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The Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, a shrine of Guru Nanak Dev, is submerged after torrential rains, in Kartarpur, in Narowal district, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jahan Zab)

Sikh leaders urge India to lift ban on pilgrims traveling to Pakistan shrine

4:46 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Sikh community leaders are urging New Delhi to lift a ban recently imposed on pilgrims traveling to Pakistan to visit the shrine of Guru Nanak, the founder of their faith

FILE - Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the controversial founder of the Unification Church, speaks during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Peace Cup Suwon at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, South Korea, on July 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

How the Unification Church is linked to an investigation into South Korea's former first lady

4:23 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The elderly leader of the Unification Church is the latest high-profile figure in South Korea to face an investigation in connection with criminal probes of former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife

FILE - Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., speaks as members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus tell reporters about allegations that the government spies on Americans, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump's call to end mail-in voting creates a dilemma for GOP candidates who benefit from it

12:26 AM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump has vowed to do away with voting by mail, but some of his Republican allies in battleground Arizona are taking a more cautious approach

Members of the Ohio National Guard patrol the National Mall Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Prosecutors already have dropped nearly a dozen cases from Trump's DC crime surge, judge says

12:18 AM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement intervention in the nation’s capital has led to federal charges against more than 50 people over the past month

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, and Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape attend a flag lowering ceremony in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australia's Albanese unable to clinch defense treaty with Papua New Guinea during visit

10:50 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been unable to clinch a defense treaty with Papua New Guinea a week after he failed to land a security pact with another South Pacific island neighbor, Vanuatu

Chinese dissident who led pro-democracy group in NYC pleads guilty to spying for Beijing

10:14 PM on Tuesday, September 16

A member of New York City’s Chinese dissident community has pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of the Chinese Communist Party

Hak Ja Han, center, the leader of South Korea's Unification Church, arrives at a special prosecutor's office in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Unification Church leader questioned about alleged bribery of South Korea's former first lady

9:29 PM on Tuesday, September 16

The leader of the Unification Church has been questioned by investigators over allegations that the church bribed the wife of South Korea's jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol and a conservative lawmaker close to him in an effort to secure business favors

Alex Thomson holds a "Make America Great Again" hat during a vigil for Charlie Kirk on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Provo, Utah. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

From Utah to New York, key developments in cases of US political violence

3:24 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Political violence has rocked the U.S. multiple times in recent months, culminating with the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university

FILE - Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Bid for former Zambian President Lungu to be buried in South Africa is denied

9:36 AM on Tuesday, September 16

A South African court has denied former Zambian President Edgar Lungu's family's appeal to bury him in South Africa

An election worker checks names in electoral rolls at a polling station in Thyolo District, Malawi, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi)

Malawi counts votes in a presidential election where economic turmoil was the top issue

12:32 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Malawi has begun counting votes in a presidential election that's expected to be a tight race between old rivals and could go to a runoff

Xp Lee, Democratic candidate for Minnesota house district 34B, knocks on doors during campaigning in Brooklyn Park, Minn., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Democrat wins Minnesota House special election to replace assassinated leader

12:08 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Democrat Xp Lee has won a special election to fill the Minnesota House seat of a top Democratic leader who was assassinated

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