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Troops loyal to CAPSAT military unit commander Col. Michael Randrianirina joins protesters to announce that the armed forces are taking control of the country in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

A timeline of all the major events in Madagascar's military coup

3:34 AM on Thursday, October 16

The military in Madagascar has seized power, ousting President Andry Rajoelina, who has fled the country

Embattled French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survives a no-confidence vote in Parliament

2:43 AM on Thursday, October 16

Embattled French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survives a no-confidence vote in Parliament

FILE -President Donald Trump shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

India seeks to import more US oil and gas under pressure from Trump to stop Russian oil purchases

12:49 AM on Thursday, October 16

India is looking to increase its purchases of crude oil and natural gas from the U.S. as it diversifies its energy supplies following criticism by U.S. President Donald Trump over its imports of discounted Russian oil

Shepherds return home at the end of the day with their flock in the mountains of Ha Lejone, Lesotho, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Lesotho finds its HIV care system unraveling and patients in despair in the wake of US cuts

12:36 AM on Thursday, October 16

In the wake of massive U.S. cuts to foreign aid, the tiny country of Lesotho in southern Africa faces deep uncertainty and worry over its HIV-positive residents

FILE - Former Democratic Republic of the Congo President Joseph Kabila arrives to meet with religious leaders at his Kinyogote residence in M23 controlled Goma, Eastern Congo, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

Former Congo leader Kabila appears at Kenya political meeting despite absentia death sentence

11:34 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has appeared in public for the first time since being sentenced to death in absentia for treason and war crimes

FILE - Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves gives a joint news conference with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at the presidential palace in San Jose, Costa Rica, June 25, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Costa Rica's president limits abortion to life-threatening cases

7:53 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves has further restricted access to abortion, limiting it to situations when the mother’s life is in danger

Oregon and conservationists ask court to OK dam operation changes to help salmon

7:00 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Conservationists and the state of Oregon have asked a federal court to approve changes to dam operations on the lower Snake and Columbia Rivers to help restore salmon populations

President Donald Trump addresses a dinner for donors who have contributed to build the new ballroom at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Trump hosts glitzy dinner for wealthy donors to new White House ballroom

6:34 PM on Wednesday, October 15

President Donald Trump has welcomed nearly 130 donors, allies and representatives of major companies for a dinner at the White House to reward them for their contributions to a new $250 million ballroom project

People traverse a flooded street, in Poza Rica, Veracruz state, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, after torrential rain. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

A week after floods, swathes of central Mexico reel from devastation

2:32 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The stench of decay has spread around Poza Rica, one of the areas hardest hit by last week’s torrential rains that flooded central and eastern Mexico

CAPSAT military unit commander Col. Michael Randrianirina during an interview with The Associated Press in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/ Brian Inganga)

'You've been calling a lot!': How 2 AP reporters landed an interview with Madagascar’s coup leader

2:12 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The head of an elite Madagascar military unit ousted the African island country’s president in a coup, capping weeks of youth-led protests over poverty and other issues

FILE - President, Andry Rajoelina, addresses supporters at an election rally in Antananarivo, Sunday Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Joe, File)

Madagascar's president rose to power off youth discontent and was taken down by it

11:44 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Andry Rajoelina, once a young mayor who led protests against Madagascar's government, has been ousted as president

President Donald Trump greets Argentina's President Javier Milei, as he arrives at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

US is working on doubling aid to Argentina to $40 billion by tapping private funding sources

11:40 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The Trump administration is looking to provide an additional $20 billion in financing for Argentina

FILE - Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, D-Hillside, testifies before the Executive Committee on his legislation to allow legislative staff to unionize, Oct. 24, 2023, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/John O'Connor, File)

County judge in Chicago area bars ICE from arresting people at court

10:53 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Cook County’s top judge has signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at court

FILE - A boy plays near a building, where some people trafficked under false pretenses are being forced to work in online scams targeting people all over the world, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

Cambodia urges a fair process as US and UK pursue Prince Group's Chen Zhi in a global scam case

6:40 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Cambodia's government says it hopes the U.S. and Britain have enough evidence in their pursuit of Cambodia’s Prince Holding Group and its Chairman Chen Zhi

FILE - The Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md., Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

The Latest: Journalists leave Pentagon rather than agree to Trump administration’s reporting rules

6:17 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Dozens of reporters have turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon rather than agree to restrictions on their work

In this photo provided by the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, Alaska Air National Guard rescue personnel conduct a search and rescue mission in Kipnuk, Alaska, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (Defense Visual Information Distribution Service via AP)

Alaska airlifting hundreds from storm-devastated coastal villages

10:51 PM on Tuesday, October 14

Officials say one of the “most significant” airlifts in Alaska history is underway to evacuate hundreds of people from storm-devastated coastal towns

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