International News

11:08 PM on Sunday, October 5

Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a major defense treaty, which Beijing claims unfairly targets China

2:49 PM on Sunday, October 5

Sukkot, a week-long Jewish holiday celebrating the traditional gathering of the harvest, is getting underway

1:35 PM on Sunday, October 5

France's new prime minister has named a government, bringing back former finance minister Bruno Le Maire as defense minister

10:35 AM on Sunday, October 5

Somali government forces have ended a six-hour siege by militants at a major prison near the president’s office in Mogadishu

8:51 AM on Sunday, October 5

Syria has held its first parliamentary elections since Bashar Assad was ousted nearly a year ago

8:38 AM on Sunday, October 5

Israel and Hamas are preparing for indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday as hopes are rising for a possible ceasefire in Gaza

7:50 AM on Sunday, October 5

Hundreds of thousands of people across several European cities have marched in support of Palestinians and an aid flotilla's attempt to reach Gaza

6:08 AM on Sunday, October 5

Activists detained while trying to reach Gaza by sea have complained of mistreatment by Israeli guards

4:07 AM on Sunday, October 5

The British government says it will give police stronger powers to restrict repeated protests

3:40 AM on Sunday, October 5

At least five people were killed after Russia launched drones, missiles and guided aerial bombs at Ukraine overnight in a major attack that officials there said targeted civilian infrastructure

2:04 AM on Sunday, October 5

Indonesian rescuers have recovered dozens of bodies over the weekend alone after a prayer hall at an Islamic boarding school collapsed last week

12:36 AM on Sunday, October 5

Severe rainfall in Nepal has triggered landslides, lightning strikes, and flooding, killing at least 44 people on Sunday

4:13 PM on Saturday, October 4

Tropical Storm Priscilla has formed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico

3:52 PM on Saturday, October 4

Mexico’s Security Ministry says they have arrested an alleged local leader of the Tren de Aragua gang in Mexico City

11:47 AM on Saturday, October 4

International journalists have been given a rare and limited glimpse of Gaza City under the supervision of the Israeli military

9:37 AM on Saturday, October 4

Thousands have gathered in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa for the East African country’s thanksgiving festival

4:11 AM on Saturday, October 4

U.K. police have been given extra time to question four people arrested on suspicion of terror offenses after an attack on a synagogue in northwest England

3:33 AM on Saturday, October 4

Israel's prime minister says he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days” as Israel and Hamas prepare for indirect talks in Egypt on a new U.S. plan to end the war

1:38 AM on Saturday, October 4

In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democrats is one of the most conservative members of the male-dominated party seen as an obstacle to women’s advancement

8:45 PM on Friday, October 3

Japan’s governing party has elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister