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The boat was carrying about 300 people on the Niger River. Rescuers continued to search for survivors.

The country’s defense ministry said the military officers who opened fire might have mistaken the migrants for cartel members.

The grisly allegations have set off debate over some of the country’s most explosive issues, including race, gender-based violence and farm ownership.

The sentence for S. Iswaran, a former transportation minister who pleaded guilty last week, was longer than what prosecutors had sought.

Airstrikes targeting members of Hezbollah have brought the Dahiya neighborhoods south of Beirut to a standstill, its residents fleeing and businesses shuttering.

On Rosh Hashana, many Israelis longed for a return to normalcy after a year of escalating wars for the country.

A year after perhaps the worst military and intelligence debacle in the country’s history, its armed forces have regained the momentum. Some ask: to what end?

The Palestinian Authority’s official news agency said the Israeli military operation had included an incursion by ground troops and airstrikes.

Business owners and foreign governments are preparing for high tariffs and trade disruptions, depending on the outcome of the election.

The European Union is expected to support wielding tariffs on electric vehicles made in China, seeking to prevent unfair competition.

The main questions now are how much the conflict will escalate and whether the United States will get more directly involved in the defense of Israel.

A shadowy network of ships has registered in Gabon, highlighting how Vladimir V. Putin is building an economy beyond the reach of Western sanctions.

Brazil is proposing a fund that would pay countries to protect tropical forests that are crucial to curbing climate change. It would generate returns, too.

The Israeli military said it was conducting what it called “a precise strike” in Beirut. State media said a health authority building in the Bachoura neighborhood had been hit.

Plus, new evidence in the Trump election case.

She was said to have been involved in the first killing of an educator during the Cultural Revolution, drawing official praise. She later apologized for her actions.

The cross-border fighting appeared to be the first direct ground confrontation between the two sides since Israel invaded Lebanon this week.

Zahraa Badreddine fled Nabatieh in southern Lebanon as Israeli airstrikes intensified, hoping to find safety in a predominantly Christian area closer to the coast. But last Sunday, an airstrike near Sidon killed her two children.

Many middle-income countries are left out of the deal, widening a gulf in access to critical medicines.

His comments reflected a renewed effort by his administration to seek restraint from Israel to try to avoid a growing war in the Middle East.