International News

7:03 AM on Friday, August 29

Moscow's Bolshoi Theater says Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, who created celebrated ballets “Anna Karenina” and the “Carmen Suite,” has died in Germany at the age of 92

5:37 AM on Friday, August 29

Rescuers in Pakistan have been racing to evacuate tens of thousands of people stranded by floods in Punjab province, as floodwater inundated some villages near Lahore

4:34 AM on Friday, August 29

The Mauritanian coast guard reports at least 49 people died and nearly 100 are still missing after a migrant boat capsized this week

10:27 PM on Thursday, August 28

Samoa went to the polls in a critical election that could decide the future of its first woman leader, prime minister Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa

8:02 PM on Thursday, August 28

South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee and former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo have been indicted as part of investigations into the administration of ousted President Yoon Suk-Yeol and his attempt to overcome opposition by declaring martial law

3:18 PM on Thursday, August 28

The United States is seeking U.N. authorization for a new “Gang Suppression Force” to help tackle escalating violence in Haiti where the armed groups have expanded their brutal activities from the capital into the countryside

3:04 PM on Thursday, August 28

The Trump administration has approved a $825 million arms sale to Ukraine, which will include extended-range missiles and related equipment to boost its defensive capabilities

3:00 PM on Thursday, August 28

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading back to Latin America next week for visits to Mexico and Ecuador

11:37 AM on Thursday, August 28

President Javier Milei of Argentina has fired back at his political opponents and defended his influential sister against claims that she and other close associates profited from a bribery scheme within the country’s disability agency

10:38 AM on Thursday, August 28

India and Canada have named new high commissioners to each other’s capitals Thursday as they restore relations 10 months after expelling their top envoys following an activist's assassination

10:19 AM on Thursday, August 28

The director of the U.N. World Food Program says it's “very evident” after a visit to Gaza that there is not enough food and that mothers and children are starving

7:11 AM on Thursday, August 28

Israeli airstrikes have hit the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, targeting areas controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebel group

5:53 AM on Thursday, August 28

A U.S. diplomat has apologized for using the word "animalistic" during a press conference in Lebanon

2:34 AM on Thursday, August 28

The Nigerian government has announced a six-month ban on the export of raw shea nuts, an essential raw material for making cosmetic products

2:28 AM on Thursday, August 28

Rescuers in Pakistan's Punjab province are racing to reach stranded families after heavy rain and water from overflowing dams in India caused major rivers to burst their banks

1:22 AM on Thursday, August 28

France, Germany and the United Kingdom have moved to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program

8:08 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Authorities say a mass Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital has killed at least 21 people and wounded 48

6:02 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Two brothers protesting outside an Egyptian diplomatic building in Manhattan last week were dragged inside the building by Egyptian officials and beaten with a metal chain, video shows

5:07 PM on Wednesday, August 27

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to terminate the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of next year after nearly five decades

1:00 PM on Wednesday, August 27

The last photos taken by Mariam Dagga show the damaged stairwell outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip where she would be killed by an Israeli strike moments later