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Sri Lankan court sentences 12 men to death over killing of lawmaker during 2022 protests

8:12 AM on Wednesday, February 11

Sri Lanka has sentenced 12 men to death for the killing of lawmaker Amarakeerthi Athukorale in 2022

AV Welcomes Stephen Voline as Senior Director, Washington Operations

7:30 AM on Wednesday, February 11

Egypt appoints a new defense minister and swears in its reshuffled Cabinet

6:46 AM on Wednesday, February 11

Egypt has appointed a new defense minister as part of a Cabinet reshuffle

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4:46 AM on Wednesday, February 11

Demonstrators rally at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, to protest the visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australia seeks charges over a 2024 Israeli airstrike in Gaza that killed an Australian aid worker

2:26 AM on Wednesday, February 11

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he told visiting Israeli President Isaac Herzog that Australia is seeking criminal charges over a 2024 airstrike in Gaza

Tarique Rahman, the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), attends an election rally ahead of national election in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Bangladeshis seek to chart a democratic future in their first vote since the bloody 2024 uprising

1:12 AM on Wednesday, February 11

Bangladesh is holding a crucial election that comes after a turbulent period marked by mob violence, rising religious intolerance, attacks on the press, the growing influence of Islamists and weakening of the rule of law

FILE - Finnish Coast Guard stops a small boat which tried to reach the Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S anchored near the Kilpilahti port in Porvoo, on the Gulf of Finland, on Dec. 30, 2024. (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP, File)

Chinese sea captain pleads not guilty in Hong Kong court to damaging Baltic Sea cables

12:39 AM on Wednesday, February 11

A Chinese sea captain of a Hong Kong-flagged vessel has pleaded not guilty to damaging undersea cables in the Baltic Sea in 2023

Protesters celebrate outside the Bangladesh Parliament after getting the news of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Abid Hasan, File)

Bangladesh's first post-uprising election is a test for democratic norms and minority rights

12:23 AM on Wednesday, February 11

Bangladeshis will cast ballots Thursday in a crucial national election, the first since a mass uprising ended former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule

FILE - A federal agent wears a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge in New York, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Takeaways from AP's review of recent criminal cases against ICE employees and contractors

12:17 AM on Wednesday, February 11

A review of public documents by The Associated Press has found that at least two dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees and contractors have been charged with crimes since 2020 — and their wrongdoing includes patterns of physical and sexual abuse and corruption

Anna Kwok speaks during an event commemorating China's June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy movement in Washington D.C., on June 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Didi Tang)

The father of a US-based Hong Kong activist is convicted under national security law

11:15 PM on Tuesday, February 10

A Hong Kong court has convicted the father of a U.S.-based activist for attempting to deal with his daughter's financial assets in the city

The Tumbler Ridge Health Centre Emergency Department, in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., Canada, on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (Jesse Boily/The Canadian Press via AP)

Shooter in Canada kills 9 people and injures 25 others at a school and home

8:40 PM on Tuesday, February 10

A school shooting in northern British Columbia has left seven people dead and more than 25 injured

FILE - A license plate reader used by U.S. Border Patrol is hidden in a traffic cone while capturing passing vehicles on AZ Highway 85, Oct. 21, 2025, in Gila Bend, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Privacy activists call on California to remove covert license plate readers

3:45 PM on Tuesday, February 10

More than two dozen privacy groups are urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to remove covert license plate readers in southern California

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance hold flowers as they walk towards the eternal flame at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)

Vance posted and then deleted a message referring to the ‘Armenian genocide.’ Why the phrase matters

2:24 PM on Tuesday, February 10

U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s team posted and then deleted a message on social media about the Republican’s visit to a memorial paying tribute to early 20th century Armenians killed by the Ottoman Empire

Today in History: February 11, Nelson Mandela released from prison

12:07 PM on Thursday, January 29

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