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%.

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) - The European Union's top foreign policy official on Friday urged North Macedonia to take "era-defining" decisions to advance its bid for EU membership.

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.

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) - European Council President António Costa on Thursday called on North Macedonia to change its constitution to include the Bulgarian minority as a way for the country to continue its path toward full European Union membership.

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.

KOCANI, North Macedonia (AP) - Funeral services are being held Thursday across North Macedonia for dozens of victims of last weekend's devastating nightclub fire, as grieving communities gather for burials in several cities and towns throughout the country.

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

KOCANI, North Macedonia (AP) - After North Macedonia's deadliest tragedy in recent memory, with dozens dying in a nightclub inferno, the tiny Balkan nation is struggling to grapple with so many young lives lost while trying to hold those responsible to account and prevent another calamity.