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New Delhi —Afghanistan’s top diplomat in India resigned days after she was reportedly caught by airport authorities smuggling nearly $2 million worth of gold into the country. Zakia Wardak, the Afghan Consul-General in India’s financial capital Mumbai, posted a statement on social media announcing her resignation. Afghanistan’s embassy in New Delhi shut down in November, more than two years after …

Porto Alegre — From top to bottom, rescuers have been scouring buildings in Porto Alegre for inhabitants stuck in apartments or on rooftops as unprecedented flooding turned the streets of the Brazilian metropolis into rivers. In the state capital’s Sarandi neighborhood, firefighters first evacuated people who had found refuge on the roofs of apartment buildings, then went in for those …

Hamas militants attacked Israel’s main crossing point for delivering humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip on Sunday, dealing a blow to the ongoing crease-fire efforts that appear at an impasse with both sides blaming each other. The attack on Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing killed three Israeli soldiers and wounded several others, three of whom were critically wounded, a spokesperson for …

Australian police shot and killed a 16-year-old boy armed with a knife after he stabbed a man in an attack that had the “hallmarks” of terror, officials said Sunday. The incident occurred in the parking lot of a hardware store in Willetton, a suburb in the west coast city of Perth, on Saturday night. Police said they received an emergency …

Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state killed at least 60 people and another 101 were reported missing, according to Sunday’s toll from local authorities. At least 155 people were injured, while damage from the rains forced more than 80,000 people from their homes. Approximately 15,000 took refuge in schools, gymnasiums and other temporary shelters. The floods …

London —Protests in solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip have swept across college campuses in the United States in recent weeks, but they’ve also spread rapidly around the world. Demonstrations have cropped up on campuses at major universities across the Arab and Western world as the war grinds on. Below is a look …

Texans wide receiver Tank Dell was wounded in a shooting overnight in Florida, the team said on social media. “We have been made aware that Tank Dell was a victim of a shooting,” The Texans saidin a statementposted to social media. “He sustained a minor wound but has been released from the hospital and he is in good spirits.” The …

Prince Harry is expected to return to the United Kingdom for the first time since he made a quick trip to visit his father King Charles III after his cancer diagnosis became public earlier this year, the prince and Invictus Games Foundation announced Sunday. The Duke of Sussex will attend the thanksgiving service for the 10th anniversary of the Invictus …

World Central Kitchen will restart its operations in Gaza four weeks after seven aid workers were killed by Israeli air strikes, the organization announced on Sunday. The nonprofit, founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, suspended its operations delivering vital food aid in Gaza after the killings. Before the April 1 strike, which killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers, the …

A new proposal from Israel for a cease-fire in Gaza is reportedly being reviewed by senior Hamas officials on Saturday. Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayva said the Palestinian militant group was evaluating Israel’s proposal, and “upon completion of its study, it will submit its response.” According to the Associated Press, he gave no further details of Israel’s offer but said …