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Star midfielder Busquets to retire after career having Messi's back in Barcelona and MLS 09/26/2025 09:43am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Sergio Busquets was a maestro in midfield, the one who recovered the ball, started attacks and delivered that key pass for superstar teammates like Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta to turn into goals in Barcelona’s heyday. The 37-year-old Spanish world champion will soon e Netanyahu, at UN General Assembly, calls countries' recognition of Palestinian state 'shameful' 09/26/2025 09:42am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Netanyahu, at UN General Assembly, calls countries' recognition of Palestinian state 'shameful.' India retires MiG-21 fighters after six decades as air force stretches to improve fleet 09/26/2025 07:56am • NEW DELHI (AP) — India retired its last fleet of Soviet-era MiG-21 fighter jets Friday, ending more than six decades of service with an aircraft once celebrated for its combat prowess but later derided as a “flying coffin” due to frequent crashes. The phaseout underscores the urgency for the I Russian forays into NATO airspace are causing alarm. Here's why they might be happening 09/26/2025 07:48am • Intrusions into NATO’s airspace blamed on Russia reached an unprecedented scale this month, raising questions about whether the Kremlin is trying to test the alliance’s willingness and ability to respond to a direct attack or divert its attention and resources from the war in Ukraine. Russia has Amid fan uproar, DC United ownership vows changes will make club competitive again 09/26/2025 06:57am • D.C. United is once again rebuilding for the future. With less than a month remaining in the MLS regular season, the Black and Red are already out of playoff contention. A year filled with promise will end with three different head coaches, a new general manager and an undefined vision for the of Eurovision to decide whether Israel can take part in 2026 contest as calls mount for its exclusion 09/26/2025 06:36am • GENEVA (AP) — Eurovision Song Contest organizers said Friday that member broadcasters will vote in November on whether Israel can participate in the musical extravaganza next year, as calls have mounted for the country to be excluded over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. According to spokesperson Da The Netherlands is returning a fossil collection taken from Indonesia in the colonial era 09/26/2025 06:20am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has agreed to return thousands of fossils to Indonesia from a world-renowned collection, after a commission ruled that they were removed in the colonial era “against the will of the people,” the education ministry announced Friday. The histori Predators trying to bounce back after last season's expensive flop 09/26/2025 06:00am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville Predators spent big on signing Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault and Brady Skjei in a spree that made them one of the Stanley Cup favorites a year ago. Then the Predators flopped in a season to forget. They stumbled from the start and limped to the finish World leaders step up efforts behind the scenes at the UN to end the war in Sudan 09/26/2025 01:21am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Behind the scenes at the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, key countries and regional organizations have been coordinating efforts to try to end the horrific war in Sudan, which has created the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crisis in th Trump holds talks with Pakistan's prime minister in the latest sign of warming relations 09/26/2025 12:58am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump hosted Pakistan's prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, for talks Thursday at the White House in the latest sign of warming relations between the United States and the South Asian nuclear power. Sharif was among the top officials from eight Arab or Muslim countri ACLU files lawsuit against Department of Homeland Security on behalf of DC residents 09/26/2025 12:21am • The American Civil Liberties Union of D.C. is suing the Department of Homeland Security, its director and other federal agencies charging that federal agents are illegally and indiscriminately arresting people in D.C. who are perceived to be Latino. The ACLU said in a 36-page lawsuit that the arr Halal concerns drive vaccine hesitancy as Indonesia fights measles outbreak 09/26/2025 12:04am • SUMENEP, Indonesia (AP) — Three health care workers rode motorbikes into the Indonesian city of Sumenep, carrying doses of measles vaccine and a list of children who needed them. With blue medical boxes in hand, they went from house to house administering the life-saving shots. The health workers Boat strikes, warships and Venezuela rhetoric raise questions about Trump's goals 09/26/2025 12:02am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has dispatched a fleet of American warships into the waters off Venezuela, bragged about fatal strikes on alleged drug boats and claimed Venezuela will pay an “incalculable” price if it won't accept more people deported from the U.S. The unusual naval b Wild owner Leipold expresses patience with Kaprizov contract talks, confidence in GM Guerin's role 09/25/2025 11:19pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have yet to secure star forward Kirill Kaprizov beyond this season with a long-term contract. Owner Craig Leipold is trying to remain patient and stay in his lane, fully confident in leaving the process to general manager Bill Guerin and his assistants. � They said it: Leaders at the UN, in their own words 09/25/2025 10:58pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Many leaders saying many things about many topics that matter to them, to their regions, to the world: That’s what the U.N. General Assembly invariably produces each year. And each year, certain voices dominate. Here, The Associated Press takes the opposite approach and spo