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After 58 years, the Botswana Democratic Party lost its majority in Parliament, becoming the latest long-dominant party in southern Africa to fall from power.

The authorities said dozens of people were still missing, as forecasters warned of new flooding in the southwest of the country.

The Biden administration sent envoys including the C.I.A. director to the Middle East this week, but Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas all appeared far from a deal to end the fighting.

Flash flooding across Spain killed more than 150 people after torrential rain left towns and villages submerged and turned streets into rivers.

The region is no stranger to storms like those that caused this week’s deluges. But global warming helps them pack a bigger punch, scientists said.

The scariest thing this Halloween? In one city, it was the power of a phony online event listing.

The Israeli military said its soldiers had engaged in close combat in the Nur Shams area of the occupied territory.

The new rule at a New Zealand airport limits curbside embraces to three minutes, drawing worldwide commentary, from the indignant to the amused.

Weapons supplies are no longer Ukraine’s main disadvantage, American military officials say.

Rescuers in Paiporta, where more than 60 people died, were still pulling bodies from the mud. “We are alive,” a resident said. “But we have lost everything.”

Winning at Manchester United will be tough enough for the club’s new manager. Unfair comparisons with the past won’t help.

A confrontation between the judiciary and the governing party will test Claudia Sheinbaum’s leadership and offer a window into how she will wield power.

At least 205 people were killed after the downpour, which some residents said was the worst they had ever witnessed.

The hunt for dark matter is shifting from particles to waves named after a laundry detergent.

After more than a year of war, farmers have lost land, equipment and sometimes their lives.

Human rights watchdogs say Azerbaijan is in the midst of a vicious campaign of repression. But in global geopolitics, this energy-rich Caucasus country now has a lot of leverage.

Leading Republican politicians and lax social media controls have contributed to a proliferation of hate rhetoric and anti-immigrant sentiment.

After Sheynnis Palacios won the Miss Universe title, her country’s government arrested the family members of the Miss Nicaragua contest director, and she hasn’t returned home since.

Devastating floods in Spain.

American agencies have assessed that China dislikes the growing partnership between Russia and North Korea. The State Department has raised the troop issue with Chinese diplomats.