International News

12:17 AM on Saturday, March 7

Preliminary and partial results show that a new political party led by an ex-rapper is leading Nepal’s parliamentary election, the country’s first since last year’s revolt

11:11 PM on Friday, March 6

The travel chaos from the war in the Middle East has ensnared many of the Muslims who have converged on Saudi Arabia for the Umrah pilgrimage, leaving them stranded and scrambling to find other ways home

4:34 PM on Friday, March 6

The U.S. is imposing visa restrictions on “several senior Rwandan officials for fueling instability” in eastern Congo, the State Department said on Friday, intensifying pressure on the East African country after sanctions announced earlier this week

2:47 PM on Friday, March 6

Tunisian authorities have detained pro‑Palestinian activists as an international group prepares a new flotilla aimed at bringing aid to Gaza

12:34 PM on Friday, March 6

The U.S. Treasury Department’s decision to allow India to buy Russian oil for 30 days underscores a boost for Moscow's fortunes against the backdrop of the Iran war as Russia's oil export earnings help pay for its own war against Ukraine

11:00 AM on Friday, March 6

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 18 more prisoners as part of his recent effort at a rapprochement with the United States

10:40 AM on Friday, March 6

Stranded Americans across the Middle East say they’ve been left to navigate flight cancellations and confusing government guidance on their own

9:01 AM on Friday, March 6

Pakistani and Afghan officials say their forces have launched multiple strikes at each other in cross-border clashes, with each side claiming to have killed dozens more enemy troops in what has been the deadliest fighting yet between the two neighbors

4:16 AM on Friday, March 6

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani said after dissolving Parliament that a snap election should be held as soon as possible to avoid another prolonged political crisis in the Balkan country at a time of global turmoil

4:02 AM on Friday, March 6

Hungary has temporarily detained seven Ukrainians working for a state bank and seized armored vehicles full of cash, setting off a sharp dispute with Kyiv

3:26 AM on Friday, March 6

London police say four men have been arrested on suspicion of aiding Iran by spying on the Jewish community

1:39 AM on Friday, March 6

Sri Lanka has taken custody of an Iranian ship after it asked for help near its coast

12:39 AM on Friday, March 6

Israeli airstrikes are pounding the capitals of Iran and Lebanon as the U.S. apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea

12:24 AM on Friday, March 6

One Israeli family lost three of their four children when a missile hit a shelter in a Beit Shemesh synagogue

12:22 AM on Friday, March 6

Nightlife in Nigeria's economic capital Lagos can be very expensive with its table culture where revellers are divided into a multitier system and compelled to buy very expensive drinks

10:10 PM on Thursday, March 5

Explosions are sending up plumes of smoke in Iran's capital city as the United States says the most intense bombing of the weeklong campaign is coming

9:38 PM on Thursday, March 5

The legal team for Hong Kong pro-democracy ex-publisher Jimmy Lai says he will not appeal the national security conviction for which he was sentenced to 20 years in prison

8:57 PM on Thursday, March 5

Officials say Iran’s retaliatory attacks in the Middle East over strikes from Israel and the U.S. have left some of America’s partners in the Gulf frustrated over a lack of notice or adequate defense

9:37 AM on Thursday, March 5

Swaths of Cuba remain without power nearly a day after a massive blackout hit the western part of the island in the latest outage blamed on a fragile electric grid and a lack of fuel

12:23 AM on Thursday, March 5

House lawmakers on Thursday rejected a war powers resolution to halt Trump’s attack on Iran, a day after the Senate voted down a similar measure