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S. Iswaran, who pleaded guilty to improperly receiving gifts and obstructing justice, is the first former Cabinet member to be jailed in a city-state famous for its clean governance.

The Israeli military expanded its evacuation orders in southern Lebanon north of a U.N. buffer zone as it steps up its aerial and ground offensive.

“Every night, we say this is the toughest night,” one resident told NBC News on Thursday after blasts from Israeli strikes rang out into the early hours, including an attack in central Beirut.

In September, lawmakers from Georgia's ruling party approved a bill that bans gender transitions and could prohibit pride marches and LGBT rainbow flags.

Alcohol poisoning also led to hundreds of hospitalizations, state media reported.

The scandal, which has caused a political uproar in South Korea, contributed to a bruising election defeat for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s governing party in April.

Krathon, which is unusual in that it directly hit the island’s west coast, made landfall as a much weaker category 1 typhoon, but officials still warned people to stay home.

Israel's military said it was sending new ground forces into southern Lebanon as Iran warned the U.S. and its ally against retaliation for its ballistic missile attack.

The spy agency, which has already reached out to Russian speakers, says it wants people living in “authoritarian regimes know that we’re open for business.”

The resettlement program has connected 3,500 sponsors with 1,800 refugees, and many more want to help, with 100,000 people applying to become sponsors.

“The situation is devastating," Milad Louis, head of the municipality of Ain Ebel, said after fleeing to the border town of Rmeish.