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Ecuador's Noboa faces escalating protests over rise in diesel costs 10/09/2025 07:44pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) ��� Nearly three weeks of striking bus drivers and roadblocks by angry farmers in response to the government���s increase of diesel fuel costs have put Ecuador President Daniel Noboa in one of the tensest moments of his presidency. With no signs of dialogue after 18 days, one pro Hail of gunfire interrupts key meeting of Haiti's leaders trying to fend off gangs 10/09/2025 06:33pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� Heavy gunfire erupted in downtown Port-au-Prince on Thursday after Haiti���s leaders made the rare and defiant decision to meet at the National Palace to symbolize the retaking of an area long controlled by powerful gangs. There were no immediate reports of injuries or Belgian police detain 3 over a suspected plot to attack politicians with a drone 10/09/2025 04:05pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Belgian police on Thursday detained three people over a suspected plot to attack the country's politicians including Prime Minister Bart De Wever with a drone carrying explosives. The three were taken into custody after an anti-terrorism judge ordered searches of their homes in the Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats 10/09/2025 02:52pm • An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at Rutgers University says he is fleeing with his family to Spain after getting death threats amid a campaign by the campus chapter of Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired. Mark Bray, an assistant professor of history, said Thu Dabble Promo Code WTOP: Get $25 Sign-Up Bonus for NFL, MLB Fantasy 10/09/2025 02:13pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Grab a daily fantasy bonus by signing up with the Dabble promo code WTOP. Click here to activate this welcome offer for NFL Week 6 and AP photos show Rubio's urgent note to Trump before announcement of Mideast peace deal 10/09/2025 12:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump was holding a roundtable event with conservative influencers about antifa when Secretary of State Marco Rubio, standing in the back corner of the White House's Blue Room, caught his eye. He had news for Trump, he said, but it would have to wait until after World leaders express hope after Israel and Hamas agreed to first phase of plan to end Gaza war 10/09/2025 10:19am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� World leaders on Thursday expressed hope for peace and urged Israel and Hamas to fulfill their commitments in the hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the parties had agreed to the ���first phase��� of a deal signaling a major breakthrough in the two-year wa Israel and Hamas agree to part of Trump's Gaza peace plan, will free hostages and prisoners 10/09/2025 03:10am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Israel and Hamas agreed Wednesday to pause fighting in Gaza so that the remaining hostages there can be freed in the coming days in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, accepting elements of a plan put forward by the Trump administration that would represent the biggest breakthrou Argentine court sentences man to 10 years in prison for trying to shoot former President Fern��ndez 10/08/2025 11:30pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ��� A court in Argentina sentenced a man to 10 years in prison Wednesday after finding him guilty of attempting to kill powerful former President Cristina Fern��ndez de Kirchner three years ago. The court in Buenos Aires also sentenced the man's accomplice to eight year Trump has yet to provide Congress hard evidence that targeted boats carried drugs, officials say 10/08/2025 08:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Trump administration has yet to provide underlying evidence to lawmakers proving that alleged drug-smuggling boats targeted by the U.S. military in a series of fatal strikes were in fact carrying narcotics, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter. As bipartis Is This My Bank or a Scammer? Four Red Flags to Watch For 10/08/2025 08:00pm • Fraud continues to surge across the U.S., with criminals employing increasingly elaborate schemes to steal your savings. Consumers reported losing over $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, a 25% increase from the previous year, according to data from the Federal Trade Commission. And criminals have incre How Much Do CCRCs Cost? 10/08/2025 08:00pm • As more people age and begin to explore their retirement living options, one question keeps coming up: Can you afford to live in a continuing care retirement community (CCRC)? It's a common concern for people who are potentially interested in living in these communities because the true cost of seni The Latest: Trump says officials should be jailed as they oppose his use of National Guard troops 10/08/2025 06:58pm • President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, both Democrats, should be jailed as they oppose his deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago. The officials said they would not be deterred. National Guard troops from Texas are now positi Comey pleads not guilty as lawyers signal intent to argue Trump foe's case is politically motivated 10/08/2025 02:56pm • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) ��� James Comey pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a criminal case that has highlighted the Justice Department's efforts to target adversaries of President Donald Trump, with lawyers for the former FBI director saying they plan to argue the prosecution is politically motivated and How Gen Z protesters brought down Madagascar's government and now want the president out 10/08/2025 01:33pm • ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) ��� Youth-led protests in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar are continuing for a third week in the most significant unrest in the country in years. The protests led by a group calling itself ���Gen Z Madagascar��� began Sept. 25 over electricity and water outages bu