The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter was about 17 miles west of the community of Morón. Shaking was felt as far away as Caracas.

Conservative outsider Abelardo de la Espriella, a millionaire political neophyte, will be Colombia's next president after electoral authorities on Wednesday declared him the winner of Sunday's runoff election.

The Israeli military has surrounded an underground base in Lebanon in which dozens of Hezbollah militants are trapped, Israeli officials said.

A independent U.N. commission said Tuesday that the Israeli military had deliberately targeted children in Gaza, amounting to genocide, and in the West Bank, amounting to war crimes. The commission of inquiry,

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivered a presentation with visuals touting the effect President Donald Trump has had on NATO defense spending. "I can assure you this is because of Russia, because of the threat,

Red alerts were also in place in Britain, Germany, Austria and Switzerland as the extreme early summer heat forced school closures, travel disruption and alarm about climate change.

A U.S. airstrike launched last week in northwest Syria killed a senior Islamic State leader, U.S. military officials announced Wednesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump intensified pressure on oil companies to lower gasoline prices following the recent decline in crude.