International News

2:00 AM on Thursday, April 2

New Zealand and the Cook Islands have signed a defense and security pact, easing over a year of tension between them

1:16 AM on Thursday, April 2

Expanding electricity access is transforming lives across Africa, from Nairobi’s informal settlements to rural fishing communities in western Kenya

12:14 AM on Thursday, April 2

Thirty-five countries are set to meet Thursday to discuss ways of reopening the Strait of Hormuz

12:09 AM on Thursday, April 2

U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. will keep hitting Iran very hard in the next two or three weeks even as he touts the success of American operations

5:27 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Brazilian banks are now required to verify satellite deforestation data before approving rural credit

4:34 PM on Wednesday, April 1

The U.S. has lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez

11:59 AM on Wednesday, April 1

The American freelance journalist who was kidnapped Tuesday in Iraq has been described by friends and colleagues as a determined, gutsy reporter

11:47 AM on Wednesday, April 1

The Italian coast guard has found 19 people dead and rescued 58 from a dinghy filled with migrants near Lampedusa

10:29 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Russia’s Defense Ministry claims its forces have taken control of the entire Luhansk region in Ukraine

9:18 AM on Wednesday, April 1

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO, yet he failed to mention the alliance in his speech to the American public about the Iran war

8:43 AM on Wednesday, April 1

The U.S. Supreme Court has finished hearing arguments over the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to someone in the country illegally or temporarily

6:05 AM on Wednesday, April 1

U.S. and Iraqi officials say U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson was warned of threats before she was kidnapped in Baghdad

4:35 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban governments have resumed talks in China, which is mediating between the two sides to broker a durable ceasefire after weeks of fighting

3:48 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Turkish officials say a migrant boat has capsized in the Aegean Sea while trying to evade coast guards in rough seas and 19 people died

2:40 AM on Wednesday, April 1

President Donald Trump says U_S_ forces will “finish the job” in Iran soon as “core strategic objectives are nearing completion.”

1:46 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Russian officials say that a Russian military plane has crashed in annexed Crimea, killing 29 people on board

12:24 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Chang Ung, a former North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee who once led sports exchanges with rival South Korea including joint marches of their athletes at the Olympics, has died at 87

Wednesday, April 1

U.S. President Donald Trump’s prime-time address at 9 p.m. EDT offers an update on the progress made toward achieving his goals in the war with Iran, which are to destroy the country’s missile production and Navy, ensure its proxies can no longer destabilize the region and guarantee Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon

11:18 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees struggling to survive in Bangladesh’s overcrowded camps will see their food assistance slashed

8:24 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets across the embattled Palestinian territories after Israel's parliament passing a law mandating the death penalty by hanging for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic murder