International News

5:10 AM on Saturday, July 25

India’s “Cockroach” movement has called off weeks of protests, saying the government has accepted all of its demands

2:56 AM on Saturday, July 25

Punch, the orphaned monkey at a Japanese zoo that stole many people’s hearts by clinging to an orangutan plushie, is marking his first birthday Sunday

1:27 AM on Saturday, July 25

India’s young protesters are taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi with humor as much as street demonstrations, flooding social media with memes, parody videos and jokes while thousands rally across the country

12:02 AM on Saturday, July 25

Ukraine is still fortifying its border with Belarus more than four years after Russia used the country to launch its assault on Kyiv

2:21 PM on Friday, July 24

U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk won a second term Friday despite opposition from the United States, Russia and Israel to keep him in one of the most controversial United Nations posts for four more years

9:01 AM on Friday, July 24

Brazil is using forensic science to tackle illegal gold mining in the Amazon

8:10 AM on Friday, July 24

With swords, axes and shields, competitors from 30 countries are going head-to-head in the grounds of a Danish fortress in a modern version of old-fashioned battle

7:07 AM on Friday, July 24

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has been removed from office

5:38 AM on Friday, July 24

A United Nations committee has inscribed a major archaeological site in the West Bank and a set of castles in southern Lebanon as World Heritage sites

5:33 AM on Friday, July 24

Ukrainian government and industry officials say a Russian attack on a site near Kyiv that was hosting a defense industry event killed at least 10 people and wounded nearly 100 others

3:34 AM on Friday, July 24

Massive forest fires are raging out of control in southwestern France and central Spain, forcing authorities to evacuate around 200,000 people

3:33 AM on Friday, July 24

Chinese coast guard ships have fired water cannons at two Philippine fisheries vessels in the South China Sea

3:13 AM on Friday, July 24

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has reshuffled top posts as he tries to boost his unpopular government

3:08 AM on Friday, July 24

The Israeli military has shot and killed four Palestinians in the village of Tell in the northern West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry

3:03 AM on Friday, July 24

U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest set of tariffs has provoked heated objections from America’s trading partners

12:39 AM on Friday, July 24

The U.S. military says it has fired on a merchant vessel attempting to breach its blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran targeted American strongholds around the Persian Gulf

9:42 PM on Thursday, July 23

Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk has ended a 26-day hunger strike that helped galvanize a massive youth movement in India, as demonstrators took to the streets, vowing to continue protesting

9:00 PM on Thursday, July 23

Chinese pastor Ezra Jin Mingri recounts how his fears turned to uncertainty and then joy after he was unexpectedly released from detention in China

2:14 PM on Thursday, July 23

Laura Loomer, President Donald Trump's ally with a reputation for incendiary social media comments, has sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a dramatic about-face regarding the war

3:02 AM on Thursday, July 23

The U.S. military has announced it conducted a 13th night of strikes against Iran as clashes escalate over shipping routes