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How French ex-senator trial brings national attention to drug-facilitated sexual assault 01/27/2026 05:06pm • PARIS (AP) — A former French senator was found guilty in a high-profile drug-facilitated sexual assault case, more than a year after France was shaken by a mass rape trial that made Gisèle Pelicot a symbol of the fight against sexual violence. Joël Guerriau, 68, stood trial for putting the drug Minneapolis shooting scrambles Second Amendment politics for Trump 01/27/2026 04:26pm • Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s characterization of Alex Pretti, the second person killed this month by a federal officer in Minneapolis, as responsible for his own death because he lawfully po Former Virginia Gov. Youngkin pardoned ex-police sergeant in fatal 2023 shooting of unarmed man 01/27/2026 03:31pm • Days before his term ended, Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin pardoned a former Fairfax County police officer who was convicted in a fatal shooting of an unarmed man accused of stealing sunglasses at a mall. According to a newly released report, former Sgt. Wesley Shifflett received an abso Israeli diplomat pledges to investigate case of Italian officers held at gunpoint in West Bank 01/27/2026 03:24pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has pledged an investigation after two Italian security officers were held up by an Israeli soldier with an automatic weapon in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli ambassador to Italy, Jonathan Peled, made the pledge Monday in Rome after he was summoned by Foreign Minister 3 French tourists drown when their boat capsizes in Oman 01/27/2026 02:06pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Three French tourists drowned in Oman after the boat they were in capsized in waters off the sultanate's capital city of Muscat, police said Tuesday. The Royal Oman Police said the ship carried 25 French tourists, as well as a tour guide and a boat captain, when Trump administration's trust and credibility tested in wake of Pretti's death in Minneapolis 01/27/2026 11:51am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bill Cassidy didn't simply criticize the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Following the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti by a U.S. Border Patrol officer, the Louisiana Republican warned of broader implications for the federal government. “The credibility of ICE and DHS Days after a disputed election, Uganda's army is on the hunt for opposition leader Bobi Wine 01/27/2026 06:57am • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Where is Bobi Wine? In a recent video shared from hiding, the Ugandan opposition leader walks in a family graveyard in central Uganda, taunting the army chief who has failed to find him and lamenting what he calls the injustice that has befallen him. The 43-year-old musicia Takeaways from AP's report on how Bangladeshi workers were tricked into fighting in the Ukraine war 01/27/2026 04:54am • LAKSHMIPUR, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladeshi workers were lured to Russia under the false promise of civilian work and then forced to fight in the Ukraine war, an Associated Press investigation has found. In interviews with three men who escaped Russia, and the families of three others who are missin Workers from Bangladesh sought jobs in Russia but instead got sent to combat in Ukraine 01/27/2026 04:51am • LAKSHMIPUR, Bangladesh (AP) — A labor recruiter persuaded Maksudur Rahman to leave the tropical warmth of his hometown in Bangladesh and travel thousands of miles to frigid Russia for a job as a janitor. Within weeks, he found himself on the front lines of Russia’s war in Ukraine. An Associated Today in History: January 27, Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps liberated by Soviet troops 01/27/2026 04:10am • Today is Tuesday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2026. There are 338 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 27, 1945, during World War II, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz and Birkenau Nazi concentration camps in Poland. Also on this date: In 1756, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born Trump's about-face in Minnesota after Pretti's death is latest in pattern of sudden shifts 01/27/2026 03:14am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump shifted toward a more conciliatory approach with Democratic leaders in Minnesota on Monday, a sudden change in tack following an outcry over the second fatal shooting by federal agents in the state this month during the administration's nationwide crackdown ICC judges find former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte fit to stand trial 01/27/2026 01:52am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges at the International Criminal Court ruled on Monday that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial, after postponing an earlier hearing over concerns about the octogenarian’s health. Duterte is facing charges of crimes against humanity A ceasefire holds in Syria but civilians live with fear and resentment 01/27/2026 12:01am • QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Fighting this month between Syria's government and Kurdish-led forces left civilians on either side of the frontline fearing for their future or harboring resentment as the country's new leaders push forward with transition after years of civil war. The fighting ended with g Bovino to leave Minneapolis as Trump reshuffles the leadership of his immigration crackdown 01/26/2026 11:46pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the Trump administration reshuffles leadership of its immigration enforcement operation and scales back the federal presence after a second fata Experts say the divide between Minnesota and federal authorities is unprecedented 01/26/2026 09:45pm • A new Minnesota website lays out evidence to counter what officials have called federal misinformation after immigration agents fatally shot two residents during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, deepening an unprecedented divide, experts said Monday. Minnesota also went to court