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FILE - UNIFIL peacekeepers secure the area in Khardali, southern Lebanon, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)

The Trump administration wants to end the UN peacekeeping in Lebanon. Europe is pushing back

9:05 PM on Saturday, August 16

The future of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has split the United States and its European allies with implications for security in the Middle East

A doll adorned with a miniature presidential depicting former President Evo Morales, who is promoting a null vote campaign in the presidential and legislative elections, sits on a shelf in his office during an interview in Lauca N, Chapare region, Bolivia, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Blocked from Bolivia's election, ex-leader Morales not sure how to respond to threats of arrest

4:05 PM on Saturday, August 16

Evo Morales, Bolivia's former president, has expressed uncertainty about threats from right-wing presidential candidates to arrest him if they gain power

FILE - First lady Melania Trump, left, watches as President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin welcome each other at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018, prior to Trump's and Putin's one-on-one meeting. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

In letter to Putin, US first lady asks him to consider the children in push to end war in Ukraine

3:35 PM on Saturday, August 16

Melania Trump took the unique step of crafting a letter that calls for peace in Ukraine, having her husband President Donald Trump hand-deliver it to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their Friday meeting in Alaska

Members of the District of Columbia National Guard patrol along the National Mall, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Three Republican-led states to send hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington

11:02 AM on Saturday, August 16

Three Republican-led states are deploying hundreds of members of their National Guard to Washington to assist in the Trump administration’s takeover of the city’s police department

President Donald Trump salutes as he walks Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Summit puts Putin back on the global stage and Trump echoes a Kremlin position

9:13 AM on Saturday, August 16

In a summit meeting marked by red carpets, handshakes and military flyovers, President Vladimir Putin made his first trip to the United States in a decade and was greeted warmly by President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump greets Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump greets Putin with a red carpet. Ukrainians feel betrayed.

8:06 AM on Saturday, August 16

Ukrainians in Kyiv have been shocked by the U.S. welcoming Russian President Vladimir Putin with a red carpet in Alaska

Congo rejects Kenya's diplomatic appointment to conflict-hit Goma

7:18 AM on Saturday, August 16

The Congolese government has rejected Kenya’s appointment of a consul general to Goma, citing a violation of international law

President Donald Trump listens as Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference at Joint Base Elmendorf- Richardson, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

A quick look back at this week’s biggest stories

3:08 AM on Saturday, August 16

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Alaska to discuss the war in Ukraine, but reached no agreement

President Donald Trump meets with Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. At left is Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and second from right is Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump reverses on the need for a ceasefire before a potential peace deal ending the war in Ukraine

11:48 PM on Friday, August 15

President Donald Trump reversed course in the wake of his meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin and now says an overall peace agreement is the next step in ending the war in Ukraine, rather than the ceasefire the American has long championed

Air Canada flight attendants picket at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)

Government forces Air Canada and flight attendants back to work and into arbitration

10:15 PM on Friday, August 15

Canada’s government has forced Air Canada and the union representing flight attendants into arbitration after a work stoppage stranded more than 100,000 travelers around the world during the peak summer travel season

President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Photos of the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska

1:11 PM on Friday, August 15

Japan's ministers bow during a memorial service marking the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II defeat, at the Nippon Budokan hall Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan marks 80th anniversary of WWII surrender as concern grows about fading memory

8:31 PM on Thursday, August 14

Japan is paying tribute to more than 3 million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending World War II

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