International News

3:16 AM on Friday, January 9

A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically is drawing to a close with no sign of improvements

2:57 AM on Friday, January 9

Health officials say at least 13 people were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza, as U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce the Board of Peace to oversee the fragile ceasefire

2:48 AM on Friday, January 9

Demonstrations broke out in Iran on Dec. 28 and have spread nationwide as protesters vent their increasing discontent over the Islamic Republic’s faltering economy and the collapse of its currency

1:57 AM on Friday, January 9

Nickolay Mladenov, the man chosen to serve as the director-general for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Gaza, is a Bulgarian politician and former U.N. envoy to the Middle East who frequently has worked to ease tensions between Israel and Hamas

1:19 AM on Friday, January 9

Syria's Defense Ministry has announced a ceasefire after three days of clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters in Aleppo

12:03 AM on Friday, January 9

Iranian protesters have taken to the streets following a call by the exiled crown prince for demonstrations

12:02 AM on Friday, January 9

K-pop is an inextricable force in global pop culture

11:18 PM on Thursday, January 8

A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics is joining an annual procession of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ in the Philippine capital, with some using the gathering to express outrage over a corruption scandal involving influential legislators

10:58 PM on Thursday, January 8

Russia says the military has used the new Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in a strike on Ukraine

9:00 PM on Thursday, January 8

Venezuela’s sudden release of detainees brought relief and guarded optimism to a country consumed by uncertainty

7:09 PM on Thursday, January 8

Officials say an avalanche of garbage and debris buried or trapped workers at a landfill in the Philippines, killing one person, injuring a dozen and leaving 38 others missing

3:37 PM on Thursday, January 8

The Mexican government reports a sharp decline in homicide rates, claiming its security strategy is working

3:05 PM on Thursday, January 8

The top United Nations official says the United States has a “legal obligation” to keep paying its dues that fund U.N. agencies after the White House announced that it's withdrawing support from more than 30 initiatives operated by the world body

2:27 PM on Thursday, January 8

The House has passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act

1:33 PM on Thursday, January 8

Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders says it is suspending services at a clinic in a violent neighborhood of Haiti’s capital given ongoing clashes between police and armed groups

12:31 PM on Thursday, January 8

Venezuela has released a number of imprisoned high-profile opposition figures, activists and journalists — both citizens and foreigners — nearly a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to face drug-trafficking charges

10:30 AM on Thursday, January 8

Somalia’s government is denying an allegation by the U.S. government that authorities in Mogadishu destroyed an American-funded warehouse belonging to the World Food Program

6:00 AM on Thursday, January 8

Israel’s prime minister says a former U.N. Mideast envoy, Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov, has been chosen to serve as the director-general for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace aimed at overseeing the peace process in Gaza

4:56 AM on Thursday, January 8

Iran’s government has cut off the country from the internet and international telephone calls

4:44 AM on Thursday, January 8

Syrian authorities have warned civilians to leave a contested area in Aleppo as clashes between government and Kurdish forces intensify