National News

8:16 AM on Monday, September 22

Egypt pardons leading activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah after 6 years behind bars (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported that Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been released)

8:07 AM on Monday, September 22

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says Moscow will adhere to nuclear arms limits for one more year after a nuclear pact with the United States expires in February

8:03 AM on Monday, September 22

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow will adhere to nuclear arms limits for one more year after US pact expires

7:54 AM on Monday, September 22

President Donald Trump says billionaires like Rupert Murdoch and Michael Dell could be part of deal in which the U.S. will take control of TikTok

7:39 AM on Monday, September 22

A U.N. expert reports that repression in Russia is escalating, targeting civilians, journalists, and Ukrainian prisoners of war

7:18 AM on Monday, September 22

After deflecting the U.S. Justice Department’s attack on its illegal monopoly in online search, Google is facing another attempt to dismantle its internet empire during a trial focused on its abusive tactics in digital advertising

6:40 AM on Monday, September 22

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 has awakened many people in the San Francisco Bay Area with a sharp jolt

6:38 AM on Monday, September 22

4.3 magnitude earthquake jolts the San Francisco area and many people report feeling a sharp shake, the USGS says

6:22 AM on Monday, September 22

The United States wants to improve military ties with China, according to a U.S. lawmaker leading a bipartisan delegation

4:58 AM on Monday, September 22

Israeli forces are showing no signs of relenting on their new ground offensive in Gaza City as world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly and more countries prepare to join the surge of nations recognizing a Palestinian state

4:50 AM on Monday, September 22

Russia and Ukraine are accusing each other of deadly drone strikes on civilian areas as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy anticipates a busy week at the U.N. General Assembly in New York

1:40 AM on Monday, September 22

Thousands of people have been evacuated from northern Philippine villages and schools and offices were closed in the archipelago and neighboring Taiwan as one of the strongest typhoons this year threatens to cause flooding and landslides on its way to southeastern China

1:36 AM on Monday, September 22

Greece’s once notorious tax system has been transformed into one of Europe’s most efficient, powered by drones, big data and real-time surveillance

11:52 PM on Sunday, September 21

Wall Street veered toward losses following another record-setting week that was propelled by the Federal Reserve’s first interest rate cut of the year

8:17 PM on Sunday, September 21

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he still has good memories of U.S. President Donald Trump and urged Washington to drop its demand to surrender his nukes as a precondition for resuming long-stalled diplomacy

4:04 PM on Sunday, September 21

1:17 PM on Sunday, September 21

Lebanon’s Health Ministry says an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon has killed five people, including three children

11:26 AM on Sunday, September 21

France and Saudi Arabia hope to use this year’s United Nations General Assembly and the increasingly horrific war in the Gaza Strip to inject new urgency into the quest for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

3:35 AM on Sunday, September 21

Rome’s international airport has opened a dog hotel to make travel easier for pet owners

12:04 PM on Friday, August 29