International News

11:20 PM on Wednesday, September 10

The number of aid workers kidnapped in South Sudan has more than doubled this year, according to two senior humanitarian officials working for international groups

11:10 PM on Wednesday, September 10

The Philippines is protesting a plan by China to establish a nature reserve at one of the most hotly disputed shoals in the South China Sea and demanding that Beijing withdraw it immediately

9:51 PM on Wednesday, September 10

South Korea’s president says that South Korean companies will likely hesitate to maintain or make direct investments in the United States if the U.S. fails to improve its visa system for Korean workers

7:04 PM on Wednesday, September 10

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was given some respite on Wednesday after a Supreme Court justice voted to acquit him from all charges in his alleged coup trial

4:33 PM on Wednesday, September 10

A gas tanker truck has exploded and burned multiple vehicles under a Mexico City highway overpass, killing three people and injuring 70 others

1:43 PM on Wednesday, September 10

A judge has ruled that the man accused of killing 11 people by driving his SUV into a crowd during a Filipino heritage festival is mentally fit to stand trial

10:33 AM on Wednesday, September 10

A total blackout has hit Cuba, marking the latest in a series of outages blamed on aging infrastructure and fuel shortages at power plants

10:02 AM on Wednesday, September 10

A new study has determined that 55 heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change

9:03 AM on Wednesday, September 10

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has “confidence” in the country’s ambassador to the United States following mounting criticism of his links to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein

7:25 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Indonesian rescuers have recovered the bodies of at least 15 people while authorities say 10 people are missing after flash floods struck two provinces of the archipelago nation

7:18 AM on Wednesday, September 10

The deadly protests in Nepal that forced the country's prime minister to resign on Tuesday were a result of long-simmering discontent ignited by the government’s ban on major social media platforms

6:41 AM on Wednesday, September 10

China has approved the establishment of a national nature reserve at Scarborough Shoal, a disputed territory also claimed by the Philippines in the South China Sea

4:44 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Hong Kong lawmakers have voted down a bill that would have recognized same-sex partnerships, dealing a major setback to the LGBTQ+ movement

3:13 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Yemen's Houthi rebels say Israeli airstrikes targeting the rebels in Yeman have killed at least 35 people and wounded over 130 others

3:03 AM on Wednesday, September 10

An international activist flotilla seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza says it was attacked for the second night in a row

2:34 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Protesters blocked roads and set fires in Paris and across France as part of a nationwide “Block Everything” campaign

1:50 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Qatari security forces and emergency fire personnel have surrounded the site of an Israeli attack on Hamas’ political leaders who had gathered in the capital of the energy-rich Middle East country to consider a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip

12:20 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Multiple Russian drones crossed into Poland in what European officials described as a deliberate provocation, causing NATO to send fighter jets to shoot them down

11:09 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Soldiers in Nepal’s capital have ordered people to stay home after the military came out in force overnight to halt two days of deadly unrest that prompted the government’s collapse as protesters set buildings on fire

9:11 PM on Tuesday, September 9

South Korea says a charter plane that is planned to carry South Korean workers who were detained in an immigration raid in Georgia will depart Thursday at noon to return home