ALIAGA, Turkey - Grieving relatives faced an agonising wait for the identification of their dead Tuesday after a huge blast at a Turkish steel plant killed 17 people, as labour groups called a string of protests over safety issues.

WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday denounced a push to impeach him as a “farce” and defended his record leading multiple military operations that have sparked allegations of misconduct against the Pentagon chief.

KUALA LUMPUR - Former prime minister Najib Razak was ​seen arriving ⁠at his ‌home to start house arrest ⁠after leaving jail on Tuesday.

LONDON - The US military said on Tuesday it was taking “coordinated and appropriate” security steps after flight-tracking data showed it had withdrawn at least a dozen aircraft from a second British airbase.

SOFIA - Eleven people died and dozens were injured on Tuesday in a mass pileup on a motorway in southeastern Bulgaria, whose roads rank as the most dangerous in the EU.