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FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, left, and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, right, shake hands ahead of a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7, in Kananaskis, Alberta, on June 17, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

South Korean president will meet Japanese leader ahead of summit with Trump

12:37 AM on Wednesday, August 13

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo next week before flying to Washington for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone at an undisclosed location in North Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korean and Russian leaders in call reaffirm their alignment over Ukraine

6:39 PM on Tuesday, August 12

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call to discuss their deepening ties and war efforts against Ukraine, the countries’ state media said Wednesday, ahead of Putin’s planned meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska

A legal fight is playing out around a Mexican migrant activist accused of human trafficking

4:21 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A legal battle is playing out in Mexico after police detained a well-known migration activist earlier this month, accusing him of human trafficking

Donna Massey, mother of Sonya Massey, listens to Gov. JB Pritzker speak to reporters in the state Capitol, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Springfield, Ili. (John O'Connor/AP)

Sonya Massey shooting prompts Illinois law requiring disclosure of police recruits' backgrounds

4:08 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Background records of police recruits in Illinois must be available to a prospective employer under a new law in response to last summer's shooting death of Sonya Massey

FILE - Federal agents stage at MacArthur Park, July 7, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Trump's domestic troop deployment tests the limits of a nearly 150-year-old law

3:28 PM on Tuesday, August 12

President Donald Trump's recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits military involvement in domestic affairs

FILE - Federal agents ride on horseback at MacArthur Park, July 7, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

National Guard rehearsed show of force against immigration raid protesters, general testifies

3:18 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A general has testified that National Guard troops repeatedly rehearsed their role in an operation at a Los Angeles park intended as a show of force against people protesting immigration raids

FILE - Mali's Prime Minister Choguel Maiga addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 25, 2021. (Kena Betancur/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Mali's former prime minister Maiga taken into custody amid corruption probe

3:16 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Former Malian prime minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga has been taken into custody amid a corruption probe, according to his lawyer

Darryle Dowell speaks during a meeting of town officials considering agreements to turn a closed prison into an immigration detention facility on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Mason, Tenn. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Tennessee town approves deals to turn closed prison into immigration detention facility

1:52 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Officials in a rural Tennessee town have voted to approve agreements to turn a former prison into an immigration detention facility operated by a private company, despite loud objections from upset residents and activists during a contentious public meeting

South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee, wife of impeached former president Yoon Suk Yeol, arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review her arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors, in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP)

Wife of South Korea's jailed ex-President Yoon arrested over corruption allegations

8:12 AM on Tuesday, August 12

The wife of South Korea’s jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested as investigators seek to charge her over various suspected crimes, including bribery, stock manipulation and meddling in the selection of a candidate

A Ukrainian serviceman of 57th motorised brigade controls an FPV drone at the frontline in Kharkiv region, Ukraine Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

Zelenskyy says Putin wants the rest of Ukraine's Donetsk region as part of a ceasefire

10:00 PM on Monday, August 11

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine to withdraw from the remaining 30% of the Donetsk region that Ukraine controls as part of a ceasefire deal

A member of the District of Columbia National Guard arrives at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump's takeover of Washington law enforcement begins as National Guard troops arrive

9:02 PM on Monday, August 11

Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by the Trump administration to assist with law enforcement have begun arriving in Washington, D

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