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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks during a campaign event in Lubbock, Texas, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Annie Rice)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Texas US Senate Republican primary runoff

7:02 AM on Monday, May 25

Texas voters will pick a Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in a primary runoff election on Tuesday

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic after he received the Friendship Medal of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China Monday, May 25, 2026. (Tingshu Wang, Pool Photo via AP)

Serbian president deepens ties with China while facing pressure from protests at home

7:00 AM on Monday, May 25

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has deepened ties with China during a trip to Beijing

FILE -Former President of Cambodia National Rescue Party, Kem Sokha, greets from his car in front of his house in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, March 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha receives royal pardon for treason sentence

6:12 AM on Monday, May 25

Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha has received a royal pardon from his 27-year treason sentence

FILE - Popular YouTuber and TikToker with millions of online followers Fidias Panayiotou holds his cell phone after his proclamation as the winner of one of six seats allotted to Cyprus in the European Parliament in Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

Cypriot social media star Fidias will keep his European Parliament job after winning Cyprus seat

5:05 AM on Monday, May 25

Cypriot YouTuber and TikToker Fidias Panayiotou says he’ll hold onto his European Parliament seat despite winning one in Cyprus’ House of Representatives

FILE - Lithuania's Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene attends a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, after their meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, file)

Lithuania suspects foreign involvement in data leak of over 600,000 national register entries

2:11 AM on Monday, May 25

Lithuanian authorities are on high alert after a massive data leak involving over 600,000 entries from national registers

A man rides his motorcycle past the ruins of homes destroyed five months earlier in an attack by dissidents of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in Buenos Aires, Cauca, Colombia, Wednesday, May 20, 2026.(AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)

Drone attacks raise fears as Colombians vote to elect a new president

12:02 AM on Monday, May 25

Gladys Marín is unsure if she will vote in Colombia's presidential election due to safety fears

U.S. Secret Service Police officers place crime scene tape after a copper jacket of a bullet was found near the scene of a shooting close to the White House, Sunday, May 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Bystander in serious condition after fatal shooting near White House checkpoint

1:43 PM on Sunday, May 24

The bystander who was struck by gunfire after a man fired on a checkpoint outside the White House and was fatally shot by U.S. Secret Service officers remains in serious condition

President Daniel Noboa leaves the National Assembly after delivering his State of the Nation address at the National Assembly in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador's president touts US-backed crime-fighting efforts and vows to keep hunting down criminals

12:28 PM on Sunday, May 24

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa uses his State of the Union address to highlight his government's crime-fighting strategies backed by the United States

FILE - Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos, File)

Republicans who have drawn a hard line on Iran pan Trump's emerging proposal to end the war

11:40 AM on Sunday, May 24

President Donald Trump’s emerging deal to end the Iran war is drawing heavy criticism from some fellow Republicans

British mountain guide Kenton Cool, who scaled Mount Everest Sunday for the 20th time breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world's highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide, arrives at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Guide Kenton Cool scales Everest for the 20th time and says not ready to quit yet

5:21 AM on Sunday, May 24

British mountain guide Kenton Cool has scaled Mount Everest for the 20th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents by a non-Sherpa guide

FILE - A truck passes political signs outside a polling place at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in South Hill, Va., on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Democrats vow a redistricting counterpunch but are facing hurdles Republicans don't

4:47 AM on Sunday, May 24

Democrats are poised to finish several seats behind Republicans in 2026 in the nationwide race to redraw maps for the U.S. House

A voter casts a ballot during follow-up parliamentary elections in Hassakeh, northeastern Syria, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Syria holds legislative elections in Kurdish-majority northeast

4:43 AM on Sunday, May 24

Syria has held follow-up parliamentary elections in the Kurdish-majority areas of Hassakeh and Kobani

A woman crosses a street in front of a painting of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini and paramilitary Basij forces in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump says not to rush as details emerge of a potential Iran deal

3:34 AM on Sunday, May 24

Regional officials say the United States is close to a deal with Iran to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, walks to shake hands with India's Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar after addressing a joint press conference following their talks in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Rubio tries to tackle a trust deficit between Washington and Delhi on first official India trip

11:10 PM on Saturday, May 23

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has held talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

UK Royal Navy personnel inspect autonomous vehicles with sonar sensor that can detect and identify mines, on RFA Lyme Bay, in British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, on Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Kwiyeon Ha) CORRECTION: Location corrected to British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, instead of territory of Gibraltar

Britain's navy prepares to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz while waiting for a peace deal

4:33 PM on Saturday, May 23

The U.K.’s Royal Navy is preparing for a potential mine-clearing operation in the Strait of Hormuz

Police and members of the Secret Service block streets around the White House, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Suspect dead after opening fire near White House security checkpoint, Secret Service says

3:51 PM on Saturday, May 23

The U.S. Secret Service says a man who opened fire near a White House security checkpoint is dead

Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado attends a press conference in Panama City, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuela's Machado vows another run for presidency and eyes return from exile before end of 2026

3:37 PM on Saturday, May 23

Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado is planning to run for the job of Venezuela's president again

President Donald Trump, left, and Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, right, saluting at the start of the commencement ceremony at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Travel industry worries after Trump administration reiterates threat to sanctuary city airports

8:41 AM on Saturday, May 23

The travel industry is on edge after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin reiterated his threat to withdraw U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers from airports in so-called “sanctuary cities” in a move that could jeopardize international flights

In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian, right, speaks with Pakistan's Army Chief Field Marshal Gen. Asim Munir in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Trump says a deal with Iran and opening of Strait of Hormuz are 'largely negotiated'

7:40 AM on Saturday, May 23

President Donald Trump says a deal with Iran, including opening the Strait of Hormuz, has been “largely negotiated.”

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