News Minute - Video of Major World Affairs - July 18

News Minute – Video of Major World Affairs - July 18

China searches for survivors of landslide that killed 8 and left 34 missing

CHONGQING, China (AP) – Rescue crews used excavators on Sunday to comb through the rubble in search of survivors from a landslide in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing that killed at least eight people and left another 34 missing.

Argentina and Spain fans descend on New York in advance of World Cup final

Argentina and Spain fans descend on New York in advance of World Cup final

Nolan's 'The Odyssey' storms box office with $264.1M debut

NEW YORK (AP) – Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” launched with an estimated $124.5 million in domestic ticket sales and another $139.6 million from overseas, notching an even better debut than “Oppenheimer” and marking the filmmaker’s best opening since 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises.”

Today in History - What Happened on this Day

Today in History - What Happened on this Day

Video shows moment Iran missiles hit Jordan base, killing 2 US service members

Video circulating appears to show moment Iran missiles hit Jordan base, killing 2 US service members

US military says 2 troops dead and 1 missing after Iran attacks Jordan base

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The U.S. military on Saturday announced its first troop deaths due to direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war, with two killed and another missing in an attack on a base in Jordan after days of intensifying exchanges of fire.

Ukrainian drones hit sites across Russia, killing 9 and wounding 80

Ukrainian drones struck two sprawling warehouses, one of them just east of Moscow, as part of attacks overnight and on Saturday afternoon that killed nine people and wounded more than 80, Russian officials said. Kyiv’s forces have pressed their relentless aerial campaign against energy infrastructure and military targets inside Russia.

The US and Iran have blown past red lines as they lurch back toward all-out war

A week after the United States and Iran signed a preliminary deal aimed at ending the war, an Iranian drone slammed into a cargo ship sailing through the Strait of Hormuz. There were no casualties or major damage, but the June 25 attack set off a chain of hostilities that would put the two countries on a path back toward all-out war.