AP Top International News at 2:11 a.m. EDT

Iran and the US say a Strait of Hormuz deal is close, but one or both would have to back down2 soldiers killed in Lebanon in the first Israeli deaths since June truce with HezbollahWhy Russia’s ballistic missiles are increasingly getting through Ukrainian defensesLeader of Myanmar's military-backed government arrives in Thailand seeking political legitimacyHiroshima marks 81st atomic bomb anniversary as mayor deplores the pursuit of nuclear weaponsThis African city thought cable cars could fix its traffic gridlock. It was wrongWar and accumulating sand threaten Sudan’s Meroe pyramids, in photosClimate change squeezes Malaysian durian growers as they chase China's booming marketPHOTO ESSAY: Crop-raiding monkeys threaten Nepal's farming communitiesA gunman kills a Mexican social media influe