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4:38 AM on Thursday, April 2

Reports of the death of Jonathan, the world’s oldest living land animal, have been greatly exaggerated

4:33 AM on Thursday, April 2

A man has killed four children in a machete attack at a nursery school in Kampala, Uganda

4:17 AM on Thursday, April 2

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been damning of the U.K.’s naval capabilities

4:09 AM on Thursday, April 2

President Donald Trump's new White House ballroom is expected to get final approval from a key commission

4:08 AM on Thursday, April 2

Protests are growing at U.S. universities where buildings are named for associates of the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein

4:01 AM on Thursday, April 2

U.S. gas prices are climbing fast, and drivers are paying the highest pump prices since 2022 as the Iran war shakes oil markets

3:26 AM on Thursday, April 2

President Donald Trump has used his first major address since launching his war in Iran to assure Americans all his military objectives will be completed “shortly” and urge a skeptical electorate to give him more time

3:25 AM on Thursday, April 2

Pakistan confirms it is holding peace talks with Afghanistan's Taliban government in China

12:44 AM on Thursday, April 2

Iran has fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states, demonstrating Tehran’s continued ability to attack

11:00 PM on Wednesday, April 1

New Zealand and Cook Islands have signed a defense and security pact, easing over a year of tension between them

10:16 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Expanding electricity access is transforming lives across Africa, from Nairobi’s informal settlements to rural fishing communities in western Kenya

9:46 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Victor Wembanyama scored 41 points for the second straight game, grabbed 18 rebounds and blocked three shots, and the San Antonio Spurs ran away from the injury-plagued Golden State Warriors for a 127-113 win

9:14 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Artificial intelligence-generated content is everywhere these days, making it increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction, particularly when it comes to breaking news

9:14 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Thirty-five countries are set to meet Thursday to discuss ways of reopening the Strait of Hormuz

9:11 PM on Wednesday, April 1

A bipartisan group of senators is aiming to relieve high insulin costs for more Americans

9:09 PM on Wednesday, April 1

U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. will keep hitting Iran very hard in the next two or three weeks even as he touts the success of American operations

9:06 PM on Wednesday, April 1

The Senate is expected to try quickly passing a measure Thursday that would fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, though it’s unclear how swiftly the House will follow to largely end the longest partial government shutdown in history

9:02 PM on Wednesday, April 1

A seabird native to Hawaii is flourishing in the middle of Honolulu's concrete towers, traffic-clogged roads and Waikiki hotels

7:46 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Oil prices have risen more than 7% and world shares are lower after U.S. President Donald Trump's first national address since the Iran war began

4:39 PM on Wednesday, April 1

An undersea magnitude 7.4 earthquake toppled buildings in parts of northern Indonesia, sent people fleeing from their homes, killed at least one person and generated a small tsunami