Improvised explosives
FILE - In this Friday Dec. 11, 2020, file photo, exterior view of the United Nations-backed Lebanon Tribunal where the court handed down it's sentencing on Salim Jamil Ayyash, a member of the Hezbollah militant group who was convicted of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 21 others 16 years ago, in Leidschendam, Netherlands. Ayyash is not in custody and is unlikely to serve any sentence. A U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said Wednesday, June 2, 2021 it is facing a severe funding crisis and will not be able to operate beyond July without immediate assistance. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
UN tribunal for Lebanon may fold due to funding crisis

By Bassem Mroue Jun. 02, 2021 07:51 AM EDT

Spanish U.N peacekeepers pass under a Palestinian flag as they patrol on the Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon, Saturday, May 15, 2021. On Israel's northern border with Lebanon, Israeli troops opened fire on Friday when a group of Lebanese and Palestinian protesters on the other side cut through the border fence and briefly crossed. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
UN condemns peacekeeper attacks, urges prosecution, safety

By Edith M. Lederer May. 24, 2021 09:19 PM EDT

An Afghan security official looks for mines or improvised explosive device with metal detector on a roadside during a trip organized by the police for The Associated Press, in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2021. Sticky bombs slapped onto cars trapped in Kabul’s chaotic traffic are the newest weapons terrorizing Afghans in the increasingly lawless nation. The surge of bombings comes as Washington searches for a responsible exit from decades of war. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
UN chief warns that use of IEDs is increasing globally

By Edith M. Lederer Apr. 08, 2021 04:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2011 file photo, People line up outside a bar during New Year celebrations in Beirut, Lebanon.It was a century ago on Sept. 1, 1920, that a French general, Henri Gouraud, stood on the porch of the French residence in Beirut surrounded by local politicians and religious leaders and declared the State of Greater Lebanon - the precursor to the modern state of Lebanon. (AP Photo/Grace Kassab, File)
Turning 100: Lebanon, a nation branded by upheaval, crises

By Bassem Mroue Aug. 31, 2020 02:45 AM EDT

FILE—This file photo from Aug. 6, 2005, shows U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Brian Hamilton of Columbus, Ohio, from Lima Company of the 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment as he exits after searching a school, in Parwana, near Haditha, Iraq. Days before, a nearby roadside bomb killed 14 Marines, many from this platoon, and a civilian interpreter on August 3, 2005. Some survivors and families of those killed had planned a 15-year reunion this weekend, but it had to be canceled amid restrictions for the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg, File)
Survivors of slain Ohio-based Marines mark grim anniversary

By Dan Sewell Aug. 02, 2020 07:43 AM EDT

Protesters rally near the edge of Times Square in New York, Sunday, June 7, 2020. New York City lifted the curfew spurred by protests against police brutality ahead of schedule Sunday after a peaceful night, free of the clashes or ransacking of stores that rocked the city days earlier. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
The Latest: Seattle police use of pepper spray criticized

By The Associated Press Jun. 07, 2020 04:18 AM EDT

With a speaker held aloft to reach the back of the crowd, Edwin Lindo, center, addresses protesters gathered outside Harborview Medical Center and kneeling to honor George Floyd in Seattle, Saturday, June 6, 2020. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP)
Police disperse crowd of George Floyd protesters in Seattle

Jun. 06, 2020 03:45 PM EDT