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By Makini Brice for Reuters Photo: AFP Bob Vallier, a Paris resident who has mostly lived outside the United States for the past 30 years, has already voted in his home state of Michigan for the 5 November election. "I know that whatever happens in America affects the rest of the world. I know this because I've lived in the rest of the world," said Vallier, the LGBTQ+ caucus chair for Democrats Abroad. Vallier's vote, and the ballots of other Americans overseas, may be crucial in the tight races of battleground states like his. Michigan is one of the election's most competitive states, with latest polls showing Democratic candidate Kamala Harris holding a slight edge over Republican rival Donald Trump. The Democratic National Committee estimates that 1.6 million US voters abroad are e...

Rescuers search for survivors under the rubble a day after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb of Jnah. Photo: IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP The number of people wounded following a deadly Israeli strike near a hospital on the outskirts of Beirut has risen to 57, Lebanon's health ministry says. At least 13 people, including a child, were killed in the attack outside the Rafik Hariri University Hospital on Monday, the ministry previously said. The facility is considered to be the largest public hospital in Lebanon. Another 57 people were wounded in the strike, according to a preliminary toll from the ministry. The strike caused "a lot of damage" at the hospital, the ministry said. The strike was not in an area covered by evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military, a CNN analysis ...