The schoolyard in southern Lebanon echoed with the squeals of playing ​children despite the beating sun and distant booms of Israeli airstrikes. But for most of the youth there, the public school isn’t where they learn. It’s ‌where they live.

Summer heat is due to arrive early across much of eastern Australia with expected high temperatures and a total fire ban for one major city.

One person ​has been confirmed dead ‌and 11 others remain missing after torrential rains ​triggered a mudslide early ​Saturday morning in a ⁠town in China’s ​Jiangxi Province, local authorities said.

Australian disaster response specialists left for Nepal on Friday to join the search for survivors after the catastrophic Himalayan floods, as the government expressed “serious ​concerns” for the welfare of its 36 missing citizens.

Chinese authorities haves arrested 52 Singaporeans in Guangxi, China, after a law enforcement operation against pyramid scheme ​activities and related offences, Singapore’s second minister for ‌foreign affairs said.

Several air traffic controllers on duty when two Qantas aircraft nearly collided at Sydney airport in July had been flagged as facing a high risk of fatigue, ​according to internal records and a call recording obtained by Reuters, a staffing situation one shift manager described as “a bit insane”.

The devastating flood ​in Nepal last week could result in commercial insurance losses exceeding 20 billion Nepali rupees ($132.3 million), with hydropower ‌projects accounting for most claims, according to a top official at one of the country’s leading insurers.

Rescuers pulled two survivors from a tunnel linked to a ​hydropower station on Nepal’s Trishuli River on Friday, nine days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through its valley, killing more than 1,300 people and ‌leaving over 5,600 missing.

U.S. military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a ​range of phones and computers, according to letters, opens new tab released on Friday by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and statements given ‌to Reuters, a development that follows reports that commercially available location data had been used to target American forces in the Middle East.

A judge declared a mistrial on Friday in the U.S. murder trial of Lindsay Clancy for killing her three young children, a tragedy her attorney said ​occurred while she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.

Australians underestimate just how transformative artificial intelligence will be, says a high-profile futurist who’s bringing her investing prowess to local shores.

Australians must be allowed to opt-in to social media algorithms rather than opt-out, as tech companies will hide the option, a consent advocate says following a summit to address violence against women and girls.