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3:12 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Lithuania's government has declared a national emergency over security risks posed by smugglers' balloons from Belarus

3:08 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Christel Dauwe has been living in a holiday wonderland year-round with her Christmas ornament shop in Antwerp, Belgium

2:43 AM on Tuesday, December 9

The International Monetary Fund says it has approved the release of $1.2 billion to Pakistan, giving the cash-strapped country a fresh boost as it works to recover from one of its worst economic crises in years

1:25 AM on Tuesday, December 9

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12:07 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Cameron Dicker kicked a decisive 54-yard field goal, leading the Los Angeles Chargers to a 22-19 win over the Philadelphia Eagles

11:40 PM on Monday, December 8

Honduras Attorney General Johel Zelaya has ordered authorities and asked Interpol to execute a 2023 arrest order for ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández

10:46 PM on Monday, December 8

A Beijing court has ruled Malaysia Airlines must pay $410,000 each to the families of eight passengers who went missing in the disappearance of Flight 370 more than a decade ago

8:31 PM on Monday, December 8

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has designated one of the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups in the U.S. a “foreign terrorist organization,” following a similar step by Texas last month

7:10 PM on Monday, December 8

A federal judge has struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “arbitrary and capricious” and violates U.S. law

4:22 PM on Monday, December 8

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is the latest Republican candidate for Georgia governor to attack campaign finance rules that allow Lt. Gov. Burt Jones to raise unlimited contributions

3:04 PM on Monday, December 8

The Indianapolis Colts may be turning back the clock with their top two quarterbacks hurt

1:31 PM on Monday, December 8

A Brazilian woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be released from immigrant detention while she fights potential deportation

12:47 PM on Monday, December 8

The Golden Globes nominees have been announced, featuring a diverse group of top names from film and television

11:28 AM on Monday, December 8

Pope Leo XIV embraces a Roman tradition by praying for peace at a statue of the Madonna near the Spanish Steps

9:36 AM on Monday, December 8

A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake has struck off northern Japan, injuring 23 people and triggering a tsunami

9:12 AM on Monday, December 8

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett has launched a campaign for the U.S. Senate in Texas

8:59 AM on Monday, December 8

Angry farmers protesting delays in the payment of subsidies have swarmed onto an airport tarmac on the southern Greek island of Crete

8:31 AM on Monday, December 8

A total of 100 of the schoolchildren abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school and released over the weekend have been hosted at a government-organized ceremony

5:13 AM on Monday, December 8

British, French and German leaders met in London with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a show of European support for Kyiv at what they called a “critical moment” in the U.S.-led effort to end Russia’s war in Ukraine

4:55 AM on Monday, December 8

Benin's government has said Sunday's short-lived coup left “casualties on both sides” of the government forces and the mutinous soldiers