International News

3:58 PM on Monday, July 6

A former economic development official in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing has been sentenced to death for taking bribes worth $325 million over three decades

3:30 PM on Monday, July 6

Canada has selected Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems to build up to 12 submarines, one of its largest military purchases, as it boosts defense spending to meet NATO targets

12:44 PM on Monday, July 6

Venezuelans are digging through earthquake rubble with their bare hands to recover loved ones as international rescue teams depart and anger rises over the government’s response

11:35 AM on Monday, July 6

An islandwide blackout has hit Cuba as fuel reserves dwindle and its electric grid continues to crumble

8:59 AM on Monday, July 6

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has demanded that member states present clear plans to meet defense spending targets at their annual summit

7:52 AM on Monday, July 6

Authorities report that at least 500 people have died from over 1,500 confirmed Ebola cases in Congo

11:57 PM on Sunday, July 5

Australia and Fiji have signed a new bilateral defense alliance in a second major diplomatic win within a year for Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese against Chinese influence in the South Pacific

11:15 PM on Sunday, July 5

One hundred years ago a book was published that put Spain's biggest bull run festival on the map for millions of readers around the world

11:09 PM on Sunday, July 5

President Donald Trump will be heading to Ankara, Turkey, for the annual NATO summit

9:57 PM on Sunday, July 5

Mourners dressed in black have flooded into Iran’s capital for a procession as part of the funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

7:10 PM on Sunday, July 5

The Philippine Senate has started the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte in a politically volatile event that will unfold against the backdrop of her feud with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Thousands of police officers were deployed to secure the Senate on Monday

1:47 PM on Sunday, July 5

A handful of countries in the OPEC+ oil-producing alliance are planning to increase their outputs modestly next month

7:27 AM on Sunday, July 5

Hundreds of firefighters are battling wildfires in Portugal, Spain and Greece

7:13 AM on Sunday, July 5

The lawyer for a prominent Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya says he is in critical condition

5:00 AM on Sunday, July 5

Nigeria reports that two of its nationals were killed in South Africa following anti-immigrant protests targeting African workers

4:40 AM on Sunday, July 5

A tropical storm killed two people, caused dam breaches and forced tens of thousands to evacuate in southern China, state media reported

2:59 AM on Sunday, July 5

A Ukrainian attack on Russian-occupied Crimea has killed one person, according to Moscow-installed officials

12:07 AM on Sunday, July 5

Since he started work as NATO secretary-general almost two years ago, Mark Rutte has spent much of his time trying to keep the United States anchored to the world’s biggest military alliance

11:16 PM on Saturday, July 4

As Russia’s full-scale invasion enters its fifth year, a group of Ukrainian amateur climbers is trying to build something new: a climbing culture inspired by the sense of community surrounding California’s Yosemite National Park

10:47 PM on Saturday, July 4

Iran’s top officials and brothers of the country’s new supreme leader have emerged into public view to attend the funeral prayers for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, signaling confidence in their safety as Iran pushes back on U.S. demands in negotiations to permanently end the war