International News

4:34 PM on Friday, March 6

The U.S. is imposing visa restrictions on “several senior Rwandan officials for fueling instability” in eastern Congo, the State Department said on Friday, intensifying pressure on the East African country after sanctions announced earlier this week

2:47 PM on Friday, March 6

Tunisian authorities have detained pro‑Palestinian activists as an international group prepares a new flotilla aimed at bringing aid to Gaza

12:34 PM on Friday, March 6

The U.S. Treasury Department’s decision to allow India to buy Russian oil for 30 days underscores a boost for Moscow's fortunes against the backdrop of the Iran war as Russia's oil export earnings help pay for its own war against Ukraine

11:00 AM on Friday, March 6

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 18 more prisoners as part of his recent effort at a rapprochement with the United States

9:01 AM on Friday, March 6

Pakistani and Afghan officials say their forces have launched multiple strikes at each other in cross-border clashes, with each side claiming to have killed dozens more enemy troops in what has been the deadliest fighting yet between the two neighbors

4:16 AM on Friday, March 6

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani said after dissolving Parliament that a snap election should be held as soon as possible to avoid another prolonged political crisis in the Balkan country at a time of global turmoil

4:02 AM on Friday, March 6

Hungary has temporarily detained seven Ukrainians working for a state bank and seized armored vehicles full of cash, setting off a sharp dispute with Kyiv

3:26 AM on Friday, March 6

London police say four men have been arrested on suspicion of aiding Iran by spying on the Jewish community

1:39 AM on Friday, March 6

Sri Lanka has taken custody of an Iranian ship after it asked for help near its coast

12:24 AM on Friday, March 6

One Israeli family lost three of their four children when a missile hit a shelter in a Beit Shemesh synagogue

12:22 AM on Friday, March 6

Nightlife in Nigeria's economic capital Lagos can be very expensive with its table culture where revellers are divided into a multitier system and compelled to buy very expensive drinks

9:38 PM on Thursday, March 5

The legal team for Hong Kong pro-democracy ex-publisher Jimmy Lai says he will not appeal the national security conviction for which he was sentenced to 20 years in prison

9:17 PM on Thursday, March 5

The Trump administration in recent weeks has taken forceful steps in one Latin American country after another aimed at curbing the influence and economic dominance of China

8:57 PM on Thursday, March 5

Officials say Iran’s retaliatory attacks in the Middle East over strikes from Israel and the U.S. have left some of America’s partners in the Gulf frustrated over a lack of notice or adequate defense

6:09 PM on Thursday, March 5

The State Department says the United States and Venezuela have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations in a major shift in a historically adversarial relationship

9:37 AM on Thursday, March 5

Swaths of Cuba remain without power nearly a day after a massive blackout hit the western part of the island in the latest outage blamed on a fragile electric grid and a lack of fuel

9:13 AM on Thursday, March 5

Azerbaijan has accused Iran of a drone attack on its territory, as the war in the Middle East reached into another country

4:18 AM on Thursday, March 5

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the United States and its allies in the Middle East are seeking Ukraine’s expertise in countering Iran’s Shahed drones

12:23 AM on Thursday, March 5

House lawmakers on Thursday rejected a war powers resolution to halt Trump’s attack on Iran, a day after the Senate voted down a similar measure

12:23 AM on Thursday, March 5

U.S. President Donald Trump says he should be involved in choosing Iran’s next supreme leader