News of the Day From Around the World

1 Syria fighting: Government air raids killed at least nine people Monday, after hitting a crowded residential area in the last rebel stronghold in the northwest province of Idlib, rescuers and activists said. The first responders known as White Helmets said 11 people were killed, including six children and four women. Rescue workers were still searching for survivors under the rubble after the air strikes hit in Ariha. One rescuer said two children were pulled out alive after two hours of searching. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said reported more than 100 air raids and as many as 93 barrel bombs dropped Monday on the southern section of the rebel stronghold.

2 France bomb: Police have arrested four suspects after a blast in Lyon that wounded 13 people last week, authorities said Monday. Police had opened a large manhunt after the device exploded Friday on a busy pedestrian street in France’s third-largest city. “It’s a relief for all Lyon inhabitants. I believe the case has been resolved,” Lyon Mayor Gerard Collomb said. “If there was a network, it has been identified and will certainly be dismantled.” President Emmanuel Macron called the explosion an attack, but no group has claimed responsibility for the blast. An investigation has been opened for “a terrorist undertaking.”

3 Prison deaths: Violent clashes among rival drug factions in several prisons in Manaus in the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas have killed at least 55 inmates, corrections officials said Monday. The outbreak of violence, which began Sunday, is the latest in a state where drug gangs have waged a vicious battle for supremacy. The bloodshed comes as the government is taking steps to assert greater control of overcrowded and underfunded prisons, where drug kingpins...