NAIROBI—Rain-swollen water levels at two Kenyan hydroelectric dams are at “historic highs” and people downstream should move away, the Cabinet said Tuesday, and ordered residents of flood-prone areas across the country to evacuate or they'll be moved by… dlvr.it/T6DFms

Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war that have… dlvr.it/T6DDBW

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to carry out a military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah regardless of whether there is an agreement with Hamas for a cease-fire and release of hostages held in Gaza. dlvr.it/T6D8BP

LONDON—Britain sanctioned the speaker of the Ugandan parliament, Anita Among, and two lawmakers from the east African country under its anti-corruption laws, official documents published on Tuesday showed. dlvr.it/T6D1x9

PARIS—France held slightly more undocumented migrants in detention centers last year than in 2022, non-governmental organizations said on Tuesday, warning of increasing violence inside. dlvr.it/T6CzvG

NAIROBI—Kenya expects a green light for a $1 billion disbursement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next month, President William Ruto said, which would boost an economy showing improvement after averting a debt crisis earlier this year. dlvr.it/T6Czsh

DAKAR—The national phase of a months-long 'inter-Malian dialogue' is set to begin in six days' time, with the country's military junta banking on the conclusions to bolster its increasingly contested legitimacy. dlvr.it/T6Cmps

NAIROBI—Kenyan President William Ruto convened a special cabinet meeting on Tuesday to discuss measures to tackle deadly floods that have killed nearly 170 people and displaced 185,000 others since March, his office said. dlvr.it/T6Cl7Y

LONDON—The UK expects to deport nearly 6,000 migrants to Rwanda this year, a senior minister said Tuesday, after the government published new details on the controversial scheme. dlvr.it/T6CjkZ

EL AMRA, TUNISIA - Around 20,000 migrants are in isolated areas near the towns of El Amra and Jebeniana, Tunisia, some 30 and 40 kilometers (19 and 25 miles) north of the port city of Sfax, humanitarian sources say. dlvr.it/T6Cbzg

WASHINGTON—The United States has concluded that five Israeli security force units committed serious human rights violations against Palestinians in the West Bank before the Hamas attack in October, the State Department said Monday. dlvr.it/T6Bbbt

WASHINGTON—A banker who played a role in the $130,000 hush money payment to a porn star who claimed to have had a one-night tryst with Donald Trump returns to the witness stand when the former president’s New York criminal trial resumes Tuesday. dlvr.it/T6BZHJ

LONDON—Britain's prisons chief on Monday hit out at the 'unacceptable' detention conditions faced by migrants, especially children, at an airport near London. dlvr.it/T6BX13

BAMAKO—Malian forces killed Abu Huzeifa, a commander for a West African affiliate of Islamic State, during a large-scale operation in the northern region of Menaka, the Malian authorities said in a statement read on state television on Monday. dlvr.it/T6BVvS

UNITED NATIONS—The U.S. is appealing to all countries —including the United Arab Emirates —to stop support for Sudan's warring parties, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Monday, warning that a 'crisis of epic proportions is brewing.' dlvr.it/T6BSVr

The United States is close to finishing a security agreement with Saudi Arabia that would be offered if the country makes peace with Israel, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday in Riyadh. dlvr.it/T69t7k

NAIROBI—Five people died when a bomb hidden on a donkey cart blew up in a Kenyan town on the border with Somalia on Monday, the interior minister said. dlvr.it/T69drR

Residents of a village in Kenya are trying to come to terms with their loss after a truck carrying a group of people overturned in a swollen river Friday.

The exact number of casualties remains unclear.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday there have been improvements in getting humanitarian aid into Gaza, but that Israel must do more. dlvr.it/T69R6D

LAGOS—Gasoline shortages have worsened in Nigeria's major cities, with long winding queues at fuel outlets on Monday, crippling transport and businesses and highlighting state oil firm NNPC Ltd's struggle to meet supply obligations. dlvr.it/T69NL4