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A Syrian army helicopter flies overhead as Ministry of Interior vehicles drive in formation through central Damascus during an official rollout of their new visual identity, as crowds watch from the roadside, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

International rights group chief says Syria's reforms are promising but democracy is still lacking

4:24 PM on Saturday, November 29

Amnesty International's secretary general says Syria's new authorities show some commitment to reform, transitional justice and reconciliation

A screen displays an image of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, a day after President Donald Trump said he plans to pardon Hernandez for a 2024 drug trafficking sentence, before the start of a press conference of Ruling party presidential candidate Rixi Moncada in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Trump's pardon of ex-Honduran president Hernández injects wild card into election

3:30 PM on Saturday, November 29

Hondurans are buzzing about U.S. President Donald Trump's recent involvement in their presidential election

Travelers wait in the main hall of the Simon Bolivar Maiquetia International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, after several international airlines canceled flights following a warning from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration about a hazardous situation in Venezuelan airspace. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Trump says Venezuelan airspace should be viewed as closed. Maduro government slams 'colonial threat'

1:25 PM on Saturday, November 29

The Venezuelan government is accusing President Donald Trump of making a ”colonial threat” and seeking to undermine the South American country’s sovereignty

In this photo provided by Azerbaijan's Presidential Press Service, Azebaijan's President Ilham Aliyev gestures during a military parade in Baku, on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, while celebrating the fifth anniversary of the victory in the Nagorno-Karabakh war after Azerbaijan gained the full control over the separatist region. (Azerbaijan's Presidential Press Service via AP)

Opposition leader detained in Azerbaijan's continuing crackdown on dissent

10:41 AM on Saturday, November 29

Azerbaijani authorities have detained opposition leader Ali Karimli, according to his adviser

FILE - Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell, File)

Experts doubt the Pentagon can punish Kelly over the 'illegal orders' video

8:29 AM on Saturday, November 29

Legal experts are raising lots of questions about the Pentagon’s investigation of Mark Kelly

Demonstrators with Georgian and EU flags light flares as they gather in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, to mark 365 days of non-stop protests against the government's decision to halt talks on joining the European Union. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

Georgian opposition figure arrested over alleged arson attempt at Tbilisi court

8:25 AM on Saturday, November 29

Georgian authorities have detained a prominent opposition figure Alexander Elisashvili on suspicion of attempting to set fire to the Tbilisi City Court office building

FILE - Signs are displayed outside a tent encampment at Northwestern University on April 26, 2024, in Evanston, Illinois. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, file)

Northwestern to pay $75 million in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding

8:24 AM on Saturday, November 29

Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S. government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of investigations and restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding

FILE - Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell, File)

Experts doubt the Pentagon can punish Kelly over the 'illegal orders' video

8:09 AM on Saturday, November 29

Legal experts are raising lots of questions about the Pentagon’s investigation of Mark Kelly

Dinis N’Tchama, military spokesperson, speaks on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025 in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. (TGB Guinea-Bissau via AP)

African Union suspends Guinea-Bissau after coup and former president flees to Republic of Congo

6:23 AM on Saturday, November 29

The African Union has suspended Guinea-Bissau following a military coup, emphasizing its zero tolerance for unconstitutional changes in government

Peoples walk near goods damaged from floods in Songkhla province, southern Thailand, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sarot Meksophawannakul)

Thai prime minister acknowledges flood response failures as death toll rises to 162

5:09 AM on Saturday, November 29

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has outlined recovery and compensation plans for the southern part of the country, where severe flooding has killed at least 162 people

George Washington Revolutionaries and the Charlotte 49ers play in George Town, Cayman Islands

4:42 AM on Saturday, November 29

The George Washington Revolutionaries face the Charlotte 49ers at John Gray Gymnasium in George Town, Cayman Islands

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, and Jodie Haydon smile after getting married in Canberra, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025.(Mike Bowers/Pool Photo via AP)

Australian prime minister Albanese becomes the first ever to marry in office

4:20 AM on Saturday, November 29

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has married his partner Jodie Haydon in a secretive ceremony

Jean-Pascal Hohm is seen after he was elected AfD youth leader during the re-founding of the AfD youth organization in Giessen, Germany, early Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

German far-right party sets up its new youth wing as thousands protest

3:56 AM on Saturday, November 29

A confident far-right Alternative for Germany has set up its new youth organization as thousands of protesters converged on the western city of Giessen

Rescuers search for victims after a drone hit a residential building during Russia's night missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday. Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russian attacks kill 3 as diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine gain momentum

2:46 AM on Saturday, November 29

U.S. officials are meeting in Florida this weekend with their Ukrainian counterparts about the Russia-Ukraine war

National Guard patrol the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

US halts all asylum decisions after shooting of National Guard members

12:07 AM on Saturday, November 29

The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports

FILE - Migrants deported months before by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown arrive at Simon Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Trump officials and judge face off over flights to El Salvador in rare, high-stakes contempt probe

12:01 AM on Saturday, November 29

A federal judge in Washington has relaunched his contempt probe of the Trump administration for failing to turn around two planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after speaking to troops via video from his Mar-a-Lago estate on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump pushes for more restrictions on Afghan refugees. Experts say many are already in place

9:28 PM on Friday, November 28

The Trump administration is promising a stricter anti-immigration agenda after an Afghan national was being charged in the shooting of two National Guard members

FILE - Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, second from right, is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft as he is extradited to the United States, at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Elmer Martinez, File)

Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence

4:34 PM on Friday, November 28

President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison

People gather for a vigil in honor of National Guard member Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, one of two National Guard members who were shot in Washington on Wednesday, in Webster Springs, W.Va., Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Kathleen Batten)

Suspect in shooting of National Guard members faces murder charge as US halts all asylum decisions

10:24 AM on Friday, November 28

The charges against the man who authorities say shot two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died

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