Global News Highlights from AP

November 7, 2026

The Trump administration held secret talks with Iran over deporting Iranian nationals, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press. As recently as mid-October, the administration was exploring sending them to Iran through an unnamed third country.

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India-born immigrant Nithya Raman has defeated Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in a major upset, becoming a symbol of a generational shift in the nation’s second-largest city. Raman was a City Council member backed by the Democratic Socialists of America.

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Pope Leo XIV is returning home to the continent where he spent two decades as a missionary priest and learned to be a pastor, visiting Uruguay, Argentina and his second homeland of Peru. The trip comes just three weeks after surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his right lung.

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A rare 24-carat pink diamond, believed to originate from India's historic Golconda mines, is heading to auction at Christie's. Known as the Bulgari Pink, the diamond is expected to fetch up to 18 million dollars.