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FILE - Former Kentucky attorney general Daniel Cameron speaks at the annual Fancy Farm picnic, Aug. 2, 2025, in Fancy Farm, Ky. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Daniel Cameron banking on his name ID to overcome lackluster fundraising in Kentucky Senate race

8:59 AM on Friday, October 17

Kentucky Senate candidate Daniel Cameron is banking on his familiarity with voters to overcome lackluster fundraising

Texas voters have final say on $20 billion package to secure state’s water supply

8:28 AM on Friday, October 17

No matter the region, there are water challenges in Texas

FILE - Dee Cahill of Margate, Fla., holds a "No Kings" sign as she participates in a pro-democracy, anti-Trump protest outside Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

'No Kings' protests return as Trump ramps up authoritarian practices, organizers say

4:02 AM on Friday, October 17

Big crowds of protesters are expected across the United States against what some call authoritarian practices by President Donald Trump

Rafaela Perez hold blind cat Zeus, who she cares for at the Hogar Buena Fortuna pet shelter which she operates out of her home in Mejicanos, El Salvador, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

El Salvador's president seeks help in caring for country's thousands of stray dogs and cats

4:01 AM on Friday, October 17

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has shifted focus from tackling gangs to addressing the country's stray cat and dog problem

Police disperse protesters outside Bangladesh's national parliament complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Clashes break out near Bangladesh parliament as major parties sign a roadmap for change

3:51 AM on Friday, October 17

Major political parties in Bangladesh have signed a roadmap for political reforms proposed by the interim government while police clashed with protesters seeking more provisions for the activists who ousted the previous government

Putin is expected to meet Trump in Hungary despite ICC arrest warrant for the Russian president

3:21 AM on Friday, October 17

Vladimir Putin is expected to travel to Hungary soon for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on ending the war in Ukraine

Europe's main center-left political group expels Slovak leader's party for breaching its values

3:17 AM on Friday, October 17

Europe’s main center-left political group has kicked out the party of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico

FILE -Mongolian Prime Minister Gombojavyn Zandanshatar speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Sept. 4, 2025. (Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Mongolia's prime minister ousted after 4 months in ruling party feud

1:15 AM on Friday, October 17

Mongolia’s parliament has ousted Prime Minister Zandanshatar Gombojav in a power struggle within the ruling party

German Flores measures fabric at the Galfione Group textile factory in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

After winning Trump's $20 billion, President Milei must win votes as Argentine industry reels

10:20 PM on Thursday, October 16

The drastic austerity program of Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has succeeded in lowering inflation and won effusive praise from President Donald Trump

FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama stands before reporters prior to his statement of war remorse at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Aug. 15, 1995. (AP Photo/Naokazu Oinuma, File)

Former Japanese Prime Minister Murayama, known for apology over wartime aggression, dies at 101

9:58 PM on Thursday, October 16

Japan’s former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who was known for his 1995 “Murayama statement” apologizing to Asian victims of his country’s aggression, has died

FILE - A police officer stands guard inside the St. Francis Catholic Church, a day after an attacked that targeted worshipers in Owo, Nigeria, June. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

A US senator claims 'Christian mass murder' is occurring in Nigeria. The data disagrees

9:16 PM on Thursday, October 16

U_S_ Sen_ Ted Cruz has been trying to rally fellow evangelical Christians and urge Congress to designate Nigeria as a violator of religious freedom with unfounded claims of “Christian mass murder."

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters outside the Senate chamber as they charge President Donald Trump and the Republicans with the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats say Trump needs to be involved in shutdown talks. He's shown little interest in doing so

9:05 PM on Thursday, October 16

Democrats are calling on President Donald Trump to get more involved with negotiations to end the government shutdown

FILE - UConn forward Sarah Strong (21) and guard Azzi Fudd (35) slap hands as they are introduced in an NCAA college basketball game against Marquette, Sunday, March 2, 2025, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

AP Source: Government shutdown may move UConn-Louisville opener from Ramstein Air Base to US

3:57 PM on Thursday, October 16

No. 1 UConn’s season opener against No. 20 Louisville that is supposed to be played at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Nov. 4 is in jeopardy of being moved because of the government shutdown

An election official fills out a tally on a board during the counting of ballots in Garoua, Cameroon, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)

Cameroon governing party says one of its offices was set on fire as election tensions rise

1:34 PM on Thursday, October 16

The governing party in Cameroon says one of its offices was set on fire as tensions are rising over alleged fraud in the Oct. 12 presidential election

FILE - A demonstrator waves a Peruvian flag as a cardboard doll burns in front of Congress during a protest against new President Jose Jeri in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Peru's president refuses to resign after Gen Z protests leave at least 1 dead, 100 injured

10:34 AM on Thursday, October 16

Peru’s president refuses to resign after Gen Z protests turned violent overnight, prompting investigations by authorities into at least one civilian death

In this photo provided by the Alaska National Guard, an Alaska Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 176th Wing, arrives at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, with evacuated residents from western Alaska, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (Alejandro Pena/Alaska National Guard via AP)

Evacuees detail harrowing scenes of flooding in coastal Alaska villages as airlift continues

10:10 AM on Thursday, October 16

More evacuees from coastal Alaska villages inundated by high surf last weekend are arriving in Anchorage

From left, Mayoral candidates, Independent candidate former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, and Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani participate in a debate, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, Pool)

Many swings, few knockout hits as Cuomo and Mamdani trade jabs in heated first NYC mayoral debate

3:01 AM on Thursday, October 16

New York City mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa tried to blunt Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s momentum during a highly contentious first general election debate Thursday evening

Soldiers are greeted by people gathering for a ceremony in tribute to demonstrators killed during recent anti-government protest in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mamyrael)

'Gen Z' protesters lead global wave of generational discontent

8:19 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A new wave of protests is unfolding worldwide, driven by young people expressing discontent with their governments

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