Israel bombed parts of central Beirut in what it says is a campaign to destroy the militant group Hezbollah. In return, Hezbollah retaliated with a missile attack on Tel Aviv.

South African police have been in a stand off outside an abandoned gold mine with hundreds of illegal miners who are holding out underground. The situation is getting desperate.

A Ukrainian soldier and his wife describe how 1,000 days of war have changed their lives and their country.

A Ukrainian soldier and his wife describe how the large-scale Russian invasion has changed their lives and their country.

Opposition protesters around the capital’s university demand new elections, alleging fraud in last month’s poll.

The attacks have added to a humanitarian crisis in a region reeling from civil war and extreme drought.

A Hong Kong court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to up to a decade behind bars after it ruled in a landmark legal case that they had broken a national security law implemented by Beijing.

Protesters oppose a measure that would reshape the county’s founding treaty between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown.

The BBC’s Katy Watson reports from Wellington on why tens of thousands have taken to the streets.

Aslan Bzhania is quitting days after crowds stormed government buildings over a controversial pro-Russia bill.

State media says “several students and adults were injured and fell to the ground”.

Sean Duffy, one of Trump’s most vocal defenders on cable news, will need to be confirmed by the Senate.

The Nagas want to bring home human remains which colonial administrators had removed from the country.

Presidential candidate Mahamudu Bawumia hopes he can silence his critics once more to become Ghana’s leader.

Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel’s military attacks on Gaza constitute genocide. It’s the first time he’s publicly suggested that Israel may be engaged in genocide.

In his last term, Trump reinstated the “Mexico City Policy,” which prohibits groups receiving U.S. aid from offering or discussing abortion. This time he may even expand the policy.

Canadian authorities reportedly foiled the alleged assassination attempt on Irwin Cotler.

Amid geopolitical uncertainties, Taiwan has slashed its investment in China to the lowest level in nearly a quarter century as the island strives to “derisk” itself from its powerful neighbor.

President Biden’s decision to let Ukraine use long-range missiles against Russia could escalate the war. But this may also make it easier for his successor to negotiate a peace deal.

Ukraine is granted permission from the Biden administration to fire U.S.-made long range missiles into Russian territory. We hear from two NPR correspondents about this major policy shift by the White House. Our Pentagon correspondent tells us the goals around the move and what it might mean on the battlefield. And our correspondent in Moscow gives us the Russian Government’s reaction to the move.