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FILE - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, and Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape attend a flag lowering ceremony in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on Sept. 16, 2025. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP, File)

Papua New Guinea Cabinet approves defense treaty with Australia

3:51 AM on Thursday, October 2

Papua New Guinea’s Cabinet has approved a defense treaty with Australia, aiming to curb Chinese influence in the region

FILE - In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa receives the final version of the provisional electoral system for the People's Assembly, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (SANA via AP, file)

How Syria's first elections since autocrat Assad's ouster are expected to unfold

12:15 AM on Thursday, October 2

Syria is due to hold parliamentary elections for the first time since its autocratic former president, Bashar Assad, was unseated in December

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers his speech during a celebration to mark 77th Armed Forces Day in Gyeryong, South Korea Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)

South Korea's president apologizes over poorly managed foreign adoption programs

12:09 AM on Thursday, October 2

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has apologized for poorly managed foreign adoption programs that were rife with abuses and fraud

FILE - El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, left, waves next to first lady Gabriela Bukele after delivering his annual address to Congress at the National Theater in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)

Journalism association to leave El Salvador over government pressure

9:31 PM on Wednesday, October 1

El Salvador’s Journalists Association is moving its legal status out of the country in response to a foreign agents law passed earlier this year

Sohei Kamiya, leader of a surging nationalist party Sanseito, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his party's headquarter on Sept. 2, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Anti-foreigner sentiments and politicians are on the rise as Japan faces a population crisis

8:53 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A Japanese nationalist party led by fiery anti-globalist Sohei Kamiya was among the biggest winners in this summer’s parliamentary election

Mexican authorities investigate vigilante killings of 5 in remote community

7:48 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Authorities believe residents of a remote community in the mountains of southern Mexico’s Oaxaca state beat five people to death and burned their bodies

Federal judge says immigrants in Washington state have right to bond hearings

6:45 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A federal judge has ruled that some migrants held in Tacoma, Washington, can request bond hearings

Arizona Democratic candidate Adelita Grijalva listens to her children speak at the stage podium after being declared the winner against Republican Daniel Butierez, to fill the Congressional District 7 seat held by the late U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva in a special election Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Newly elected Arizona lawmaker has yet to be sworn into office, as House Democrats welcome her

6:16 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A week after her decisive win in an Arizona special election for the U.S. House, Democrat Adelita Grijalva has yet to take office

National Guard soldiers leave the Shelby County Office of Preparedness in Memphis, Tenn., Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Bondi and Hegseth rally federal agents and troops in Memphis as part of crime task force

3:20 PM on Wednesday, October 1

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller have converged on Memphis, Tennessee, to meet with federal agents forming a crime fighting task force there

Damage is seen after an Israeli strike targeted a compound that hosted Hamas' political leadership in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Trump signs an executive order vowing to defend Qatar in the wake of Israel's strike

8:59 AM on Wednesday, October 1

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order pledging to defend Qatar, including using U.S. military action if necessary

This image taken from video released by the Israeli Foreign Ministry claims to show activist Greta Thunberg, right, as she is removed after the Israeli navy intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid towards Gaza on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (Israeli Foreign Ministry via AP)

Activists say Israeli navy has begun intercepting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla

7:05 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza say the Israeli navy intercepted at least 19 of their boats as they approached the besieged Palestinian territory

A boy is detained as youth led protests calling for healthcare and education reforms turned violent, in Sale, Morocco, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Youth-led anti-government protests in Morocco turn deadly, with 2 killed in a small town

5:17 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Anti-government unrest in Morocco filled the streets for a fifth straight night, as protests over the state of public services descended into deadly violence and destruction

A Palestinian man injured by Israeli artillery fire targeting a group of civilians fleeing from northern Gaza to the south is evacuated on a horse-drawn cart, in central Gaza, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel orders Palestinians to leave Gaza City, saying those who stay will be considered militants

4:47 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Israel’s defense minister has ordered all remaining Palestinians to leave Gaza City, saying it is their “last opportunity.”

Democratic state House Speaker Javier Martínez, center back, of Albuquerque, N.M., takes his seat at the opening of a special legislative session about proposals to shore up safety net spending in response to President Donald Trump's recent cuts, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico legislators rush to shore up safety net programs after federal cuts

11:03 PM on Tuesday, September 30

New Mexico legislators are pushing to shore up safety-net spending in response to President Donald Trump’s spending and tax cuts, in a state with one of the highest enrollment rates for Medicaid and federal food assistance

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