MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas was moving up the Gulf Coast on Monday, threatening to bring heavy rain and floods to coastal areas of Texas, Mexico and storm-battered Louisiana. Much of the state’s coastline was under a tropical storm warning as the system was expected to bring heavy rain that could cause flash floods and urban flooding. “This is a storm that could leave heavy rain, as well as wind and probably flooding, in various different regions along the Gulf Coast. However, it is also likely that all of south Louisiana will see heavy rain this week, including areas recently affected by Hurricane Ida,” Edwards said. “Heavy rain, flash flooding appears to be the biggest threat across our region,” he said.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli aircraft struck a series of targets in the Gaza Strip early Monday in response to rocket launches out of the Hamas-ruled territory. The Israeli military reported three separate rocket launches late Sunday and early Monday, saying at least two of them were intercepted by its rocket defenses. In response, it said it attacked a number of Hamas targets. Hamas is pushing for Israel to end a crippling blockade that has devastated Gaza’s economy, while Israel is demanding that Hamas free two captive Israeli civilians and return the remains of two dead Israeli soldiers. Since then, Israel and Hamas have fought four wars and numerous smaller rounds of fighting.

After giving up farming in Pakistan, he had been working in Dubai as a contractor for Talabat, an online food delivery app popular in the United Arab Emirates. Ifran’s June death represents just one in a growing number of casualties among food delivery riders in Dubai, workers and advocates say, as the pandemic pushed millions of people indoors and accelerated a surge in app-based orders. The boom has transformed Dubai’s streets and stores and drawn thousands of desperate riders, predominantly Pakistanis, into the high-risk, lightly regulated and sometimes-fatal work. “For food delivery riders in the UAE, the issue of exploitation is usually on the part of the sponsor. On Dubai’s streets, more than a dozen delivery riders interviewed said they knew of two or three co-workers killed every month.

North Korea’s cruise missiles usually generate less interest than ballistic missiles because they are not explicitly banned under U.N. Nations Security Council Resolutions. “This would be the first cruise missile in North Korea to be explicitly designated a ‘strategic’ role,” said Ankit Panda, a senior fellow at the U.S.-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Rodong Sinmun, the ruling Workers’ Party’s official newspaper, ran photos of the new cruise missile flying and being fired from a transporter-erector-launcher. It was seen as the North’s first missile launch after it tested a new tactical short-range ballistic missile in March. North Korea also conducted a cruise missile test just hours after U.S. President Joe Biden took office in late January.

Sept 12 (Reuters) - Late goals by Kasper Dolberg and Amine Gouiri earned Nice a 2-0 victory at Nantes to move into fourth place in Ligue 1 on Sunday. In Sunday's late game Olympique Lyonnais enjoyed a comfortable 3-1 win over Strasbourg thanks to goals by Moussa Dembele, Jason Denayer and Lucas Paqueta. Montpellier are ninth after their 2-0 win at home to struggling St Etienne while Reims moved into 10th place thanks to their 2-0 win at Rennes. Troyes moved off the bottom of the table with their first win of the campaign -- a 2-0 victory at Metz. Paris St Germain beat Clermont 4-0 on Saturday to claim their fifth win from five this season.

MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was not happy with how his side defended despite their battling 5-2 victory at home to Celta Vigo on Sunday. "It wasn't a perfect night, we gifted them too much from that start," Ancelotti said. Our reaction was great and let us win the game, but we can't be gifting goals like that." However, Ancelotti refused to be drawn on the Brazilian's celebration, which has sparked criticism from supporters and pundits across Spain. The win left Real top with 10 points from four games along with Valencia and champions Atletico Madrid.

DARAA, Syria (AP) — The badly damaged old section of the southern Syrian city of Daraa, which until recently was held by opposition gunmen, appeared to slowly return to some sense of normalcy Sunday. A Russian-negotiated cease-fire deal went into effect last week to end a government siege and intense fighting in Daraa city with rebel fighters holed up in Daraa al-Balad. At the entrance of the Daraa al-Balad district, Syrian troops took position on the first floor of a heavily damaged building overlooking a main street. One person walking through Daraa al-Balad was Ahmed Kiwan, 45, who came to the area to buy scrap metal from residents. Under the deal, nearly 900 fighters surrendered their weapons and will stay in Daraa al-Balad, according to Syrian opposition activists.

Meteorologists predict hot and humid weather on Monday during the day over Greater Cairo and the Delta, moderately hot on the northern coasts, and very hot on South Sinai and Upper Egypt. The weather will be moderate and humid at night over most parts of the country. Maximum temperatures for the following cities are:Alexandria: 31CCairo: 36CHurghada: 37CSharm el-Sheikh: 38Qena, Luxor and Aswan: 40CActive winds are expected on Upper Egypt, and South Sinai, reducing humidity at night. There are chances for rain on western parts of the country in Salloum and Matrouh at 20 percent. Waves in the Mediterranean Sea will be moderate, ranging between 1.5 and two meters in height with northwestern surface winds, while waves in the Red Sea will be moderate, ranging between 1.75 and 2.25 meters in height with northwestern surface winds.

