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Balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes over Lithuania closed Vilnius Airport for hours

6:36 AM on Sunday, October 5

Up to 25 small hot-air balloons, some carrying smuggled cigarettes, entered Lithuanian airspace late Saturday, forcing the shutdown of Vilnius Airport

Law enforcement officers stand in tear gas outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during a protest on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deploying troops in Portland, Oregon

7:47 PM on Saturday, October 4

A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland

Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland, Oregon

7:43 PM on Saturday, October 4

Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland, Oregon

In this screenshot taken from video provided by WRIC News, Democratic candidate for attorney general Jay Jones speaks with an interviewer Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Richmond, Va., about widely condemned text messages he sent in 2022. (WRIC via AP)

Democrat in Virginia attorney general race apologizes for 2022 texts depicting political violence

6:17 PM on Saturday, October 4

Virginia’s Democratic candidate for attorney general has been widely condemned for text messages from 2022 that revealed him suggesting that a prominent Republican get “two bullets to the head.”

Mexican authorities say they arrested an alleged local leader of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang

4:52 PM on Saturday, October 4

Mexico’s Security Ministry says they have arrested an alleged local leader of the Tren de Aragua gang in Mexico City

Couples attend a group ceremony organized by the Civil Registry to legally formalize their unions in in Asuncion, Paraguay, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Over 600 couples tie the knot in Asunción, Paraguay's mass civil wedding

4:19 PM on Saturday, October 4

More than 600 couples have married simultaneously in Asunción, Paraguay

FILE - Immigrants line up in the dining hall at a new U.S. government holding center for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas, on July 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Judge blocks Trump policy to detain migrant children turning 18 in adult facilities

4:04 PM on Saturday, October 4

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new Trump administration policy to detain migrant children in adult facilities once they turn 18

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)

Trump says he'll send National Guard to Chicago, but details remain unclear

3:11 PM on Saturday, October 4

President Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of 300 National Guard members to Chicago, where on the same day Border Patrol agents shot and injured a woman they said tried to run them over

People run for cover during an Israeli airstrike on a high-rise building in Gaza City, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, after the Israeli army issued a warning. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)

What to know after Hamas welcomes US peace plan for Gaza

12:54 PM on Saturday, October 4

Both Israel and now Hamas have signaled support for the new U.S. plan to end the war in Gaza and release all remaining hostages there

People attend the annual thanksgiving celebrations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Saturday, Oct 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanuel Birhane)

Thousands celebrate Ethiopia's thanksgiving festival

10:37 AM on Saturday, October 4

Thousands have gathered in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa for the East African country’s thanksgiving festival

Sanae Takaichi, the newly-elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), attends a press conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan's first female governing-party leader is an ultra-conservative star in a male-dominated group

2:38 AM on Saturday, October 4

In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democrats is one of the most conservative members of the male-dominated party seen as an obstacle to women’s advancement

This image released by NBC shows actor-singer Bad Bunny backstage on Sept. 30, 2025, as he prepares to host "Saturday Night Live" in New York. (Rosalind O'Connor/NBC via AP)

Bad Bunny kicks off 'SNL' 51st season with a group of new faces and jabs at his Super Bowl critics

12:04 AM on Saturday, October 4

Bad Bunny kicked off the 51st season of “Saturday Night Live” with a few timely jokes about his next high-profile gig: the Super Bowl

Sanae Takaichi, the newly-elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), attends a press conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan’s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely to become first female PM

9:45 PM on Friday, October 3

Japan’s governing party has elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister

Syrian electoral college members line up to cast their ballots in a parliamentary election at a polling station in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

What to expect as Syria goes to the polls for the first time since Assad's ouster

1:15 AM on Thursday, October 2

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

A federal officer stands guard 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)

Trump plans to federalize 300 troops in Illinois, as judge blocks a similar mobilization in Oregon

4:50 PM on Monday, September 29

President Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago

FILE - From left, Japan's chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi and Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi walk into the stage for a joint press conference by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election candidates at the party's headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)

Japan's governing party is choosing a new leader Saturday to succeed Ishiba

9:19 PM on Sunday, September 21

Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader Saturday to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba

Today in History: October 5, Steve Jobs dies at 56

12:12 PM on Friday, September 5

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