International News

9:37 AM on Monday, September 1

An official with the U.N. reguee agency UNHCR says that since the fall of Bashar Assad’s government in December, some 850,000 Syrian refugees have returned home from neighboring countries

5:22 AM on Monday, September 1

A new book on the UK royal family says Queen Camilla beat off an indecent attack when she was a teenager by taking off her shoe and bashing the assailant in the groin

5:16 AM on Monday, September 1

A decline in foreign visitors traveling to the United States has stretched well into the summer

9:57 PM on Sunday, August 31

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un inspected a new weapons factory that’s key to his plan to accelerate mass production of missiles

4:18 PM on Sunday, August 31

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has shaken eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border

3:32 PM on Sunday, August 31

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the war in Ukraine could continue for a long time

12:42 PM on Sunday, August 31

Indonesia's president has pledged to revoke lawmakers’ perks, including a $3,000 housing allowance, to ease public anger after protests left six dead

11:48 AM on Sunday, August 31

A new tropical storm has formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean

10:00 AM on Sunday, August 31

Mexico's first elected Supreme Court is set to be seated, and observers are watching to see if it will assert independence from the governing party

9:52 AM on Sunday, August 31

Iran-backed Houthis have raided United Nations offices in Yemen's capital, detaining at least 11 U.N. employees

9:43 AM on Sunday, August 31

Many of Syria's Alawite minority are leaving a Damascus suburb after a pro-government armed faction raided the area

9:22 AM on Sunday, August 31

Oliver McCann, a British AI music creator, uses AI to produce songs across various genres

9:19 AM on Sunday, August 31

Lebanon’s parliament speaker has criticized Washington’s push to quickly to disarm the Hezbollah militant group, and called instead for a calm national dialogue to determine “the fate of those weapons.”

8:49 AM on Sunday, August 31

The Israeli military says it has killed the longtime spokesperson for Hamas’ armed wing

6:34 AM on Sunday, August 31

Pope Leo XIV has demanded an end to the “pandemic of arms” during a public prayer for victims of a shooting at a Catholic school Mass in the United States

6:15 AM on Sunday, August 31

A flotilla of ships has set sail from Barcelona to the Gaza Strip with humanitarian aid and activists on board

4:42 AM on Sunday, August 31

Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is experiencing its worst flood in history, according to a senior official

12:58 AM on Sunday, August 31

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have pledged to resolve their border differences and bolster cooperation ahead of the opening of a regional summit in Tianjin

12:42 AM on Sunday, August 31

Jude Law transforms into Vladimir Putin in “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” which premiered Sunday at the Venice Film Festival

12:11 AM on Sunday, August 31

French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state has angered Israel and the U.S. Macron wrote to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, emphasizing such a step would be key to Israel's security