AP – A senior Lebanese army officer says Lebanese and Israeli troops have exchanged fire on the border and one Lebanese soldier has been lightly wounded. Read more

AP – The death toll has risen to 17 after a drunk driver at the wheel of his bucket loader tore through a rural community in northern China, residents said Tuesday, the latest in a string of grisly rampage attacks across the country. Read more

AP – Provincial authorities must throw all the manpower they have at fighting the wildfires sweeping through western Russia, a top emergency official said Tuesday in a tacit acknowledgment there were not enough professional firefighters to go around. Read more

AP – Suspected al-Qaida militants killed five Iraqi soldiers in a brazen dawn attack Tuesday at a western Baghdad checkpoint and planted the terror group’s black banner before fleeing the scene, officials said. Read more

AP – Gunmen killed at least 45 people in Pakistan’s largest city after the assassination of a prominent lawmaker set off a cycle of revenge attacks, officials said Tuesday. Dozens of vehicles and shops were set ablaze as security forces struggled to regain control of Karachi. Read more