WARNING: This story contains graphic discussion of sexual violence. A tear rolled down the 21-year-old’s cheek as she recalled her wedding night in India three years ago and the start of the history of sexual abuse she says she endured. She said it was the first time her drunken husband …

An Israeli airstrike on the municipal building in Nabatieh, a major town in southern Lebanon, which serves as a provincial capital, killed at least six people including the mayor, two security sources said. Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned the attack on the provincial capital, saying it “intentionally targeted …

The Israel-Hamas war has devastated Gaza in ways that may be irreversible — and a picture of the environmental harm is only just beginning to emerge, as violence spreads across the region. Israel has dropped thousands of bombs, wiping out most of Gaza’s tree cover and agricultural land in addition to …

The United States fined German airline Lufthansa $4 million US for its treatment of a group of Jewish passengers who were denied boarding a 2022 flight in Frankfurt after they had flown to Germany from New York. The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday that the fine is the largest the …

Renewable energy production is expanding at an unprecedented pace, led by the rapid rise of solar power, says a new report from the International Energy Agency. At the same time, the world’s insatiable demand for more energy contributed to an increase in the production of fossil fuels, pushing energy-related carbon emissions …

Serena Williams says she had a benign branchial cyst “the size of a small grapefruit” removed from her neck and “all is OK.” The retired tennis star, who turned 43 last month, posted Wednesday on social media that she found a lump on her neck in May, had an MRI …

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy unveiled his much anticipated “victory plan” at Ukraine’s parliament on Wednesday, urging his war-weary country to stay united at a precarious time ahead of its key U.S. ally’s Nov. 5 presidential election. As Russian troops advance in the east and a bleak winter of power shortages looms, …

Robert Fulford, a prominent figure in Canadian journalism for seven decades, has died at age 92. Fulford died Tuesday afternoon “peacefully and surrounded by family,” according to Sarah Fulford, editor for Maclean’s. In a career that began in the 1950s, Fulford would go on to work or contribute to: the …

Palestinian health officials called on Wednesday for a humanitarian corridor to three hospitals in northern Gaza that have come close to collapse as Israeli troops have cut off the area during almost two weeks of heavy fighting against Hamas. Doctors at the Kamal Adwan, Al-Awda and the Indonesian hospitals have …