles globally and outsources another 3,500 to help slash costs.

Iran's foreign ministry said Monday it had held the first meeting with Oman on managing the Strait of Hormuz since Tehran and Washington signed their preliminary deal to end the Middle East war