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Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, long has been considered a contender to the post of the country’s next paramount ruler even before his father's death

12:31 AM on Friday, March 6

Nepal is counting votes after its first national election since a violent youth uprising toppled the government

12:13 AM on Friday, March 6

After James Talarico won the Democratic Senate nomination in Texas, Republicans are racing to paint him as too progressive

12:12 AM on Friday, March 6

President Donald Trump has yet to endorse a candidate in Georgia's Republican primary

12:12 AM on Friday, March 6

A late-hour attempt by California’s top Democratic official to thin out the party’s crowded field for governor flopped, leaving Democrats anxious over the possibility about a Republican upset in November

12:12 AM on Friday, March 6

The Trump administration’s campaign to end “wokeness” in the military is reshaping its relationship with U.S. higher education

10:44 PM on Thursday, March 5

Japan's Foreign Ministry says a second Japanese national has been detained in Iran and demanded the early release of both people

9:45 PM on Thursday, March 5

The United Nations political chief says demand for critical minerals that power technology from smartphones to missiles could triple by 2030 and quadruple by 2040

9:17 PM on Thursday, March 5

The Trump administration in recent weeks has taken forceful steps in one Latin American country after another aimed at curbing the influence and economic dominance of China

9:05 PM on Thursday, March 5

Jamaica’s foreign ministry says it is ending a decades-long agreement with Cuba involving its medical missions

9:05 PM on Thursday, March 5

Iraqi Kurdish officials have told The Associated Press that thousands of battle-hardened Kurds in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran with U.S. backing

6:43 PM on Thursday, March 5

The Trump administration is following through with its threat to designate artificial intelligence company Anthropic as a supply chain risk in an unprecedented move that could force other government contractors to stop using the AI chatbot Claude

6:09 PM on Thursday, March 5

The State Department says the United States and Venezuela have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations in a major shift in a historically adversarial relationship

1:11 PM on Thursday, March 5

Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas is withdrawing from his reelection race, after having admitted an affair with a former staff member who later died by suicide

11:34 AM on Thursday, March 5

A federal panel reviewing President Donald Trump's White House ballroom got an earful from members of the public

9:37 AM on Thursday, March 5

Swaths of Cuba remain without power nearly a day after a massive blackout hit the western part of the island in the latest outage blamed on a fragile electric grid and a lack of fuel

12:23 AM on Thursday, March 5

U.S. President Donald Trump says he should be involved in choosing Iran’s next supreme leader

12:01 AM on Thursday, March 5

The House has narrowly rejected a resolution that would curb President Donald Trump’s powers in the Iran war