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A proposed U.S.-backed investment in a South African rare-earth project is emerging as an unlikely bright spot in relations strained by disputes over Israel, refugee policy and South Africa's growing ties to China.

Russia is warning diplomats and foreign residents to leave Ukraine's capital, saying it plans to launch strikes on the country's military facilities and defense industries in Kyiv.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened "one way or another," as the U.S. and Iran work through the final stage of peace negotiations despite rising tensions in the region.

A crash between a bus and a train traveling at high speed in northern Belgium killed four people, including two children, and injured five other children, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Firefighters battled a grass fire in Edinburgh and temperature records toppled as a spring heatwave scorched parts of Western Europe, triggering government warnings about risks to life.

Russia fired more than 100 drones and two ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian air force said Tuesday, as the country's foreign ministry noted that Moscow's recent threat to hit Kyiv especially hard from the air brought nothing new.

Rescuers tried to reach seven villagers trapped inside a flooded cave in Laos for the seventh day on Tuesday, with difficult terrain and weather impeding their efforts. There has been no contact with them since they became trapped.

Two planes carrying 19 Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State group in Syria landed in Melbourne and Sydney on Tuesday, despite Australia's government warning that the returnees could face charges.

U.S. forces struck missile-launch sites and other targets in southern Iran on Monday, military officials said, even as the Trump administration signaled that a peace deal between the two sides could be near.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday compared Alberta's vote on whether to move toward independence to Brexit, calling it a potential "dangerous bluff."