A preliminary inquiry into the Dir Colony school tragedy revealed critical structural deficiencies in the three-storey girder-and-brick building as the death toll climbed to 33
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Lebanon’s president to retain 500kg of intercepted explosives linked to Hezbollah, prosecute those responsible and establish military coordination channels with Israel
A 16-year-old shooter killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, before being shot dead by an armed community member, leaving two others critically wounded and prompting renewed calls for federal gun control
