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FILE - Netherlands' Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp lays flowers during a wreath laying ceremony on the 30th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre at the Memorial Center in Potocari, Bosnia, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)

Dutch foreign minister resigns after failing to secure sanctions against Israel

2:28 PM on Friday, August 22

Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp has resigned after he failed to secure new sanctions against Israel over the war in Gaza

FILE - Argentine President Javier Milei, left, and his sister Karina Milei, the general secretary of the presidency, attend the opening ceremony of the Rural Society's annual exposition, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello, File)

Argentina investigates alleged kickback scheme entangling President Milei's inner circle

2:18 PM on Friday, August 22

Argentine police have raided over a dozen luxury homes and offices, including the headquarters of a national agency for disability benefits

Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves speaks next to lawyer Jose Miguel Villalobos before a legislative committee considering a request from the Supreme Court to lift his immunity so he can stand trial on corruption charges in San Jose, Costa Rica, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Diaz)

Costa Rican president appears before lawmakers and denies corruption allegations

1:54 PM on Friday, August 22

Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves has defended himself before lawmakers considering a petition to lift his immunity for prosecution on corruption charges

Federal judge rules Alabama Senate district violates Voting Rights Act, orders new map

1:43 PM on Friday, August 22

A federal judge on Friday ordered Alabama lawmakers to draw a new legislative map that includes a new majority-Black Senate district near Montgomery or something close to it

Samy Yawo, center, eats sweet corn at the St. Jude Catholic Church's Sweet Corn Festival as his father, Billy Yawo, right, talks with, Roger Atchou, left, a father of two from Togo, on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Migrants to Iowa strike different portraits where 'American Gothic' was created

12:42 PM on Friday, August 22

In Cedar Rapids, Grant Wood painted “American Gothic,” the iconic portrait of a man and a woman standing in front of a white frame house

Fatima Igram Smejkal, whose family immigrated to the United States from Lebanon in the early 1900s, greets fellow faithful before Friday prayer at the Islamic Center of Cedar Rapids on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Being Muslim and American in the nation's heartland

12:38 PM on Friday, August 22

The oldest surviving place of worship for Muslims in the United States was erected in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, almost a century ago by immigrants from present-day Lebanon

President Donald Trump holds the FIFA World Cup Winners Trophy during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

2026 World Cup draw will be held at Washington's Kennedy Center, Trump says

12:21 PM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump says that the draw for the 2026 World Cup will happen on Dec. 5 at the Kennedy Center in Washington

How Nvidia's chips became central to the U.S.-China trade war

12:04 PM on Friday, August 22

When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed Friday that the company is working with the Trump administration on a new computer chip designed for sale to China, it marked the latest chapter in a long-running debate over how the U.S. should compete with China’s technological ambitions

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has been indicted — what comes next?

11:45 AM on Friday, August 22

When LaToya Cantrell became the first New Orleans mayor to be indicted while in office last week, there was no political precedent to turn to in order to understand how the following months will play out

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a news conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada will match US tariff exemptions under USMCA trade pact, Prime Minister Carney says

9:56 AM on Friday, August 22

Canada is dropping retaliatory tariffs to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact

FILE - National security adviser John Bolton speaks about Venezuela outside the West Wing of the White House, April 30, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

What to know about John Bolton, former Trump adviser whose home and office are searched by FBI

9:19 AM on Friday, August 22

John Bolton, the former Trump national security adviser, whose home and office are being searched by federal agents, has been a vocal critic of the Republican president

Powell signals Fed may cut rates soon even as inflation risks remain

8:03 AM on Friday, August 22

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming months but gave no hint on the timing of a move and suggested the central bank will proceed cautiously as it continues to evaluate the impact of tariffs and other policies on the economy

Why America still needs public schools

6:33 AM on Thursday, August 21

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