International News

5:18 PM on Thursday, August 28

The United States is seeking U.N. authorization for a new “Gang Suppression Force” to help tackle escalating violence in Haiti where the armed groups have expanded their brutal activities from the capital into the countryside

5:04 PM on Thursday, August 28

The Trump administration has approved a $825 million arms sale to Ukraine, which will include extended-range missiles and related equipment to boost its defensive capabilities

5:00 PM on Thursday, August 28

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading back to Latin America next week for visits to Mexico and Ecuador

12:38 PM on Thursday, August 28

India and Canada have named new high commissioners to each other’s capitals Thursday as they restore relations 10 months after expelling their top envoys following an activist's assassination

9:11 AM on Thursday, August 28

Israeli airstrikes have hit the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, targeting areas controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebel group

7:53 AM on Thursday, August 28

A U.S. diplomat has apologized for using the word "animalistic" during a press conference in Lebanon

6:49 AM on Thursday, August 28

Italian women, from ordinary workers and housewives to top politicians, are fighting back against a proliferation of websites displaying their photos without their consent, often accompanied by obscene language

5:41 AM on Thursday, August 28

A Sudanese medical group says a paramilitary group fighting against Sudan's military has shelled a city in Darfur, killing at least 24 people

5:26 AM on Thursday, August 28

Iran's ambassador to Australia has been seen preparing to leave the country as a result of a diplomatic rift between the two countries

4:34 AM on Thursday, August 28

The Nigerian government has announced a six-month ban on the export of raw shea nuts, an essential raw material for making cosmetic products

4:28 AM on Thursday, August 28

Rescuers in Pakistan's Punjab province are racing to reach stranded families after heavy rain and water from overflowing dams in India caused major rivers to burst their banks

3:22 AM on Thursday, August 28

France, Germany and the United Kingdom have moved to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program

10:35 PM on Wednesday, August 27

A new study says climate change that has driven scorching temperatures and dwindling rainfall made massive wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus this summer burn much more fiercely

10:25 PM on Wednesday, August 27

The final arguments have concluded in the national security trial of Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper founder Jimmy Lai

10:08 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Authorities say a mass Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital has killed at least 21 people and wounded 48

9:21 PM on Wednesday, August 27

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make a rare trip abroad next week to attend a military parade in the Chinese capital, North Korean and Chinese state media said Thursday

8:02 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Two brothers protesting outside an Egyptian diplomatic building in Manhattan last week were dragged inside the building by Egyptian officials and beaten with a metal chain, video shows

7:07 PM on Wednesday, August 27

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to terminate the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of next year after nearly five decades

6:32 AM on Wednesday, August 27

Pope Leo XIV is demanding that Israel stop the “collective punishment” and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza

5:46 AM on Wednesday, August 27

Israeli and U.S. officials are meeting in Washington to discuss post-war Gaza