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John rapidly strengthens into a hurricane off Mexico's southern coast; it's forecast to become major storm

John rapidly strengthens into a hurricane off Mexico's southern coast; it's forecast to become major storm
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Israel hits 1,300 targets in Lebanon as strikes increases against Hezbollah

Hundreds were killed and wounded on Monday, Lebanese authorities said.
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Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes on villages in the Nabatiyeh district, seen from the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2024.
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Thousands flee southern Lebanon in search of safety and shelter

Thousands of people are fleeing south Lebanon as Israel carries out its deadliest bombardment in the country since its war with Hezbollah in 2006
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Cars sit in traffic as people flee the southern villages amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes, in Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in Lebanon rises to 356, Lebanese health ministry says

Death toll from Israeli strikes in Lebanon rises to 356, Lebanese health ministry says
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France has a new government. Can it solve the New Caledonia crisis after months of deadly unrest?

Tensions have been rising in the French Pacific territory New Caledonia after four months of deadly unrest
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FILE - A man stands in front a burnt car after unrest in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Nicolas Job, File)
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Pakistan appoints new army general as head of powerful spy agency

Pakistan’s state-run media says a senior army general has been tapped as the new spy chief
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Soccer pitch collapses as parts of the UK are hit by flash floods

A soccer pitch in London collapsed and parts of the United Kingdom are submerged by flash floods after some areas saw a month’s worth of rainfall in 24 hours
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Am aerial view of a sinkhole on the pitch and flooded walkways at the Cherry Red Records Stadium, home of AFC Wimbledon in London, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, after heavy rainfall. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)
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Palestinian girl suffered severe burns: This is her journey out of a war zone

Sara Bsaiso, 18, is among the more than 12,000 children and teens injured in Gaza. She is one of the select few who have been able to receive care in the U.S.
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Sara Bsaiso, 18, is among the more than 12,000 children and teens injured in Gaza. She is one of the select few who have been able to receive care in the U.S.
September 23

Italy holds a trial into the killing of a woman that sparked debate over femicide

The trial into the brutal killing of a 22-year-old woman has started in Italy
September 23
FILE - Gino Cecchettin, hugging his daughter Elena, attends a torchlit procession in Vigonovo, near Venice, northern Italy, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, after the police found the body of his other daughter Giulia. (Lucrezia Granzetti/LaPresse via AP)
September 23

Israeli military says it has carried out a targeted strike in Beirut, without giving details

Israeli military says it has carried out a targeted strike in Beirut, without giving details
September 23
September 23

South Korea threatens military response for North Korean 'trash balloons'

South Korea officials said Pyongyang has launched 5,500 balloons across the border since May.
September 23
South Korea officials said Pyongyang has launched 5,500 balloons across the border since May.
September 23

Israel's Netanyahu urges Lebanese civilians to heed Israeli calls to evacuate and to 'take this warning seriously'

Israel's Netanyahu urges Lebanese civilians to heed Israeli calls to evacuate and to 'take this warning seriously'
September 23
September 23

Southeast US under major storm warning as hurricane watch issued for parts of Cuba and Mexico

Forecasters have issued hurricane watches for parts of Cuba and Mexico as a cluster of storms located south of the Cayman Islands could strengthen in upcoming days as it moves north toward the U.S. The National Hurricane Center says the disturbance may...
September 23
This image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a cluster of storms located south of the Cayman Islands which are expected to strengthen in upcoming days, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (NOAA via AP)
September 23

At least 30 bodies found on a boat along a migrant route off Senegal

Senegal's military says at least 30 bodies were found on a boat drifting off the coast of Dakar along a route used by migrants
September 23
FILE - Senegalese youth gather around pirogues on the beach at dusk in Fass Boye, Senegal, Aug. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
September 23

Late snowstorms batter South Africa's coast and leave 2 people dead

Unseasonably late snowstorms battered coastal areas of South Africa over the weekend, killing two people and forcing the closure of some of the country’s major highways
September 23
People play in unseasonal snow in Nottingham Road, near Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo)
September 23

Lebanese health minister says 274 people have been killed in ongoing Israeli strikes, more than 1,000 wounded

Lebanese health minister says 274 people have been killed in ongoing Israeli strikes, more than 1,000 wounded
September 23
September 23

Syria has a new foreign minister as prime minister names his Cabinet

Syria’s new prime minister has named his Cabinet with a new foreign minister
September 23
September 23

Police arrest 8 of Tanzania's main opposition figures ahead of planned protests

Police have arrested Tanzania’s most prominent opposition figures whose party has called for protests against what it says is a crackdown targeting its supporters
September 23
September 23

Is this war? The Israeli-Hezbollah conflict is hard to define — or predict

Israel is bombing targets across many parts of Lebanon, striking senior militants in Beirut and apparently hiding bombs in pagers and walkie-talkies
September 23
Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes on villages in the Nabatiyeh district, seen from the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
September 23

