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FILE - Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak speaks at the Halifax International Security Forum, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (Kelly Clark/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Israel's Barak says he regrets knowing Epstein after documents detail their long friendship

9:31 AM on Friday, February 13

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has apologized for his yearslong friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Signs reading "NO ICE ACCESS" taped to the front doors of Valley View Elementary School, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Columbia Heights, Minn. (AP Photo/Liam James Doyle)

Teachers describe immigration enforcement's impact on classrooms in challenge of Trump policy

7:56 AM on Friday, February 13

In a new court filing, teachers around the country describe how President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is emptying classrooms and frightening families

French tourist found dead in Chad after a 2-day search in the Sahara

7:09 AM on Friday, February 13

Chadian authorities say they have found the body of a French tourist after he went missing during a Sahara Desert festival visit

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz calls for the US and Europe to 'repair and revive trans-Atlantic trust together'

6:30 AM on Friday, February 13

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz calls for the US and Europe to 'repair and revive trans-Atlantic trust together'

Do special election results spell doom for Republicans in 2026?

6:29 AM on Friday, February 13

FILE - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight operates out of King County International Airport-Boeing Field, Aug. 23, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

US spent $40 million on roughly 300 deportations to third nations, Democratic report finds

6:06 AM on Friday, February 13

The Trump administration spent at least $40 million to deport roughly 300 migrants to countries other than their own, according to a report compiled by the Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

FILE - Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, the group chairman and CEO of Dubai-backed port operator DP World, listens during a news conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, March 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell,File)

Logistics giant DP World replaces chairman named in Jeffrey Epstein documents

5:08 AM on Friday, February 13

Dubai has replaced the longtime head of DP World after emails linked him to Jeffrey Epstein

In this photo released by Bhumjaithai Party, Pheu Thai Party prime minister candidate Yodchanan Wongsawat, left, greets Thailand's Prime Minister and leader of Bhumjaithai Party Anutin Charnvirakul at Bhumjaithai, the party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (Bhumjaithai Party via AP)

Thailand’s ruling conservative party moves closer to forming new coalition government

5:07 AM on Friday, February 13

Thailand’s Bhumjaithai Party has moved closer to forming a new government after the Pheu Thai Party agreed to join it in a proposed coalition

About half of Republicans disapprove of Trump on Greenland in a rare split with the president, AP-NORC poll finds

5:01 AM on Friday, February 13

About half of Republicans disapprove of Trump on Greenland in a rare split with the president, AP-NORC poll finds

UK High Court rules government’s decision to ban protest group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization is unlawful

3:17 AM on Friday, February 13

UK High Court rules government’s decision to ban protest group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization is unlawful

FILE - Indonesian soldiers march during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Indonesian Armed Forces in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)

Indonesia readies up to 8,000 troops in first firm commitment to Gaza peacekeeping force

2:18 AM on Friday, February 13

Indonesia is training troops for a new peacekeeping force in Gaza, backing a key part of President Donald Trump’s postwar plan

President Donald Trump arrives for an event at the Horizon Events Center in Clive, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump boasts of over $1.5B in political funds. How he chooses to spend it could rock the midterms

10:08 PM on Thursday, February 12

President Donald Trump says he's amassed a collection of campaign funds exceeding $1.5 billion, an unprecedented sum for a lame-duck president

FILE - A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

As electricity costs rise, everyone wants data centers to pick up their tab. But how?

10:07 PM on Thursday, February 12

Politicians from President Donald Trump to local lawmakers agree that tech companies should cover the power costs of artificial intelligence data centers

FILE - Bard College President Leon Botstein speaks during the 153rd Commencement at Bard College, May 25, 2013, in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. (AP Photo/Philip Kamrass, File)

Professors in the Epstein files say they hoped friendship would lead to research funding

10:05 PM on Thursday, February 12

A new trove of documents released by the Justice Department reveals that Epstein’s reach into academia was wider than previously known

Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson Tarique Rahman waves as he comes out after casting his vote during the national parliamentary elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Bangladesh Nationalist Party claims victory in country’s first election since 2024 uprising

7:40 PM on Thursday, February 12

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has claimed victory in the country’s first election since the 2024 uprising, positioning itself to form the next government and potentially reshape Bangladesh’s political landscape after years of intense rivalry and disputed polls

A general view of residential areas near the Hsinchu Science Park, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Daniel Ceng)

Trump administration reaches a trade deal to lower Taiwan's tariff barriers

3:32 PM on Thursday, February 12

Taiwan has reached a trade deal with the United States that cuts almost all of its tariff barriers

FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center left, and his daughter, center right, arrive at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang, North Korea, June 29, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Spy agency says Kim Jong Un’s daughter is close to being designated North Korea’s future leader

2:24 AM on Thursday, February 12

South Korea’s spy agency says it believes the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is close to being designated as the country’s future leader

FILE - Britain's Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, looks round as he leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

High-profile resignations and replacements as Epstein case fallout spreads

7:56 AM on Wednesday, February 11

The fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein case is spreading around the world

Today in History: February 13, the World War II bombing of Dresden

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