International News

7:34 AM on Friday, August 29

The Mauritanian coast guard reports at least 49 people died and nearly 100 are still missing after a migrant boat capsized this week

1:27 AM on Friday, August 29

Samoa went to the polls in a critical election that could decide the future of its first woman leader, prime minister Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa

11:02 PM on Thursday, August 28

South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee and former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo have been indicted as part of investigations into the administration of ousted President Yoon Suk-Yeol and his attempt to overcome opposition by declaring martial law

6:18 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

6:04 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

6:00 PM on Thursday, August 28

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

2:37 PM on Thursday, August 28

President Javier Milei of Argentina has fired back at his political opponents and defended his influential sister against claims that she and other close associates profited from a bribery scheme within the country’s disability agency

1:38 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

1:19 PM on Thursday, August 28

The director of the U.N. World Food Program says it's “very evident” after a visit to Gaza that there is not enough food and that mothers and children are starving

10:11 AM on Thursday, August 28

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

8:53 AM on Thursday, August 28

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

7:49 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

5:34 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

5:28 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

4:22 AM on Thursday, August 28

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

11:35 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

11:08 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

9:02 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

8:07 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

4:00 PM on Wednesday, August 27

The last photos taken by Mariam Dagga show the damaged stairwell outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip where she would be killed by an Israeli strike moments later