International News

9:51 AM on Thursday, December 25

The Kremlin is in talks with French authorities about French scholar Laurent Vinatier, who is serving a three-year sentence in Russia and reportedly faces new espionage charges

8:51 AM on Thursday, December 25

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's family says he's underwent double hernia surgery at a hospital in the country's capital

8:47 AM on Thursday, December 25

Istanbul police have launched simultaneous raids at 124 locations, detaining over a hundred suspected members of the Islamic State group

6:55 AM on Thursday, December 25

Three Palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a Christmas tree and damaging a Nativity scene at a Catholic Church in the West Bank city of Jenin

6:10 AM on Thursday, December 25

Pope Leo XIV, during his first Christmas Day message, has urged the faithful to shed indifference toward those who are suffering

2:13 AM on Thursday, December 25

The son of a former Bangladesh prime minister has returned to the country after more than 17 years in exile

12:30 AM on Thursday, December 25

Saudi Arabia has called on separatists in Yemen to withdraw from two governorates they now hold

Thursday, December 25

King Charles III has urged people to focus on kindness instead of conflict in his annual Christmas address

10:56 PM on Wednesday, December 24

A bomb has exploded during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing five people

9:20 PM on Wednesday, December 24

North Korea displayed apparent progress in the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine, with state media photos showing a largely completed hull as leader Kim Jong Un condemned rival South Korea’s push to acquire the technology

4:23 PM on Wednesday, December 24

Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura has won Honduras’ presidential election, according to electoral authorities

12:47 PM on Wednesday, December 24

The president of Turkish sports club Fenerbahce has been taken into custody in Istanbul as part of a drug investigation involving entertainment and media figures

9:06 AM on Wednesday, December 24

An explosive device has detonated in Gaza and wounded one Israeli soldier, prompting Israel to accuse Hamas of violating the U.S.-brokered ceasefire

8:30 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Families in north-central Nigeria have joyfully reunited with schoolchildren held for a month after a mass abduction

7:44 AM on Wednesday, December 24

On Christmas Eve, thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square and other Holy Land sites, after two years of subdued Christmas celebrations because of the war in Gaza

6:54 AM on Wednesday, December 24

France, Germany, the European Union and the United Kingdom are hitting out at a U.S. decision to impose travel bans on five Europeans the Trump administration accuses of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American views

6:43 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Guineans are set to vote Sunday in their first presidential election since a military coup four years ago

4:13 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he would be willing to withdraw troops from the country’s eastern industrial heartland as part of a plan to end Russia’s war, if Moscow also pulls back and the area becomes a demilitarized zone monitored by international forces

3:05 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Russian investigators say that an explosion in Moscow has killed three people, including two police officers

2:01 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Search teams in Turkey have recovered the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from a jet crash that killed eight people, including Libya’s military chief