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Enlarge this image A father walks with his son in Derna, Libya, with smoke caused by a sanitation truck visible in the background. Concerns are rising about the spread of infectious diseases after fatal floods in Derna earlier this month. Amr Alfiky/Reuters hide caption toggle caption Amr Alfiky/Reuters A father walks with his son in Derna, Libya, with smoke caused by a sanitation truck visible in the background. Concerns are rising about the spread of infectious diseases after fatal floods in Derna earlier this month. Amr Alfiky/Reuters The Mediterranean coastal city of Derna, in northeastern Libya, was largely destroyed in sudden floods that began in the early hours of Sept. 11. As Storm Daniel pounded the area with torrential rains, dams above the Wadi Derna river valley collapsed, sweeping away entire neighborhoods and the families who lived in them. The floods have left thousands dead, missing and displaced. On Thursday, the U.N. Children's Fund, UNICEF, ...

Britney Spears has told fans that they have nothing to worry about after police conducted a wellness check over her recent knife-wielding videos, claiming the weapons were fake. The “Toxic” hitmaker, 41, sparked concerns earlier this week after posting a series of worrisome videos on social media in which she provocatively dances with knives in each of her hands. “I know I spooked everyone with the last post, but these are fake knives that my team rented from Hand Prop shop in LA,” she wrote on Instagram Thursday night alongside another knife-wielding dancing video. “These are not real knives. No one needs to worry or call the police. I’m trying to imitate one of my favorite performers Shakira … a performance I was inspired by !!!” she added, referencing Shakira’s MTV VMAs performance earlier this month. “Cheers to us bad girls who aren’t afraid to push boundaries and take risks 💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼!” she concluded. Page Six confirmed that cops performed a wellness check on the mom o...

Enlarge this image President Biden's chief of staff Jeff Zients, seen here in the Oval Office on May 16, 2023, is working with federal agencies to brace for a government shutdown this weekend. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Biden's chief of staff Jeff Zients, seen here in the Oval Office on May 16, 2023, is working with federal agencies to brace for a government shutdown this weekend. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The White House is getting ready to communicate with the public and with federal workers in the event that Congress fails to reach a last-second agreement to keep the government funded beyond Saturday night, President Biden's chief of staff Jeff Zients told NPR. But it doesn't seem likely that Biden will be communicating face-to-face with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy about the funding impasse in the immediate future. "There's no need for a meeting right now. The ...

Enlarge this image Lebanese-Armenian protesters hold flares with the colors of the Armenian flag near the Azerbaijani Embassy in Ain Aar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption toggle caption Hussein Malla/AP Lebanese-Armenian protesters hold flares with the colors of the Armenian flag near the Azerbaijani Embassy in Ain Aar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Hussein Malla/AP BEIRUT (AP) — The swift fall of the Armenian-majority enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani troops and exodus of much of its population has stunned the large Armenian diaspora around the world. Traumatized by genocide a century ago, they now fear the erasure of what they consider a central and beloved part of their historic homeland. The separatist ethnic Armenian government in Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday announced that it was dissolving and that the unrecognized republic will cease to exist by year's end – a seeming death k...

Stacy London and Clinton Kelly are giving their friendship another shot. The former “What Not to Wear” co-hosts opened up about their “emotional” reconciliation following their 10-year feud during Thursday’s episode of “Today with Hoda & Jenna.” “I sobbed my eyes out,” London recalled. “I told Clinton everything that made me sad, everything that hurt me, every way I thought I hurt him. All the petty grudges. All the stupid crap.” Kelly revealed he was the one to reach out to London toward the end of the pandemic in hopes of making amends. “After seeing the same clickbait story over and over and over on Instagram about how much we hated each other, I was like, ‘I can’t take this anymore,'” he explained. “Because we don’t really hate each other. We love each other, as a matter of fact.” The “What Not to Wear” alums opened up about their reconciliation during “Today with Hoda & Jenna” on Thursday. ©TLC/Courtesy Everett Collection “We had a really emotional conversa...

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are crushing co-parenting — and they have Jennifer Lopez to thank for it. The singer has helped her husband and his ex-wife get to a “better place,” a source told the Daily Mail Thursday. “Ben is healthy,” the source continued. “The drama of the past and the emotions of divorce are long gone and they are all making it work.” In fact, Lopez herself is “friendly” with Garner and all of their children “love each other.” “It is really a very happy co-parenting situation,” the source furthered. The former couple have a “happy co-parenting situation.” BACKGRID “The drama of the past and the emotions of divorce are long gone and they are all making it work.” Splash News The exes are doing “really good” raising their three kids. BRG / SplashNews.com The Grammy winner is the mother of twins Emme and Maximilian , 15, whom she shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony. Meanwhile, Affleck and Garner share Violet, 17, Seraphina, 14, and Samuel, 11. “Eve...

“Suits” actor Patrick J. Adams has apologized for sharing behind-the-scenes photos of his former co-star Meghan Markle on social media amid the SAG-AFTRA writer’s strike. “The last couple of days I foolishly and thoughtlessly let a trip down Suits memory lane distract me from the very real and ongoing fight everyone in @sagafstra continues to wage in its effort to win out membership realistic 21st Century compensation and protections,” Adams wrote in a statement shared to his Instagram Story on Wednesday. The former USA Network star, 42, went on to say that posting the set photos, which have since been deleted, amid the standoff was “an embarrassing oversight” and that he is “incredibly sorry.” “So grateful to those who gently and swiftly course corrected me here and I look forward to continuing the fight in the days and weeks ahead,” he concluded. Patrick J. Adams apologized for posting photos of Meghan Markle on set of “Suits” amid the SAG-AFTRA Writer’s Strike. NBCU Photo Ba...