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FILE - President of Nauru David Ranibok Adeang addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith, File)

Australian government signs deal to deport former detainees to the tiny island country of Nauru

6:02 PM on Saturday, August 30

Australia and Nauru signed an agreement on Friday to allow the Australian government to deport formerly detained people without valid visas to the tiny island nation

FILE - In this image made from video, Taiwan's Presidential office secretary general Lin Chia-lung, left, President Tsai Ing-wen, center, and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu wave before Tsai's departure on an overseas trip at Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai, File)

China protests Taiwan foreign minister's visit to the Philippines

11:44 AM on Saturday, August 30

Taiwan’s foreign minister has flown to the Philippines with a high-level delegation of investors, according to two senior Philippine officials

Metropolitan Police Department officers talk to a driver at a checkpoint operated by the Metropolitan Police Department and federal agencies, including officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), on Georgia Avenue in the northern part of Washington, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump taps federal agents to tackle local policing. That's not always helpful, critics say

11:03 AM on Saturday, August 30

Federal agents have used aggressive policing tactics in cities such as Washington and Los Angeles at President Donald Trump's direction

A man watches the news on TV, displaying footage of Ahmed al-Rahawi, the prime minister of the Houthi-controlled government, who was killed, along with others, in Thursday's Israeli strikes on the capital, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Israeli airstrike kills Houthi rebel prime minister in Yemen's capital

10:10 AM on Saturday, August 30

The Iranian-backed Houthis say an Israeli airstrike has killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in Yemen's capital

Rescue workers put out a fire at a residential building destroyed by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)

Russian drone and missile attack on southern Ukraine kills 1 and wounds dozens

7:38 AM on Saturday, August 30

Russia has launched a large aerial attack on southern Ukraine, two days after an airstrike on central Kyiv killed 23 people

FILE - Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz speaks during a meeting with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on July 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

UK refuses to invite Israeli government officials to London arms fair over the war in Gaza

5:38 AM on Saturday, August 30

The U.K. has barred Israeli government officials from attending the country’s biggest arms fair over growing concern about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Flames engulf Grahadi Building, the official residence of East Java governor, in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025, after it was set on fire during a protest sparked by reports of lawmakers receiving excessive housing allowances. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

At least 3 dead after mob sets fire to Indonesian regional parliament building

4:46 AM on Saturday, August 30

An angry mob has set fire to a local parliament building in Indonesia, killing at least three people and injuring others

FILE - A Homeland Security vehicle, right, is parked outside the Moakley Federal Courthouse, April 19, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Federal judge issues order blocking Trump effort to expand speedy deportations of migrants

12:36 AM on Saturday, August 30

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants detained in the interior of the United States

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a federal appeals court has knocked them down?

7:55 PM on Friday, August 29

President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products

Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano, left, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during event in the Oval Office to mark the 90th anniversary of the Social Security Act, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Social Security whistleblower who claims DOGE mishandled Americans' sensitive data resigns from post

7:24 PM on Friday, August 29

A Social Security whistleblower whose complaint alleged that Department of Government Efficiency officials mishandled Americans’ sensitive information says he’s resigning because of actions taken against him since making the claim

Opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho, the suspended governor of Santa Cruz, holds up the Santa Cruz flag as he is released from jail and allowed house arrest after almost three years in pretrial detention for his involvement in violent unrest that led to the 2019 ouster of then-President Evo Morales, in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gaston Brito)

Key criminal case against ex-interim leader Áñez annulled as Bolivia lurches to the right

3:49 PM on Friday, August 29

Bolivia’s highest court has thrown out criminal charges against former interim President Jeanine Áñez over her role in the 2019 killings of protesters, ordering the flashpoint case to restart in a special process for alleged crimes committed by former heads of state

FILE - Judge Rebecca Bradley speaks as she kicks off her campaign for the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Milwaukee, on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Greg Moore, File)

A conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice won’t run again, creating an open seat

12:22 PM on Friday, August 29

A conservative justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court says she will not seek reelection, creating an open race for a seat on the court that’s controlled 4-3 by liberals

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