International News

12:06 PM on Tuesday, December 30

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on 10 individuals and firms from Iran and Venezuela

11:02 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Meta is buying artificial intelligence startup Manus, as the owner of Facebook and Instagram continues a push to amp-up AI offerings across its platforms

8:36 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza

7:46 AM on Tuesday, December 30

The political party backed by Myanmar’s ruling military claims it won a commanding lead in the initial round of the first general election in five years

7:15 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Power problems and a stuck train have interrupted rail traffic through the Channel Tunnel connecting the U.K. and continental Europe

6:23 AM on Tuesday, December 30

South Korea says it will end its dwindling yet much-criticized bear bile farming industry

6:19 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Leaders from Europe and Canada have held talks on U.S.-led peace efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine

5:02 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Local authorities in France say Brigitte Bardot’s funeral is set for next week in the French Riviera resort of Saint-Tropez which she helped make famous

3:53 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Russia’s nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system has entered active service, Russia’s Ministry of Defense says, as negotiators continue to search for a breakthrough in peace talks to end Moscow’s war in Ukraine

1:25 AM on Tuesday, December 30

China’s top diplomat has slammed a record U.S. military sale to Taiwan

12:48 AM on Tuesday, December 30

China's People's Liberation Army is conducting large-scale military drills around Taiwan as part of "Justice Mission 2025."

10:33 PM on Monday, December 29

Police say an investigation that extended to the Philippines of two men accused of killing 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival has found no evidence they were part of a “broader terrorist cell.”

9:15 PM on Monday, December 29

Saudi Arabia says it bombed Yemen’s port city of Mukalla over a shipment of weapons for a separatist force that arrived from the United Arab Emirates

8:51 PM on Monday, December 29

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has died at 80, her political party has announced Tuesday

6:02 PM on Monday, December 29

Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the hottest years ever recorded

11:40 AM on Monday, December 29

A historic theater in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol has opened its doors more than three years after it was pummeled in a Russian airstrike that killed hundreds of civilians sheltering inside

5:52 AM on Monday, December 29

Iran is seeing its biggest protests in three years after the currency plunged to a record low against the dollar

5:37 AM on Monday, December 29

The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees for 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan

8:10 PM on Sunday, December 28

The Chinese military says it dispatched air, navy and missile units for a second day to conduct joint live-fire drills around Taiwan to warn against what it calls separatist and “external interference” forces

7:02 AM on Friday, December 5

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