By MOHAMMAD ZAATARI, KAREEM CHEHAYEB, and SALLY ABOU ALJOUD Associated Press QANA, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli airstrikes pounded areas across Lebanon, killing at least 27 people over the past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday, including more than a dozen in a southern town where Israeli ...

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Mozambique's ruling party candidate held a clear lead in early presidential election results Wednesday as his main challenger said he would not accept them and called them fraudulent. Daniel Chapo of the ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique, or Frelimo, is ...

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB, MOHAMMAD ZAATARI and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press QANA, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli airstrikes pounded areas across Lebanon, killing at least 21 people, officials said Wednesday, including more than a dozen in a southern town where Israeli bombardments in previous conflicts ...

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Victims of domestic violence in New Zealand will be allowed to cut ties to abusive spouses more quickly after lawmakers unanimously voted Wednesday to exempt them from a mandatory two-year separation period before ...

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — A new bill aiming to legalize assisted dying in Britain is to be introduced in Parliament on Wednesday, marking the first time in nearly a decade that the House of Commons will debate allowing doctors to help end people's lives after previous ...

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world's second Sphere is planned to be built in the capital of the United Arab Emirates after the opening of the first giant dome entertainment complex in Las Vegas. Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism and ...

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — As Notre Dame gears up to reopen its doors in December, Paris is on the verge of a remarkable eco-revival, bringing nature back to the forefront of the City of Light. Beyond restoring the cathedral's iconic spire and medieval charm, the city ...

By AHMED HATEM Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The Grand Egyptian Museum will open 12 halls with exhibits about ancient Egypt in its main galleries starting this week in a trial run ahead of the still-unannounced official opening, officials said Tuesday The museum, a mega-project near the ...

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's new president acknowledged Tuesday that three civilians including a child died in two shootouts involving the military last week in a violent border city. President Claudia Sheinbaum said a soldier was killed in one of the ...

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press AITO, Lebanon (AP) — The day after a deadly Israeli airstrike in northern Lebanon – far from Hezbollah's main area of influence – the militant group's acting leader said it would aim rockets into more areas of Israel. Naim Kassem ...

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region's worst hunger crisis in decades, the United Nations' food ...

By RADUL RADOVANOVIC Associated Press JABLANICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Hundreds of mourners in southern Bosnia converged Tuesday around 19 caskets covered in green cloth in Islamic tradition, part of a funeral service held for those killed during the destructive floods and landslide s ...

BEIRUT (AP) — More than 400,000 children in Lebanon have been displaced in the past three weeks, a top official with the U.N. children's agency said Monday, warning of a "lost generation" in the small country grappling with multiple crises and now in the middle of war. Israel has escalated ...

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has made great strides in exploring space in recent years, rocketing astronauts to its own space station and bringing back rocks from the moon. Now it wants to turn those feats into scientific advances. The nation's leading scientific ...

By YAHYA HABCHITI, KAREEM CHEHAYEB, and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press AITO, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 21 people, according to the Lebanese Red Cross. The Israeli military did not immediately comment and ...

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council expressed "strong concern" Monday as Israel has fired on and wounded U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon during intensified fighting, reiterating its support for their role in supporting security in the ...

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A regional partnership of 10 countries says an agreement on the equitable use of water resources from the Nile River basin has come into force despite the notable opposition of Egypt. The legal status of the "cooperative ...

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer UDINE, Italy (AP) — There were snipers on the roof of the stadium and a heavy police presence throughout the city of Udine for Italy's home match against Israel on Monday. In the end, both the game — and an earlier pro-Palestine demonstration — ...

ROME (AP) — Italy is transferring the first group of migrants to Albania, the Interior Ministry said Monday, as part of a contentious plan to process thousands of asylum-seekers outside its borders. A naval ship departed from the island of Lampedusa with 16 men — 10 from Bangladesh and six ...

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday convicted a French citizen of collecting military information and sentenced him to three years in prison. Laurent Vinatier, who was arrested in Moscow in June, earlier admitted guilt, setting the stage for a fast-tracked trial. His lawyers' asked the ...