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AV Welcomes Stephen Voline as Senior Director, Washington Operations

4:30 AM on Wednesday, February 11

This is a locator map for Egypt with its capital, Cairo. (AP Photo)

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

3:46 AM on Wednesday, February 11

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

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1:46 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

11:26 PM on Tuesday, February 10

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

10:12 PM on Tuesday, February 10

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

9:39 PM on Tuesday, February 10

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

9:23 PM on Tuesday, February 10

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

9:17 PM on Tuesday, February 10

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

8:15 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

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.,speaks to reporters outside of federal court in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Grand jury refuses to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with illegal military orders video

6:40 PM on Tuesday, February 10

A grand jury in Washington has refused to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders,” according to a person familiar with the matter

Grand jury refuses to indict lawmakers in probe over video telling military to refuse illegal orders, AP source says

6:36 PM on Tuesday, February 10

Grand jury refuses to indict lawmakers in probe over video telling military to refuse illegal orders, AP source says

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

12:45 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

11:24 AM 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

FILE - In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, is welcomed by an unidentified Omani official, center, upon his arrival at Muscat, Oman, for negotiations with U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff, as Iranian Ambassador to Oman Mousa Farhang walks at right, May 11, 2025. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP, File)

What to know as Iran and the US weigh holding a second round of nuclear talks

7:46 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Iran and the United States are considering a second round of talks over Tehran's nuclear program

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

9:07 AM on Thursday, January 29

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