International News

4:18 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Madonna has urged the pope to visit Gaza “before it's too late.”

3:48 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Thailand’s army is warning that it may have to“exercise the right of self-defense” in response to continuing incidents it blames on Cambodia in which Thai soldiers patrolling along the two countries’ border have been wounded by land mines

3:42 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Iranian police say 21,000 people were detained during the 12-day war with Israel in June

3:30 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Environmentalists and Indigenous leaders held signs in front of the United Nations buildings in Geneva where talks for a global accord to end plastic pollution are taking place

2:40 AM on Tuesday, August 12

A U.N.-backed investigator says his team has turned up significant evidence of “systemic torture” in Myanmar’s detention centers, including electric shocks, strangulations, gang rape and burning of sexual body parts

7:46 PM on Monday, August 11

South Korea’s new President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Washington later this month to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, Lee’s office said Tuesday, for talks on trade and defense cooperation in the face of nuclear-armed North Korea and other threats

6:00 PM on Monday, August 11

U.S. lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to maintain a security partnership with Australia and the United Kingdom to supply nuclear-powered submarines

5:17 PM on Monday, August 11

President Donald Trump extended a trade truce with China for another 90 days Monday, at least delaying once again a dangerous showdown between the world’s two biggest economies

2:35 PM on Monday, August 11

Local rights groups say Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have attacked a displacement camp outside el-Fasher, killing 40 people

6:33 AM on Monday, August 11

New video footage appears to show the moment a Palestinian activist was killed by an Israeli settler in the West Bank last month

4:55 AM on Monday, August 11

Ukraine and its European backers are seeking talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in an effort to protect their security interests ahead of his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this week

3:51 AM on Monday, August 11

A Colombian senator and presidential hopeful has died after being shot at a political rally two months ago

3:17 AM on Monday, August 11

U.S. President Donald Trump says he expects to know quickly if a deal can be made with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to halt the war in Ukraine

1:51 AM on Monday, August 11

A heat wave has gripped parts of Europe, with temperatures reaching 43 degrees Celsius in southern France

12:43 AM on Monday, August 11

An Islamic court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province has sentenced two men to public caning, 80 times each, for what the court deemed were sexual acts: hugging and kissing

11:10 PM on Sunday, August 10

U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno has emerged as an interlocutor for conservatives in Latin America seeking to connect with the Trump administration

11:05 PM on Sunday, August 10

Ukrainian soldiers on the front line doubt that peace talks can end the war with Russia

10:33 PM on Sunday, August 10

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says his country will inevitably be drawn “kicking and screaming” in any war over Taiwan due to its proximity and the presence of large numbers of Filipino workers on the self-ruled island, despite China’s strong protest over such remarks

9:05 PM on Sunday, August 10

Heavy rains on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu have caused flooding and mudslides

8:23 PM on Sunday, August 10

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that Australia will recognize a Palestinian state