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A Kyrgyz Army soldier casts his ballot during the parliamentary elections at a polling station in Tash-Dobo, 19 km (11 miles) south of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)

Kyrgyzstan holds snap parliamentary vote as opposition faces crackdown

2:13 AM on Sunday, November 30

Kyrgyzstan is holding snap parliamentary elections amid intensifying pressure on opposition figures and independent media

Protesters shout slogans during anti-corruption protest in Manila, Philippines on Sunday Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Thousands in Philippines protest corruption and demand return of stolen funds from flood projects

12:29 AM on Sunday, November 30

Thousands of demonstrators including from the dominant Roman Catholic church clergy are protesting in the Philippines, calling for the swift prosecution of top legislators and officials implicated in a corruption scandal that has buffeted the Asian democracy

FILE - National Party presidential candidate Nasry Asfura poses for a selfie with a supporter, after voting at a polling station in the general elections in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Nov. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Hondurans to elect new president in close race under the shadow of Trump's surprise intervention

Sunday, November 30

Hondurans are set to elect a new president following U.S. Donald Trump’s unexpected involvement in the race

FILE - Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, attends a news conference on Capitol Hill, Feb. 1, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel, File)

Republican U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas says he will retire in 2026

8:57 PM on Saturday, November 29

U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls says he will retire from Congress after his term ends in 2026 to focus on family

A retired military officer holds an Argentine flag in front of the presidential palace during a protest demanding the release of former servicemen accused of human rights violations during the last dictatorship, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dictatorship-era army officers and supporters rally in Argentina in latest sign of political shift

8:32 PM on Saturday, November 29

Ex-military officers who served in Argentina’s brutal dictatorship and their families have staged a rare rally to push for the release of fellow officers imprisoned for human rights abuses committed during the junta’s 1976-1983 rule

A Syrian army helicopter flies overhead as Ministry of Interior vehicles drive in formation through central Damascus during an official rollout of their new visual identity, as crowds watch from the roadside, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

International rights group chief says Syria's reforms are promising but democracy is still lacking

4:24 PM on Saturday, November 29

Amnesty International's secretary general says Syria's new authorities show some commitment to reform, transitional justice and reconciliation

A screen displays an image of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, a day after President Donald Trump said he plans to pardon Hernandez for a 2024 drug trafficking sentence, before the start of a press conference of Ruling party presidential candidate Rixi Moncada in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Trump's pardon of ex-Honduran president Hernández injects wild card into election

3:30 PM on Saturday, November 29

Hondurans are buzzing about U.S. President Donald Trump's recent involvement in their presidential election

Travelers wait in the main hall of the Simon Bolivar Maiquetia International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, after several international airlines canceled flights following a warning from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration about a hazardous situation in Venezuelan airspace. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Trump says Venezuelan airspace should be viewed as closed. Maduro government slams 'colonial threat'

1:25 PM on Saturday, November 29

The Venezuelan government is accusing President Donald Trump of making a ”colonial threat” and seeking to undermine the South American country’s sovereignty

In this photo provided by Azerbaijan's Presidential Press Service, Azebaijan's President Ilham Aliyev gestures during a military parade in Baku, on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, while celebrating the fifth anniversary of the victory in the Nagorno-Karabakh war after Azerbaijan gained the full control over the separatist region. (Azerbaijan's Presidential Press Service via AP)

Opposition leader detained in Azerbaijan's continuing crackdown on dissent

10:41 AM on Saturday, November 29

Azerbaijani authorities have detained opposition leader Ali Karimli, according to his adviser

FILE - Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell, File)

Experts doubt the Pentagon can punish Kelly over the 'illegal orders' video

8:29 AM on Saturday, November 29

Legal experts are raising lots of questions about the Pentagon’s investigation of Mark Kelly

Demonstrators with Georgian and EU flags light flares as they gather in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, to mark 365 days of non-stop protests against the government's decision to halt talks on joining the European Union. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

Georgian opposition figure arrested over alleged arson attempt at Tbilisi court

8:25 AM on Saturday, November 29

Georgian authorities have detained a prominent opposition figure Alexander Elisashvili on suspicion of attempting to set fire to the Tbilisi City Court office building

FILE - Signs are displayed outside a tent encampment at Northwestern University on April 26, 2024, in Evanston, Illinois. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, file)

Northwestern to pay $75 million in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding

8:24 AM on Saturday, November 29

Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S. government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of investigations and restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding

FILE - Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell, File)

Experts doubt the Pentagon can punish Kelly over the 'illegal orders' video

8:09 AM on Saturday, November 29

Legal experts are raising lots of questions about the Pentagon’s investigation of Mark Kelly

Dinis N’Tchama, military spokesperson, speaks on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025 in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. (TGB Guinea-Bissau via AP)

African Union suspends Guinea-Bissau after coup and former president flees to Republic of Congo

6:23 AM on Saturday, November 29

The African Union has suspended Guinea-Bissau following a military coup, emphasizing its zero tolerance for unconstitutional changes in government

Jean-Pascal Hohm is seen after he was elected AfD youth leader during the re-founding of the AfD youth organization in Giessen, Germany, early Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

German far-right party sets up its new youth wing as thousands protest

3:56 AM on Saturday, November 29

A confident far-right Alternative for Germany has set up its new youth organization as thousands of protesters converged on the western city of Giessen

Rescuers search for victims after a drone hit a residential building during Russia's night missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday. Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russian attacks kill 3 as diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine gain momentum

2:46 AM on Saturday, November 29

U.S. officials are meeting in Florida this weekend with their Ukrainian counterparts about the Russia-Ukraine war

National Guard patrol the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

US halts all asylum decisions after shooting of National Guard members

12:07 AM on Saturday, November 29

The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports

Protesters shout slogans during anti-corruption protest in Manila, Philippines on Sunday Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine president says 7 suspects in corruption scandal have been detained, others being sought

9:10 PM on Sunday, November 23

Philippine authorities have detained seven suspects and several more were being sought in a major corruption scandal involving flood control projects

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