Global News Highlights from AP

November 8, 2026

President Donald Trump said Stephen Miller was replacing Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, as the president prepares to stare down a newly empowered Democratic Congress next year. Long a member of Trump's tight inner circle, Miller is a key architect of the administration's hard-line immigration policies.

Drone and missile explosions wounded at least nine people across Ukraine Saturday, as Kyiv and Moscow prepared for new talks next week with the United States. The Russian missiles that hit overnight across Kyiv damaged homes and commercial properties, according to authorities.

Three weeks after lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV arrived in Uruguay at the start of a three-nation tour. The pope urged people to build bridges of fraternity and faith, as he used his first Mass in South America to deliver an ode to the region's beloved mate tea.

250 couples have tied the knot at a mass wedding ceremony in the Gaza Strip. Although strikingly different from elaborate ceremonies once held in the territory, the mass wedding brought joy to those attending.