Attacks hit the southern suburbs of Beirut, southern Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa Valley, hours after a US-Iran ceasefire was announced. Source link

LONDON — A British pastor was charged with manslaughter Wednesday in the drowning of a 61-year-old man at a backyard baptism ceremony. Cheryl Bartley, 48, faces one count of gross negligence manslaughter for the death of Robert Smith on Oct. 8, 2023 in Birmingham, prosecutors said. The Life Changing Ministries ceremony was being held in...

The first vessels have passed through the Strait of Hormuz since Iran and the U.S. reached a two-week ceasefire deal, ship-tracking service MarineTraffic said Wednesday. But more than 12 hours into the ceasefire, overall traffic through the vital waterway has not picked up beyond the slow trickle it has experienced throughout the war, experts and...

Tori Spelling is feeling “grateful” after the “Beverly Hills, 90210” star and four of her children were involved in a serious car crash in California earlier this month. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “We are so grateful and so lucky, because it could have been...

Crude prices tumbled by more than 15% on the conditional pause but remain far higher than before the war. Source link

BEIJING — China’s government said Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed not to escalate their conflict and to “explore a comprehensive solution” after several weeks of cross-border fighting between the two countries that has left hundreds of people killed. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Wednesday that after seven days of peace talks in the western...