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FILE - In this Monday, March 30, 2015 file photo provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Royal Saudi Land Forces and units of Special Forces of the Pakistani army take part in a joint military exercise called "Al-Samsam 5" in Shamrakh field, north of Baha region, southwest Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/SPA, File)

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia sign defense agreement to treat an attack on one as attack on both

3:44 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a defense pact pledging that any attack on either nation would be considered an attack on both

FILE - Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu speaks at the opening ceremony of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sept. 5, 2024. (Greg Baker/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Nigeria lifts emergency rule in Rivers State after 6 months of political crisis

3:18 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Nigeria’s president has lifted emergency rule in Rivers State and reinstated the local governor and lawmakers

Supervisor Joel Engardio, second left, hugs his husband, Lionel Hsu, as supporters applaud after Engardio lost recall election in San Francisco on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Voters oust San Francisco supervisor who turned a coastal highway into a car-free park

1:51 PM on Wednesday, September 17

A San Francisco supervisor has been recalled after he successfully pushed to turn part of a coastal highway into a car-free park

Xp Lee, Democratic candidate for Minnesota house district 34B, knocks on doors during campaigning in Brooklyn Park, Minn., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Minnesota House to return to full strength for first time since lawmaker's assassination

1:22 PM on Wednesday, September 17

The Minnesota House is set to return to full strength with a power-sharing agreement after a special election filled a vacant seat

FILE - A home sits near the Gen. James Gavin Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant, April 14, 2025, in Point Pleasant, W.Va. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

National Academy of Sciences rebuffs Trump EPA's effort to undo regulations fighting climate change

12:41 PM on Wednesday, September 17

The National Academy of Sciences says evidence supporting a 2009 U.S. government finding that climate change threatens public health is “beyond scientific dispute” and that evidence supporting that finding has only grown stronger

FILE - Jaden Smith appears at the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles on Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Jaden Smith is moving to Paris as men's creative director for Christian Louboutin

12:32 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Jaden Smith has been hired as men's creative director by Christian Louboutin and is moving to Paris

Jan Carey, a North Carolina veteran who burned a flag near the White House last month, listens while his attorneys speak following his arraignment at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Army veteran who burned American flag near White House pleads not guilty to federal charges

12:24 PM on Wednesday, September 17

An Army veteran who set fire to an American flag near the White House to protest President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on flag burning has pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine reviewing recent events at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and implications for children's health on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health

10:07 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Susan Monarez is warning senators America’s public health system is headed to a “dangerous place” under Health Secretary Robert F

Protesters in costumes adjust their crowns during a demonstration of the Stop Trump Coalition group against President Donald Trump's state visit in London, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Trump's second state visit to the UK meets with protests and arrests

9:07 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Beyond U.S. President Donald Trump's royal reception at Windsor Castle, there were many people not so enthusiastic about his visit

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU lays out new tariffs and sanctions on Israel over war in Gaza

8:06 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The European Union has announced its toughest plan yet to pressure Israel to end the war in Gaza

UNHCR official warns that the 1951 refugee convention is increasingly under threat

7:42 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The U.N. refugee agency says that governments around the world are increasingly undermining the global convention on refugees and asylum-seekers even threatening its very existence

Opponents of California Proposition 50, also known as the Election Rigging Response Act, a California ballot measure that would redraw congressional maps to benefit Democrats, rally in Westminster, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

What to know about the congressional redistricting trend kick-started by Trump

7:29 AM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump’s call to redraw U.S. House districts before the 2026 elections has led to a wave of political maneuvering among state-level Republicans and Democrats

This 2022 image provided by the Hong campaign shows Democratic state Rep. Francesca Hong. (Hong campaign via AP)

Democrat Francesca Hong promises to be 'wild card' in Wisconsin governor's race

7:04 AM on Wednesday, September 17

A Democratic state lawmaker who is promising to be a “wild card” is joining Wisconsin’s open race for governor

FILE - White House national security adviser Mike Waltz speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, on Feb. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Delays to Mike Waltz's UN bid make it all but impossible he's in the role for a major world meeting

12:13 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Mike Waltz almost certainly will not make his debut as President Donald Trump’s U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during a gathering of world leaders next week

FILE - Children play outside Royce Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles, campus, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

University of California students, professors and staff sue the Trump administration

6:56 PM on Tuesday, September 16

University of California faculty, staff and student organizations and labor unions have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, saying the federal government is using civil rights laws to wage a campaign against the university to curtail academic freedom and undermine free speech

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