Moroccan police - including some in riot gear - reportedly used tear gas to disperse groups of migrants gathered on nearby hills. Earlier this week, Rabat said it was monitoring "the circulation of social media posts and messages of unknown origin" calling for a mass crossing Saturday,

Moroccan security disperses migrants trying to cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta :: Fnideq, Morocco / August 15, 2026 :: Security was beefed up around the North

Moroccan authorities arrested at least 111 people on Saturday during an attempted mass migrant crossing into Spains North African enclave of Ceuta, as both Morocco and Spain tightened border security following calls

The attempted crossings come two weeks after around 72,000 people rushed into the Spanish North African exclave from Morocco. Calls for another mass crossing had been circulating on social media this week.

Colombia is grappling with the aftermath of a 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Monday, affecting a large part of the western region

Post-earthquake reconstruction is expected to cost about $6.4bn, but Colombia has been hit by renewed US tariffs.

Hopes of finding survivors of ⁠the ⁠earthquake that struck western Colombia five days ⁠ago were dwindling on Saturday, as more bodies were pulled from buildings that collapsed due to the ​7.4-magnitude quake that left hundreds dead or missing.

A deadly tremblor devastated Armenia in 1999, spurring a reconstruction that allowed the city to build back stronger. When disaster struck this time, it was prepared.

Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon also killed at least nine people in the latest developments in the Iran war and wider Middle East.

The trio were allegedly captured after their Su-24 fighter jets went down during a sortie to the Gulf state in March Iranian authorities revealed on Saturday that three of Tehran's pilots who went down early in the Middle East war were still being held in Qatar,

Iran has asked the International Committee of the Red Cross to intervene over three military pilots it says Qatar has held since their Su-24 fighter jets went down during the March phase of the Middle East war.

The U.S Geological Survey said the quake hit Indonesia's Flores region with a depth of 10 kilometers at 5:58 a.m. local time.

A Spanish F-18 fighter jet pilot on a NATO air policing mission shot down a drone illegally breaching Romanian national airspace, the fourth unmanned aircraft the country has shot down this year, Romania’s defense ministry said on Sunday.

The Latvian military said a drone that entered the country's airspace overnight was shot down by NATO Baltic Air Policing jets.

NATO jets shot down a drone that flew into Latvia’s eastern air space, the Ministry of Defense said on Friday.

NATO said Friday its fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Latvian airspace, the latest incursion along the military alliance's eastern flank bordering Russia. This was the second time that

Iran and Oman appear to be edging closer to a deal on how the Strait of Hormuz should be managed, agreeing on routes through the key waterway that’s proved a major stumbling block in efforts to end almost six months of war between the Islamic Republic and the US.

Fox News chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt reports live on rising U.S.-Iran naval tensions in the Strait of Hormuz.

The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday that Iran attacked a state-owned oil vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz for the third time this week. Two ships owned by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company were also struck by drones on Thursday,

Correspondent Jonathan Hunt reports on the escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran after President Donald Trump's comments regarding the Strait of Hormuz and the Iranian deputy foreign minister's response.

Preparations were underway in Afghanistan as the Taliban was set to mark the third anniversary of their return to power in the country.

On the anniversary of the US leaving Afghanistan and the Taliban taking control, CNN’s Isobel Yeung looks at what has changed in those five years.

The Taliban has officially declared victory in Afghanistan after the last U.S. troops withdrew, ending America's longest war. Many Afghans are fearful about what their lives under Taliban rule will look like.

Outside the former U.S. embassy in Kabul, armoured Taliban vehicles took part in a parade to mark five years in power on Saturday (August 15). They displayed flags and banners and celebrated what the government described as “victory day” from Western domination.