Israel says it killed a top Hezbollah official expected to be the group’s next leader The Israeli military said that one of its airstrikes earlier this month killed Hashem Safieddine. There was no immediate confirmation from the militant group about the fate of top official. Read more on NPR

A Nightclub Turned Shelter in Beirut More than a fifth of Lebanon’s population is now displaced, mostly fleeing from the country’s south as Israel carries out airstrikes against the Iran-backed group Hezbollah there. With so many people out of their homes, they’re taking refuge anywhere they can, including in one of Beirut’s most popular nightclubs….

Olivia Nuzzi and ‘New York Magazine’ have split over her relationship with RFK Jr. The magazine said the two parties agreed to part ways, though an investigation found no inaccuracies or bias in Nuzzi’s reporting. Meanwhile, Nuzzi and her ex-fiancé are blaming each other in court. Read more on NPR

Why this country is seeing a ‘staggering’ increase in the number of rapes A pair of new reports from Physicians for Human Rights document a “massive influx” and an “explosion” of rape cases in the eastern DRC. After three decades of war, the question is what’s behind this and what can be done. The situation…