BEIRUT (AP) – An Israeli strike on a health center in southern Lebanon instantly killed 12 medical workers, seriously wounded one and left four missing under the rubble for hours. The March 13 strike in the village of Burj Qalaouiyah, one of the single deadliest strikes in Lebanon since the latest Israel-Hezbollah war began on March 2.

NEW YORK (AP) – In a strongly worded decision this week, a federal judge ordered that the Voice of America – its mission to provide news for countries around the world largely shut down for the past year by the Trump administration – come roaring back to life.

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia and Ukraine traded attacks that killed at least four people Saturday, officials said, ahead of U.S.-Ukraine talks on ways to end Russia’s invasion of its neighbor. A man and a woman were killed and six people wounded, including two children, when a Russian drone hit a house in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia.

LONDON (AP) – An Iranian man and a Romanian woman have been charged after trying to enter the naval base in Scotland that is home to Britain’s nuclear-armed submarines, police said Saturday. Police Scotland said the 34-year-old man and 31-year-old woman will appear at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on Monday.

In one Russian city, officials blocked a rally due to a “tree inspection.” Elsewhere, they blamed snow removal problems or still-existing COVID-19 restrictions. And in one location, administrators argued that the reason for the protest didn’t exist.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – President Donald Trump said Saturday he will order federal immigration officers to take a role in airport security starting Monday unless Democrats agree on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

ATLANTA (AP) – Regardless of politics or destination, American air travelers were unified by one desire Saturday: It’s time to pay Transportation Security Administration employees.