Myanmar soldiers help clean up after a typhoon that killed more than 380 people

Soldiers and other government personnel are doing cleanup and repair work in Myanmar, where floods and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi and monsoon rains more than a week ago left at least 380 dead and 89 missing
September 23
In this provided by The Myanmar Military True News Information Team on Sunday Sept.21, 2024, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, right, head of the military council, receives cash from Maung Weik, left, a construction magnate, during a donation ceremony for flooded areas, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (The Myanmar Military True News Information Team via AP)
September 23

A UN expert says Russian convicts sent to war in Ukraine commit crimes when they return

A U.N.-backed human rights expert monitoring President Vladimir Putin’s Russia has decried increased violence in the country caused by former prisoners who have their sentences shortened or pardoned to fight in Ukraine and then return home to commit cr...
September 23
September 23

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Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
September 23
Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
September 23

Japanese warplanes use flares to warn a Russian spy plane to leave airspace

Japan says its warplanes used flares to warn a Russian reconnaissance aircraft to leave northern Japanese airspace
September 23
FILE - Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara, center, speaks during a Japan-US-South Korea trilateral defense ministers meeting at Japan's defense ministry in Tokyo, on July 28, 2024. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool Photo via AP, File)
September 23

Lebanese Health Ministry says 182 people killed in Israeli airstrikes

Lebanese Health Ministry says 182 people killed in Israeli airstrikes
September 23
September 23

Iran pardons Grammy Award winner whose song became an anthem to the 2022 protests

An Iranian Grammy award winner says he has been pardoned from serving a three-year sentence over his song that became an anthem to the 2022 protests that rocked the country following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody
September 23
FILE - First lady Jill Biden accepts the award for best song for social change on behalf of Shervin Hajipour for "Baraye" at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
September 23

A Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians and 1 American from the International Space Station returns to Earth

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station has landed in Kazakhstan, ending a record-breaking stay for the Russian pair
September 23
In this photo taken from video released by Roscosmos space corporation, Russian Soyuz MS-25 space capsule carrying the NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson and the Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub lands south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)
September 23

9 European Union nations pledge to turn the Mediterranean into a green energy hub

Officials from nine southern European Union member countries are focused on harnessing offshore wind and solar energy
September 23
Cypriot Minister of Energy George Papanastasiou, left, talks with his Maltese counterpart Miriam Dalli, during a press conference after the MED9 Energy Ministerial Meeting in southern coastal city of Larnaca, Cyprus, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
September 23

A Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians and 1 American from the International Space Station has landed in Kazakhstan

A Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians and 1 American from the International Space Station has landed in Kazakhstan
September 23
September 23

Malaysian police rescue 187 more children as sex abuse probe of Islamic group deepens

Malaysian police say they have rescued 187 more children and raided locations nationwide linked to an Islamic business group that is being investigated for alleged sexual assault of children
September 23
Malaysia Inspectors-General of Police Razarudin Husain speaks during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo)
September 23

Scholz's party dismisses questions about German leader's election candidacy

The leadership of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party has sought to squash questions about his candidacy in next year’s national election after narrowly beating the far right in a regional vote
September 23
Dietmar Woidke, right, Governor of the German state of Brandenburg and top candidate of the German Social Democratic party, and Lars Klingbeil, right, co-chairman of the German Social Democratic party (SPD), attend a joint press conference after the party's committee meetings in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 following the state election in the German state of Brandenburg. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)
September 23

Israeli military says it will expand airstrikes to more parts of Lebanon

Israeli military says it will expand airstrikes to more parts of Lebanon
September 23
September 23

Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's new Marxist president?

Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political old guard that has been widely blamed for the unprecedented economic crisis that hit the South Asian island nation two years ago
September 23
FILE -Leader and the presidential candidate of National People's Power Anura Kumara Dissanayake waves to supporters during a public rally in Dehiowita, Sri Lanka, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)
September 23

Lebanese authorities say 100 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes, in what would be the deadliest day since October

Lebanese authorities say 100 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes, in what would be the deadliest day since October
September 23
September 23

Lithuania signs a deal with a US defense company on ammo production

Lithuania has signed a deal with U.S. ammunition producer Northrop Grumman as it seeks to increase defense capabilities in the shadow of Russia’s war in Ukraine
September 23
September 23

The cost of Germany's popular transport ticket will rise significantly

The cost of a popular ticket that allows people to use all local and regional trains, buses and subway systems across Germany is set to increase by about 18% next year
September 23
Travellers wait on a platform as a train leaves the main train station in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
September 23

The family of a doctor accused of blasphemy in Pakistan says police killed him in a fake encounter

