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A Mainer reacts after his papers successfully dropped into to a ballot box while voting in the Maine Primary, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Maine counts ranked choice ballots to determine nominees for governor and a US House race

1:41 PM on Friday, June 12

Maine has begun counting ranked choice ballots on Friday to determine nominees for its open governor’s office and a pivotal U.S. House of Representatives race

People visit a store to buy room air cooler, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan's finance minister presents the country's next budget that hikes defense spending

1:29 PM on Friday, June 12

Pakistan's finance minister has presented the new budget to lawmakers, a draft that hikes defense spending by 18% while trimming funding for development programs and offering modest tax reliefs for salaried workers

President Donald Trump is pictured during an event where he signs a proclamation about the fishing industry, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Judge extends block on Trump's $1.8 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'

11:04 AM on Friday, June 12

A federal judge in Virginia has extended a court-ordered block on the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of a weaponized government

Commissioner for Internal Affairs and MigrationMagnus Brunner, and Cypriot Deputy Minister of Migration and International Protection Nicholas Ioannides, during a press conference after an informal ministerial conference on the Pact on Migration and Asylum in Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Migrant rights will be safeguarded at third-country return hubs, EU migration commissioner says

10:42 AM on Friday, June 12

The European Union’s migration commissioner says the bloc’s executive arm will monitor any agreement to set up so-called return hubs in non-EU countries so that the rights of rejected asylum seekers sent there are protected

A small motorboat passes anchored vessels in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Thursday, June 11, 2026.(Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

Analysis: Iran's stranglehold on Strait of Hormuz loosens as Gulf Arab oil reaches market

10:23 AM on Friday, June 12

Iran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz may be easing and its own oil problems now seem to be mounting

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions in parliament in London, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Keir Starmer says he's staying put after defense secretary's departure hammers his authority

10:00 AM on Friday, June 12

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is vowing to fight for his position after the sudden resignation of the defense secretary

A F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighter of the Finnish Air Force lands on a road strip during NATO's Ramstein Flag 26 exercise in Tervo, Finland, Wednesday June 10, 2026. (Matias Honkamaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

NATO weighs options to defend Europe as the US plans for conflict elsewhere

9:29 AM on Friday, June 12

NATO’s top military officer is considering new plans to defend Europe if Russia attacks

FILE - The rotunda at New Jersey's statehouse, March 22, 2023,, in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Mike Catalini, File)

Rosie Pino wins GOP primary in New Jersey’s 9th District to challenge Democratic Rep. Nellie Pou

9:28 AM on Friday, June 12

Clifton City, New Jersey, councilwoman Rosie Pino has won the Republican primary in the state’s 9th District to take on Democratic congresswoman Nellie Pou

Pope Leo XIV meets migrants at the 'Las Raices' center, in San Cristobal de la Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope tells traffickers of migrants in the Canary Islands: Stop, repent or face God's wrath

7:07 AM on Friday, June 12

Pope Leo XIV is warning human traffickers that they will face God’s wrath for exploiting the desperation of migrants

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., left, and Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., attend a press conference about the introduction of the Drain the Slush Fund Act, Monday, June 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

A key US government surveillance program is set to expire. A look at what that means

6:57 AM on Friday, June 12

A key surveillance tool seen as vital in preventing terror attacks and catching foreign spies is set to expire after congressional efforts to temporarily extend it failed in bipartisan fashion

A student protester holds up a mask of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto during a rally against a fuel price hike, government inefficient spendings, and military involvement in civilian affairs in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesian students protest government policies as economic pressures grow

6:45 AM on Friday, June 12

Hundreds of Indonesian students have protested in Jakarta, the capital, and other cities, demanding lower fuel and food prices

FILE - Wind turbines are silhouetted against the sky at sunset May 15, 2026, near Cimarron, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Pentagon reviews are blocking wind farms, putting jobs at risk, lawsuit says

6:01 AM on Friday, June 12

A coalition of renewable energy groups is suing Pentagon officials over their failure to complete national security reviews for new onshore wind farms on private lands

FILE - A man wears an "I voted" sticker on his shirt, printed with the American flag and the U.S. constitution, after voting at Wa-Ke Hatchee Recreation Center in Fort Myers, Fla, on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Where Trump has lost support with independents, according to AP-NORC polling

5:02 AM on Friday, June 12

Independents have grown increasingly unhappy with President Donald Trump during his second term, particularly independents without a college degree

FILE - Migrants rescued south of Crete walk after their arrival at the the port of Lavrio, Greece, on July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

What to know about the EU's new rules on migration and asylum as they come into effect

1:08 AM on Friday, June 12

The European Union is set to implement a new set of rules governing how each of its 27 member states will deal with irregular migration and asylum seekers

FILE - President Donald Trump, right, meets with France's President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 24, 2025. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP, file)

Macron once had a knack for managing Trump. The G7 may test it

12:06 AM on Friday, June 12

The relationship between U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron began with a handshake nearly a decade ago

FILE - Philippine's Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro talks to the media as he attends the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore on May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

Philippines protests China's sanctions against its defense chief as 'an unfriendly act'

8:37 PM on Thursday, June 11

The Philippine government says China’s imposition of sanctions, including an entry ban, against Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. was “an unfriendly act” that could further strain relations

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