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Minorities had hoped to break into Syria's new political order in the weekend vote but few succeeded 10/06/2025 03:04pm • LATAKIA, Syria (AP) ��� Syria���s minority religious and ethnic communities, wary of the country���s new authorities after outbreaks of sectarian violence, were divided in the run-up to the first parliamentary elections after the ouster of Bashar Assad, the former Syrian president. In the end, some Trump considers cutting US refugee intake to 7,500, focusing on white South Africans, officials say 10/06/2025 12:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump is considering admitting far fewer refugees into the U.S. this year ��� as few as 7,500, and mostly white South Africans, officials say ��� a dramatic new low as the administration is conducting sweeping immigration raids as part of its mass deportation age DOJ contradicts DeSantis: Some detainees at 'Alligator Alcatraz' likely never in removal proceedings 10/06/2025 12:01pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� U.S. government lawyers say that detainees at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as ���Alligator Alcatraz��� likely include people who have never been in removal proceedings, which is a direct contradiction to what Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has be Trump and Infantino: How a friendship is shaping the World Cup 10/06/2025 12:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The plan started coming together inside a luxury box at MetLife Stadium. As the Premier League's Chelsea was on its way to a shutout victory at the Club World Cup final in July, President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino were deep in discussion at the New Jersey s Australia and Papua New Guinea sign historic defense treaty that raised China's concern 10/06/2025 12:08am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� The leaders of Australia and Papua New Guinea signed a major bilateral defense treaty Monday that China believes targets it unfairly. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Papua New Guinea counterpart James Marape described the agreement as a mutual defense Protesters rally for and against Ecuador's president as emergency takes effect in 10 provinces 10/05/2025 08:25pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) ��� Protesters both for and against Ecuador ���s President Daniel Noboa rallied in the capital Quito on Sunday after a state of emergency took effect in 10 provinces. Anti-government demonstrations began two weeks ago, organized by the country���s largest Indigenous group, in res AP reader question: Do federal workers get paid during the government shutdown 10/05/2025 02:36pm • Here���s a question about the shutdown submitted by an Associated Press reader, John P.: Who gets paid during a federal shutdown? When it comes to federal employees, everybody is supposed to get paid eventually, but only a few get their paychecks while the government shutdown is still happening. Th Gaza flotilla activists allege mistreatment while being detained in Israel 10/05/2025 12:11pm • ROME (AP) ��� Some of the activists detained while trying to reach Gaza by sea have returned to their home countries to describe mistreatment at the hands of Israeli guards, claims that Israel denies. Some 450 activists were arrested as Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla, a fleet o Trump says he'll send National Guard to Chicago, but details remain unclear 10/05/2025 09:43am • President Donald Trump moved to deploy the National Guard in another city Saturday by authorizing 300 troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago, where the government said Border Patrol agents shot and injured a woman while firing at someone who tried to run them over. White House spok Trump plans aid package for US soybean farmers while seeking trade deal with China 10/05/2025 07:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump is planning a significant aid package to U.S. soybean farmers to help them survive China���s boycott of American beans in response to his trade war even as the president says he is still seeking a soybean deal with Beijing. But farmers are worried that time Thousands celebrate Ethiopia's thanksgiving festival 10/05/2025 06:51am • ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) ��� Thousands gathered in Ethiopia���s capital, Addis Ababa, on Saturday for the East African country���s thanksgiving festival, which is celebrated annually by the largest ethnic group, the Oromos, who were donning mostly white traditional attire. The Irreecha festival is Japan's first female governing-party leader is an ultra-conservative star in a male-dominated group 10/04/2025 10:50pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan's long-governing Liberal Democrats, and likely next prime minister, is an ultra-conservative star of a male-dominated party that critics call an obstacle to women's advancement. Sanae Takaic Japan���s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely to become first female PM 10/04/2025 08:37pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan���s governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the country���s first female prime minister. In a country that ranks poorly internationally for Over 600 couples tie the knot in Asunci��n, Paraguay's mass civil wedding 10/04/2025 07:03pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ��� More than 600 couples married simultaneously Saturday in Asunci��n, Paraguay. Thousands said ���I do��� in unison as part of a government initiative to make civil weddings more accessible across the country. The campaign, called ���United by Love and Protected by Law Netanyahu hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza 'in the coming days' 10/04/2025 06:13pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza ���in the coming days,��� as Israel and Hamas prepare for indirect talks in Egypt on Monday on a new U.S. plan to end the war. In a brief statement late Saturday, Netan