NEW YORK (AP) - A sell-off for stocks wrapped around the world and hit Wall Street. By the end of trading, the S&P 500 had sunk 0.9%. The index had been down as much as 2.5% in the morning. The Dow dropped 403 points, having plunged more than 1,200 earlier. The Nasdaq composite pared its loss to 1%.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Torrential rains and flooding have killed more than 100 people in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and authorities warned Friday that more severe weather was expected across several countries in southern Africa.

BEIRUT (AP) – Israel sent troops into southern Lebanon on Tuesday and warned residents of more than 80 villages to evacuate as the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group said it was ready for an “open war” with Israel in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – The U.S. government has signed health deals with at least nine African countries, part of its new approach to global health funding, with agreements that reflect the Trump administration’s interests and priorities and are geared toward providing less aid and more mutual benefits.

NEW YORK (AP) – For President Donald Trump, some of the sharpest criticism he’s faced in the early days of the Iran war has come from once-loyal media figures far more accustomed to singing his praises.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) – Jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique have launched new attacks in recent weeks, beheading civilians, burning villages and leaving children orphaned and forced to seek help alone, the United Nations and other humanitarian organizations say.

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GENEVA (AP) – Swiss authorities on Monday said they have indicted a former official at Credit Suisse – now part of Swiss banking titan UBS – for alleged money laundering in a case involving state companies in Mozambique, and charged the bank with not doing enough to stop it.