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FILE - In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa receives the final version of the provisional electoral system for the People's Assembly, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (SANA via AP, file)

How Syria's first elections since autocrat Assad's ouster are expected to unfold

10:15 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Syria is due to hold parliamentary elections for the first time since its autocratic former president, Bashar Assad, was unseated in December

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers his speech during a celebration to mark 77th Armed Forces Day in Gyeryong, South Korea Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)

South Korea's president apologizes over poorly managed foreign adoption programs

10:09 PM on Wednesday, October 1

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has apologized for poorly managed foreign adoption programs that were rife with abuses and fraud

FILE - This photo combination shows Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, left, Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Luxembourg's Crown Prince Guillaume in Tokyo, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)

Luxembourg's grand duke will abdicate, passing the throne to his son

10:09 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg is set to abdicate the throne on Friday after 25 years, passing the role to his eldest son, Guillaume

FILE - Veteran Belarusian opposition activist Mikalai Statkevich is seen at a protest in Minsk, Belarus, on Sept. 8, 2017. (AP Photo, File)

A freed political prisoner refuses to be deported from Belarus and promptly vanishes

9:12 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Veteran Belarus opposition leader Mikalai Statkevich has vanished after refusing to leave the country in a U.S.-negotiated prisoner release in September, and human rights activists are demanding the government reveal his whereabouts

Former Washington Post opinion columnist Karen Attiah, center, speaks during a panel discussion about the impact of Black women in media at the Congressional Black Caucus's Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Brown)

In Black columnist's firing, advocates fear decreasing diversity, vital perspectives in news media

9:08 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Karen Attiah, a former opinion columnist at The Washington Post, says she was fired after social media posts expressing concerns about gun violence and rhetoric against Black women

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Everybody in Washington hates a shutdown. Until you're pushing for one

9:03 PM on Wednesday, October 1

If you’ve been in Washington long enough, you’ve most likely argued both sides of a government shutdown

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and political punishment

9:02 PM on Wednesday, October 1

President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors

FILE - El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, left, waves next to first lady Gabriela Bukele after delivering his annual address to Congress at the National Theater in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)

Journalism association to leave El Salvador over government pressure

7:31 PM on Wednesday, October 1

El Salvador’s Journalists Association is moving its legal status out of the country in response to a foreign agents law passed earlier this year

Sohei Kamiya, leader of a surging nationalist party Sanseito, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his party's headquarter on Sept. 2, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Anti-foreigner sentiments and politicians are on the rise as Japan faces a population crisis

6:53 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A Japanese nationalist party led by fiery anti-globalist Sohei Kamiya was among the biggest winners in this summer’s parliamentary election

Mexican authorities investigate vigilante killings of 5 in remote community

5:48 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Authorities believe residents of a remote community in the mountains of southern Mexico’s Oaxaca state beat five people to death and burned their bodies

Federal judge says immigrants in Washington state have right to bond hearings

4:45 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A federal judge has ruled that some migrants held in Tacoma, Washington, can request bond hearings

Damage is seen after an Israeli strike targeted a compound that hosted Hamas' political leadership in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Trump signs an executive order vowing to defend Qatar in the wake of Israel's strike

6:59 AM on Wednesday, October 1

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order pledging to defend Qatar, including using U.S. military action if necessary

This image taken from video released by the Israeli Foreign Ministry claims to show activist Greta Thunberg, right, as she is removed after the Israeli navy intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid towards Gaza on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (Israeli Foreign Ministry via AP)

Activists say Israeli navy has begun intercepting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla

5:05 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza say the Israeli navy intercepted at least 19 of their boats as they approached the besieged Palestinian territory

A boy is detained as youth led protests calling for healthcare and education reforms turned violent, in Sale, Morocco, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Youth-led anti-government protests in Morocco turn deadly, with 2 killed in a small town

3:17 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Anti-government unrest in Morocco filled the streets for a fifth straight night, as protests over the state of public services descended into deadly violence and destruction

Democratic state House Speaker Javier Martínez, center back, of Albuquerque, N.M., takes his seat at the opening of a special legislative session about proposals to shore up safety net spending in response to President Donald Trump's recent cuts, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico legislators rush to shore up safety net programs after federal cuts

9:03 PM on Tuesday, September 30

New Mexico legislators are pushing to shore up safety-net spending in response to President Donald Trump’s spending and tax cuts, in a state with one of the highest enrollment rates for Medicaid and federal food assistance

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