By HUSSEIN MALLA, BASSEM MROUE and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — The Israeli military carried out barrages of airstrikes in southern Lebanon Wednesday on what it said were Hezbollah sites, including weapons storage facilities, after a drone strike earlier in the day ...

By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian president Gustavo Petro has publicly released his bank records in an effort to demonstrate he has no ties to drug trafficking, an unsubstantiated claim made by U.S. President Donald Trump. Colombia's Financial ...

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday urged all nations to observe a truce during the Winter Olympics in Italy, saying a halt to fighting during one of the world's premiere sporting events can be "a tool to promote peace, ...

By ANTON L. DELGADO and SIBI ARASU Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — India is unlikely to submit its climate pledge before the end of the annual United Nations climate summit, raising questions about how the world's most populous nation can influence others on confronting climate ...

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. deputy ambassador to the United Nations urged "bold reform" of what she called the "bloated, unfocused and ineffective" global organization during her confirmation hearing ...

By SAM McNEIL Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union rolled out a new defense package on Wednesday to allow tanks and troops to deploy more rapidly across the many borders of the 27-nation bloc in the event of a conflict, as concern mounts that Russia is already probing its ...