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FILE - The UNESCO logo hangs from a podium in Paris, Nov. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File)

UNESCO is choosing a new director who will face a big funding shortage after US exit

12:07 AM on Monday, October 6

An Egyptian antiquities professor and a Congolese economist are competing to become the new director of UNESCO

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deploying any National Guard troops in Oregon

10:20 PM on Sunday, October 5

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deploying any National Guard troops in Oregon

Trump federalizing up to 400 from Texas National Guard for Oregon, Illinois and beyond, per Hegseth memo in court filing

9:41 PM on Sunday, October 5

Trump federalizing up to 400 from Texas National Guard for Oregon, Illinois and beyond, per Hegseth memo in court filing

People stand in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan's Nikkei stock index jumps nearly 5% after its ruling party picked Takaichi to lead

9:02 PM on Sunday, October 5

Japan’s Nikkei stock index has jumped nearly 5% after its ruling party chose an ultra-conservative as its leader and likely first woman prime minister

Federal officers hold down a protestor in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, after protesters learned that U.S. Border Patrol shot a woman Saturday morning on Chicago's Southwest Side. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

2:46 PM on Sunday, October 5

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest city

People traverse roadblocks placed by demonstrators protesting the elimination of the diesel subsidy by President Daniel Noboa's, government in Cayambe, Ecuador, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Protesters rally for and against Ecuador's president as emergency takes effect in 10 provinces

2:30 PM on Sunday, October 5

Protesters both for and against Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa have rallied in the capital Quito

Police and Federal officers stand guard an area by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore. on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Oregon

12:37 PM on Sunday, October 5

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including the California National Guard

The U.S. Capitol is seen on the second day of the government shutdown, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Government shutdown entering sixth day as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse

10:12 AM on Sunday, October 5

Washington lawmakers remain at a standstill over reopening the government, showing few signs of progress as President Donald Trump says layoffs are “taking place right now.”

Palestinian women bake bread in a clay oven, using plastic for fire, at a UN school used as a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel and Hamas prepare for negotiations in Egypt ahead of possible Gaza ceasefire

8:38 AM on Sunday, October 5

Israel and Hamas are preparing for indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday as hopes are rising for a possible ceasefire in Gaza

A demonstrator with a Georgian national, EU and other flags walks in front of police line during an opposition rally in the city center of Tbilisi, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, boycotting the municipal elections and calling for the release of political opponents. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

Georgia's prime minister says protesters want to topple his government and vows a further crackdown

6:44 AM on Sunday, October 5

Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has accused the opposition of trying to overthrow his government

President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a celebration for the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Harry S. Truman at Naval Station Norfolk, Sunday Oct. 5, 2025 in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Trump doesn't let shutdown interfere with celebrating Navy's 250th anniversary at rally-like event

6:29 AM on Sunday, October 5

President Donald Trump is marking the Navy's 250th anniversary by joining a celebration at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia

Brianna Wheeler poses for a photo at Peninsula Park, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

At America's national parks in the Trump era, the arc of history bends toward revisionism

6:24 AM on Sunday, October 5

The National Park Service under President Donald Trump is looking to reshape what it tells Americans about their history

Federal officers hold down a protestor in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, after protesters learned that U.S. Border Patrol shot a woman Saturday morning on Chicago's Southwest Side. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

What we know about National Guard deployment in Chicago and Portland

3:50 PM on Monday, September 29

A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump from sending National Guard troops to Oregon, where protesters have gathered in the block surrounding a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, setting back his latest attempt at federal intervention in cities

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