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Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to make an announcement in Brampton, Ont. on Tuesday April 7 2026. T ( Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney attracts yet another Conservative lawmaker to his Liberal Party

8:50 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has attracted another opposition Conservative lawmaker to the Liberal Party, further assuring that he will soon have a majority government

At least 21 people are missing after a boat capsizes in eastern Congo on Lake Kivu

8:47 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Authorities in eastern Congo say at least 21 people are missing after a boat capsized on Lake Kivu

Jacques Paris, left, and Cecile Kohler, French nationals who were freed by Iran with after three and a half years in detention, speak to media at the Elysee Palace as they are hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. (Tom Nicholson/Pool Photo via AP)

French former detainees Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris return home after more than 3 years in Iran

8:37 AM on Wednesday, April 8

French former detainees Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris have returned to France after more than three years of detention in Iran

California election watchdog investigating Santa Clara County over Measure A mailers

8:29 AM on Wednesday, April 8

California's election watchdog is investigating Santa Clara County leaders over a campaign for a voter-approved sales tax increase

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells AP he was 'blindsided' by his ouster

7:51 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells The Associated Press in his first interview since the ouster that he was “blindsided” by the move but has no hard feelings and is unlikely to sue

A family talks as they arrive at a port on the banks of the Oiapoque River, in the city of Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Takeaways from AP’s story on how oil drilling is fueling a migrant surge in Brazil's Amazon

6:23 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is reshaping life in Oiapoque, a small city in the poor state of Amapa that is receiving thousand of migrants looking for work

Edervan Forte dos Santos, from the Galibi Kali'na community, steers his boat toward mangroves in the biodiversity conservation area of Cabo Orange, in Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

'I'm going there.' Oil drilling fuels a migrant surge in isolated city in Brazil's Amazon

6:15 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Brazil's Amazon rainforest are reshaping life in Oiapoque, a small city in the poor state of Amapa that is receiving thousand of migrants looking for work

Turkish police secure the area after a gunmen attack at a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Turkey detains 9 over attack outside the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul

5:36 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Turkish authorities have detained nine people in connection with an attack on police outside the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul

FILE - President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump is expected to meet NATO leader Rutte as he muses about pulling out of the military alliance

4:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is expected to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House to try to smooth over the president’s anger with the military alliance over the Iran war

China says Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to explore a 'comprehensive solution'

4:05 AM on Wednesday, April 8

China’s government has said that Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed not to escalate their conflict and to “explore a comprehensive solution” after several weeks of cross-border fighting between the two countries that has left hundreds of people killed

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

How Trump went from threatening Iran's annihilation to agreeing to a 2-week ceasefire with Tehran

9:18 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Over the course of a single day, President Donald Trump went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that Iran's leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a two-week ceasefire

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires missiles toward sea after ridiculing South's hopes for better ties

5:12 PM on Tuesday, April 7

South Korea’s military says it detected North Korea firing several short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea

FILE - Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, on July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Texas officials investigating hundreds of complaints against Camp Mystic amid license renewal bid

3:29 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Texas health regulators have told Camp Mystic’s owners they are investigating hundreds of complaints following last year’s deadly floods that killed 27 girls

In this photo released by Kuomintang, Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) leader Cheng Li-wun, left, toasts with China's Director of Taiwan Affairs Office Song Tao during a dinner gala in Shanghai, China Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Kuomintang via AP)

Taiwan opposition leader arrives in China on what she calls a ‘journey to peace’

9:02 PM on Monday, April 6

Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun has arrived in China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, in what she's calling a “journey for peace” as Beijing pushes for the self-governed island to come under its control

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