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CORRECTS HAME: Police officers fire tear gas shell to disperse members of the Awami Action Committee, a civil rights alliance holding a rally demanding subsidized food, electricity and other services, in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/M.D. Mughal)

Pakistan opens talks with Kashmir protesters as PM calls for calm after deadly clashes

6:13 AM on Thursday, October 2

The death toll after days of violent clashes in Kashmir between Pakistan security forces and demonstrators has risen to nine

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House before signing an executive order regarding childhood cancer and the use of AI, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and punishment

5:45 AM on Thursday, October 2

President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting “irreversible” cuts to programs important to Democrats

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seen on a giant screen as he speaks during the European Political Community summit, in Copenhagen, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool Photo via AP)

France urges tougher action against Russia, saying drones should be shot down and oil ships stopped

5:05 AM on Thursday, October 2

French President Emmanuel Macron says Europe must take a tougher approach on Russia by shooting down drones the violate European airspace and boarding Moscow's shadow fleet ships

Smoke rises following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct, 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Gaza death toll mounts as Hamas considers its response to Trump's peace proposal

3:42 AM on Thursday, October 2

Hospitals say that Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 13 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

FILE - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, and Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape attend a flag lowering ceremony in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on Sept. 16, 2025. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP, File)

Papua New Guinea Cabinet approves defense treaty with Australia

1:51 AM on Thursday, October 2

Papua New Guinea’s Cabinet has approved a defense treaty with Australia, aiming to curb Chinese influence in the region

An Israeli Navy vessel moves in the Mediterranean sea toward the port of Ashdod, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israeli navy intercepts boats attempting to break Gaza blockade and arrests activists

12:54 AM on Thursday, October 2

Israeli naval forces have boarded most of the vessels in a flotilla attempting to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza and detained dozens aboard

FILE - In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa receives the final version of the provisional electoral system for the People's Assembly, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (SANA via AP, file)

How Syria's first elections since autocrat Assad's ouster are expected to unfold

10:15 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Syria is due to hold parliamentary elections for the first time since its autocratic former president, Bashar Assad, was unseated in December

FILE - Veteran Belarusian opposition activist Mikalai Statkevich is seen at a protest in Minsk, Belarus, on Sept. 8, 2017. (AP Photo, File)

A freed political prisoner refuses to be deported from Belarus and promptly vanishes

9:12 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Veteran Belarus opposition leader Mikalai Statkevich has vanished after refusing to leave the country in a U.S.-negotiated prisoner release in September, and human rights activists are demanding the government reveal his whereabouts

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Everybody in Washington hates a shutdown until it becomes a useful tool

9:03 PM on Wednesday, October 1

If you’ve been in Washington long enough, you’ve most likely argued both sides of a government shutdown

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and political punishment

9:02 PM on Wednesday, October 1

President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors

A boy is detained as youth led protests calling for healthcare and education reforms turned violent, in Sale, Morocco, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Youth-led anti-government protests in Morocco turn deadly, with 2 killed in a small town

3:17 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Anti-government unrest in Morocco filled the streets for a fifth straight night, as protests over the state of public services descended into deadly violence and destruction

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