International News

9:40 PM on Thursday, May 21

The government in the oil-rich province of Alberta plans a referendum on leaving Canada but says it won't actually be a vote on whether to separate

8:30 PM on Thursday, May 21

Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González is pledging to boost the amount of electric energy available to power the U.S. territory as chronic outages persist

4:00 PM on Thursday, May 21

A Paris appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of manslaughter in the 2009 crash of Flight 447 from Rio to Paris

3:33 PM on Thursday, May 21

The official overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza is urging the U.N. Security Council to use “every means at its disposal” to press Hamas to disarm

2:40 PM on Thursday, May 21

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said that she and the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin agreed to maintain bilateral cooperation rooted in mutual respect

2:38 PM on Thursday, May 21

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Lebanese officials for allegedly maintaining Hezbollah's influence over state institutions

2:32 PM on Thursday, May 21

Federal authorities in the United States have charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro and five fighter pilots in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles

1:07 PM on Thursday, May 21

Israel's far-right national security minister has sparked global outrage after promoting a video of himself taunting activists from a flotilla to Gaza who were detained by his police force

10:32 AM on Thursday, May 21

The United Nations has criticized a new Afghan law on separation in marriage, saying it entrenches discrimination against women and girls

9:01 AM on Thursday, May 21

Trucks carrying intercontinental ballistic missiles rumbled over forest roads, submarines set sail from Arctic and Pacific ports, and crews scrambled into warplanes as Russia and neighboring Belarus held the final stage of their joint nuclear drills

8:24 AM on Thursday, May 21

President Donald Trump on Thursday said past U_S_ presidents have mulled intervening in Cuba for decades, but “it looks like I’ll be the one that does it.”

7:04 AM on Thursday, May 21

Republicans are struggling to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran

6:47 AM on Thursday, May 21

People have set fire to an Ebola treatment center in one of the towns at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo as fear and anger grows over a health crisis authorities and aid agencies are struggling to contain

5:53 AM on Thursday, May 21

Ukrainian drones have struck another Russian refinery, igniting a fire and producing massive black smoke

5:32 AM on Thursday, May 21

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's recent summits with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin highlighted different dynamics with each country

5:12 AM on Thursday, May 21

Israel says it has released and deported hundreds of activists who took part in a flotilla attempting to breach Israel's naval blockade of Gaza

5:03 AM on Thursday, May 21

The U.K. government is set to release confidential papers related to the former Prince Andrew’s appointment as trade envoy

1:14 AM on Thursday, May 21

Ukrainian drones have recently caused concern by entering Baltic airspace, leading to tensions with NATO countries

1:05 AM on Thursday, May 21

The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion that says the right to strike is protected by a cornerstone labor treaty

12:03 AM on Thursday, May 21

The oldest bridge in Paris has begun vanishing as JR — the artist known as the “French Banksy” — began inflating a giant “cave” over the Pont Neuf