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FILE - A man sits on a surfboard as a container ship and other commercial vessels appear anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 27, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP, File)

Iran and Oman make progress on a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, officials say

9:17 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Iran and the Gulf Arab state of Oman have made progress toward a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a potential breakthrough that could help wind down the war in the Middle East

FILE - An FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the field office in Portland, Ore., Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

FBI agents fired over Trump investigation get broad backing in lawsuit against administration

7:54 AM on Tuesday, August 4

An association of thousands of FBI agents is backing a lawsuit filed by three bureau employees who were fired last year for their roles in an investigation into President Donald Trump’s efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election

The financial dilemma that wound up helping US churches thrive

5:44 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham, centre, speaks with John Craig, Interim Chief Coastguard, and Duncan Capps, Border Security Commander (DG BSC), left, near a recovered small boat, which was used by migrants crossing the English Channel, during a visit to HM Coastguard Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, in Dover, Britain, Aug. 2, 2026. (Jack Taylor/Pool Photo via AP)

French and British teams rescue 157 migrants after a boat engine fire in the Channel

4:21 AM on Tuesday, August 4

French and British teams have rescued 157 migrants trying to cross the Channel after their boat's engine caught fire

FILE- Protesters raise slogans during a demonstration demanding educational reforms as part of the Cockroach Janta Party's ongoing protest movement in New Delhi, India, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vipin, File)

How India’s Gen Z movement of 'Cockroaches' dented Modi's political image

10:07 PM on Monday, August 3

Young protesters in India achieved a rare political victory by forcing the resignation of the education minister

People breach barbed wires as they attempt to cross from the Moroccan northern town of Fnideq to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo)

Runaway online rumors sparked frantic rush by migrants to the Spanish territory of Ceuta

9:01 PM on Monday, August 3

Social media rumors sparked a migration surge from Morocco to Spain's territory of Ceuta

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro holds a press conference at the presidential palace in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

As Colombia prepares for presidential inauguration, outgoing leader doubles down on fraud claims

7:09 PM on Monday, August 3

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has reiterated claims of fraud in the nation’s June election, which his party lost narrowly to conservative leader Abelardo de la Espriella

FILE - Masked federal agents wait outside an immigration courtroom, July 8, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova, File)

Judge rules New York can’t ban federal agents from wearing face coverings

6:44 PM on Monday, August 3

A federal judge has ruled that New York can’t ban federal agents from wearing face coverings, or require that they wear visible identification

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández waves after his arrival to Toncontin airport in Tagucigalpa, Honduras, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Destephen)

A Honduran judge grants former President Juan Orlando Hernández release as corruption trial proceeds

4:23 PM on Monday, August 3

A judge in Honduras has ruled that former President Juan Orlando Hernández will not remain behind bars while awaiting trial for fraud and money laundering

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seen from the Washington Monument, Friday, July 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump says Pirro 'folded like an umbrella' in bid to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism charges

1:44 PM on Monday, August 3

President Donald Trump says U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “choked” and “folded like an umbrella” in moving to drop charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

A 12-year-old unaccompanied minor who crossed into Spain is escorted by a Spanish soldier to the Spain-Morocco border as the child begs not to be sent back to Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. The forced deportation of the unaccompanied minor was stopped by a high-ranking official a few meters before the child reached the border after residents and journalists said the migrant was a minor. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Hundreds of migrant children are stranded in Spain's Ceuta after mass crossing

10:30 AM on Monday, August 3

The girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory

FILE - Students help put away supplies at the end of a reading and writing lesson at the Head Start program run by Easterseals, an organization that gets about a third of its funding from the federal government, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Trump overhaul could gut Head Start preschool standards, leaving states to set the rules

3:39 AM on Monday, August 3

President Donald Trump's administration is planning to overhaul the Head Start program

Vehicles travel past a billboard depicting a fallen Statue of Liberty and crowds carrying Iranian and Shiite flags at Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump optimistic Iran talks will reopen strait, and other developments in the Middle East

2:49 AM on Monday, August 3

After calling off a fresh round of strikes against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump says the two sides are resuming talks to wind down the war

FILE - Nauru President David Adeang speaks at the opening ceremony of Boao Forum of Asia, in Boao in southern China's Hainan province on Thursday, March 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Tian Macleod Ji, File)

Nauru, the world's 3rd-smallest country, changes its name to Naoero

1:42 AM on Monday, August 3

Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, aligning with its national language

In this photo released by Myanmar President Office on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, shakes hands with Arnaud de Baecque, resident representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross, during their meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (Myanmar President Office via AP)

Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rare meeting with International Red Cross

9:58 PM on Sunday, August 2

Myanmar’s military government says detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met with the International Committee of the Red Cross’ representative

FILE - The Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md., June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert Yoon, File)

Maryland Democrats begin advancing redistricting constitutional amendment

9:27 PM on Sunday, August 2

Maryland lawmakers have opened a special session to consider a first step in a partisan redistricting initiative that could help Democrats pick up an additional U.S. House seat by 2028

Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, films a social media video at a pool party for content creators supporting his campaign, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

El-Sayed and Stevens close Michigan Senate primary offering different visions for Democrats

9:10 PM on Sunday, August 2

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed are spending the final hours of Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary in settings that reflect their starkly different campaigns

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