International News

8:03 PM on Thursday, December 11

China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in over 30 years

2:37 PM on Thursday, December 11

Interpol says a monthlong operation led by the international police body resulted in the rescue of nearly 30,000 live animals that were being trafficked

2:16 PM on Thursday, December 11

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on three nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

1:48 PM on Thursday, December 11

Yemen's government-run news agency says the head of Yemen’s internationally recognized government has called on separatists to withdraw from territories they they have recently seized control of in the southeastern parts of the country

1:32 PM on Thursday, December 11

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has linked the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela to the Trump administration's counterdrug efforts

12:41 PM on Thursday, December 11

The U.N.'s cultural agency has listed Switzerland’s long-celebrated yodeling among 67 traditions honored its list of intangible cultural heritage

12:15 PM on Thursday, December 11

Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has been elected as president of the Eurogroup — a move that would have been unthinkable just 10 years ago, when the country was in the throes of a deep financial crisis that almost saw it tossed out of the eurozone altogether

9:21 AM on Thursday, December 11

A rare magnum of Dom Pérignon Vintage 1961 champagne that was specially produced for the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana has failed to sell during an auction

8:23 AM on Thursday, December 11

The European Union has handed Ukraine a list of reforms needed to join the bloc

8:04 AM on Thursday, December 11

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has defended the Trump administration's immigration policies during a contentious House committee hearing

8:03 AM on Thursday, December 11

Bulgaria’s government has resigned as mass protests gripped the country just weeks before it’s due to join the eurozone

7:42 AM on Thursday, December 11

Storm Byron has hit Gaza and worsened the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory

7:18 AM on Thursday, December 11

Bangladesh’s next national elections would be held on Feb. 12, eighteen months after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted through a mass uprising

6:21 AM on Thursday, December 11

U.S. strategic bombers joined Japanese fighter jets in a joint military exercise around Japan's airspace

5:40 AM on Thursday, December 11

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says “decisive” actions by the United States, including the seizure of an oil tanker, have left the repressive government of President Nicolás Maduro at its weakest point

4:48 AM on Thursday, December 11

More than 400 civilians have been killed since the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group escalated its offensive in eastern Congo, officials said

4:41 AM on Thursday, December 11

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says negotiators are tackling territorial issues in U.S.-led peace talks with Russia

3:35 AM on Thursday, December 11

Pakistan's military says a military court has sentenced a former spy chief of Pakistan to 14 years in prison

1:54 AM on Thursday, December 11

Cambodia says Thailand has launched more airstrikes as heavy fighting flares along their border

5:29 AM on Wednesday, December 10

Italian food is known and loved around the world for its fresh ingredients and palate-pleasing tastes, but the U.N.’s cultural agency is giving foodies another reason to celebrate their pizza, pasta and tiramisu by listing Italian cooking as part of the world’s “intangible” cultural heritage