Regional leaders called for calm Saturday as fears of a new escalation between the U.S., Israel and Iran grow. Speaking at a security forum in Bahrain, Saudi Arabias Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs said the message from the region is that it wants a return to peace. Also at the forum, Syria’s foreign minister said...

LONDON (AP) U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham says his government will consider apologizing for the first time for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade as it seeks to strengthen relations with nations in Africa and the Caribbean. Writing in the Guardian on Saturday, Burnham said Britain needed to acknowledge its complicated history in...

Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky in Ukraine arrived in Belarus on Saturday as part of a major rescue operation carried out under the most significant truce since Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine 4 years ago. Civilians from Oleshky, on the Dnipro River, began the long journey out of the war-ravaged region in bus convoys Friday. The...

VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Leo XIV is set to hold a private audience on Saturday with basketball teams from his alma mater, Villanova, and fellow Catholic university Notre Dame, plus thousands of traveling American fans in town for the season opener. A total of about 7,000 people are expected Saturday in the Paul VI...

BUNIA, Congo (AP) Deaths in Congos Ebola outbreak have topped 5,000 as the country grapples with the relentless spread of the disease and cases are recorded in other African countries, the latest government data on Saturday shows. Data from the Congolese Ministry of Health showed that the disease has killed 5,026 people out of...

Today is Saturday, Oct. 31, the 304th day of 2026. There are 61 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi, Indias Prime Minister for more than 15 years, was assassinated by two of her own security guards. Also on this date: In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a...

NEW YORK (AP) The health of the jobs market, along with updates on several areas of the economy and corporate profits, will fill the calendar this week. The latest updates also arrive as Americans head to the polls for the Nov. 3 midterm elections that could reshape Congress as inflation continues squeezing households. Heres...

A shooting on Friday night at a mall in Fairfield has left one person dead and six wounded, California police said. Police said they responded to a shooting at around 8:30 p.m. inside Solano Town Center at the Spirit Halloween store. They said on Facebook that there were seven confirmed victims with gunshot wounds, one...

MARKET RASEN, England (AP) Karl Bushby has spent 28 years walking home, but as he approaches the finish Monday, its not clear he’s ready for the audacious journey to end. Pushing a cart loaded with camping gear up a busy country road in northern England about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the finish line,...

SAKHNIN, Israel (AP) A Jewish ex-cop and self-described Zionist might seem an unlikely candidate to represent an Islamist party in Israels parliament. But Yoav Segalovitz will soon be seated in the Knesset as a member of Raam, an Arab-led party that won eight seats in Tuesday’s election. His decision to leave a centrist Jewish-led...

PARIS (AP) France prepared Saturday for a third consecutive weekend of protests over living costs and education, deploying 70,000 police and gendarmes and pushing the Paris march to the capitals edge as youth-led demonstrations spread across Europe. Interior Minister Laurent Nuez warned of a very high risk of disorder, especially after dark on Halloween....

BREMEN, Germany (AP) The humble dachshund is taking center stage in a new exhibition in Germany that explores the history of the sausage dog in art and visitors are welcome to bring their four-legged friends along. The Dachshund: An Icon off the Leash” opens at the Kunsthalle Bremen on Saturday, showcasing artwork by...

ZAMORA, Spain (AP) For decades, Spaniards have been avid users of the countrys touted high-speed trains, choosing the Ave, Spanish for bird, over driving or flying for work trips or holidays each year. But two devastating collisions in nine months that killed more than 100 people have shaken confidence in a rail network long...

PHOENIX (AP) Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks was ejected Friday night in a 127-120 loss to the Denver Nuggets for kicking Jamal Murray in the groin. Brooks attempted a turnaround jumper in the third quarter with Murray guarding, and when Brooks fell backward he kicked his right leg forward, making contact with Murray. Brooks...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) The FBI on Friday began reaching out to donors of Dan J. Sullivan asking about potential deception, as federal authorities ramped up their investigation over the U.S. Senate candidate in Alaska who shares a name with the Republican incumbent. An Anchorage-based FBI agent visited a boat dealership in Petersburg, a small...

LAS VEGAS (AP) Fawn Douglas puts an urban spin on traditional basketmaking. Instead of using desert plants, she tightly weaves heavy conduit wire to form the base of a basket she plans to display at the new Wai Gallery in Las Vegas. There, she and her partner, A.B. Wilkinson, showcase pieces from Indigenous artists...

ATLANTA (AP) Top diplomats from the Group of 20 largest world economies will wrap up two days of talks in Atlanta on Saturday without reaching consensus on several critical global security issues after divisions, notably over Russia’s war with Ukraine, overshadowed the start of the meeting. As a result, the group will not release...

BEIJING (AP) Chinas factory activity contracted in October as new export orders softened, reversing the previous month’s rebound. The worlds second-biggest economy has been facing pressure from trading partners to rebalance trade as its trade surplus with many countries balloons. Data released on Saturday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that ...

WASHINGTON (AP) There’s been a lot of talk this midterm election season about socialism, but only a handful of candidates running for Congress actually align with the far-left wing of the party or consider themselves part of the Democratic Socialists of America. Most of these candidates come from a few Democratic strongholds, and several...

NEW YORK (AP) A century after his death, Harry Houdini remains a man we’re still trying to learn more about. A rare essay by the iconic escape artist about magicians of the past has just been published for the first time, while a recent book revisits longtime questions about the cause and date of...

Seychell Williams is among more than 200,000 Virginians who regained their voting rights after a court ruled earlier this year they never should have lost them based on a Reconstruction-era law.

LOS ANGELES (AP) Roger Howarth and Beth Maitland of The Young and the Restless swept the supporting acting categories at the 53rd annual Daytime Emmys on Friday night, with both winning decades after their first triumphs. Howarth currently plays Matt Clark on the CBS soap. He first won in 1994 in the younger actor...

The Turf Research Center will expose students to jobs and research opportunities they may not have known about previously.

Some of the young filmmakers who are finalists in an upcoming D.C. festival incorporated artificial intelligence into their creative process, according to the festival's founder.

WASHINGTON (AP) The long-running influence campaign known as Spamouflage is active ahead of the midterm elections, with accounts likely linked to China posing as U.S. voters and posting divisive content about U.S. politics, social issues and the elections, analysts say. In a blog posted on Friday, Graphika, a New York-based firm that tracks online...