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Ecuador's president slams Colombia as a trade war between the neighbors escalates

1:50 PM on Friday, February 27

Ecuador’s president has labeled Colombia its “worst trade partner” and defended ramping up a tariff fight over border security and cocaine flows

Attorney general announces 30 more people indicted in anti-immigration enforcement protest at Minnesota church

1:28 PM on Friday, February 27

Attorney general announces 30 more people indicted in anti-immigration enforcement protest at Minnesota church

Lawmakers add ID requirement to Indiana’s needle exchanges

1:08 PM on Friday, February 27

Indiana lawmakers have passed a bill that requires people to show ID to use the state’s needle exchange programs

Trump says he's 'not happy' with the way Iran is negotiating but says 'we'll see what happens' with additional talks

1:07 PM on Friday, February 27

Trump says he's 'not happy' with the way Iran is negotiating but says 'we'll see what happens' with additional talks

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures during a meeting of the supreme council of the Union State with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, Pool)

2 journalists in Belarus imprisoned as part of a crackdown on free speech, media groups say

12:44 PM on Friday, February 27

A media rights group says a court in Belarus has convicted two independent journalists on charges of high treason and given them long prison sentences, the latest move in the government’s crackdown on dissent and free speech

Bill Clinton starts deposition by telling lawmakers he 'did nothing wrong' and saw no signs of Epstein's abuse

11:49 AM on Friday, February 27

Bill Clinton starts deposition by telling lawmakers he 'did nothing wrong' and saw no signs of Epstein's abuse

Containers sit at the Balboa terminal, run by CK Hutchison's Panama Ports Co., after Panama's government ordered the occupation of the port following a Supreme Court ruling that the concession was unconstitutional, in Panama City, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

2 Panama Canal ports have dragged Panama into a tussle between superpowers

11:44 AM on Friday, February 27

Two ports run for years by a Hong Kong-based company at either end of the Panama Canal have thrust Panama into a geopolitical tug-of-war between the United States and China

Karim Parwizi, member of the leadership council of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, PDKI, gives an interview in Irbil, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)

Tensions between son of Iran's last shah and Kurdish dissidents show cracks in Iranian opposition

11:36 AM on Friday, February 27

Iran’s exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi is clashing with Kurdish Iranian dissident groups, exposing splits in the Iranian opposition

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., arrives for a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democrats say they're headed back to power. Their agenda is a work in progress

11:28 AM on Friday, February 27

Democrats are growing more confident of winning a majority in the House in the November elections

FILE - Burundian citizens who work in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and could not cross back into their home country due to fighting, cross the border into Burundi, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

Residents of eastern Congo city fear disease after discovery of mass graves

11:09 AM on Friday, February 27

Residents of Uvira in eastern Congo are expressing concerns that decomposing bodies might spread disease after authorities said 171 bodies were found in mass graves

FILE - Ukrainian servicemen fire a Grad multiple rocket launcher towards Russian positions at the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko, File)

At least 55 Ghanaians killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine war, minister says

10:51 AM on Friday, February 27

At least 55 Ghanaians have died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said

FILE - Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, attends a news conference with Republicans, Jan. 4, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

What to watch as the midterms begin with Tuesday's primaries

10:03 AM on Friday, February 27

The first primaries of the 2026 election season will offer an early read on voter mood in President Donald Trump’s second term and on how both parties are adapting

Cambodian officials look at Khmer cultural artifacts that were returned to the country, at the National Museum, in Phnom Penh, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Sopheng Cheang)

Cambodia takes back looted historic artifacts handled by British art dealer

7:18 AM on Friday, February 27

Cambodia has welcomed home 74 ancient artifacts that officials say looters stole during decades of war and unrest

Palestinians gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A new Gallup poll shows how Americans' sympathies have shifted in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

4:06 AM on Friday, February 27

A new Gallup poll shows that American sympathies in the Middle East have shifted dramatically toward the Palestinians after decades of overwhelming support for the Israelis

FILE - French Marine officers wait atop "Le Vigilant" nuclear submarine at L'Ile Longue military base, near Brest, Brittany, July 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool, File)

France’s nukes and Europe’s worries about Trump in spotlight as Macron heads to top-secret sub base

1:05 AM on Friday, February 27

President Emmanuel Macron is updating France’s nuclear deterrence doctrine as Europe worries about Russia and doubts U.S. protection under Donald Trump

Foster parent Pamela Bruce poses for a portrait in Douglas county, Ga., on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Charlotte Kramon)

Georgia's child welfare system remains shaken after projected $85.7 million budget shortfall

12:01 AM on Friday, February 27

Georgia’s child welfare agency spiraled into crisis amid an $85.7 million shortfall and although lawmakers voted to fill it, the impacts will last

This image from body camera video provided by the Buffalo Police Department shows Nurul Amin Shah Alam, center, led by Buffalo Police officers after being arrested on charges of assault, burglary and criminal mischief in Buffalo, N.Y., on Feb. 15, 2025. (Buffalo Police Department via AP)

A nearly blind refugee is found dead after Border Patrol agents drop him at Buffalo doughnut shop

1:29 PM on Thursday, February 26

Police in New York state are investigating how a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar died after U.S. Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a doughnut shop in Buffalo

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