International News

4:01 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Syria's Interior Ministry says that Lebanon has extradited a former military officer from Lebanon to Syrian authorities

1:49 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Recovering from the devastating earthquake that hit Colombia earlier this month will be particularly challenging for Choco, a remote region that has long struggled with high poverty rates, poor infrastructure and underfunded health and education services

1:01 PM on Wednesday, August 19

The death toll from a gold mine collapse in the Central African Republic has risen to more than 100

9:59 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Brazilian police say that at least 23 people are dead after a minibus and a truck collided head-on in the southern state of Parana

6:56 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The United Arab Emirates has suspended all trade with Iran after it said it had come under renewed fire from the country

6:54 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Seven people, including five American citizens, have been killed in a safari helicopter crash in a remote part of northern Kenya

5:47 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Britain's Queen Camilla has said she knew about her husband’s cancer diagnosis days before it was publicly announced and found it difficult not to talk about his condition when she visited a cancer center during that period

5:42 AM on Wednesday, August 19

A Ukrainian man wanted in connection with the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions has been arrested in Croatia

5:33 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The International Criminal Court has criticized new U.S. sanctions on its senior staff as a “flagrant attack” on its independence

4:02 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Sporadic fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan has left the border between the countries closed to trade

4:02 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 5,000 cases as responders warn it is spreading at an unprecedented speed outpacing efforts to slow it in one of the country’s remotest regions

1:57 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Jason Arday, who was once celebrated as Cambridge University’s youngest Black professor, was found dead last week after weeks of news stories presenting evidence that he was a plagiarist and fabulist

1:03 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish families are an unmissable facet of Israeli life

1:02 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The race for Nigeria’s top job began Wednesday as the West African nation’s electoral commission formally opened the campaign season

12:05 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Ukrainian drones have targeted a major logistics center outside Moscow, setting it ablaze

9:43 PM on Tuesday, August 18

A restaurant in Beijing is preserving culinary traditions associated with China’s imperial court, from pastries once served to emperors to techniques passed down through generations of chefs

8:53 PM on Tuesday, August 18

North Korea says the U.S. decision to scale back military exercises with South Korea doesn't change what it views as the provocative nature of the drills

4:20 AM on Tuesday, August 18

U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. has no planned talks with Iran but insists the Strait of Hormuz remains open

6:20 PM on Monday, August 17

President Donald Trump says he is delaying the 50% U.S. tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports after the two countries reached a last-minute deal hours before the sanctions were to go into effect

12:57 PM on Sunday, August 16

Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend tariffs to help Colombia recover from a devastating earthquake