International News

12:57 PM on Tuesday, August 4

With parts of the globe aflame in wildfires, deadly heat waves parking over cities, record hot oceans and a strengthening super El Nino, it seems like we’re baking through the hottest year on record

12:17 PM on Tuesday, August 4

Iran and the Gulf Arab state of Oman have made progress toward a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a potential breakthrough that could help wind down the war in the Middle East

8:46 AM on Tuesday, August 4

A group of eight South Korean students have been detained for allegedly breaking into a U.S. air base in South Korea

7:56 AM on Tuesday, August 4

An official in Russian-held Crimea says a serviceman opened fire on fellow soldiers and civilians, killing four and wounding four

5:29 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Teams in Pakistan are searching on foot for the remains of 10 climbers killed in an avalanche on the world’s 12th-highest mountain

5:26 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Russia and Ukraine are trading accusations that each side’s attacks caused civilian deaths

5:22 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Ebola has killed over 1,700 people in eastern Congo, becoming the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease

1:04 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's migration policies are facing criticism from EU leaders after a surge of migrants arrived in Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa

12:01 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Social media rumors sparked a migration surge from Morocco to Spain's territory of Ceuta

10:49 PM on Monday, August 3

The government says Japan needs to adapt to the new methods of warfare like drones and artificial intelligence used in Ukraine and the Middle East and strengthen its defense industry

10:09 PM on Monday, August 3

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has reiterated claims of fraud in the nation’s June election, which his party lost narrowly to conservative leader Abelardo de la Espriella

4:42 PM on Monday, August 3

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to halt a $656 million judgment against Palestinian authorities in a lawsuit filed by Americans killed or wounded in attacks in Israel

3:10 PM on Monday, August 3

The Board of Peace official overseeing Gaza’s postwar transition has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

1:30 PM on Monday, August 3

The girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory

12:19 PM on Monday, August 3

Some Cubans are sleeping on Havana's famous seaside boulevard, the Malecón, in the face of crippling blackouts stretching up to 20 hours during suffocating summer heat

5:49 AM on Monday, August 3

After calling off a fresh round of strikes against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump says the two sides are resuming talks to wind down the war

5:02 AM on Monday, August 3

Residents of Japan’s quake-hit southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto are working to clear their homes in intense heat, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi briefly visited Kumamoto Prefecture on Monday for the first time since a magnitude 7.1 quake last Tuesday

4:42 AM on Monday, August 3

Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, aligning with its national language

1:50 AM on Monday, August 3

Europe is grappling with a record-breaking hot and dry summer

12:58 AM on Monday, August 3

Myanmar’s military government says detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met with the International Committee of the Red Cross’ representative