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In this photo released by the Lebanese Government press office, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, center, raises a Lebanese flag during a visit to the southern village of Zawtar Al Gharbieh, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (Lebanese Government press office via AP)

Lebanon's prime minister tours shattered southern village, calls for Israeli military withdrawal

3:10 AM on Wednesday, July 22

Lebanon's prime minister has visited a southern village as a Lebanese-Israeli agreement brokered by Washington appears to have started following a monthslong war

This June 15, 2026, photo from Planet Labs PBC shows Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, upper right, and the under-construction at Pickaxe Mountain directly to the south of it. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

What to know about Iran's Pickaxe Mountain, home to an underground nuclear site threatened by Trump

1:21 AM on Wednesday, July 22

U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly has issued threats to bomb an under-construction Iranian nuclear site buried deep under a mountain

From left, East Timor's Foreign Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas, Vietnam Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn join hands during the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with the United States on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)

Iran's demands over the Strait of Hormuz would set a dangerous precedent, Rubio tells Asian leaders

12:18 AM on Wednesday, July 22

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned Asian leaders that Iran's demand to control the Strait of Hormuz threatens the global economy and freedom of navigation

FILE - The head of Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency, Nanik Sudaryati Deyang, talks to journalists after her swearing-in ceremony at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

Troubled Indonesian nutrition agency loses second chief in 2 months

11:49 PM on Tuesday, July 21

The head of Indonesia’s multi-billion-dollar free meals program has resigned just 45 days after taking over from a predecessor who was removed over corruption allegations

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun listens as he meets with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump will attend the dignified transfer of 4 US service members killed in the Middle East

11:12 PM on Tuesday, July 21

President Donald Trump plans to attend the dignified transfer of four U.S. service members recently killed in the Middle East

President Donald Trump rings the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, July 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

As the president touts Trump Accounts, some families are still waiting for baby's $1,000

11:06 PM on Tuesday, July 21

President Donald Trump says Trump Accounts could lift children out of poverty and help more Americans invest in the stock market

FILE - Concertina wire lines the interior of a border wall separating Tijuana, Mexico, from the United States, June 4, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

From the Mexican border to Washington: A tiny Texas town fights Trump's wall plan

11:01 PM on Tuesday, July 21

A small Texas town is challenging the Trump administration's border wall plans, arguing they could cause flooding and bypass legal processes

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers a speech to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States at City Hall on Friday July 3, 2026 in New York. (Anna Connors/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Mamdani says NYC can't arrest Netanyahu but the federal government should

10:57 PM on Tuesday, July 21

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani says that the city will not be able to arrest Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu under a warrant issued by the world’s top war-crimes court

President Donald Trump gestures while meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump approves nuclear agreement that may allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium, two AP sources say

8:42 PM on Tuesday, July 21

President Donald Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program

Uruguay's President Yamandu Orsi, left, shakes hands with Chile's President Jose Antonio Kast during an official meeting at the presidential residence in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Chile's Congress puts President Kast's economic overhaul on track to becoming law

7:17 PM on Tuesday, July 21

Chile’s Congress has approved most of a major tax and economic overhaul promoted by President José Antonio Kast

FILE - Rep. Cleo Fields, D-La., center, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Louisiana Rep. Cleo Fields won't seek reelection after Democrat's seat was redrawn

7:11 PM on Tuesday, July 21

Democratic U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields says he won't not seek reelection to his redrawn Louisiana congressional district

Exits from Interstate 75 are displayed for the Gordie Howe International Bridge and Ambassador Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario, with Detroit, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Canada cancels joint bridge-opening event with US after Trump announces tariffs

7:06 PM on Tuesday, July 21

A planned joint U.S.-Canada ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge has been canceled after President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on Canadian goods

FILE - King County Superior Court Judge Roger Rogoff stands in court on Oct. 10, 2016, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

He was fired by the White House right after being sworn in. Now a top federal prosecutor is suing

4:31 PM on Tuesday, July 21

The top federal prosecutor in Seattle who was fired last week less than an hour after being sworn in is suing the government over his termination

In this photo provided by Robert Sullivan several officers surround a person on the ground near the site of a fire at 26 Federal Plaza in lower Manhattan, Monday, July 20, 2026, in New York. (Robert Sullivan via AP)

Ex-Army soldier jailed on arson charge after fiery attack on Manhattan federal building

4:10 PM on Tuesday, July 21

A federal magistrate judge has ordered a former Army soldier to be detained on an arson charge for an attack on a Manhattan federal building

Prime Minister Mark Carney makes a statement outside the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council in Ottawa, on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

Carney says he and Trump will intensify trade negotiations after US imposes 50% tariffs

3:06 PM on Tuesday, July 21

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed to intensify trade negotiations between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and GOP leaders depart after meeting with reporters as he tries to advance a spending package for the Iran war, farm aid and President Donald Trump's push for strict new voter ID requirements, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes temporary government funding bill months early to avoid election season shutdown

2:24 PM on Tuesday, July 21

The House has moved to head-off a potential government shutdown before this fall’s critical midterm elections

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks before Vice President JD Vance at the Wisconsin Air National Guard facility at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Trump administration says it's deferring $1B in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota

1:59 PM on Tuesday, July 21

The Trump administration says it's deferring over $1 billion in Medicaid payments to Minnesota and California because of suspected fraud and noncompliance

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham, center, attends his first cabinet meeting as prime minister at 10 Downing Street, London, Tuesday July 21, 2026. (Eddie Mulholland/Pool Photo via AP)

UK leader Burnham gathers his Cabinet after sweeping away Starmer supporters

3:48 AM on Tuesday, July 21

New U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has gathered his Cabinet after removing allies of predecessor Keir Starmer from the government

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