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FBI agents are outside a building after a raid in the Kensington section of Philadelphia on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (WPVI via AP)

FBI indicts dozens of people in Philadelphia on drug charges

2:55 PM on Saturday, October 25

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced that more than two dozen people have been indicted on drug-related charges as part of a yearslong investigation into a gang in Philadelphia

Sandibell Hidalgo, left, and Ofelia Torres, 16, speak to the room about the detention of Ruben Torres Maldonado during a news conference calling for the release of Ruben Torres Maldonado at on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (Anthony Vazquez /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Judge rules immigration detention of Chicago man with daughter battling cancer is illegal

2:47 PM on Saturday, October 25

A federal judge has ruled that the detention of a Chicago man by immigration authorities is illegal

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)

Houthi rebels detain 2 more UN workers, including a woman in critical condition

1:35 PM on Saturday, October 25

U.N. officials say Iran-backed Houthi rebels have intensified their crackdown against the United Nations in Yemen, detaining two additional workers

FILE - A man walks along the south bank of the River Thames backdropped by the Elizabeth Tower, known as Big Ben, of the Houses of Parliament, in London, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Why the time difference between the US and Europe will be one hour shorter this week

1:14 PM on Saturday, October 25

Every October, there's a week when Europe and the U.S. are out of sync with daylight saving time, potentially confusing people organizing international meetings

FILE - President Jimmy Carter, right, meets with Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti at the White House in Washington, Dec. 13, 1979. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz, File)

Shutdowns began as a way to enforce federal law. Now Trump is using it to take more power

9:14 AM on Saturday, October 25

The government shutdown is quickly becoming a way for President Donald Trump to exercise new command over the government

A voter checks his name on the voters' list before casting his ballot at a polling station in Garoua, Cameroon, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025 (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)

Cameroon opposition leaders arrested as protests erupt over election results

8:03 AM on Saturday, October 25

Two Cameroon opposition leaders have been arrested as protests rage over the presidential election results

Portraits of Mass. Rep. Charles Lewis Mitchell, left, and Dr. John V. de Grasse are shown from an photograph album from the personal collection of anti-slavery activist Harriet Hayden, which was printed in the 1860's, at the Boston Athenaeum, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Historic libraries bring modern comfort to book lovers and history buffs in New England

8:02 AM on Saturday, October 25

Centuries-old private libraries are bringing modern comfort and awe to book lovers and history buffs in New England

FILE - Police officers escort protesters near the Bell Hotel in Epping, London, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025 after a temporary injunction that would have blocked asylum seekers from being housed at the hotel was overturned. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

British police search London for asylum-seeker mistakenly released from prison

7:35 AM on Saturday, October 25

British police are searching for an asylum-seeker mistakenly released from prison

3 Chinese citizens arrested in Georgia for attempting to buy uranium

6:38 AM on Saturday, October 25

Three Chinese citizens have been arrested in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, for attempting to illegally purchase uranium

Left-wing independent presidential candidate Catherine Connolly arrives at Dublin Castle for the count in Ireland's presidential election to replace Michael D. Higgins, who has served the maximum two seven-year terms, on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)

Left-leaning independent Connolly wins Irish presidential election

6:34 AM on Saturday, October 25

Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly, who secured the backing of Ireland’s left-leaning parties including Sinn Féin, has won the country’s presidential election in a landslide victory against her center-right rival

Smoke bellows from a warehouse that caught fire following a Russian attack, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Russian missile and drone attacks kill 4 in Ukraine as Zelenskyy pleads for air defense

3:12 AM on Saturday, October 25

Officials say Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday have killed at least four people and wounded 20

Officials count votes at a polling station in the Yopougon suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, as polls close during the presidential elections. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Ivory Coast counts votes in key election with incumbent Ouattara predicted to win fourth term

1:37 AM on Saturday, October 25

Votes are being counted in Ivory Coast after citizens cast their ballots to elect a new leader

FILE - A family walks through Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russia faces a shrinking and aging population and tries restrictive laws to combat it

12:12 AM on Saturday, October 25

Russia has grappled with a shrinking and aging population for decades, with President Vladimir Putin viewing it as a threat to national security

President Donald Trump and other leaders gather for a family photo during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Europe fights to avoid being sidelined by Trump’s world-shaping plans

12:07 AM on Saturday, October 25

Donald Trump has seized a central role on the global stage, leaving European allies on the sidelines

African students visit a sheep farm during a practical class on sheep care in Malagón, central Spain, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A neglected and ancient trade in Spain gets a boost from African migrants

12:03 AM on Saturday, October 25

A government program in Spain is training African migrants as shepherds to tackle rural depopulation and job shortages

From left to right, Lao's Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongsavanh Phomvihane, Myanmar's Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs U Hau Khan Sum, Singapore's Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert Chu, Thailand's Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan, Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro, unidentified Brunei's representative, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono, East Timor's Foreign Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas and ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn pose for a group photo during ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Malaysia warns ASEAN neutrality eroding as global powers compete

9:01 PM on Friday, October 24

Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan has warned Southeast Asian counterparts that neutrality is shrinking due to big power rivalry

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One at Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump travels to Asia and a meeting with China's Xi as the US government shutdown drags on

8:00 PM on Friday, October 24

President Donald Trump is heading to Asia for his first trip since taking office in January

Fine Gael candidate Heather Humphreys casts her vote with the help of her one-year-old grandaughter Charlotte at Killeevan Central National School in Newbliss, Co Monaghan, for the election for the next Irish president, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (Liam McBurney/PA Wire/PA via AP)

What to know about Ireland's election as the country votes for a new president

12:27 AM on Friday, October 24

Voters in Ireland are going to the polls to elect one of two women as their new president

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