Netanyahu authorizes direct talks with Lebanon in potential boost to ceasefire efforts

China’s K-pop worries: The reasons why a ban on Korean entertainment has lasted a decade

Kuwait says Iran and its proxies attacked it on Thursday; Saudi Arabia says its East-West pipeline recently damaged

Brazil’s Supreme Court postpones decision on how Rio picks a governor, extending political chaos

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel tells NBC News that he will not step down

Tracking where Israel bombed central Beirut on the war’s deadliest day