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FILE - Migrants, who arrived recently at the island of Crete, are held under guard at a temporary shelter in the village of Agia, near Chania, on the island of Crete, southern Greece, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Giannis Angelakis, File)

EU to slash asylum cases from 7 nations deemed safe

11:41 AM on Thursday, December 18

The European Union has decided to reduce asylum claims from seven nations by considering them safe countries of origin

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio talks to the press at the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Rubio hits 2 more International Criminal Court judges with sanctions over Israel prosecutions

10:59 AM on Thursday, December 18

President Donald Trump's administration has imposed sanctions on two more International Criminal Court judges over their role in investigating Israeli officials for possible war crimes

FILE - A view of the headquarters of Euroclear in Brussels, on Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

Russia has few legal options to challenge EU frozen asset plan

10:15 AM on Thursday, December 18

A core question for European Union leaders discussing whether to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine is whether the idea is legally sound

FILE - Former Miss Finland Sarah Dzafce attends a press conference in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday Dec 11, 2025. (Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva via AP, File)

A photo of Miss Finland sparks racist accusations and furor across Asia

10:13 AM on Thursday, December 18

Finland's government is facing a backlash after its representative for the 2025 Miss Universe pageant, Sarah Dzafce, was seen pulling the corners of her eyes in a viral photo

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 file photo, refugees and migrants arrive in a dinghy accompanied by Frontex vessels at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey. AP Photo/Michael Varaklas, File)

In rare ruling, EU's top court sides with refugee's appeal in a landmark case against Frontex

9:17 AM on Thursday, December 18

The European Union's highest court has sided with a Syrian refugee in a landmark case against Frontex, the EU border agency

Thai residents who fled homes from fighting between Thailand and Cambodia along the border rest at an evacuation center in Surin province, Thailand, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand carries out more airstrikes on Cambodia as deadly border conflict flares

9:07 AM on Thursday, December 18

Thailand has conducted more airstrikes on Cambodia, targeting a warehouse storing rockets

Belind Kellici, a Member of Parliament representing the Democratic Party, holds a flare during tensions between the ruling Socialist Party and the opposition during a parliament session in Tirana, Albania, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo)

Albanian lawmakers scuffle, set off flares during parliament session

9:00 AM on Thursday, December 18

Albanian lawmakers have scuffled with guards during a parliament session in Tirana, shouting, tugging each other and setting off flares

FILE - Sudanese refugee girls carry water supplies near a polling station in the refugee camp of Zamzam, on the outskirts of El Fasher, Darfur, Sudan, on April 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

Sudanese paramilitary group RSF killed more than 1,000 civilians in Zamzam camp in April, UN says

8:48 AM on Thursday, December 18

The U.N. Human Rights Office says in a new report that more than 1,000 civilians were killed in a three-day attack by the Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces on Sudan's largest displacement camp

Students work together on a science, technology, engineering and mathematics challenge, facilitated by the Kentucky Science Center, in Simpsonville Elementary School, Nov. 18, 2025, in Simpsonville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)

Rural schools hit by Trump's grant cuts have few options for making up for the lost money

8:11 AM on Thursday, December 18

Many rural school districts around the United States are having a hard time making up for federal grant money that's been cut by the Trump administration

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a year-end press conference at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil's Lula vows to veto bill that could reduce Bolsonaro's prison sentence

7:56 AM on Thursday, December 18

Brazil’s President Lula da Silva says he will veto a bill that could reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence

FILE - A temple stands in the foreground of the Madras Atomic Power Station located at Kalpakkam, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/R. Parthibhan, File)

India's Parliament approves bill to open civil nuclear power sector to private firms

7:47 AM on Thursday, December 18

India’s Parliament has approved new legislation to open the civil nuclear power sector to private companies

FILE - A mushroom cloud rises from a test blast at the Nevada Test Site on June 24, 1957. (U.S. Energy Department via AP, File)

US official defends Trump’s nuclear test comments by citing mounting risks from other states

6:36 AM on Thursday, December 18

The United States has announced it will resume nuclear testing if other countries do the same

An aerial view of buildings peaking through a dense layer of fog in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Schools told to keep children inside as polluted fog envelops Bosnian capital

5:10 AM on Thursday, December 18

A thick layer of fog has enveloped Sarajevo, leading to flight cancellations and restrictions on outdoor activities

Sidney Reid, 44, of Washington, poses for a portrait near where she was arrested while protesting immigration detentions, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump's immigration crackdown. Dozens of cases have crumbled

11:03 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The Justice Department has embarked on a monthslong effort to prosecute people accused of assaulting federal officers during protests of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies

President Donald Trump speaks during an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, angering China

8:47 PM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump's administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, including medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones

China sues after Missouri seeks to collect on $25 billion court judgment, prosecutor says

5:00 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Missouri’s top prosecutor says China is suing after the state pressed federal officials for help collecting on a roughly $25 billion court judgment related to the COVID-19 pandemic

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