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Christina Bohannan, Democratic candidate for U.S. House, speaks during the Scott County Democrats Annual Family Picnic, in Bettendorf, Iowa, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Joseph Cress)

Third time the charm? Democrat Christina Bohannan tries again in pivotal US House race in Iowa

7:00 AM on Monday, August 24

Democrat Christina Bohannan is making a third attempt to win a congressional seat in Iowa's 1st District

FILE - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to reporters at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Aug. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay, File)

New Zealand's prime minister proposes banning children from using social media

2:23 AM on Monday, August 24

New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has unveiled a bill that would ban children younger than 16 from using social media

Japanese lawmakers visit Beijing seeking to mend ties after fallout from Takaichi's Taiwan remark

2:13 AM on Monday, August 24

Lawmakers from Japan have traveled to Beijing to meet with Chinese officials in the first visit since tensions rose after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comment on Taiwan angered China

He was waiting for his son to return from the USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol arrested him.

4:03 PM on Sunday, August 23

The father of a man serving on the USS Abraham Lincoln has been arrested by immigration authorities

Mexican governor indicted by the US seeks leave again after contentious return to office

3:13 PM on Sunday, August 23

Mexico’s Sinaloa governor has reversed his return to office after one day, bowing to party opposition over U.S. drug trafficking charges

A US envoy clarifies his comments on Golan Heights that contradicted Trump's position

3:03 PM on Sunday, August 23

The U.S. special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkey has clarified his comments on Israel's occupation of the Golan Heights

Jared Kushner meets with Democratic leader Jeffries with House control at stake in November

3:00 PM on Sunday, August 23

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and outside Jared Kushner met privately recently

Carney warned about economic coercion. Now Trump is testing the Canadian prime minister

10:11 AM on Sunday, August 23

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney drew international attention earlier this year by warning that middle powers such as Canada must resist economic coercion

Pete Buttigieg returns to South Carolina as he weighs another White House run

7:50 AM on Sunday, August 23

Pete Buttigieg was in South Carolina this weekend as he considers a second presidential campaign

Migrants clash with police and cut through a fence at a Greek detention center

7:19 AM on Sunday, August 23

Migrants have clashed with police at a detention center in northern Greece, cutting through a perimeter fence

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, left, is welcomed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a Ukrainian and Nordic-Baltic countries summit in Kyiv, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Zelenskyy details rift with Ukraine's dismissed Defense Minister Fedorov

5:23 AM on Sunday, August 23

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says actions by dismissed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov were misguided

In this photo released by Kazakhstan's President Press Office, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev casts his ballot at a polling station in Astana, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026.(Kazakhstan's President Press Office via AP)

Kazakhstan votes in a parliamentary election expected to strengthen president’s grip on power

2:21 AM on Sunday, August 23

Kazakhstan voted Sunday in a parliamentary election that is expected to further strengthen President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s grip on power in Central Asia’s largest nation

President Donald Trump waves the green flag to start the race alongside first lady Melania Trump, right, and from left, Bettina Trump and Donald Trump Jr. during the IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix auto race, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Trump waves the green flag to start the IndyCar race as drivers zoom through Washington's streets

12:01 AM on Sunday, August 23

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have kicked off the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington

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