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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee poses for a photo during an interview in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Huckabee blames Europe for stalled Gaza talks, highlighting a growing Western divide

12:24 PM on Wednesday, August 20

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says he blames a recent breakdown in Gaza ceasefire talks on the decision by some European leaders to recognize Palestinian statehood

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins speaks at a Senate campaign event on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in Jackson, Ga. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Mike Collins argues he can unite Georgia GOP in challenge to Democratic US Sen. Jon Ossoff

12:13 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins is seeking to unite President Donald Trump’s base with traditional business conservatives in his bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in 2026

US sanctions more ICC judges, prosecutors for probes into alleged American, Israeli war crimes

9:38 AM on Wednesday, August 20

The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on the International Criminal Court for pursuing investigations into U.S. and Israeli officials for alleged war crimes

FILE - Rhinosaurus breeder John Hume poses for photographs at the Gala Premiere of Trophy, a documentary about the complex industry of big-game hunting and conservation in Africa and the U.S, at a central London cinema, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

South African breeder is accused of $14 million rhino horn smuggling ring

8:39 AM on Wednesday, August 20

South African prosecutors have accused a well-known rhino breeder of operating a global rhino horn smuggling network alongside five other people

Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski launched her bid for lieutenant governor on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski launches bid for lieutenant governor

8:02 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Wisconsin Democratic Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski has announced her candidacy for lieutenant governor in 2026

FILE - This photo combination shows, from left, Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., in Miami, Feb.11, 2010, Florida State president John Thrasher, Dec. 8, 2019, in Tallahassee, Fla., former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay in Gainesville, Fla., on Oct. 12, 2012, Jimmy Buffett performing in Los Angeles, June 9, 2015. and Bob Graham speaking in Gainesville, Fla., Oct. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, Phil Sears, Phil Sandlin, Matt Sayles)

DeSantis awards posthumous Governor’s Medal of Freedom to Jimmy Buffett, Florida lawmakers

7:46 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has posthumously awarded five notable Floridians with the Governor’s Medal of Freedom, one of the state’s highest honors

Many towns are unprepared to handle train derailments and hazmat spills

7:10 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Train derailments involving spills of 1,000 gallons or more of hazardous materials happen a few times a year, often resulting in evacuations or fires

FILE - Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly surrendered to M23 rebels arrive in Goma, Congo, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, file)

Congo's draft peace deal with M23 seeks to return government control to rebel-held areas

6:47 AM on Wednesday, August 20

A draft peace deal between Congo's government and the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels aims to restore government control over rebel-held areas

Police secure the area of a cornfield where an unidentified flying object has crashed and exploded in the country's east in Osiny, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo)

Poland calls a drone crash in the country's east a Russian provocation amid peace talks

5:16 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Poland’s Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz says that a flying object that crashed and exploded in a cornfield in eastern Poland has been identified as a Russian drone

In this photo, released by the Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan' Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ishaq Dar, right, Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, center, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi jointly shake hands prior to their trilateral summit, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

Pakistan, China and Afghanistan hold high-level meeting in Kabul to boost cooperation

4:12 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Top diplomats from Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan have met in Kabul to boost political and economic cooperation

In this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, a Russian T-80BVM tank fires towards Ukrainian positions in an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

NATO defense chiefs hold 'candid discussion' on security guarantees for Ukraine

2:19 AM on Wednesday, August 20

NATO defense chiefs have discussed potential security guarantees for Ukraine to help end Russia's three-year war

FILE - A group of climbers unfurl a trans pride flag on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, Calif., on May 20, 2025. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

Ranger fired for hanging transgender flag in Yosemite and park visitors may face prosecution

6:23 PM on Tuesday, August 19

A Yosemite National Park ranger was fired after hanging a pride flag from El Capitan, and some visitors to the California park face potential prosecution for participating in a demonstration

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