International News

2:56 PM on Friday, May 8

Laura Fernández has been sworn in as Costa Rica's president, with outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves serving as her minister of the presidency and minister of finance

12:52 PM on Friday, May 8

A Florida jury has convicted four men of conspiracy in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse

12:17 PM on Friday, May 8

Spanish authorities are preparing to receive a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands

11:48 AM on Friday, May 8

Federal prosecutors are seeking to revoke the U.S. citizenship of Manuel Rocha, a former diplomat who served as a secret agent for Cuba

9:01 AM on Friday, May 8

Brazil is on track to record its lowest Amazon deforestation rates since 2012

8:36 AM on Friday, May 8

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon have killed at least five people

5:53 AM on Friday, May 8

A volcanic eruption on a remote Indonesian island has killed three hikers

5:14 AM on Friday, May 8

An Islamic State-affiliated group has attacked villages in Congo near the Uganda border, killing at least 40 people

3:30 AM on Friday, May 8

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has urged European allies to move beyond rhetoric and take concrete action against Iran, even as he sought to repair strained ties with Italy and the Vatican

1:24 AM on Friday, May 8

While Pope Francis opened his pontificate with a flurry of reforms and appointments to shake things up, Pope Leo XIV has taken his time to find his footing

1:17 AM on Friday, May 8

In his first year as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV seems driven not by the dramatic gesture or tensions that often fueled the papacy of his predecessor, but by a calm, persistent zeal to preach the Gospel and emphasize community and harmony

1:10 AM on Friday, May 8

David Attenborough, the world’s most famous wildlife presenter, is celebrating his 100th birthday on Friday

12:55 AM on Friday, May 8

Péter Magyar takes office as Hungary's prime minister on Saturday, ending Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule

12:29 AM on Friday, May 8

Southeast Asian leaders have adopted in an annual summit a contingency plan to mitigate the impact of the Iran war on their people and economies but acknowledged it will be difficult to enforce complex steps like establishing a regional fuel reserve to ensure a steady supply

10:42 PM on Thursday, May 7

Three women have been refused bail when they appeared in courts charged with slavery and terrorism offenses after they arrived home from Syria with another 10 Australians who police say are linked to the Islamic State group

10:25 PM on Thursday, May 7

North Korea says it’ll deploy new long-range artillery systems capable of striking the capital region of rival South Korea this year and commission its first naval destroyer in coming weeks

3:58 PM on Thursday, May 7

Health officials in several countries are trying to identify and follow people who may have been exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship

10:55 AM on Thursday, May 7

A U.K. border official and a former Hong Kong police officer have been convicted of assisting China’s spy agency by conducting “shadow” policing operations in Britain

3:41 AM on Thursday, May 7

The U_S_ military says that it intercepted Iranian attacks on three U_S_ Navy ships as they transited the Strait of Hormuz and “targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U_S_ forces.”

2:52 PM on Monday, May 4

Russia's Defense Ministry has declared a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine to mark Victory Day, commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II