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Trump threatens to cut aid to Nigeria, orders Pentagon to prepare possible action over persecution of Christians

5:14 PM on Saturday, November 1

Trump threatens to cut aid to Nigeria, orders Pentagon to prepare possible action over persecution of Christians

FILE - Former Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins speaks to a group of supporters of Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Former Kentucky Gov. Martha Layne Collins has died at 88

12:27 PM on Saturday, November 1

Martha Layne Collins, the first and only woman elected governor of Kentucky, has died

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a news conference following the APEC Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian PM Carney says he told Ontario's premier not to run anti-tariff ad that upset Trump

10:08 AM on Saturday, November 1

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he told Ontario's premier not to run an anti-tariff ad that angered U.S. President Donald Trump

FILE - Independent centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron stands at the "Mur des Justes" at the Shoah Museum, a wall on which 2,693 names of people who protected or saved Jews during World War II are engraved in Paris, April 30, 2017. (Philippe Wojazer/Pool Photo via AP, File)

4 Bulgarians sentenced to prison in Paris Holocaust Memorial vandalism linked to Russia

6:12 AM on Saturday, November 1

Four Bulgarians have been sentenced for vandalizing Paris' Holocaust Memorial with blood-red hands

Pakistan partially reopens Torkham border crossing to allow Afghan refugees to leave

5:08 AM on Saturday, November 1

Pakistan has partially reopened the Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan, allowing thousands of stranded Afghan refugees to return home

9 dead, dozens injured in crowd surge at Hindu temple in southern India

4:26 AM on Saturday, November 1

A crowd surge at a Hindu temple in southern India has left at least nine people dead and dozens injured

This photo released by The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) shows displaced families from el-Fasher at a displacement camp where they sought refuge from fighting between government forces and the RSF, in Tawila, Darfur region, Sudan, Friday, October. 31, 2025. (NRC via AP)

Top diplomats from Germany, Jordan and the UK call for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan war

3:02 AM on Saturday, November 1

Foreign ministers from Germany, Jordan and the United Kingdom have called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan casts her vote during the general elections at Chamwino polling station in Dodoma, Tanzania, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo)

Tanzania's President Hassan wins disputed election with more than 97% of vote

1:46 AM on Saturday, November 1

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has won a disputed election with over 97% of the vote, according to official results announced on Saturday

Official results in Tanzania election show President Samia Suluhu Hassan winning with 97.6% of the vote

1:38 AM on Saturday, November 1

Official results in Tanzania election show President Samia Suluhu Hassan winning with 97.6% of the vote

FILE - Hannah Bowerman, left, a technical designer for Terry Precision Cycling, measures a bike shirt worn by market designer Thea Sousa during a fit session at the company’s headquarters in Burlington, Vt., Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart, File)

A Vermont cycling apparel company is trying to survive Trump's tariffs. Will the Supreme Court help?

12:07 AM on Saturday, November 1

A small company in Vermont that specializes in women's cycling apparel is at the center of the fight over President Donald Trump's contentious tariff policy

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani waves to Rita Bellevue as she waits at a bus stop in New York, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

From the subway to social media, NYC mayoral candidates make their closing arguments to voters

12:02 AM on Saturday, November 1

The final stretch of New York City's mayoral race has candidates Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo painting two very different pictures

Argentina's President Javier Milei celebrates after winning in legislative midterm elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Argentina's chief of staff resigns, heralding change for President Milei after election win

10:20 PM on Friday, October 31

The chief of staff to President Javier Milei of Argentina has resigned, less than a week after the governing party won a new mandate to accelerate his program of radical reform in pivotal midterm elections

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, center right, shake hands after a group photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Yonhap via AP)

South Korea calls for greater Chinese efforts to bring North Korea back to talks

8:12 PM on Friday, October 31

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to make greater efforts to convince North Korea to return to talks

FILE - Women walk down a street in the predominantly Somali neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside in Minneapolis on May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File)

'Where would America be without us?' A community of refugees is stunned by White House limits

5:57 PM on Friday, October 31

In Minneapolis, where Somali refugees helped revitalize entire neighborhoods, the community was stunned by the presidential order capping annual refugee admissions at 7,500, the lowest number since the program began in 1980

Voters wait in line to cast there ballot at a polling place at Rowan College in Mount Laurel, N.J., Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Federal judge rules Trump can’t require citizenship proof on the federal voting form

4:38 PM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks during a roundtable on criminal cartels with President Donald Trump in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

US national intelligence director says former American strategy of 'regime change' is over

1:47 PM on Friday, October 31

U.S. national intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard says America’s former strategy of “regime change or nation building” has ended under President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, after returning from Asia. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

The Latest: Trump administration must fund SNAP payments during the shutdown, judges rule

9:25 AM on Friday, October 31

Federal judges have ruled that the Trump administration must continue funding SNAP during the government shutdown

An aerial view of students marching through the fields in northern Serbia, as they go to Novi Sad for a huge rally on Nov. 1 marking the first anniversary of a train station disaster that killed 16 people, in Indjija, Serbia, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Protests and grief as Serbia marks anniversary of tragedy that killed 16. Here's what to know

9:11 AM on Friday, October 31

Tens of thousands of students and other opponents of Serbia's populist president are gathering in the city of Novi Sad

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