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Tropical Storm Sara brings heavy rain as it moves along Honduran coast

By Moisés Castillo, Associated Press

Sustained rain fell in the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula, though there were no signs of serious flooding.

Lebanon's prime minister asks Iran to help secure a cease-fire in Israel-Hezbollah war

By Bassem Mroue, David Rising, Associated Press

Mikati made the comments in talks with Ali Larijani, a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.

Former climate officials call for 'fundamental overhaul' of UN climate conference

By Seth Borenstein, Sibi Arasu, Associated Press

The conference’s chief negotiator said current talks — aimed at striking a multi-hundred billion dollar deal on financing a transition to clean energy and adapting to climate change — were going too slowly.

Sri Lanka's new president with Marxist-leanings wins two-thirds majority in parliament

By Krishan Francis, Bharatha Mallawarachi, Associated Press

The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a two-thirds majority in parliament.

Typhoon Usagi pounds the Philippines, fifth major storm in a month, with a sixth due Sunday

By Jim Gomez, Associated Press

Forecasters also say a new storm in the Pacific could strengthen into a powerful typhoon before hitting the Philippine archipelago on Sunday.

News Wrap: Syrian state media says Israeli airstrikes killed at least 15 people there

In our news wrap Thursday, Syrian state media says Israel carried out two airstrikes killing at least 15 people near Damascus, suicides within the U.S. military increased last year continuing a long-term trend, New Jersey declared a drought warning as…

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Masses of Haitians flee homes in the capital as gang violence explodes amid political turmoil

By Pierre-Richard Luxama, Evens Sanon, Associated Press

Residents fled a running battle Thursday between gang members and police in one of the few neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital that hadn’t already been fully taken over by gangs, as violence flared amid political turmoil.

South African government says it won't help thousands of illegal miners facing hunger inside closed mine

By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press

The miners in the mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, and water after police closed off the entrances used to transport their supplies underground.

Tropical Storm Sara forms in Caribbean, threatens Central America with flash floods and mudslides

By Associated Press

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Sara has formed in the Caribbean Sea and was expected to cause life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides across portions of Central America, including Honduras.

China's president will inaugurate a megaport in Peru, but locals say they're left out

By Isabel DeBre, Franklin Briceno, Associated Press

A remote fishing town on the edge of Peru’s coastal desert is the site for a $1.3 billion megaport majority-owned by the Chinese shipping giant Cosco.