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FILE - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to reporters at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Aug. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay, File)

New Zealand's prime minister proposes banning children from using social media

11:23 PM on Sunday, August 23

New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has unveiled a bill that would ban children younger than 16 from using social media

Japanese lawmakers visit Beijing seeking to mend ties after fallout from Takaichi's Taiwan remark

11:13 PM on Sunday, August 23

Lawmakers from Japan have traveled to Beijing to meet with Chinese officials in the first visit since tensions rose after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comment on Taiwan angered China

He was waiting for his son to return from the USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol arrested him.

1:03 PM on Sunday, August 23

The father of a man serving on the USS Abraham Lincoln has been arrested by immigration authorities

FILE - Sinaloa state Gov. Ruben Rocha waves as he takes part in an annual earthquake drill in Culiacan, Mexico, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Mexican governor indicted by the US seeks leave again after contentious return to office

12:13 PM on Sunday, August 23

Mexico’s Sinaloa governor has reversed his return to office after one day, bowing to party opposition over U.S. drug trafficking charges

FILE - U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack speaks in a panel during the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, southern Turkey, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Riza Ozel, File)

A US envoy clarifies his comments on Golan Heights that contradicted Trump's position

12:03 PM on Sunday, August 23

The U.S. special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkey has clarified his comments on Israel's occupation of the Golan Heights

FILE - Jared Kushner waits to walk into the ring after the lightweight championship bout at UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House, June 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Jared Kushner meets with Democratic leader Jeffries with House control at stake in November

12:00 PM on Sunday, August 23

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and outside Jared Kushner met privately recently

FILE - Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Carney warned about economic coercion. Now Trump is testing the Canadian prime minister

7:11 AM on Sunday, August 23

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney drew international attention earlier this year by warning that middle powers such as Canada must resist economic coercion

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks to reporters after speaking at the South Carolina Democratic Party's Spratt Issues Conference, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, in Florence, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Pete Buttigieg returns to South Carolina as he weighs another White House run

4:50 AM on Sunday, August 23

Pete Buttigieg was in South Carolina this weekend as he considers a second presidential campaign

Migrants clash with police and cut through a fence at a Greek detention center

4:19 AM on Sunday, August 23

Migrants have clashed with police at a detention center in northern Greece, cutting through a perimeter fence

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, left, is welcomed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a Ukrainian and Nordic-Baltic countries summit in Kyiv, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Zelenskyy details rift with Ukraine's dismissed Defense Minister Fedorov

2:23 AM on Sunday, August 23

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says actions by dismissed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov were misguided

In this photo released by Kazakhstan's President Press Office, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev casts his ballot at a polling station in Astana, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026.(Kazakhstan's President Press Office via AP)

Kazakhstan votes in a parliamentary election expected to strengthen president’s grip on power

11:21 PM on Saturday, August 22

Kazakhstan voted Sunday in a parliamentary election that is expected to further strengthen President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s grip on power in Central Asia’s largest nation

President Donald Trump waves the green flag to start the race alongside first lady Melania Trump, right, and from left, Bettina Trump and Donald Trump Jr. during the IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix auto race, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Trump waves the green flag to start the IndyCar race as drivers zoom through Washington's streets

9:01 PM on Saturday, August 22

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have kicked off the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington

A fisherman communicates with Tunisian national guard during a search operation after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the country's southeastern coast, near Zarzis, Tunisia, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Bassem Aouini)

2 bodies recovered and about 12 missing after migrant boat capsized off Tunisian coast

12:47 PM on Saturday, August 22

A boat carrying migrants has capsized off southern Tunisia, and at least two people have died and around 12 are missing

FILE - U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack speaks in a panel during the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, southern Turkey, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Riza Ozel, File)

A US envoy says Israel did not give a warning to the US ahead of a recent Syria air strike

8:26 AM on Saturday, August 22

The United States' special envoy to Syria says Israel did not warn Washington ahead of striking an air base in northern Syria despite fears of escalation with the U.S. and NATO ally Turkey

FILE - People rally in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to Canadian sovereignty on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, March 9, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP File)

A trade war between Canada and the US further ruptures a once-close and durable alliance

8:07 AM on Saturday, August 22

Canada and the United States have long had one of the world's closest and most durable alliances

FILE - Former Revolutionary Guard commander Mohsen Rezaei casts his ballot during the parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran security chief threatens neighbors against economic measures, and other Mideast developments

2:23 AM on Saturday, August 22

The hard-line new leader of Iran’s top security body is threatening neighbors against joining new U.S. efforts to squeeze Tehran’s economy and saying the U.S. has increased global nuclear insecurity

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