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FILE -People listen to the speech of former Hungarian government insider Peter Magyar next to Kossuth Square on Tuesdy, in Budapest, Hungary, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)

A youth-led push for change threatens Orbán’s 16-year rule in Hungary's elections

1:08 AM on Monday, March 30

Two weeks before pivotal elections, Hungary’s young voters are rallying behind Péter Magyar’s Tisza party and posing the strongest challenge to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in years

People line up in front of an Air China's counter for a direct flight between Beijing and North Korea's capital of Pyongyan, at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing Monday, March 30, 2026. (Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP)

China resumes direct flights to North Korea after 6 years

12:52 AM on Monday, March 30

China’s flag carrier has resumed direct flights between Beijing and North Korea’s capital of Pyongyang not long after the restoration of passenger train services between the capitals

Protesters face off against police firing tear gas outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles during a "No Kings" rally Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Jill Connelly)

Dozens arrested for failing to disperse after 'No Kings' rally in Los Angeles

3:59 PM on Sunday, March 29

Authorities in Los Angeles deployed tear gas near a federal detention center and made dozens of arrests following a “No Kings” rally this weekend

Vehicles drive as light poles are reduced to save electricity, as part of a series of measures the government has taken to mitigate the fallout of the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Khaled Elfiqi)

Egypt’s early closing order jolts Cairo’s night life as war-driven oil costs soar

2:39 PM on Sunday, March 29

Egypt is imposing early closing times for shops, cafes and restaurants to cut oil use as energy prices surge during the war

Taliban police guard the area where a strike hit a house in the Momand Dara district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Hedayat Shah)

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of shelling outskirts of eastern city, killing and wounding civilians

2:19 PM on Sunday, March 29

Afghanistan’s government has accused Pakistan’s military of shelling the outskirts of an eastern Afghan city

This image made from an Associated Press video shows passengers boarding the Amtrak Crescent headed towards New York on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)

Midnight train from Georgia: A view of America from the tracks as airports struggle in the shutdown

2:10 PM on Sunday, March 29

Long security lines at airports are driving people crazy as Congress and President Donald Trump try to work out a budget stalemate

FILE - Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy arrives at an EU-Arab league Foreign Ministers summit, in Athens, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

Egyptian diplomat Nabil Fahmy appointed as new Arab League chief

11:33 AM on Sunday, March 29

Arab foreign ministers have picked veteran Egyptian diplomat Nabil Fahmy to lead the Arab League for the next five years

Faithful attend a prayer service in the Church of All Nations, held by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, to mark Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (Ammar Awad/Pool Photo via AP)

Israeli police prevent Catholic leaders from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem church

10:55 AM on Sunday, March 29

Israeli police have blocked top Catholic leaders from entering Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre for a private Palm Sunday Mass

FILE - Mongolian Prime Minister Gombojavyn Zandanshatar speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Sept. 4, 2025. (Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Mongolia's ruling party picks a new prime minister candidate after leader's resignation

5:07 AM on Sunday, March 29

Mongolia’s ruling party has chosen a new prime minister candidate after the former prime minister resigned

Migrants trying to reach Britain, walk on a beach shore in Gravelines, northern France, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Europe seeks to increase deportations as some warn of Trump-like tactics

3:57 AM on Sunday, March 29

European lawmakers have voted to make it easier to send rejected asylum-seekers to detention sites in third countries

A worker walks on the deck of a feeder vessel as he works to offload cargo of rice into trucks at Umm Qasr Port, a deep-water port, in the city of Umm Qasr, Iraq, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Worries about global economic pain deepen as the war in Iran drags on

12:05 AM on Sunday, March 29

U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran have darkened the outlook for the world economy

Travelers wait in long security checkpoint lines at George Bush Intercontinental Airport Friday, March 27, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

TSA pay may be coming, but airport delays could persist and ICE agents may not leave soon

11:41 AM on Saturday, March 28

Heading into the weekend, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to pay the tens of thousands of TSA officers who have been working without pay for over a month during a partial government shutdown

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at the Ronald Reagan dinner during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos)

CPAC activists embrace Paxton as MAGA's choice for Senate over Cornyn

10:06 AM on Saturday, March 28

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has positioned himself as the grassroots favorite in the runoff election to determine the party's Senate nominee

A TSA agent works at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Bills to pay FAA and TSA workers during shutdowns get introduced but keep stalling in Congress

8:54 AM on Saturday, March 28

Members of Congress have repeatedly introduced bills to ensure the federal employees who control air traffic and conduct airport security screenings get paid during government shutdowns

A first responder assists an injured boy following a strike that hit a residential building amid the U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Sajad Safari)

Iran-backed Houthis enter the monthlong war and could further threaten global shipping

3:50 AM on Saturday, March 28

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have entered the monthlong war in the Middle East and claimed they launched missiles toward Israel

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos)

The top moments from this year's CPAC conference in Texas

12:03 AM on Saturday, March 28

President Donald Trump did not attend one of the biggest yearly meetings of conservatives for the first time in nearly a decade

Demonstrators march through the Country Club Plaza shopping district during a "No Kings" protest Saturday, March 28, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

'No Kings' rallies draw crowds across US, in Europe. Springsteen headlines Minnesota demonstration

12:01 AM on Saturday, March 28

Tens of thousands of people joined “No Kings” protests across the U.S. and in Europe against the war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s actions

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11:37 AM on Monday, March 9

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