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Taliban police guard the area where a strike hit a house in the Momand Dara district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Hedayat Shah)

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of shelling outskirts of eastern city, killing and wounding civilians

11:19 AM on Sunday, March 29

Afghanistan’s government has accused Pakistan’s military of shelling the outskirts of an eastern Afghan city

FILE - Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy arrives at an EU-Arab league Foreign Ministers summit, in Athens, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

Egyptian diplomat Nabil Fahmy appointed as new Arab League chief

8:33 AM on Sunday, March 29

Arab foreign ministers have picked veteran Egyptian diplomat Nabil Fahmy to lead the Arab League for the next five years

Migrants trying to reach Britain, walk on a beach shore in Gravelines, northern France, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Europe seeks to increase deportations as some warn of Trump-like tactics

12:57 AM on Sunday, March 29

European lawmakers have voted to make it easier to send rejected asylum-seekers to detention sites in third countries

A worker walks on the deck of a feeder vessel as he works to offload cargo of rice into trucks at Umm Qasr Port, a deep-water port, in the city of Umm Qasr, Iraq, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Worries about global economic pain deepen as the war in Iran drags on

9:05 PM on Saturday, March 28

U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran have darkened the outlook for the world economy

A fisherman stands on the shore after suspending fishing trips because of an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that authorities said originated from an unidentified vessel and two natural oil seeps, in Salinas, Mexico, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Oil spill deals economic blow to fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico

1:53 PM on Saturday, March 28

A major oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico has spread more than 373 miles or 600 kilometers across the ocean and seeped into seven nature reserves

FILE - President of Congo Denis Sassou N'Guesso looks on during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 23, 2025. Thomas Samson/ Pool Photo via AP, FILE)

Republic of Congo constitutional court confirms leader Sassou-N’Guesso’s election win and fifth term

12:08 PM on Saturday, March 28

The Republic of Congo’s top court confirms President Denis Sassou-N’Guesso’s election win and gives him a fifth term

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at the Ronald Reagan dinner during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos)

CPAC activists embrace Paxton as MAGA's choice for Senate over Cornyn

7:06 AM on Saturday, March 28

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has positioned himself as the grassroots favorite in the runoff election to determine the party's Senate nominee

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., leaves after a closed door briefing on the Iran war before the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Capitol Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

US lawmakers say they'll visit Taiwan before Trump's summit with China's Xi

6:02 AM on Saturday, March 28

A bipartisan group of senators has plans to visit Taiwan, Japan and South Korea

A TSA agent works at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Bills to pay FAA and TSA workers during shutdowns get introduced but keep stalling in Congress

5:54 AM on Saturday, March 28

Members of Congress have repeatedly introduced bills to ensure the federal employees who control air traffic and conduct airport security screenings get paid during government shutdowns

FILE - People hold a flag as President-elect Donald Trump arrives at UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden, Nov. 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

UFC brings cage-match bout to the White House, home of a president who favors cage-match politics

5:40 AM on Saturday, March 28

President Donald Trump is hosting a UFC fight on White House grounds to celebrate his 80th birthday and the nation’s 250th anniversary

A member of Syria's Internal Security Forces sits on a vehicle parked outside a church in the predominantly Christian town of Al-Suqaylabiyah, west of Hama, Syria, Saturday, March 28, 2026, following overnight violence. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Sectarian attacks rock a Christian town in Syria after a dispute

5:39 AM on Saturday, March 28

Sectarian violence has hit a Christian town in central Syria after an argument spilled into a wider attack

President Donald Trump speaks at the Future Investment Initiative Institute's summit Friday, March 27, 2026, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump's conflicting messages sow confusion over the Iran war

4:58 AM on Saturday, March 28

President Donald Trump describes the war with Iran as a success, even as his message about the conflict keeps shifting

A first responder assists an injured boy following a strike that hit a residential building amid the U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Sajad Safari)

Iran-backed Houthis enter the monthlong war and could further threaten global shipping

12:50 AM on Saturday, March 28

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have entered the monthlong war in the Middle East and claimed they launched missiles toward Israel

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos)

The top moments from this year's CPAC conference in Texas

9:03 PM on Friday, March 27

President Donald Trump did not attend one of the biggest yearly meetings of conservatives for the first time in nearly a decade

Demonstrators march through the Country Club Plaza shopping district during a "No Kings" protest Saturday, March 28, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

'No Kings' rallies draw crowds across US, in Europe. Springsteen headlines Minnesota demonstration

9:01 PM on Friday, March 27

Tens of thousands of people joined “No Kings” protests across the U.S. and in Europe against the war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s actions

Former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli is taken for procedural medical checkup after he was arrested by police in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepal police arrest former prime minister and former home minister over September protest deaths

7:43 PM on Friday, March 27

Police in Nepal have arrested former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli over the deaths of dozens of people during violent protests in September that toppled the government and resulted in new elections

Today in History: March 29, ‘Terra-cotta Army’ discovered in China

8:37 AM on Monday, March 9

Today in History: March 28, Three Mile Island nuclear plant accident

8:34 AM on Monday, March 9

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