International News

6:24 PM on Thursday, March 19

Nicholas Haysom has died at 73

1:22 PM on Thursday, March 19

Cuba is preparing to receive its first shipment of Russian oil this year, just days after the government announced it was operating on natural gas, solar power and thermoelectric plants as severe power outages continue to hit an island whose power grid is crumbling

7:07 AM on Thursday, March 19

President Donald Trump this week said he believes he’ll have “the honor of taking Cuba” soon

6:12 AM on Thursday, March 19

A senior administration official says the Pentagon is seeking $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war

3:22 AM on Thursday, March 19

A Chinese province has intensified a crackdown on fentanyl precursor trafficking, an issue that strained U.S.-China relations and prompted tariffs on imports from China

2:39 AM on Thursday, March 19

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has ordered the release of 250 prisoners as part of a deal with Washington to lift some U.S. sanctions, the latest step in the isolated leader’s effort to improve ties with the West

2:22 AM on Thursday, March 19

EU leaders are accusing Hungary’s Viktor Orbán of blocking major aid to Ukraine to score points at home ahead of elections next month

10:54 PM on Wednesday, March 18

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is supporting a proposal to rename César Chavez Day following stunning abuse allegations against the revered labor leader

10:32 PM on Wednesday, March 18

European leaders have demanded the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a moratorium on strikes on water and energy infrastructure in the Middle East as they met in Brussels to grapple with rising energy prices caused by the war

9:21 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Iran intensified its attacks on Gulf oil and gas infrastructure Thursday in retaliation for an Israeli attack on a key Iranian gas field, dramatically raising the stakes in a war that's sending shock waves through the global economy

5:06 PM on Wednesday, March 18

The latest World Happiness Report 2026 says that heavy social media use has contributed to a stark decline in well-being among young people

3:08 PM on Wednesday, March 18

The U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran has thrust the Strait of Hormuz into the crosshairs of yet another geopolitical conflict

11:53 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Mexican authorities have arrested an Ecuadorian fugitive accused of helping organize the 2023 assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio

11:28 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Labor rights activist Dolores Huerta revealed she was among women and girls who say they were sexually abused by César Chavez, the long-admired Latino icon, while he led the United Farm Workers union

9:34 AM on Wednesday, March 18

The U.N.'s agency for children says it will investigate claims from Israel's military that one of its shipments into Gaza smuggled tobacco products into the strip

9:18 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Cuba’s president has lashed out after the latest threat from the Trump administration after President Donald Trump said he can do “whatever he wants” with the island

6:07 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Pakistan and Afghanistan have declared a temporary pause in escalating fighting

4:42 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Attacks on a town along Sudan’s border with Chad have killed at least 17 people and injured 123, Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, said

10:23 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Iran has broadened its strikes on major energy facilities in the Middle East, eliciting strong warnings from Gulf Arab states that called it a dangerous escalation that threatened to draw them into direct combat with Tehran

9:53 PM on Tuesday, March 17

U.S. President Donald Trump pledged Israel would make no more attacks on Iran’s major South Pars gas field, but if Iran attacked Qatar again the U.S. would retaliate and “massively blow up the entirety” of the field