The family of a doctor accused of blasphemy says he was killed by police while in custody in southern Pakistan after he voluntarily surrendered following assurances that he would be given a chance to prove his innocence, denying a police account that h...
September 23
Family of Shah Nawaz, a doctor who was accused of blasphemy, from left, mother Rehmat Kunbhar, wife Niamat Bibi, and daughter Hareem Nawaz, speak to media at their residence in Umerkot, a district in the Pakistan's Sindh province, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. The family said Monday that Shah Nawaz was killed by police while in custody in southern Pakistan after he voluntarily surrendered following assurances that he would be given a chance to prove his innocence, denying a police account that he was accidentally killed in a shootout. (AP Photo/Allah Bux)
September 23

American hiker found dead on South Africa's Table Mountain

An American woman who went missing while on a hike on Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa has died and her body has been recovered, authorities said on Monday
September 23
September 23

Lebanon's health ministry says 50 killed, 300 wounded in Israeli strikes in Lebanon

Lebanon's health ministry says 50 killed, 300 wounded in Israeli strikes in Lebanon
September 23
September 23

France's new government meets first time to discuss budget and migrant issues

France’s new government dominated by conservatives and centrists has gathered for the first time as Prime Minister Michel Barnier set budget and migrant issues as top priorities
September 23
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Prime Minister Michel Barnier, right, meet with members of the new government during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)
September 23

Israeli military says it has struck 300 targets in Lebanon in stepped-up pressure on Hezbollah

Israeli military says it has struck 300 targets in Lebanon in stepped-up pressure on Hezbollah
September 23
September 23

Vatican confirms plans still in place for Pope Francis to visit Belgium and Luxembourg despite canceling events Monday

Vatican confirms plans still in place for Pope Francis to visit Belgium and Luxembourg despite canceling events Monday
September 23
September 23

A Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians and 1 American from the International Space Station returns to Earth

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station has landed in Kazakhstan, ending a record-breaking stay for the Russian pair
September 23
In this photo taken from video released by Roscosmos space corporation, the NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson is gifted with flowers shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-25 space capsule carrying the NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson and the Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)
September 23

Ukraine accuses Russia of seeking to illegally control strategic sea

Ukraine has accused Russia of seeking to illegally seize control of the strategically important Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait
September 23
The Ukrainian delegation at the start of PCA Case between Ukraine and the Russian Federation in the Netherlands, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)
September 23

3 dead off a Greek island after a boat with migrants runs into trouble

Greece’s coast guard says four people have died and five others have been rescued after a boat carrying migrants sank off the island of Samos
September 23
Members of Doctors Without Borders help a pregnant woman who survived after a boat carrying migrants ran into trouble off the coast of the eastern Aegean Sea island of Samos, Greece, on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Svarnias)
September 23

Cholera is spreading in Sudan as fighting between rival generals shows no sign of abating

Sudanese health authorities say cholera has killed at least 388 people and sickened about 13,000 others over the past two months
September 23
FILE -People line up in front of a bakery during a cease-fire in Khartoum, Sudan, May 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali, File)
September 23

Death toll after explosion at Iran coal mine rises to at least 38

Rescuers have recovered the bodies of more workers killed in an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran
September 23
In this photo released by Iranian Red Crescent Society, miners and police officers gather around the site of a coal mine where methane leak sparked an explosion on Saturday, in Tabas, some 335 miles (540 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Iranian Red Crescent Society, via AP)
September 23

Britain's Treasury chief tries to turn on the economic optimism after gloomy talk

British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves has promised not to return to an era of public spending cuts despite the dire state of the U.K.’s national finances
September 23
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024.(AP Photo/Jon Super)
September 23

Pope cancels his audiences due to slight illness days before a new trip

The Vatican has confirmed that plans remain in place for Pope Francis to go to Belgium and Luxembourg
September 23
Pope Francis leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
September 23

South Korea threatens military response to North Korean 'trash balloons'

Pyongyang launched 5,500 balloons across the border since May, Seoul said.
September 23
Balloons believed to have been sent by North Korea fly over North Korean territory in this picture taken from an observation post near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, Sept. 5, 2024.
September 23

Vatican says Pope Francis cancels his audiences because of a “slight flu-like state” days before a new trip

Vatican says Pope Francis cancels his audiences because of a “slight flu-like state” days before a new trip
September 23
The Korean war started in 1950 and although the fighting stopped with the 1953 armistice, recent tensions on the Korean Peninsula are once again drawing attention to this part of the world. <br><br> A North Korean soldier looks through the window of the building that sits on the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Panmunjom, South Korea, that separates the two Koreas, July 21, 2010.
The Korean war started in 1950 and although the fighting stopped with the 1953 armistice, recent tensions on the Korean Peninsula are once again drawing attention to this part of the world. <br><br> A North Korean soldier looks through the window of the building that sits on the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Panmunjom, South Korea, that separates the two Koreas, July 21, 2010.
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