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Bodies of unidentified Palestinians returned from Israel as part of the ceasefire deal are buried in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Diplomat overseeing Gaza ceasefire says violations threaten transitional governance

11:22 AM on Friday, February 13

The top diplomat overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal in Gaza said Friday that continued violations of the agreement pose major obstacles to the Palestinian committee expected to oversee postwar governance and reconstruction

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11:00 AM on Friday, February 13

FILE - The state and U.S. flags fly over the Virginia State Capitol as the 2024 session of the Virginia General Assembly gets underway, Jan. 10, 2024, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Virginia redistricting election will go forward while court considers appeal

10:58 AM on Friday, February 13

Virginia voters will get to cast ballots on a congressional redistricting plan that could help Democrats in this year's midterm elections

Cathleen Special, executive director of the Otis Library in Norwich, Conn., and Emily Gardiner, the young adult librarian, hold up copies of passport applications on Friday, Feb. 13, 2024, in the room where people used to be able to get their passport processed. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh)

State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications

10:42 AM on Friday, February 13

The State Department has ordered nonprofit public libraries to stop taking passport applications, cutting off a popular local service

Farmers park their tractors in front of the Greek parliament as they protesting against high production costs, low prices for their products and delays in subsidy payments, in central Athens, on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Angry Greek farmers converge on parliament with tractors in overnight protest rally

10:07 AM on Friday, February 13

Greek farmers have driven dozens of tractors to parliament in central Athens for an overnight rally to protest what they say is government inaction that threatens their livelihoods

FILE - People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. r. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Justice Department sues Harvard for data as it investigates how race factors into admissions

9:19 AM on Friday, February 13

The Trump administration is suing Harvard University, saying it has refused to provide admissions records that the Justice Department demanded to ensure the Ivy League school stopped using affirmative action in admissions

FILE - Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak speaks at the Halifax International Security Forum, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (Kelly Clark/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Israel's Barak says he regrets knowing Epstein after documents detail their long friendship

8:31 AM on Friday, February 13

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has apologized for his yearslong friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Signs reading "NO ICE ACCESS" taped to the front doors of Valley View Elementary School, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Columbia Heights, Minn. (AP Photo/Liam James Doyle)

Teachers describe immigration enforcement's impact on classrooms in challenge of Trump policy

6:56 AM on Friday, February 13

In a new court filing, teachers around the country describe how President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is emptying classrooms and frightening families

French tourist found dead in Chad after a 2-day search in the Sahara

6:09 AM on Friday, February 13

Chadian authorities say they have found the body of a French tourist after he went missing during a Sahara Desert festival visit

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz calls for the US and Europe to 'repair and revive trans-Atlantic trust together'

5:30 AM on Friday, February 13

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz calls for the US and Europe to 'repair and revive trans-Atlantic trust together'

Do special election results spell doom for Republicans in 2026?

5:29 AM on Friday, February 13

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius talk during their visit of drone producing company Quantum Frontline Industries near Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

A new round of US-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine is set for Geneva next week

4:59 AM on Friday, February 13

Envoys from Russia and Ukraine are to meet for a new round of U.S.-brokered talks in Geneva next week as both sides keep fighting and trading long-range strikes

FILE - Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, the group chairman and CEO of Dubai-backed port operator DP World, listens during a news conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, March 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell,File)

Logistics giant DP World replaces chairman named in Jeffrey Epstein documents

4:08 AM on Friday, February 13

Dubai has replaced the longtime head of DP World after emails linked him to Jeffrey Epstein

FILE - People protest against President Donald Trump's policy towards Greenland in front of U..S consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Trump's push for Greenland reveals a political weak spot, new AP-NORC poll finds

4:03 AM on Friday, February 13

A new AP-NORC poll finds that Trump's recent push to seize control of Greenland is divisive even within his own party

Tarique Rahman, the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), attends an election rally ahead of national election in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Tarique Rahman spent 17 years in exile. He is now poised to lead Bangladesh

Friday, February 13

Tarique Rahman is poised to lead Bangladesh after his Bangladesh Nationalist Party scored an election victory

President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter during an event with Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin to announce the EPA will no longer regulate greenhouse gases, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

A look at false claims made by the Trump administration as it revokes a key scientific finding

2:56 PM on Thursday, February 12

While announcing that he was rolling back the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 endangerment finding, President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin made false claims regarding the government declaration, climate change and energy

FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center left, and his daughter, center right, arrive at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang, North Korea, June 29, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Spy agency says Kim Jong Un’s daughter is close to being designated North Korea’s future leader

1:24 AM on Thursday, February 12

South Korea’s spy agency says it believes the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is close to being designated as the country’s future leader

FILE - Britain's Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, looks round as he leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

High-profile resignations and replacements as Epstein case fallout spreads

6:56 AM on Wednesday, February 11

The fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein case is spreading around the world

Local governments provide proof that polarization is not inevitable

5:26 AM on Tuesday, February 10

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