International News

10:57 AM on Thursday, April 2

The Belarus parliament has passed a bill to introduce punishments for people who promote LGBTQ+ causes, in an echo of similar laws that have been set up in neighboring ally Russia

10:26 AM on Thursday, April 2

Pope Leo XIV has restored the traditional Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual by washing the feet of 12 priests

9:07 AM on Thursday, April 2

According to documents viewed by The Associated Press, a three-judge panel says the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court can potentially resume his duties following a sexual misconduct investigation

8:30 AM on Thursday, April 2

Russia plans to send a second oil tanker to Cuba, according to Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilyov

7:12 AM on Thursday, April 2

Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine have killed two people and injured at least three others, officials said

4:33 AM on Thursday, April 2

A man has killed four children in a machete attack at a nursery school in Kampala, Uganda

4:17 AM on Thursday, April 2

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been damning of the U.K.’s naval capabilities

11:00 PM on Wednesday, April 1

New Zealand and Cook Islands have signed a defense and security pact, easing over a year of tension between them

10:16 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Expanding electricity access is transforming lives across Africa, from Nairobi’s informal settlements to rural fishing communities in western Kenya

9:14 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Britain has accused Iran of holding the global economy hostage as diplomats from over 40 countries discuss ways to press Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

4:39 PM on Wednesday, April 1

An undersea magnitude 7.4 earthquake toppled buildings in parts of northern Indonesia, sent people fleeing from their homes, killed at least one person and generated a small tsunami

2:27 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Brazilian banks are now required to verify satellite deforestation data before approving rural credit

1:34 PM on Wednesday, April 1

The U.S. has lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez

8:59 AM on Wednesday, April 1

The American freelance journalist who was kidnapped Tuesday in Iraq has been described by friends and colleagues as a determined, gutsy reporter

8:47 AM on Wednesday, April 1

The Italian coast guard has found 19 people dead and rescued 58 from a dinghy filled with migrants near Lampedusa

6:18 AM on Wednesday, April 1

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO, yet he failed to mention the alliance in his speech to the American public about the Iran war

5:43 AM on Wednesday, April 1

The U.S. Supreme Court has finished hearing arguments over the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to someone in the country illegally or temporarily

11:40 PM on Tuesday, March 31

President Donald Trump says U_S_ forces will “finish the job” in Iran soon as “core strategic objectives are nearing completion.”

10:46 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Russian officials say that a Russian military plane has crashed in annexed Crimea, killing 29 people on board

9:00 PM on Tuesday, March 31

U.S. President Donald Trump’s prime-time address at 9 p.m. EDT offers an update on the progress made toward achieving his goals in the war with Iran, which are to destroy the country’s missile production and Navy, ensure its proxies can no longer destabilize the region and guarantee Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon