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Presidential candidate Daniel Noboa speaks in Olon, Ecuador, after results show him ahead in a snap presidential runoff on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. At left is his wife Lavinia Valbonesi.

Daniel Noboa, heir to banana fortune, wins Ecuador's presidential runoff election

Inexperienced politician Daniel Noboa won Ecuador's presidential runoff election Sunday held amid unprecedented violence that even claimed the life of a candidate.

Sat., Oct. 21: Aid workers gather around trucks carrying humanitarian aid that entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt through the Rafah border crossing.

Photos: Scenes from the Israel-Hamas War

The death toll is rising. At least 1,400 Israelis and more than 4,000 Palestinians in Gaza are dead as the war continues into a second week.

Workers stack supplies at one of the warehouses where the Egyptian Red Crescent stores foreign aid destined for Gaza once the Gaza-Egypt border opens on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023 in North Sinai, Egypt. The aid convoy, organized by a group of Egyptian NGOs, set off today from Cairo for the Gaza-Egypt border crossing at Rafah.

Blinken says the crossing to Egypt will open to aid as Israel prepares to strike Gaza

Israel's military said that it would continue to allow Gazans to evacuate south as hundreds of thousands had already moved. Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed more than 2,600 Palestinians.

Getting older, with — or without? — The National

What happens when the band that has soundtracked the milestones of your adulthood suddenly feels like it has nothing left to give you?

People injured from Israeli air strikes on Oct. 12 wait outside a hospital to be treated. The sheer volume of medical need is overwhelming the small and exhausted number of staff at Gaza's medical facilities, says Dr. Mohammad Mattar, head of the radiology department at Al Shifa Hospital, the Gaza Strip's largest medical complex.

Doctors in Gaza describe the war's devastating impact on health care — and civilians

After the brutal attack on Israel by Hamas militants, Israel has begun air strikes on Gaza. The World Health Organization warns that the health system there is at a breaking point.

Palestinians in Gaza City — riding donkeys, driving cars and walking — flee northern Gaza on Friday after the Israeli army's warning to leave their homes and move south before an expected ground offensive.

Gazans flee their homes after an Israeli evacuation order but have few places to go

Israel's military dropped leaflets on Gaza's largest city Friday, urging roughly 1 million residents to move south for their own safety. But Gaza's borders are all closed, as conditions deteriorate.

Ido Dan, an uncle to three children feared abducted by Hamas and taken to Gaza, stands for a portrait with his twin daughters. The remnants of their sixth birthday party, which took place the same day as the incursion, are still around the house.

Families of hostages taken by Hamas militants are desperate amid threats of execution

Many Israelis are frantically looking for clues about loved ones believed to be held in Gaza. Ido Dan keeps watching a video that appears to show Hamas militants kidnapping his 12-year-old nephew.

Rockets fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza are intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome defense missile system in the early hours of Sunday.

Why Hamas and Israel reached this moment now — and what comes next

The conflict is expected to escalate even further in the coming days. But for now, Hamas sees itself with the upper hand.

An Israeli army self-propelled howitzer fires rounds near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on Wednesday.

Power goes out in Gaza, as Israel tightens siege and bombs the Palestinian territory

Israel carried out a fifth day of bombardments across the Gaza Strip as the Palestinian territory lost electricity, following one of the deadliest attacks against Israel in history.

The Hall of Justice in downtown San Diego is shown on Jan. 29, 2019.

Election 2022: San Diego County Superior Court judge races

Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake with KPBS' Nov. 8, 2022 election guide for the three San Diego County Superior Court judge offices on the ballot.

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