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The explosion of devices carried by thousands of Hezbollah operatives sowed panic sowed panic and overwhelmed hospitals across Lebanon. Sheera Frenkel, a New York Times technology reporter who has covered...

The Japanese company, Icom, whose name was on handheld radios that exploded in Lebanon said it had discontinued the device a decade ago.

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The Lebanese army carried out controlled detonations after pager and hand-held radio devices exploded across the country over two days, killing at least 37 people and injuring nearly 3,000, according...

Walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon on Wednesday, killing more than a dozen people and wounding hundreds, officials said. The Times verified footage from an explosion at a...

Hezbollah blamed Israel for an apparently coordinated attack in which hundreds of pagers blew up simultaneously. The Israeli military declined to comment.

Extreme heat and high winds have exacerbated deadly wildfires in the country.

Nearly one million people have been forced to flee their homes after floods devastated towns across western and central Africa, humanitarian agencies said.

China’s coast guard ships have swarmed and collided with Philippine boats. They have doused Philippine vessels with powerful water cannons. Chinese crew members have slashed inflatable crafts, blared sirens and...

The driver braked hard and came to a screeching stop. Fans gasped, awed at the precision. Referees conferred, making sure all was aboveboard.“We’re ready to rumble,” said Markus Chencinsky, 50,...