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6:34 AM on Friday, December 26

Police say that two people have been killed in northern Israel in a car-ramming and stabbing attack by a Palestinian man

6:26 AM on Friday, December 26

As 2025 wraps up, The Associated Press has curated a list of memorable stories and enjoyable reads published this year

5:56 AM on Friday, December 26

Authorities in Syria say that a bombing at a mosque in the city of Homs killed at least six people and wounded 21 others

5:31 AM on Friday, December 26

Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has overturned decades of U.S. trade policy — building a wall of tariffs around what used to be a wide open economy

5:22 AM on Friday, December 26

It’s been a rollercoaster of a year for U.S. trade policy

3:53 AM on Friday, December 26

A man has been arrested after stabbing eight people and injuring seven others with a chemical believed to be bleach at a tire factory in central Japan

2:25 AM on Friday, December 26

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump will happen soon

2:16 AM on Friday, December 26

Separatists in southern Yemen are accusing Saudi Arabia of targeting their forces with airstrikes

2:12 AM on Friday, December 26

Yemen separatists accuse Saudi Arabia of launching airstrikes against their forces; kingdom does not acknowledge attack

2:01 AM on Friday, December 26

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been convicted in a corruption trial tied to a multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund

1:55 AM on Friday, December 26

Malaysian court convicts former Prime Minister Najib Razak in corruption trial over multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal

1:25 AM on Friday, December 26

South Korea’s government says it plans to end the waning foreign adoptions of Korean children

1:04 AM on Friday, December 26

Nikola Jokic set an NBA record with 18 points in overtime, leading the Denver Nuggets to a 142-138 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Christmas night

11:37 PM on Thursday, December 25

The United States airstrikes targeting militants affiliated with the Islamic State in northwestern Nigeria are a major escalation of an offensive that Nigeria’s overstretched military has struggled with for years

11:31 PM on Thursday, December 25

Shares are mixed in Asia, with Tokyo's Nikkei 225 leading regional gains after Japan's Cabinet approved a record defense budget plan exceeding $58 billion for the coming fiscal year

11:28 PM on Thursday, December 25

Travis Kelce tried to make Thursday night a memorable one if it is his last game at Arrowhead Stadium

10:11 PM on Thursday, December 25

Bo Nix ran for a touchdown and threw a go-ahead pass to R

8:57 PM on Thursday, December 25

Defending champion and 100-foot supermaxi LawConnect led the Sydney to Hobart fleet out of Sydney harbor for the 80th running of the ocean race to the island state of Tasmania

7:57 PM on Thursday, December 25

Japan’s Cabinet has approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen for the coming year

5:40 PM on Thursday, December 25

President Donald Trump says the U.S. launched a deadly strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the the West African country's government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians