On Thursday’s “Finnerty,” Direct Relief’s Vice President of Global Emergency Response, Dan Hovey, and Grey Bull Rescue Chairman and Founder Bryan Stern discussed the situation in Nepal, where a landslide and flooding have devastated the area, leaving many people missing or dead, including at least 65 Americans among the missing.
Colombian superstar Shakira pledged to help build at least 10 new schools in a remote region of her home country after a devastating earthquake struck last week, killing hundreds and affecting thousands of educational sites
Indonesia 7.7 earthquake by Diana Zapata • News Writer /Editorial Specialist Published August 16, 2026 At least 38 people were initially reported dead after the powerful quake struck off Flores Island; rescuers face blocked roads, [...]
“We heard them screaming,” said one rescuer in Cali, where rescuers face a race against time to find the living.
The U.S. State Department announced it will provide $15.5 million in emergency aid.
U.S. forces have begun flying emergency supplies to earthquake-stricken Japanese island.
A tsunami advisory for nearby western coasts of Kumamoto and three neighboring prefectures was temporarily issued but was lifted within two hours.
Images broadcast by local media captured the anguish of victims’ relatives.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado 's repeated efforts to return to her home country after last week's devastating earthquakes there have outraged top Trump administration. Why it matters: Machado's high-profile attempts to return have saddled the State Department with "extra needless drama," an official said, and threaten to inflame political tensions in Venezuela amid U.S.-assisted relief efforts. - "It's political opportunism and it's grotesque," a senior administration official said, echoing four others. Zoom in: Machado, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who ceremoniously gave her award to President Trump after U.S. forces ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, once was a darling of Washington's foreign policy…
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado 's repeated efforts to return to her home country after last week's devastating earthquakes there have outraged top Trump administration. Why it matters: Machado's high-profile attempts to return have saddled the State Department with "extra needless drama," an official said, and threaten to inflame political tensions in Venezuela amid U.S.-assisted relief efforts. - "It's political opportunism and it's grotesque," a senior administration official said, echoing four others. Zoom in: Machado, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who ceremoniously gave her award to President Trump after U.S. forces ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, once was a darling of Washington's foreign policy…Open