Hong Kong 's top security official said Thursday that booksellers should ensure the titles they sell do not harm national security, a day after five people linked to two bookstores were arrested. The police operation on Wednesday was the third round of arrests targeting independent bookstores within four months.

An Italian court on Thursday convicted the former CEO of Italy's main highway operator and 31 others in the 2018 Genoa highway bridge collapse that sent vehicles plunging and killed 43 people, a disaster that exposed serious lapses in the maintenance of Italian infrastructure.

In the second World Cup semifinal, England struck first, taking a 1-0 lead early in the second half and then retreating into a defensive shell.

A fire at an orphanage near the Algerian capital on Thursday has killed 11 children and injured 19 others, authorities said. Algeria’s Civil Protection agency said the fire broke out around 3:30 a.m.

President Trump, who promised to “end wars,” not start them, may have fallen into a familiar presidential trap.

About 500 people aboard boats heading to Bangladesh from Myanmar are feared dead after the vessels disappeared, two United Nations agencies said.

Philippine police say they have arrested the alleged gunman and two other suspects in connection with the killing of a distinguished American marine biologist in his house in the central Philippines

More than half the House Democrats voted Wednesday to strip $3.3 billion in U.S. aid from Israel, the most substantial signal yet that once rock-solid bipartisan support for the country is disintegrating in the aftermath of its war in Gaza that has killed thousands of Palestinians.