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6:00 AM on Friday, June 12

Niger's military junta has introduced a new penal code that criminalizes homosexuality

5:01 AM on Friday, June 12

HBO's “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” has charmed viewers with its humble story of aspiring knight Dunk and his squire Egg, and it could be an Emmy contender

3:15 AM on Friday, June 12

The United States has not given a visa to the head of the Palestinian Football Association even though FIFA typically invites the heads of each national federation to attend the World Cup

3:03 AM on Friday, June 12

Hundreds of mourners gathered in Kenya’s central town of Gilgil for a memorial service to honor the lives of 16 students who died in a school fire last month that police said was caused by arson

12:11 AM on Friday, June 12

Thousands of Puerto Ricans are struggling with water shortages so severe that the governor of the U.S. territory has activated the National Guard and emergency responders are fielding calls every day

11:46 PM on Thursday, June 11

Philippine officials say that years of disaster-preparedness drills helped prevent a larger casualty toll when one of the strongest earthquakes in 50 years struck the south

10:31 PM on Thursday, June 11

The Carolina Hurricanes got the needed uptick in production from top-line forwards Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho to move within a victory of claiming the Stanley Cup

9:38 PM on Thursday, June 11

Japan’s H3 rocket has returned to flight with the debut of its new low-cost variant

9:05 PM on Thursday, June 11

Hwang In-beom has led South Korea to a 2-1 comeback win over the Czech Republic in the World Cup

8:05 PM on Thursday, June 11

The Vegas Golden Knights lost a very important part of their run to the Stanley Cup Final and are now on the verge of getting eliminated by Carolina

7:56 PM on Thursday, June 11

South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol and his former defense minister have been sentenced to 30 years in prison in a case alleging Yoon ordered drone flights over Pyongyang to heighten tensions with North Korea and and justify declaring martial law at home

6:50 PM on Thursday, June 11

The World Cup is drawing attention to soccer's growing popularity in Canada

6:26 PM on Thursday, June 11

In most nations hosting the World Cup, soccer is a fixation

6:07 PM on Thursday, June 11

Taylor Swift has become the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36

5:54 PM on Thursday, June 11

Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, a lawyer and the eldest of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s children, has died at age 47

5:40 PM on Thursday, June 11

President Donald Trump's board at the Kennedy Center is trying to keep his name on the building before a court-ordered deadline to remove it by Friday

12:43 PM on Thursday, June 11

Andrei Svechnikov scored twice and Sebastian Aho added a second-period goal in a breakout game for Carolina’s top-line performers, helping the Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Thursday night to move within a victory of winning the Stanley Cup

12:23 PM on Thursday, June 11

Several top pro athletes and their surgeons say a modern version of an old tool is shaving weeks off the recovery time after certain injuries

8:05 AM on Thursday, June 11

The Sacramento region strives to be more than just a way station for the Athletics before they complete their move from Oakland to Las Vegas

10:05 PM on Wednesday, June 10

U.S. President Donald Trump has called off new military strikes on Iran, hours after threatening to escalate the war