Overnight Russian drone attack on Sumy leaves number of people injured

Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels say they will block Saudi shipping in Red Sea

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

Lebanon’s president meets with Trump at White House

ISLAMABAD (AP) – A 10th straight day of attacks between the United States and Iran across the Middle East on Tuesday overshadowed diplomatic efforts in Pakistan to salvage an interim ceasefire deal that collapsed earlier this month as the two countries battled for control of a waterway vital to world energy supplies.

LONDON (AP) – Former British politician Ann Widdecombe was struck 21 times on the head with a hammer as she was eating lunch at home, a prosecutor told a court hearing on Tuesday for the man charged in her murder.

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump pledged to help Lebanon “a lot” during a White House meeting on Tuesday with the country’s leader, Joseph Aoun, who came to push for long-term calm after months of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group.

NEW DELHI (AP) – Supporters of India’s youth-led Cockroach movement demanding educational reforms and government accountability refused to leave their New Delhi protest site Tuesday, a day after their thousands-strong march toward Parliament drew police tear gas, beatings and a new wave of sympathy from across the country.