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Diplomats at the United Nations seek to narrow the differences and craft a resolution to end fighting in southern Lebanon. The United States and France are working with all parties to come up with acceptable wording, including a call for a progressive Israeli withdrawal. A Friday vote is possible, but there is still a great deal of uncertainty.

Iran is threatening to use trade and oil supplies as weapons against countries that voted against Tehran at a recent meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The IAEA approved a resolution referring Iran's suspect nuclear program to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions.

The rhetoric has been escalating in Washington as the U.N. Security Council considers how to push Iran to abandon a suspected nuclear weapons program. The United States wants to isolate Iran and its leaders, but other nations are far more cautious, given the Bush administration's record in Iraq.

A year ago, the U.N. Security Council authorized targeted sanctions against Sudanese officials, and others responsible for atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region. But some U.N. diplomats accuse the U.S. of holding up talks on a list of people to be targeted by the sanctions.

Amini, 22, died Friday, several days after she was arrested in Tehran by the country's "morality police" for violating hijab laws. Her death has sparked outrage and protests across the country.

In the 80% of Ukraine that remains in Kyiv's hands, two years of full-scale war with Russia have brought grief, destruction and, despite all, optimism.

Bryson William Verdun Hayes made the leap on Sunday at 101 years and 38 days, 29 days older than the previous record-holder, according to British company Skydive Buzz.

The judge ruled Friday that, because the Supreme Court has found mandatory life for juveniles unconstitutional, two sentences being served in Virginia by Lee Boyd Malvo must be reconsidered.

Washington's lack of congressional representation has prompted some residents — even those who've called the district home for years — to maintain voting registration elsewhere.

Perspectives on crime in Washington, D.C., differ depending on where you are. Overall, though, residents seem to think President Trump's approach isn't the right one.