Miriam Berger

As Israel unleashed its largest operation in decades in the West Bank, Palestinian Authority security forces followed orders and stayed out of the fight.

• Middle East

Disaffected, mainly young Palestinians from refugee camps are rising up against the Israeli occupation and Western-backed Palestinian leadership.

• Africa

The Russian mercenary group at the center of this weekend's mutiny also operates globally, from Ukraine to Africa.

Russian authorities have accused Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the head of the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group, of “incitement to armed rebellion.”

• War in Ukraine

Air defense systems thwarted drone attacks in Kyiv and Lviv, officials said.

• War in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed Russia after the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River, not far from Kherson, was significantly damaged.

• War in Ukraine

The attack in Kyiv came on International Children's Day, and at least one of the victims died after finding the nearest bomb shelter locked.

• Politics

The White House said it would also impose visa restrictions “against actors who are perpetuating the violence” in Sudan, where fighting between rival military forces broke out in April.

• Middle East

Female reporters Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi brought early attention to the death of Mahsa Amini, which set off protests across Iran.