International News

3:04 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival have canceled the weeklong event after most writers withdrew over the removal of an Australian Palestinian writer

12:55 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Former executives of a defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper are pleading for lighter sentences under a national security law

12:36 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Iranians could call abroad on mobile phones for the first time since communications were halted during a crackdown on protests in which activists say at least 646 people have been killed

11:08 PM on Monday, January 12

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have agreed to step up cooperation as they face growing uncertainty and regional challenges

7:30 PM on Monday, January 12

President Donald Trump has arrived at a delicate moment as he weighs whether to order a U.S. military response against the Iranian government over its crackdown on protests

7:16 PM on Monday, January 12

The United States is accusing Russia of a “dangerous and inexplicable escalation” of the nearly four-year war in Ukraine at a time when the Trump administration is trying to advance negotiations toward peace

5:00 PM on Monday, January 12

Colombia’s National Liberation Army called for a “national accord” to overcome political conflicts, as it faces the prospects of attacks from the governments of Colombia and the United States

2:34 PM on Monday, January 12

Yaxzodara Lozada has woken up freezing on a sidewalk outside a Venezuelan prison, hoping her husband, a police officer detained in November, will be released

2:10 PM on Monday, January 12

A top aide to Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides has resigned after an online video was posted recently in which it was suggested that he and others were using their close ties to the leader to earn favors for would-be investors in exchange for cash

12:13 PM on Monday, January 12

Hospital officials in Gaza say an Israeli drone strike has killed three Palestinians who crossed the ceasefire line

12:07 PM on Monday, January 12

The difficulty of tracking the death toll from Iran's nationwide protests has been compounded by the government's decision to shut down the internet and international calling

11:03 AM on Monday, January 12

London's murder rate fell in 2025 to its lowest level in decades, officials said Monday

9:29 AM on Monday, January 12

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his administration is not in talks with the U.S. government

9:14 AM on Monday, January 12

U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated threats to take control of Greenland are straining relations with NATO allies

6:21 AM on Monday, January 12

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is visiting China this week to mend relations with the world's second-largest economy

5:24 AM on Monday, January 12

A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation is headed to Copenhagen later this week to show unity with Denmark amid tensions over Greenland

1:38 AM on Monday, January 12

U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran wants to negotiate with the U.S. after his threat to strike the country over its crackdown on protesters

1:02 AM on Monday, January 12

U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran has proposed negotiations following his threat to strike the country amid a crackdown on demonstrators

12:22 AM on Monday, January 12

Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok as concerns grow over its misuse in generating explicit images

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