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BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) — A government official says Israel's Cabinet has decided to extend a humanitarian cease-fire for 24 hours, but that troops will respond to any fire from Gaza. The official wrote in a text message that the truce would be extended until midnight Sunday. He requested anonymity because he was not authorized to brief journalists.
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The Tunisian Defense Ministry says a group of terrorists killed two soldiers in an ambush and wounded six others near the country's border with Algeria. The incident Saturday came after 15 soldiers were killed July 17 in simultaneous attacks near the Algerian border at Mount Chaambi, where security forces have long been trying to root out Islamist extremists. Ministry spokesman Rachid Bouhoula said Saturday's attack occurred in the Kef region to the north of Mount Chaambi.
WASHINGTON (AP) — With one week left before Congress' August recess, President Barack Obama is prodding Republicans to help ease the influx of minors and migrant families from Central America. But chances are dimming that border legislation will reach his desk before the break, so Obama also is focusing on other ways to stem the flow. GOP leaders are working against time to find a consensus within their party to deal with more than 57,000 children and other migrants who have arrived since October, mostly from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has shut down its embassy in Libya and evacuated its diplomats to neighboring Tunisia as fighting intensified between rival militias. The State Department says the already-reduced staff left the embassy in Tripoli and traveled by road to neighboring Tunisia, with U.S. fighter jets and other aircraft providing protection. Secretary of State John Kerry says it's only temporary -- embassy operations will resume when security improves.
SETAUKET, N.Y. (AP) — Police in New York say an inebriated man ran over and killed a friend who had climbed out of his car to walk home because she was worried he was drunk. Suffolk County police say 23-year-old Lawrence Pagano tried to pull over to talk to 21-year-old Krystal Berkowitz but instead hit her with his vehicle. He called 911 and was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated.
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