The World in Brief from The Economist

Rescue efforts continued in Venezuela as the death toll from Wednesday’s earthquakes rose to over 1,400.

More than 2,000 international emergency responders and 140 search dogs have been deployed to Venezuela.

Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, said his country’s missiles hit an industrial complex in Volgograd, in south-west Russia, which Ukrainian armed forces claimed makes weapons components

Iran said that it had attacked several American military sites in the Middle East in retaliation for earlier American strikes.

Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement for peace, after days of American-mediated talks in Washington

Donald Trump said an Iranian drone strike on a Singapore-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz was a “foolish violation” of its ceasefire with America. Also, John Bolton, a former national security adviser to Mr Trump, pleaded guilty to one count of mishandling classified information.

Shipping was halted on the Strait of Hormuz after a Singapore-flagged cargo ship came under attack. Also, the confirmed death toll from Wednesday’s earthquakes in Venezuela reached 235.

At least 188 people are confirmed dead and more than 1,500 injured after two big earthquakes struck Venezuela.