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Zimbabwe's ruling party moves to extend President Mnangagwa's term until 2030

8:58 AM on Saturday, October 18

Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party has announced plans to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term by two years

Republican Jack Ciattarelli speaks during the final debate in the New Jersey governor's race with Democrat Mikie Sherrill, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in New Brunswick, N.J. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

GOP's immigration pitch to New Jersey Latinos aims for some distance from Trump in governor’s race

6:51 AM on Saturday, October 18

Jack Ciattarelli has been endorsed by Donald Trump in next month's New Jersey governor's election and is a strong supporter of the Republican president and his agenda

Burning ship loaded with gas abandoned in Gulf of Aden off Yemen as 1 mariner missing

4:42 AM on Saturday, October 18

A Cameroonian-flagged ship has caught fire in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen

People take part in a youth-led protest against corruption and calling for education and healthcare reforms, in Rabat, Morocco, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Gen Z protests against corruption and inequality are shaking Morocco. Here's what to know

11:34 PM on Friday, October 17

Protests have erupted in Morocco, driven by young people demanding change

A woman is evacuated after fainting during the viewing of the body of former Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga at Jomo Kenyatta Stadium in Kisumu, Kenya, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Heavy security after deadly violence in Kenya, as thousands mourn former Prime Minister Raila Odinga

11:21 PM on Friday, October 17

Heavy security has been deployed to Kenya’s western city of Kisumu before the final public viewing of the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga

Bernie Benito speaks during a celebration for the designation of Filipino Town as a Clark County Cultural District, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

'Filipino Towns' around the US preserve history and raise community's visibility

9:10 PM on Friday, October 17

Filipinos set foot on the North American continent for the first time over four centuries ago, and Filipino Americans are still on a quest to make a cultural footprint

Voting rights activists gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, early Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, as the justices prepare to take up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

After Voting Rights Act case arguments, concerns over diminished minority representation rise

9:08 PM on Friday, October 17

Black lawmakers and voting rights advocates are expressing concern about a potential decline in minority political representation following oral arguments in a Supreme Court case

FILE - Royal Ulster Constabulary Police officers stand on Market Street, the scene of a car bombing in the centre of Omagh, Co Tyrone, 72 miles west of Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Aug. 15, 1998. (AP Photo/Paul McErlane, File)

UK sees lessons from Northern Ireland that could aid the fragile Gaza ceasefire process

9:01 PM on Friday, October 17

Britain believes its experience in Northern Ireland could help achieve a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip

FILE - Former Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings speaks at the final campaign rally for opposition presidential candidate John Atta Mills, in Tema, Ghana., Dec. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

From barracks to palace: Soldiers who led military coups to become state leaders

7:01 PM on Friday, October 17

Col. Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as president of Madagascar after a military coup

Marine One with President Donald Trump on board departs from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House joins Bluesky and immediately trolls Trump opponents

5:05 PM on Friday, October 17

The White House has joined Bluesky, the social media platform of choice of many in the left-leaning online world

FILE - Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., waits for the start of a session in the House chamber in Washington, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

A timeline of George Santos' journey from Congress to prison to grant of clemency by Trump

4:19 PM on Friday, October 17

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos has been given clemency by President Donald Trump

Mayor Gregg Hull speaks about the New Mexico Goatheads, the state's new pro hockey team, at the Rio Rancho Events Center in Rio Rancho, N.M., on Sept. 29, 2025. (Jessica Baca/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

First Republican enters race for governor of New Mexico in 2026 as Democrat terms out of office

3:21 PM on Friday, October 17

New Mexico has its first Republican contender for governor ahead of the 2026 elections, as the three-term city mayor of fast-growing Rio Rancho launched his campaign

In this photo provided by the Alaska Army National, Guard Sgt. Mary Miller, a helicopter crew chief, passes a bottle of water to a child while evacuating displaced people from Kwigillingok, Alaska, during recovery operations on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Joseph Moon/Alaska National Guard via AP)

Alaska storm damage so bad many evacuees won’t go home for at least 18 months, governor says

1:03 PM on Friday, October 17

Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced won’t be able to return to their homes for at least 18 months

FILE - Pro-Palestinian supporters continue their encampment protest on Vanderbilt University campus Friday, May 3, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, file)

With no takers yet, White House meets with colleges still weighing an agreement with Trump

10:42 AM on Friday, October 17

Five remaining universities have been weighing an offer from President Donald Trump to sign a “compact” for higher education

He Weidong, then vice-chair of the powerful Central Military Commission attends the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China expels No. 2 general and 8 others from the Communist Party in anti-corruption drive

4:41 AM on Friday, October 17

China’s No. 2 general and eight other senior officials have been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and the military on suspicion of serious official misconduct linked to corruption

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, sits before a meeting with President Donald Trump, from right, Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

After Zelenskyy meeting, Trump calls on Ukraine and Russia to ‘stop where they are’ and end the war

9:03 PM on Thursday, October 16

President Donald Trump is calling on Kyiv and Moscow to “stop where they are” and end their brutal war

FILE - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi fans his face during the Forum of Kings, Princes, Sultans, Sheikhs and Mayors of Africa in Tripoli on Sept. 8 2010. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid Al Fergany, File)

A look at some world leaders who have fled uprisings

7:16 AM on Wednesday, October 15

A military coup this week in Madagascar forced the president into exile, joining a list of international leaders who fled their countries or went into hiding during uprisings to avoid incarceration or retaliation

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