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FILE-- Migrants from Syria and Libya in a wooden boat call for help as they are assisted by Spanish NGO Open Arms during a rescue operation inside Malta's SAR zone south of the Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean sea, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Over 80 migrants are missing from a boat that capsized after leaving Libya, UN says

10:07 AM on Tuesday, April 7

The U.N. migration agency says that more than 80 migrants went missing after a boat that departed a Libyan coastal town capsized in the central Mediterranean

FILE - The United Nations logo is seen inside the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith, File)

UN to vote on watered-down resolution to open the Strait of Hormuz. Russia and China are key

9:46 AM on Tuesday, April 7

The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to vote on a resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz

This photo provided by Sara Hindi, chief communications officer for the Indianapolis City-County Council shows damage at the front door of Councilman Ron Gibson's Indianapolis home on Monday, April 6, 2026. (Communications office for the Indianapolis City-County Council via AP)

Indianapolis councilman says someone fired shots at his home and left a 'No Data Centers' note

9:22 AM on Tuesday, April 7

An Indiana politician says someone fired 13 shots at his front door and left behind a note reading “No Data Centers” on his doorstep

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9:00 AM on Tuesday, April 7

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)

Cameroon says Russia has confirmed 16 Cameroonian soldiers died in Ukraine

7:21 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Cameroon says Russia has confirmed the deaths of 16 Cameroonian soldiers in Ukraine

FILE - Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 9, 2020. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Wireless Festival canceled after UK bars rapper Ye over antisemitic remarks

3:49 AM on Tuesday, April 7

The British government has blocked the rapper formerly known as Kanye West from entering the U.K. as the controversy over his antisemitic statements led to calls for planned headline performances at a major music festival to be canceled

U.S. Vice President JD Vance shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as they meet in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Vance says he's 'here to help' Orbán's election campaign during Hungary visit

2:24 AM on Tuesday, April 7

U.S. Vice President JD Vance says he is in Hungary to support Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's reelection bid

Zahra Arghavan, left, and Mehdi Alishir check one of the windows at their home in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

As Trump threatens Iran's infrastructure, a Tehran couple wonders how to prepare

12:58 AM on Tuesday, April 7

A couple living in Iran's capital have grown used to the sound of daily airstrikes five weeks into the war

Displaced people wait to receive donated food beside the tents they use as shelters after fleeing Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

The Latest: Trump warns a ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ but says Iran could still capitulate

12:55 AM on Tuesday, April 7

U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that a “whole civilization will die tonight” but said Iran still has time to capitulate ahead of a deadline set for 8 p.m. in Washington

A first responder leaves the site of a strike that, according to a security official at the scene, destroyed half of the Khorasaniha Synagogue and nearby residential buildings in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Trump warns a 'whole civilization will die tonight' if a deal with Iran isn't reached

12:20 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Iranian officials urged young people to form human chains to protect power plants, as U.S. President Donald Trump warned that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Tehran does not meet his latest deadline

FILE - Cheng Li-wun, newly elected chairperson of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), cheers during a party congress in Taipei, Taiwan, on Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Taiwan opposition leader arrives in China on what she calls a ‘journey to peace’

12:02 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun has arrived in China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, in what she's calling a “journey for peace” as Beijing pushes for the self-governed island to come under its control

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump has repeatedly delayed deadlines for Iran, but suggests Tuesday's is final

12:01 AM on Tuesday, April 7

President Donald Trump has extended a deadline for Iran to cut a deal or open the Strait of Hormuz from Monday to Tuesday

FILE - The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Trump administration terminates agreements to protect transgender students in several schools

4:00 PM on Monday, April 6

The Education Department says it has terminated agreements that previous administrations reached with five school districts and a college aimed at upholding rights and protections for transgender students

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