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FILE - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures during a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin following their talks at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Concerns mount over health of Belarusian journalist sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison

3:45 PM on Tuesday, August 26

Activists have raised concerns about the health of Belarusian journalist Aleh Suprunyuk, who was sentenced to three and a half years in prison

FILE - Taylor Swift embraces Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce after the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. The Chiefs won 25-22 against the 49ers. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Brittany Mahomes, the NFL and Donald Trump among those praising Swift and Kelce's engagement

3:38 PM on Tuesday, August 26

President Donald Trump, the NFL and scores of stars in the entertainment and sports worlds have reacted to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's engagement

A person walks through Plaza Murillo outside Congress in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivia's long-ruling party was almost eliminated from Congress, final vote results show

3:05 PM on Tuesday, August 26

Final election numbers show that Bolivian voters practically threw the long-governing party out of Congress in elections earlier this month

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, and Alexei (John Trader), Archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska talk after laying flowers to the graves of Soviet soldiers who died during World War II at Fort Richardson National Cemetery, Alaska, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Orthodox archbishop apologizes to anyone pained by his meeting with Putin

2:18 PM on Tuesday, August 26

An Orthodox archbishop who exchanged friendly greetings and gifts with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska is apologizing to “those who have experienced pain, suffering, or confusion" because of his actions

Democratic leaders withdraw measure clarifying the party position on the Israel-Hamas war

1:35 PM on Tuesday, August 26

The Democratic National Committee leadership has withdrawn a measure that would have clarified the party’s position on the Israel-Hamas war

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12:25 PM on Tuesday, August 26

FILE - Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly surrendered to M23 rebels arrive in Goma, Congo, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, file)

Trump claims to have ended the war in Congo. People there say that’s not true

11:02 AM on Tuesday, August 26

U.S. President Donald Trump claims that the war in eastern Congo is among the ones he has stopped, after brokering a peace deal between Congo and Rwanda in June

FILE - Lisa Cook, right, takes the oath of office to become a member of the Federal Reserve Board, May 23, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)

What to know about Lisa Cook, the Fed Governor who Trump says he's firing

10:49 AM on Tuesday, August 26

Lisa Cook made headlines three years ago when she became the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, one of the most powerful financial institutions in the world

European Union flags flap in the wind outside EU headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Trump vows retaliation against countries with digital rules targeting US tech

9:31 AM on Tuesday, August 26

President Donald Trump has vowed to impose new tariffs and export curbs on countries with digital taxes or regulations affecting American tech companies

British Reform party leader Nigel Farage poses in front of a mock departures board during a press conference in a hangar at Oxford Airport in Kidlington, England, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.(AP Photo/Joanna Chan)

UK's hard-right Reform party says it will mass-deport migrants if it wins power

8:18 AM on Tuesday, August 26

The leader of Britain’s hard-right Reform party has pledged to leave the European Convention on Human Rights and detain and deport anyone who arrives in the country illegally

Australia accuses Iran of organizing antisemitic attacks and expels ambassador

11:23 PM on Monday, August 25

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is accusing Iran of directing at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia and says the country is cutting off diplomatic relations in response

University of Florida picks an interim president after last choice was rejected

2:29 PM on Monday, August 25

The University of Florida has selected an interim president after their last choice was rejected by the state Board of Governors that oversees the university system

President Donald Trump speaks with members of law enforcement and National Guard soldiers, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

What Trump's crime crackdown in DC looks like in photos

2:20 PM on Thursday, August 21

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