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FILE - Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu attends an ECOWAS meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga, File)

Nigeria pushes back after Trump claims country's Christians face 'existential threat'

12:08 PM on Saturday, November 1

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is pushing back against Donald Trump's designation of Nigeria as a "country of particular concern" for alleged persecution of Christians

CORRECTS CITY - An aerial view of Falmouth, Jamaica, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Aid efforts struggle to bring relief to parts of hurricane-stricken Jamaica

11:34 AM on Saturday, November 1

Rescuers and aid workers have spread across Jamaica to deliver food and water after Hurricane Melissa ravaged the island

FILE - Former Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins speaks to a group of supporters of Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Former Kentucky Gov. Martha Layne Collins has died at 88

11:27 AM on Saturday, November 1

Martha Layne Collins, the first and only woman elected governor of Kentucky, has died

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a news conference following the APEC Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian PM Carney says he told Ontario's premier not to run anti-tariff ad that upset Trump

9:08 AM on Saturday, November 1

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he told Ontario's premier not to run an anti-tariff ad that angered U.S. President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump gestures as he walks towards the stage before speaking to members of the military aboard the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier docked at an American naval base, in Yokosuka, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

With bombs and bravado, Trump puts his own stamp on Reagan's 'peace through strength' mantle

8:45 AM on Saturday, November 1

It wasn’t so long ago that President Donald Trump spoke of building a legacy as a peacemaker

This photo provided by Anabel Romero shows her 14-year-old daughter, right, with her hands zip-tied, next to her 8-year-old daughter, foreground center, during a raid by various law enforcement agencies at La Catedral Arena horse race track in Wilder, Idaho, on Oct. 19, 2025. (Anabel Romero via AP)

FBI raid at Idaho horse track shows how immigration is a top focus across law enforcement

8:07 AM on Saturday, November 1

A recent FBI-led raid at an Idaho race track shows how immigration is driving federal law enforcement under the Trump administration

MUST Ministries delivers food to the public via a drive through service, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Austell, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Uncertainty over federal food aid deepens as the shutdown fight reaches a crisis point

7:21 AM on Saturday, November 1

The twin crises at the heart of the government shutdown fight in Washington are coming to a head

People fill the streets near the train station before observing 16 minutes of silence for the victims on the first anniversary of the disaster that killed 16 people, in Novi Sad, Serbia, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Serbia marks anniversary of deadly train station disaster with large rally

6:52 AM on Saturday, November 1

Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Novi Sad, Serbia, to commemorate the victims of last year's railway station disaster

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-United States Defence Ministers' High Tea, as part of the ASEAN Defense Ministers' meeting, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Hasnoor Hussainl/Pool Photo via AP)

US urges ASEAN to be firm in countering China in the South China Sea

5:44 AM on Saturday, November 1

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urges Southeast Asian nations to strengthen their maritime forces to counter China's actions in the South China Sea

FILE - Independent centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron stands at the "Mur des Justes" at the Shoah Museum, a wall on which 2,693 names of people who protected or saved Jews during World War II are engraved in Paris, April 30, 2017. (Philippe Wojazer/Pool Photo via AP, File)

4 Bulgarians sentenced to prison in Paris Holocaust Memorial vandalism linked to Russia

5:12 AM on Saturday, November 1

Four Bulgarians have been sentenced for vandalizing Paris' Holocaust Memorial with blood-red hands

A line of cargo trucks bound for Pakistan is stranded on the Afghan side of the Torkham border crossing, which remained closed after clashes, in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Wahidullah Kakar)

Pakistan partially reopens Torkham border crossing to allow Afghan refugees to leave

4:08 AM on Saturday, November 1

Pakistan has partially reopened the Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan, allowing thousands of stranded Afghan refugees to return home

9 dead, dozens injured in crowd surge at Hindu temple in southern India

3:26 AM on Saturday, November 1

A crowd surge at a Hindu temple in southern India has left at least nine people dead and dozens injured

Visitors pose for a group photo under Hatshepsut statue, at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

With pharaoh-fanfare, Egypt unveils a huge new museum dedicated to its ancient civilization

3:03 AM on Saturday, November 1

Egypt has inaugurated the Grand Egyptian Museum, the world's largest museum dedicated to a single ancient civilization and an effort aimed at boosting the country's tourism industry and troubled economy

This photo released by The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) shows displaced families from el-Fasher at a displacement camp where they sought refuge from fighting between government forces and the RSF, in Tawila, Darfur region, Sudan, Friday, October. 31, 2025. (NRC via AP)

Top diplomats from Germany, Jordan and the UK call for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan war

2:02 AM on Saturday, November 1

Foreign ministers from Germany, Jordan and the United Kingdom have called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan casts her vote during the general elections at Chamwino polling station in Dodoma, Tanzania, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo)

Tanzanian President Hassan wins disputed election with more than 97% of vote, official results show

12:46 AM on Saturday, November 1

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has won a disputed election with over 97% of the vote, according to official results announced on Saturday

Official results in Tanzania election show President Samia Suluhu Hassan winning with 97.6% of the vote

12:38 AM on Saturday, November 1

Official results in Tanzania election show President Samia Suluhu Hassan winning with 97.6% of the vote

Yolanda Stoner, of Norfolk, Va., wears her Obama blanket as she arrives for a rally for Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger during a campaign event with former President Barack Obama, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Obama to rally Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey in weekend campaign push before Election Day

11:05 PM on Friday, October 31

Former President Barack Obama is headlining rallies for Democrats running for governor in Virginia and New Jersey

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, center right, shake hands after a group photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Yonhap via AP)

South Korea calls for greater Chinese efforts to bring North Korea back to talks

7:12 PM on Friday, October 31

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to make greater efforts to convince North Korea to return to talks

Today in History: November 1, Seabiscuit wins “Race of the Century”

9:03 PM on Wednesday, October 15

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