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FILE - This photo combination shows Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, left, Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Luxembourg's Crown Prince Guillaume in Tokyo, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)

Luxembourg’s grand duke to abdicate after 25 years, passing throne to son

12:06 AM on Friday, October 3

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg is abdicating the throne after 25 years

Federal agents stand outside an immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits federal building in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Trump administration taps Army Reserve and National Guard for temporary immigration judges

11:04 PM on Thursday, October 2

The Trump administration is tapping National Guard and Army Reserve lawyers to be temporary immigration judges after firing dozens of existing judges

President Donald Trump speaks to a gathering of top U.S. military commanders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Quantico, Va. (Andrew Harnik/Pool via AP)

Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals

11:00 PM on Thursday, October 2

President Donald Trump is now openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign

FILE - An aircraft of India's budget airline IndiGo is serviced at Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore, India, Sept. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

India and China to resume direct flights after a 5-year suspension

10:48 PM on Thursday, October 2

India and China plan to resume direct flights between some of their cities after a five-year suspension

The Wahbeh family, who immigrated to Germany from Syria, sits along a river in Berlin on Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

A decade after the refugee crisis that shook Europe, a Syrian family becomes German

8:36 PM on Thursday, October 2

A decade after 1 million migrants arrived in Germany from war-torn countries like Syria, Iran and Afghanistan, the country has changed

Democratic state House Speaker Javier Martínez, center back, of Albuquerque, N.M., takes his seat at the opening of a special legislative session about proposals to shore up safety net spending in response to President Donald Trump's recent cuts, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico Legislature approves bills to prop up rural health care, underwrite food assistance

6:26 PM on Thursday, October 2

New Mexico legislators moved quickly to prop up funding for food assistance and rural health care services in response to President Donald Trump’s cuts in federal spending on Medicaid and nutrition programs

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and GOP leaders, from left, Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., and Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., blame the government shutdown on Democrats during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The blame game is on at federal agencies, where political messages fault Democrats for the shutdown

5:34 PM on Thursday, October 2

Americans' routine interactions with the federal government this week are increasingly being met with partisan messaging

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he answers questions during a meeting with foreign policy experts at the Valdai Discussion Club in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin praises Trump but warns supplies of US long-range missiles to Ukraine will badly hurt ties

3:34 PM on Thursday, October 2

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the United States that supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine will seriously damage relations between Moscow and Washington but will not change the situation on the battlefield

FILE - The Food and Drug Administration seal is seen at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

FDA approves another generic abortion pill, prompting outrage from conservatives

2:48 PM on Thursday, October 2

Federal health officials have approved another generic version of the abortion pill, prompting outrage from some abortion opponents aligned with President Donald Trump

FILE - Residents walk along a sidewalk in Aracuai, Brazil, Oct. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Brazil’s lower house approves an increase in tax exemptions for low-income people

12:10 PM on Thursday, October 2

Brazil’s lower house has approved exempting up to 5,000 reais, or about $940, a month from income taxes

Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget director, listens as he addresses members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump administration cuts nearly $8B in clean energy projects in states that backed Harris

12:08 PM on Thursday, October 2

The Trump administration has announced the cancellation of $7.6 billion intended for clean energy projects across 16 states

People torch and loot a bank as youth led protests calling for healthcare and education reforms turned violent, in Sale, Morocco, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Morocco's youth-led protests demand better schools and hospitals, prime minister resignation

10:01 AM on Thursday, October 2

Youth-led demonstrators in Morocco took to the streets for a sixth straight night despite fear of violence after three people were killed by security forces

FILE - President Donald Trump silences his mobile phone in the Oval Office of the White House, May 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

The Latest: Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and punishment

7:45 AM on Thursday, October 2

President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting “irreversible” cuts to programs important to Democrats

A displaced Palestinian boy looks at smoke rising into the sky following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza as Hamas considers its response to Trump's peace proposal

5:42 AM on Thursday, October 2

Hospitals say that Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 57 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

Activists in orange life jackets sit aboard a Gaza-bound Sumud flotilla boat as Israeli navy soldiers sail it into the port of Ashdod, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, after it was intercepted while approaching the Gaza coast. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israeli navy intercepts boats attempting to break Gaza blockade and arrests activists

2:54 AM on Thursday, October 2

Hundreds of Israeli police officers have been deployed to the port of Ashdod to process some 450 international activists detained by Israeli naval forces hours earlier

FILE - This photo combination shows Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, left, Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Luxembourg's Crown Prince Guillaume in Tokyo, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)

Luxembourg's grand duke will abdicate, passing the throne to his son

12:09 AM on Thursday, October 2

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg is set to abdicate the throne Friday after 25 years, passing the role to his eldest son, Guillaume

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

8:19 PM on Sunday, September 21

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

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