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FILE - Prime Minister of Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen speaks to journalists at a press conference in Nuuk, Greenland, on Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Reports split over whether forced contraception of Greenlandic women and girls constituted genocide

1:58 PM on Friday, August 28

Two reports investigating the forcible contraception of thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland by Danish health authorities for decades were split over whether the practice constituted genocide

FILE - Thai soldiers inspect a work station at the scam compound in O'Smach, Cambodia, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Cambodia claims it has wiped out online scam compounds after a sweeping crackdown

12:47 PM on Friday, August 28

Cambodia claims it no longer hosts any compounds for international online scams

Lake Ontario to Lake America – who gets to decide what goes on maps?

11:47 AM on Friday, August 28

Lawmakers in Pakistan-administered Kashmir elect ruling party candidate as prime minister

8:21 AM on Friday, August 28

Lawmakers in Pakistan-administered Kashmir have elected Syed Iftikhar Ali Gillani as prime minister after he secured 30 of the 44 votes cast in the legislative assembly

FILE - Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo, File)

Eswatini receives 2 more US deportees under a controversial third-country deal

8:10 AM on Friday, August 28

Two migrants deported from the U.S. have arrived in Eswatini under a controversial agreement between the two countries

FILE - Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat offers prayers at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and the Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, at the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Prayagraj, India, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

Hindu nationalist leader spurs protests and calls for sanctions ahead of New York City speech

8:02 AM on Friday, August 28

Mohan Bhagwat, head of the Hindu nationalist group RSS, is set to speak in New York City on Saturday

U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche gives a press conference about people charged in the takedown of Puerto Rican drug gang "Los Baja Deo" (LBD) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Rojas)

In AP interview, Attorney General Todd Blanche defends his record as political pressure mounts

7:11 AM on Friday, August 28

Attorney General Todd Blanche says in an Associated Press interview that he'll lead the Department of Justice with integrity

A relative consoles Jenisha, center, as she cries while waiting for the news of her father missing after flash flooding in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

The Latest: Almost 2,000 missing in Nepal as Himalayan border flash flood death toll passes 570

3:28 AM on Friday, August 28

Nepal’s disaster management authority said the number of people reported missing after a flash flood along the Himalayan border between Nepal and China has doubled to 1,924

FILE - Uganda's King of the Tooro Kingdom, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, during his 18th birthday at Fort Portal, Uganda, Saturday, April 17, 2010 as he assumed the full duties of King of the Tooros. (AP Photo/Marc Hofer, File)

Oyo Nyimba, Ugandan 'boy king' who mesmerized world leaders, dies at 34

3:26 AM on Friday, August 28

A tribal monarch in Uganda who ascended his ancient throne as an infant and fascinated world leaders as a boy king has died

Patrick Norton, Tulane University senior vice president, chief operating officer and treasurer, right, and Jeff Benjamin, vice president of facilities and campus development, talk in a hallway inside the old Charity Hospital building Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Beloved New Orleans hospital, wracked by floods and grief in Hurricane Katrina, to get a makeover

12:14 AM on Friday, August 28

A beloved New Orleans hospital building where doctors and nurses heroically treated patients without electricity after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is poised for redevelopment

Motorcyclists pass a billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump underwater amid explosions, with the words "Great Victory! Strait of Hormuz," in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Six months on, the Iran war has changed the Middle East, but not in the way its architects had hoped

12:14 AM on Friday, August 28

The Iran war has changed the Middle East, but not in the ways that the United States and Israel had hoped

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump used to say he saw a quick end to his Iran war, but 6 months later he claims he's in no hurry

12:01 AM on Friday, August 28

President Donald Trump marks an awkward moment in his second White House term as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran reaches the six-month mark

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting about military families, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Judge says Pentagon's measures against Anthropic were 'illegal and baseless'

11:08 PM on Thursday, August 27

A federal judge has ruled in favor of artificial intelligence company Anthropic in its legal battle against the Pentagon

An election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office for the Florida primary election in Doral, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Judge again blocks Trump mail ballot executive order in ruling that’s likely to be swiftly appealed

9:41 PM on Thursday, August 27

A federal judge is once again blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to limit mail voting in the midterm elections

FILE - The U.S. Border Patrol keeps watch along the US-Mexico border Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Douglas, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin,File)

Trump administration starts building border wall project in Arizona over tribe's objections

7:37 PM on Thursday, August 27

The Tohono O’odham Nation says armed federal agents accompanied contractors who trespassed on tribal land this week as they began construction of an Arizona section of a border wall

Rescuers carry a victim of flash flooding to safety along the Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Catastrophic floods kill over 390 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,400 missing

10:48 PM on Wednesday, August 26

Rescue teams and military helicopters are searching for hundreds of missing people after flash floods on the Nepal-China border

People with Icelandic flags attend an "Afram Island", "Forward, Iceland", rally, opposing the resumption of European Union accession talks at Austurvollur in Reykjavik, Iceland, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Di Marco

What to know about Iceland's vote on whether to restart talks to join the EU

12:11 AM on Monday, August 24

Icelanders are voting Saturday on whether to restart talks about joining the European Union

Today in History: August 28, MLK delivers 'I Have a Dream' speech

11:06 AM on Monday, August 10

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