International News

3:04 PM on Friday, August 15

A senior official says Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Mexico in September to meet with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum

9:08 AM on Friday, August 15

A video widely circulated on Friday shows Israel’s far-right national security minister admonishing a Palestinian leader face-to-face inside a prison, saying Israel will confront anyone who acts against the country and “wipe them out.”

7:16 AM on Friday, August 15

People in Gaza are struggling to secure enough water for drinking and sanitation

6:37 AM on Friday, August 15

Firefighters in Spain, Portugal and Greece are battling ongoing wildfires as hot, dry conditions persist

6:30 AM on Friday, August 15

Australia has launched its largest military exercises with Philippine forces, involving over 3,600 personnel in live-fire drills and a beach assault near the South China Sea

6:06 AM on Friday, August 15

The human ancestor fossil known as Lucy has left Ethiopia for display in a European museum

5:57 AM on Friday, August 15

The Taliban barred women from attending celebrations marking the fourth anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan

5:07 AM on Friday, August 15

Hezbollah's leader has vowed not to disarm, saying the Lebanese government's decision to remove its weapons by the end of the year serves Israel's interests

2:48 AM on Friday, August 15

Officials say flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed over 280 people in India and Pakistan and left scores of others missing

2:08 AM on Friday, August 15

Officials in Pakistan say flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 49 people in the northwest and elsewhere in the country over the past 24 hours

12:53 AM on Friday, August 15

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned Pakistan that India will punish its archrival neighbor if there are future attacks on India

12:02 AM on Friday, August 15

Days before the leaders of Russia and the U.S. hold a summit meeting in Alaska, Moscow’s forces breached Ukrainian lines in a series of infiltrations this week in the country’s industrial heartland of Donetsk

11:05 PM on Thursday, August 14

Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip 20 years ago, dismantling 21 Jewish settlements and pulling out its forces

10:48 PM on Thursday, August 14

Paleontologists have identified a new whale species from a 25-million-year-old fossil found on an Australian beach

10:31 PM on Thursday, August 14

Japan is paying tribute to more than 3 million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending World War II

9:38 PM on Thursday, August 14

South Korea’s new liberal president, Lee Jae Myung, says he will seek to restore a 2018 military agreement with North Korea aimed at reducing border tensions and urged Pyongyang to respond to Seoul’s efforts to rebuild trust and revive dialogue

8:06 PM on Thursday, August 14

Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday

7:57 AM on Thursday, August 14

Thousands of anti-government protesters are back on the streets of Serbia after two days of clashes with loyalists of populist President Aleksandar Vucic and riot police that left dozens injured or detained

7:12 AM on Thursday, August 14

Fire crews in Greece, Spain, and Portugal are racing to contain wildfires

4:51 AM on Thursday, August 14

Flash floods caused by torrential rains in Indian-controlled Kashmir have left at least 56 people