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FILE - Prince Alois of Liechtenstein addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Liechtenstein changes its rules to allow women to inherit the Alpine principality's throne

9:19 AM on Saturday, August 15

Liechtenstein’s royal house says the tiny country’s rules of succession will be changed so that a woman could in the future inherit the principality’s throne

Supporters cheer at a Democratic General Election Kickoff Rally at Renaissance High School Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Democratic primary turnout has soared in some states. Can it carry over to November?

8:18 AM on Saturday, August 15

Democratic voters are turning out for this year’s primaries at levels not seen in more than 20 years

FILE - President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Aug. 7, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

The buck stops somewhere else: A look at Trump's tendency to avoid blame when things go awry

7:52 AM on Saturday, August 15

President Harry Truman famously kept a “The Buck Stops Here” sign on his White House desk

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the rampart of the 17th century Mughal-era Red Fort monument during the country's Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026. (AP Photo)

India's Modi says armed Maoists are fading, but warns threat remains from ideological supporters

4:10 AM on Saturday, August 15

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India’s decades-long Maoist insurgency is nearing its end but warns the country now faces a new battle against people who align with the movement’s ideology

FILE- Rohingya refugee children carry banners during a visit by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres at the Ukhiya camp in Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu, File)

Myanmar says over 300,000 Rohingya refugees verified for repatriation as exodus enters ninth year

1:47 AM on Saturday, August 15

Myanmar’s military-backed government says it has verified that more than 300,000 Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh are former residents of western Rakhine state

Israeli settlers put up an Israeli flag on a hilltop after it was taken down by Israeli and foreign peace activists during a protest in support of local landowners whose property is threatened with seizure by settlers, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Beit Sahour, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

There’s a reason why Israel has done little to rein in settler violence. It’s not just Netanyahu

Saturday, August 15

A dayslong standoff in the occupied West Bank points to Israel's reluctance to rein in settler violence against Palestinians

Visitors observe a moment of silence at Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's war dead, including convicted war criminals, as the country marks the 81st anniversary of the end of World War II Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Takaichi skips controversial shrine visit on 81st anniversary of country's World War II surrender

6:54 PM on Friday, August 14

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stayed away from Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday

FILE - The emblem of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is displayed on a podium in Denver on Feb. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

US civil rights agency denies issuing order halting all federal class discrimination complaints

6:34 PM on Friday, August 14

A civil rights agency accused of halting a sexual harassment case filed on behalf of female prison guards is now blaming an administrative judge for doing so in error

FILE - The sun sets over a section of the border wall, June 18, 2025, in Mission, Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Judge refuses to block Trump administration from building border wall along tribe's reservation

5:35 PM on Friday, August 14

A federal judge has refused to block the Trump administration from taking steps to build 62 miles of international border wall along part of a Native American tribe’s reservation without its consent

FBI director Kash Patel speaks before President Donald Trump at the David Mack Center for Training and Intelligence, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in Garden City, N.Y. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Homicides dropped 18.1% in 2025 to the lowest rate since 1956, FBI says

5:09 PM on Friday, August 14

The homicide rate in the United States dropped to the lowest it’s been in 75 years

FILE - A portrait of President Donald Trump is displayed at the Justice Department building in Washington, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Appeals court sides with Trump in fight over subpoena of gender-affirming care provider

4:25 PM on Friday, August 14

A federal appeals court says President Donald Trump’s goal of ending gender-affirming care is not improper and cannot be the basis for quashing a subpoena

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump says USS Lincoln's record time at sea during Iran operations 'not nearly long enough'

2:34 PM on Friday, August 14

President Donald Trump is downplaying concerns about the USS Abraham Lincoln's extended deployment in the Middle East

FILE - Sheryl Williams Stapleton, a former state House majority leader and APS employee, right, walks with her attorney Ahmad Assed, left, to make her first appearance in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque, N.M., on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Former high-ranking Democratic legislator in New Mexico convicted in federal fraud case

2:12 PM on Friday, August 14

A New Mexico jury has found a former high-ranking Democratic legislator guilty of numerous federal charges stemming from a corruption investigation

Rescuers pass food packages for rescue teams and volunteers searching through the rubble four days after an earthquake hit Cali, Colombia, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Hope reborn in Colombia as signs of life emerge under earthquake debris

12:15 PM on Friday, August 14

Colombia is grappling with the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that killed at least 287 people and affected more than 100,000

Army Staff Sgt. Alexis Jaramillo shows photos of his wife, Maisa Lopes Eliaser, a Brazilian national who is detained by ICE, near the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center where she is currently held, in Basile, La., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Joseph Vidrine)

Wife of US soldier is removed from deportation flight and released from federal immigration custody

9:33 AM on Friday, August 14

The wife of a U.S. soldier has been released from federal immigration custody after spending more than a month detained, according to her family

FILE - Sailors and Marines line the deck of aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as it deploys from San Diego, Jan. 3, 2021. (K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, File)

New aircraft carrier heads toward Mideast after reports of issues on long-deployed USS Lincoln

2:17 PM on Thursday, August 13

The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln

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