Israel raids a Gaza hospital and its strike on a home kills 13 children

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian health officials say that Israeli strikes have killed 38 people in southern Gaza, including at least 15 members of the same extended family, 13 of them children. In northern Gaza, the enclave’s health authorities reported Friday that Israeli forces raided Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of the few medical facilities still functioning in the area, where the military has renewed its offensive against Hamas and aid groups are sounding the alarm over dire humanitarian conditions. In Lebanon, rare Israeli strikes on the country’s southeast killed three journalists working for news outlets that are considered to be aligned with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and its patron, Iran.

Storm blows away from northern Philippines leaving 82 dead but forecasters warn it may do a U-turn

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Tropical storm Trami has blown away from the northwestern Philippines, leaving at least 82 people dead mostly in extensive flooding and landslides. Authorities scrambled for more rescue boats to save thousands of terrified people who were trapped, some on their roofs. But the trauma caused by the onslaught may not be over after state forecasters on Friday raised the rare possibility that the storm — the 11th and one of the deadliest to hit the Philippines this year — may be pushed back by high-pressure winds in the South China Sea and make a U-turn next week.

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says North Korean troops are poised to join the war

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims North Korean troops are poised to be deployed by Russia on the battlefield in Ukraine as early as this weekend. Western officials have warned that North Korean units joining the fight would stoke the almost three-year war and bring geopolitical consequences as far away as the Indo-Pacific region. The possibility has alarmed leaders and deepened diplomatic tensions. A senior official in the Ukrainian presidential office told The Associated Press on Friday that Zelenskyy had canceled a planned visit to Kyiv by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. A photograph of Guterres shaking hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin caused an outcry in Ukraine.

Man who abused up to 3,500 girls online has been sentenced for crimes including manslaughter

LONDON (AP) — An online predator who blackmailed as many as 3,500 girls around the world has been sentenced to at least 20 years in prison. Alexander McCartney admitted 185 charges, including the manslaughter of a victim who took her own life. Prosecutors say 26-year-old McCartney, from Northern Ireland, pretended to be a teenage girl and carried out catfishing attacks on female victims he contacted on platforms including Snapchat. A 12-year-old in West Virginia killed herself in May 2018 while online with McCartney. At Belfast Crown Court, Judge John O’Hara sentenced McCartney on Friday to life with no chance of parole for 20 years. The judge said the perpetrator had used social media to inflict “terrible and catastrophic damage.”