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Malaysia stops illegal sea entry of 25 Myanmar migrants, including teens

9:26 AM on Friday, April 17

The Malaysian coast guard say they foiled an attempt by 25 Myanmar migrants to enter the country illegally

FILE - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks with the media as he arrives for the EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, file)

Polish leader Tusk claims Russia-linked crypto firm backed Nawrocki's presidential bid

8:12 AM on Friday, April 17

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk claims a cryptocurrency firm with “Russian money” has sponsored politicians from Poland's former government

FILE - An advertisement for prediction market platform Kalshi hangs at 13th and L Streets in northwest Washington, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)

Wanna bet? Washington steps up scrutiny of prediction markets

6:42 AM on Friday, April 17

A controversy has erupted over prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi

FILE -Two Iranian sailors, center, who were rescued from IRIS Dena warship by Sri Lanka's navy are escorted to a Judicial Medical Officer from the National Hospital, in Galle, Sri Lanka, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Sri Lanka sent home 238 Iranian sailors, including survivors of a US torpedo attack

6:17 AM on Friday, April 17

Sri Lanka has sent home 238 Iranian sailors, including 32 who survived a U.S. torpedo attack in the Indian Ocean

FILE -Kosovo Security Forces parade during celebrations to mark the 18th anniversary of independence, in Pristina, Kosovo, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Laura Hasani, File)

Kosovo approves troop contribution for Gaza force

6:08 AM on Friday, April 17

The small Balkan nation of Kosovo says it wants to commit dozens of its security troops to an international force for Gaza because it appreciates what NATO-led peacekeepers have done for its own security since the 1998-99 war with Serbia

Former Bulgarian President Rumen Radev delivers a speech at the closing rally of his campaign, in Sofia, Thursday, April 16, 2026, as Bulgaria heads into an early parliamentary election. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Bulgaria's pro-Russian former president is seen as strong front-runner in Sunday's election

5:09 AM on Friday, April 17

Bulgarians are holding an early election that could bring to power a left-leaning ex-president

Peter Magyar, leader of the election-winning Tisza Party, talks to the media before meeting Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok in the presidential Alexander Palace in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday April 15, 2026. (Robert Hegedus/MTI via AP)

EU officials in Hungary to discuss unlocking billions of euros held while Orbán was in charge

5:00 AM on Friday, April 17

European Union officials are meeting Friday in Budapest with Hungary's incoming leader Péter Magyar's team

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, right, and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva review troops during a Spain-Brazil summit in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Lula and Sánchez to 'work for peace' at gathering of progressive leaders in Barcelona

3:32 AM on Friday, April 17

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has started a two-day visit to Spain on Friday when he and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez met a day before they will gather with other leaders who are concerned with the fate of the democratic order and the rise of the populist far right

President Donald Trump speaks outside the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump draws Marie Antoinette comparisons as he leans into the gilded trappings of the presidency

Friday, April 17

President Donald Trump is more overtly leaning into some of the spoils of his office in his second term, drawing comparisons to French Queen Marie Antoinette from political opponents

FILE - Todd Lyons, senior official performing the duties of the director at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, listens during a Senate Homeland Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner, File)

ICE acting director Todd Lyons will resign at end of May, DHS says

9:26 PM on Thursday, April 16

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials announced Thursday

FILE - The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cell phone with an image on a computer monitor generated by ChatGPT's Dall-E text-to-image model, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Lawmakers gathered quietly to talk about AI. Angst and fears of 'destruction' followed

9:13 PM on Thursday, April 16

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill conducted a roundtable with leading AI executives and academics to discuss the potential transformative impacts of the technology on American society

FILE - Cam Hamilton, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing of FEMA on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Trump expected to nominate Cameron Hamilton to lead FEMA after his firing last year

9:04 PM on Thursday, April 16

President Donald Trump has offered Cameron Hamilton the role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's permanent administrator

Milenko Faria, whose wife, Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar, is in immigration custody, hugs their daughter, Milena, after his asylum interview at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services facility in Tustin, Calif., Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A Venezuelan doctor in ICE custody misses husband's asylum interview after being detained at airport

5:22 PM on Thursday, April 16

A Venezuelan attends an asylum interview in Southern California while his wife, a doctor, is detained in Texas

A look at investigations into federal officers months after immigration crackdown in Minnesota

4:45 PM on Thursday, April 16

Minnesota officials are pushing forward with investigations of federal law enforcement officers involved in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, arrives to testify before the House Ways and Means Committee about his agency's goals and budget, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A vaccine standoff and other key moments from RFK Jr.'s first congressional hearing in months

3:47 PM on Thursday, April 16

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended a more than 12% proposed cut to his department's budget and dodged arrows from angry Democrats as he kicked off an expected sprint of seven hearings in Congress over the next seven days

Trump rails against court decision that once again stalls his White House ballroom project

12:11 PM on Thursday, April 16

President Donald Trump has railed against a federal judge’s decision that continues to block above-ground construction of a $400 million White House ballroom

Analilia Mejia smiles as she gestures to supporters after winning New Jersey's 11th Congressional District special election, Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Montclair, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Progressive Analilia Mejía takes New Jersey US House special election, giving Democrats another win

12:02 AM on Thursday, April 16

New Jersey Democrat Analilia Mejía has won a special election to fill the U.S. House seat that was vacated by Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill after she was voted into that office

Crime scene tape is tied around a pole near the site where Lauren Bullis was killed, in Panthersville, Ga., Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/R.J. Rico)

What to know about Atlanta-area attacks that killed 2, including a federal worker

11:13 PM on Wednesday, April 15

A man who served in the U.S. Navy after immigrating from Britain has been charged in a string of deadly attacks in the Atlanta suburbs that quickly drew the attention of President Donald Trump’s administration

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