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For more than seven years, an insurgency backed by the Islamic State has raged across Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, completely upending life in this coastal province rich with natural resources. John Eligon, The New York Times Johannesburg bureau chief

Celebrations erupted in military-controlled areas, stoking hopes the victory might be a turning point in Sudan’s ruinous civil war.

It’s widely used because it can slow flames in ways that water can’t. But it also contains heavy metals and other harmful compounds.

The visit by Prime Minister Najib Mikati was the first official trip by the Lebanese leader to meet with the new government of Syria.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said the soldiers were captured in the western Kursk region, where Ukraine has been fighting to hold on to territory it seized last summer.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s order for Israeli troops to “take over” a buffer zone with Syria upended decades of relative calm along the de facto border between the two countries.

He was the sole resident of Budelli, an undeveloped sliver of paradise off the northern coast of Sardinia. He embraced the solitude, until he was evicted.

Reading alone is a deeply enjoyable activity. But being read to has its own irreplaceable allure.

The prime minister’s celebrity helped bring him to power. Even after his popularity collapsed, it still drew crowds.

The missing data deepens the puzzle of what caused the deadly air disaster in Muan, South Korea, late last month.