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Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, Thursday, April 2, 2026, in Kiskunhalas, Hungary. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

Exclusive: Orbán challenger Magyar says election is a 'referendum' on Hungary's place in the world

8:17 AM on Friday, April 3

Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar says an upcoming election against pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is a “referendum” on Hungary’s future

China's Communist Party investigates ex-Xinjiang leader Ma Xingrui

7:52 AM on Friday, April 3

China's Communist Party has placed former Xinjiang party chief Ma Xingrui under investigation for suspected violations of discipline and law

Sweden stops sanctioned tanker suspected of causing Baltic oil spill after leaving Russian port

7:25 AM on Friday, April 3

The Swedish Coast Guard has boarded a tanker suspected of causing an oil spill on the Baltic Sea

China says peace talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan are advancing

7:24 AM on Friday, April 3

Peace talks between Afghanistan’s Taliban government and Pakistan are advancing, China’s government said, two days after those countries resumed conversations after weeks of fighting that have killed hundreds

Avera Creighton Hospital is seen on Feb. 24, 2026, in Creighton, Neb. (AP Photo/Margery A. Beck)

Concerns over a Nebraska hospital show how a $50B rural health fund is coming up short

7:15 AM on Friday, April 3

A rural Nebraska family’s lifeline hospital now sits at the center of a national fight over Medicaid cuts

FILE - European chief prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi checks her notes during a press conference following meetings with Greek officials on various issues, at a custom of Piraeus port, near Athens, Greece, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

3 Greek ministers quit as EU investigates alleged farm subsidy fraud

7:07 AM on Friday, April 3

Three Greek government ministers have resigned amid a widening European Union investigation into alleged farm subsidy fraud

In this image made with a long exposure, President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Trump offers murky path forward for Republicans as Iran war clouds midterm elections

6:52 AM on Friday, April 3

Donald Trump won the presidency by promising to lower costs and end wars

Marina Quiroz stands in her living room in a Bronx apartment building, where tenants report maintenance issues, pest infestations, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to crack down on 'bad landlords.' First he has to find them

6:25 AM on Friday, April 3

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been holding a series of “rental rip-off hearings” for disgruntled tenants to air their complaints about bad landlords

FILE - Voting machines are seen at the Bartow County Election office, Jan. 25, 2024, in Cartersville, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Georgia lawmakers end annual session without settling conflict on voting machines

3:57 AM on Friday, April 3

The Georgia General Assembly has ended its annual session without a plan for new equipment to overhaul the state’s voting system by a July deadline

French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung during their meeting at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 3, 2026. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP)

French and South Korean leaders say they'll work together on the Strait of Hormuz

2:35 AM on Friday, April 3

French President Emmanuel Macron and his South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung say they have agreed to work together to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz

FILE - Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, head of Myanmar's military council, inspects officers during a parade to commemorate Myanmar's 78th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

Myanmar’s parliament elects ruling general as president, keeping the army in charge

2:33 AM on Friday, April 3

Myanmar’s parliament has elected Min Aung Hlaing as the country’s new president

Journalists from foreign media based in Tehran document damage from U.S.-Israeli strikes in a residential area of the town of Fardis, west of Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The Latest: Iran launches missiles at Israel and Gulf states as explosions hit Tehran

12:40 AM on Friday, April 3

Iran's missiles have hit a refinery and damaged a desalination plant in Kuwait as Israeli and U.S. strikes continue against Iran

Attorney General Pam Bondi listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A look at how the Epstein files dogged Pam Bondi's time as attorney general

12:01 AM on Friday, April 3

After Pam Bondi became U.S. attorney general last year, conservative influencers, online sleuths and others who wanted the government to disclose all it knew about Jeffrey Epstein thought they might have a champion in the Department of Justice

President Donald Trump arrives from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

White House set to release Trump's budget with major increase in defense spending

12:01 AM on Friday, April 3

The White House is scheduled to release President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget Friday

People spend the night in the dark on the Malecon during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba releasing 2,010 prisoners as the US pressures the island's government

9:31 PM on Thursday, April 2

The Cuban government says it will release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes while the Trump administration puts extreme pressure on the island’s government with a suffocating oil blockade

Members of the Security Council vote on a resolution at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Bahrain waters down UN proposal over opposition to allowing force to open Strait of Hormuz

8:59 PM on Thursday, April 2

Bahrain has significantly watered down a proposed U.N. resolution on reopening the Strait of Hormuz

Mourners gather during a funeral procession for Alireza Tangsiri, head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, and others killed in Israeli strikes in late March, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

No sign of war winding down in Mideast as Friday dawns with attacks across region

3:44 AM on Thursday, April 2

There has been little sign Friday of the war in the Mideast winding down as Israel says it faced incoming fire from Iran, and Kuwait and Bahrain also reported being under attack

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