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9:00 AM on Thursday, April 2

Burkina Faso forces killed twice as many civilians as jihadists, rights group says

8:59 AM on Thursday, April 2

Burkina Faso government forces have killed more than twice as many civilians as jihadist groups over two years, Human Rights Watch reports

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8:52 AM on Thursday, April 2

Iambic to Participate in April Investor Conferences

8:00 AM on Thursday, April 2

FILE - Crews walk near the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales before its port call in Tokyo Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

A look at the UK's Royal Navy, which has faced jibe after jibe from Trump and Hegseth

7:17 AM on Thursday, April 2

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been damning of the U.K.’s naval capabilities

President Donald Trump holds a rendering of the proposed new East Wing of the White House as he speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from West Palm Beach, Fla., to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump’s White House ballroom is expected to get approved days after judge's ruling halting work

7:09 AM on Thursday, April 2

President Donald Trump's new White House ballroom is expected to get final approval from a key commission

President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Trump uses Iran war address to urge an increasingly skeptical electorate to give him a bit more time

6:26 AM on Thursday, April 2

President Donald Trump has used his first major address since launching his war in Iran to assure Americans all his military objectives will be completed “shortly” and urge a skeptical electorate to give him more time

Serbian journalists block the traffic outside the offices of Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in protest of mounting attacks and pressure on the media. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

International groups warn of 'spiral of violence' against journalists in Serbia

6:06 AM on Thursday, April 2

International media organizations have joined Serbian journalists in raising concerns about declining press freedoms in Serbia

People take cover in a bomb shelter as air raid sirens warn of incoming Iranian missile strikes in Bnei Brak, Israel, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Iran fires on Israel and Gulf neighbors as Trump claims threat from Tehran nearly eliminated

3:44 AM on Thursday, April 2

Iran has fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states, demonstrating Tehran’s continued ability to attack

FILE - Cook Islands Prime Minister, and outgoing Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Mark Brown, speaks at the opening of the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay, File)

New Zealand and Cook Islands sign a defense pact, easing tensions over a China deal

2:00 AM on Thursday, April 2

New Zealand and Cook Islands have signed a defense and security pact, easing over a year of tension between them

FILE - In this image from video circulating on social media, protesters dance and cheer around a bonfire as they take to the streets of Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP, File)

It’s International Fact-Checking Day. Refresh your AI identification skills

12:14 AM on Thursday, April 2

Artificial intelligence-generated content is everywhere these days, making it increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction, particularly when it comes to breaking news

Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, right, attends a virtual summit at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London, on Thursday April 2, 2026, with around 35 countries to discuss ways of reopening the Strait of Hormuz. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)

UK gathers more than 40 countries to plot ways of reopening the Strait of Hormuz

12:14 AM on Thursday, April 2

Britain has accused Iran of holding the world’s economy hostage, as diplomats from more than 40 countries held talks on ways of reopening the Strait of Hormuz

A firefighter extinguishes a car at the site of Israeli airstrikes, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

The Latest: Trump says Iran will be hit hard for next 2 or 3 weeks

12:09 AM on Thursday, April 2

U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. will keep hitting Iran very hard in the next two or three weeks even though he says all of his administration's military objectives have been met or exceeded

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Friday, March 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Republican plan to fund Homeland Security could get first test vote on Thursday

12:06 AM on Thursday, April 2

The Senate is expected to try quickly passing a measure Thursday that would fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, though it’s unclear how swiftly the House will follow to largely end the longest partial government shutdown in history

Today in History: April 2, Pope John Paul II dies at 84

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