International News

2:08 AM on Thursday, June 4

Iran is heading to the World Cup amid tensions with the main host nation, creating a unique situation in tournament history

1:43 AM on Thursday, June 4

A fire at an unregistered nursing home in western Sri Lanka has killed 12 residents and injured eight others

12:03 AM on Thursday, June 4

João Victor Gonçalves, from one of Rio de Janeiro's poorest favelas, has achieved a dream by playing soccer internationally

10:47 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Beijing has banned four New Zealand lawmakers from traveling to China for a year, demanding an apology for their visit to Taiwan

4:21 PM on Wednesday, June 3

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has visited a new facility to produce nuclear materials and announced plans to bolster the country’s nuclear forces “at an exponential rate."

2:38 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Thousands of students, teachers and activists have clashed with police in Chile's capital during a massive march against President José Antonio Kast’s education cuts and austerity measures

1:55 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Spanish hotel chain Meliá has joined a growing list of companies with a long-standing presence in Cuba that are withdrawing or limiting their operations on the island after the U.S. announced new sanctions while upholding an oil embargo

11:27 AM on Wednesday, June 3

The killing this month of a 14-year-old girl in central Argentina has shocked the country, triggering a groundswell of outrage and growing demands for government action against gender-based violence

10:54 AM on Wednesday, June 3

Portugal and Austria have defeated Germany for seats on the powerful but deeply divided U.N. Security Council in a hotly contested race after intense campaigning

10:27 AM on Wednesday, June 3

Poland and Lithuania confirm they are in talks about their role in NATO's nuclear deterrence efforts, which are centered on U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe

9:58 AM on Wednesday, June 3

Colombian lawyer and presidential candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, has thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for endorsing his campaign

8:38 AM on Wednesday, June 3

The World Health Organization chief says Congo's Ebola outbreak had a head start but that testing is improving, even as violence plagues the region

5:08 AM on Wednesday, June 3

A performance artist in Hong Kong has tried to display a red thread to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing

3:31 AM on Wednesday, June 3

A rare albino buffalo named after U.S. President Donald Trump for his distinctive blond tuft is drawing crowds at a Bangladesh zoo

2:57 AM on Wednesday, June 3

President Donald Trump acknowledged criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “crazy” in a phone call that involved expletives

1:36 AM on Wednesday, June 3

Britain’s interior minister accused activists of hijacking a teenager's murder to stir up violence after police were attacked at a protest

1:26 AM on Wednesday, June 3

Ukrainian long-range drones have struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg, setting it ablaze, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

11:10 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Kuwait says Iranian drones have heavily damaged a passenger terminal at its main, killing one person, wounding dozens and briefly closing the airfield

8:52 PM on Tuesday, June 2

President Donald Trump is in a hurry to rebuild the tariff wall the Supreme Court tore down less than four months ago

4:15 PM on Tuesday, June 2

South Korea’s ruling liberal party has won a majority of races in local elections but lost the crucial Seoul mayoral contest