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Federal officers hold down a protestor in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, after protesters learned that U.S. Border Patrol shot a woman Saturday morning on Chicago's Southwest Side. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

3:46 PM on Sunday, October 5

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest city

People traverse roadblocks placed by demonstrators protesting the elimination of the diesel subsidy by President Daniel Noboa's, government in Cayambe, Ecuador, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Protesters rally in Quito as Ecuador declares state of emergency in 10 provinces

3:30 PM on Sunday, October 5

Protesters both for and against Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa have rallied in the capital Quito

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., left, talk with reporters in Statuary Hall on the third day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AP reader question: Do federal workers get paid during the government shutdown

2:36 PM on Sunday, October 5

Here’s a question submitted by an Associated Press reader: Who gets paid during a federal shutdown

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu delivers a statement at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, Friday Oct. 3, 2025, before a round of consultations with political parties ahead of the announcement of the new government. (Alain Jocard, Pool Photo via AP)

France’s new prime minister names a government that might not last long

2:35 PM on Sunday, October 5

France's new prime minister has named a government, bringing back former finance minister Bruno Le Maire as defense minister

Law enforcement officers standoff against demonstrators outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during a protest on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

California governor says Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon

1:37 PM on Sunday, October 5

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the Trump administration is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon

A view of a damaged buildings shows the aftermath of an hours-long militant attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Somali government forces end a 6-hour siege at a major prison, killing all 7 attackers

11:35 AM on Sunday, October 5

Somali government forces have ended a six-hour siege by militants at a major prison near the president’s office in Mogadishu

The U.S. Capitol is seen on the second day of the government shutdown, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Government shutdown enters fifth day as Democrats and Republicans remain at an impasse

11:12 AM on Sunday, October 5

Washington lawmakers remain at a standstill over reopening the government, showing few signs of progress

Chairman of opposition "ANO" (YES) movement Andrej Babis speaks to the media after talking with Czech Republic President Petr Pavel a day after he won the parliamentary elections, in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Babiš is back: Billionaire’s return steers Czechia away from Ukraine and toward Hungary and Slovakia

10:40 AM on Sunday, October 5

Four years ago, Andrej Babiš seemed to be on his way out of Czech politics

Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa waves as he enters a polling station where electoral college members are voting in a parliamentary election in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Syria holds first elections since Assad's ouster, marking a cautious step in political transition

9:51 AM on Sunday, October 5

Syria has held its first parliamentary elections since Bashar Assad was ousted nearly a year ago

Palestinian women bake bread in a clay oven, using plastic for fire, at a UN school used as a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel and Hamas prepare for negotiations in Egypt ahead of possible Gaza ceasefire

9:38 AM on Sunday, October 5

Israel and Hamas are preparing for indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday as hopes are rising for a possible ceasefire in Gaza

A demonstrator with a Georgian national, EU and other flags walks in front of police line during an opposition rally in the city center of Tbilisi, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, boycotting the municipal elections and calling for the release of political opponents. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

Georgia's prime minister says protesters want to topple his government and vows a further crackdown

7:44 AM on Sunday, October 5

Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has accused the opposition of trying to overthrow his government

Sailors stand near a E-2 Hawkeye before President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a celebration for the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Harry S. Truman at Naval Station Norfolk, Sunday Oct. 5, 2025 in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Trump celebrates the Navy's 250th anniversary in the midst of the shutdown

7:29 AM on Sunday, October 5

President Donald Trump is marking the Navy's 250th anniversary by joining a celebration at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia

In this undated photo released by the State Border Guard Service, an officer inspects a balloon used to carry cigarettes into Lithuania, because Belarussian smugglers often use them to ferry the contraband into the European Union (State Border Guard Service via AP)

Balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes over Lithuania closed Vilnius Airport for hours

6:36 AM on Sunday, October 5

Up to 25 small hot-air balloons, some carrying smuggled cigarettes, entered Lithuanian airspace late Saturday, forcing the shutdown of Vilnius Airport

A Syrian election official burns red wax to stamp a ballot box ahead of the parliamentary elections at Latakia's Governor ballot station, in the coastal city of Latakia, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syrians vote in the first parliamentary election since Assad's fall, in photos

5:20 AM on Sunday, October 5

An elderly woman reacts next to the house destroyed by a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)

At least 5 people are killed in a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine

4:40 AM on Sunday, October 5

At least five people were killed after Russia launched drones, missiles and guided aerial bombs at Ukraine overnight in a major attack that officials there said targeted civilian infrastructure

Nepalese army personnel transport survivors after a flood in Jhapa district east of Nepal, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (Nepal Army via AP)

Nepalese villages are swept away by heavy rainfall and landslides, leaving at least 44 dead

1:36 AM on Sunday, October 5

Severe rainfall in Nepal has triggered landslides, lightning strikes, and flooding, killing at least 44 people on Sunday

Hamas has run out of options – survival now rests on accepting Trump’s plan and political reform

8:35 PM on Saturday, October 4

Law enforcement officers stand in tear gas outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during a protest on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deploying troops in Portland, Oregon

7:47 PM on Saturday, October 4

A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland

Trump says he'll send National Guard to Chicago, but details remain unclear

3:11 PM on Saturday, October 4

President Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of 300 National Guard members to Chicago, where on the same day Border Patrol agents shot and injured a woman they said tried to run them over

A federal officer stands guard in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, after protesters learned that U.S. Border Patrol shot a woman Saturday morning on Chicago's Southwest Side. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Trump plans to federalize 300 troops in Illinois, as judge blocks a similar mobilization in Oregon

4:50 PM on Monday, September 29

President Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago

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