Chief of Staff Mohamed Farid and Commander of the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) Kenneth Mckenzie meeting in Egypt on September 12, 2021on the sidelines of "Bright Star 2021" exercises. Press PhotoCAIRO – 12 September 2021: Chief of Staff Mohamed Farid received Sunday Commander of the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) Kenneth Mckenzie to hold a meeting on the sidelines of joint exercises "Bright Star 2021." "Bright Star 2021" is taking place on September 2-17 at Mohamed Naguib Military Base with the participation of 21 countries. They also headed to the exercise fields, where Centcom commander lauded the combat competency of participants as well as the exercise and administrative capabilities of Mohamed Naguib Military Base. Finally, the chief of staff addressed the participating forces hailing the outstanding performance they have achieved during the exercises, and welcoming them in Egypt.

CAIRO - 12 September 2021: Iraq Speaker of the House of Representatives Muhammad Al-Halbousi will pay an official visit to Egypt on Tuesday, at an invitation of Speaker of the Egyptian House of Representatives Hanafi El Jebali, Iraqi newspaper El Sabah reported on Saturday. Al-Halbousi will meet a number of Egyptian officials, within the framework of joint cooperation between the two countries, especially after the two recent visits of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to Iraq. It is expected that Halbousi will sign an agreement with the Egyptian side to exchange experiences and hold training courses, the newspaper added. The Iraqi-Egyptian relations have developed recently after the mutual visits between President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. In late August 2021, President Sisi participated in the “Baghdad Cooperation and Partnership” conference.

CAIRO, Sept 12 (MENA) - The Egyptian Company for Metro Management and Operation has announced that train movement has been fully restored from Helwan till El Marg stations on the Metro's 1st line in both directions after a temporary halt due to a power malfunction in El Sayyed Zeinab station. In a statement on Sunday, the Company said that empty trains have been swiftly operated to ease passengers' jam at the stations. It also asserted that the metro movement on the first and second lines are operating with full capacity.

LONDON, Sept 12 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will this week set out his plans to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in the winter months, announcing a decision to scrap the introduction of vaccine passports and steps to end some emergency powers. Johnson, under fire from some in his governing Conservative Party for raising taxes to fix a health and social care crisis, looks set to try to soothe those critics by ditching plans to introduce passports despite an increasing number of coronavirus cases. Speaking to broadcasters, Health Minister Sajid Javid said he did not anticipate more lockdowns and that the vaccine passports would not be introduced in England, as the government depends instead on vaccines and testing to defend the public. He told the BBC he was not “anticipating any more lockdowns” but would not take the measure off the table, that the government would not go ahead with vaccine passports to allow people to attend mass events and he wanted to “get rid of” PCR tests for travellers as soon as possible. Javid added the government would remain “cautious”, but “the vaccine programme, our testing programme, our surveillance programme, the new treatments … this is all our wall of defence and whilst there’s a lot of virus around, it is working”.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the higher education minister in the new Taliban government said Sunday. However, women have been banned from sports and the Taliban have used violence in recent days against women protesters demanding equal rights. Haqqani said hijabs will be mandatory but did not specify if this meant compulsory headscarves or also compulsory face coverings. This time around television has remained and news channels still show women presenters, but the Taliban messaging has been erratic. However, the vast majority of female university students opted to wear headscarves in line with traditions.

CAIRO - 12 September 2020: Deputy Director General of the Egyptian Center for Strategic Studies (ECSS) General Mohamed Ibrahim El Deweri said the launching of the national strategy for human rights was fully consistent with the requirements of the new republic in order to change Egypt into a more influential and powerful country. He noted that all axes of the national strategy for human rights primarily focused on placing high the interests of the Egyptian person and elevating his dignity and position in the equation of the citizen's rights and citizenship. Concluding his statement, Deweri said such national strategy is a categorical and unprecedented step and a milestone in Egypt's history as included in the president's speech. As for the freedom of beliefs, President Sisi said that Egypt's Church Construction Law is one of the state’s progress examples in terms of human rights. As for women rights, President Sisi that he is not prejudice in favor of women.

Orban has frequently depicted his government as a defender of Christian civilization in Europe and a bulwark against migration from Muslim-majority countries. Francis has expressed solidarity with migrants and refugees and criticized what he called “national populism” advanced by governments like Hungary’s. After meeting with Orban, Francis presided over a joint encounter with his own bishops, and then Christian and Jewish leaders. Hungary’s large Jewish population was devastated during the closing months of World War II, with more than 550,000 Jewish deaths. Despite that, registered churches have been major beneficiaries of state support under Orban since he returned to power in 2010.