International News

8:01 PM on Sunday, October 19

China has expanded its export rules on rare earths, requiring foreign firms to get approval for exporting products containing even small amounts of China-originated materials

7:49 PM on Sunday, October 19

A cargo plane has skidded off a Hong Kong runway and collided with a security vehicle, killing two people in the car

10:44 AM on Sunday, October 19

Thieves reportedly stole nine pieces from the jewelry collection of Napoleon and the Empress in the Louvre, using a basket lift to reach the museum

9:51 AM on Sunday, October 19

Iran's official judiciary news agency has reported that the country has executed a person convicted of spying for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad in the city of Qom

9:01 AM on Sunday, October 19

It's a war of words between President Donald Trump and Colombian leader Gustavo Petro over illegal drugs, with hundreds of millions of dollars in American aid hanging in the balance

8:29 AM on Sunday, October 19

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have detained two dozen U.N. employees in Yemen

6:47 AM on Sunday, October 19

A North Korean soldier has defected to South Korea across the rivals’ heavily fortified border

5:46 AM on Sunday, October 19

Thieves have pulled off a daring heist at the Louvre, stealing priceless Napoleonic jewels

5:45 AM on Sunday, October 19

President Donald Trump has suggested that the Donbas region of Ukraine should be divided, leaving most of it under Russian control, to end the ongoing war

5:29 AM on Sunday, October 19

Hopes for a resumption of long-stalled talks to heal Cyprus’ decades-old ethnic rift have been buoyed after Turkish Cypriots elected a leader who campaigned on getting back to negotiating a two-zone federation with rival Greek Cypriots after an eight-year stalemate

4:17 AM on Sunday, October 19

Kenyan former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has been buried at his rural home amid political uncertainty over the future of opposition in a country that has previously been marred by post election violence and anti-government protests

3:53 AM on Sunday, October 19

China has accused the U.S. National Security Agency of cyberattacks on its national time center

2:42 AM on Sunday, October 19

Gaza's fragile ceasefire is facing its first major test

1:34 AM on Sunday, October 19

Afghanistan and Pakistan say they will respect a ceasefire mediated by Qatar and Turkey

12:03 AM on Sunday, October 19

A large mushroom farm near Nairobi is producing mycelium for building materials that end up as fungi-based panels, which are more sustainable and affordable than traditional bricks

6:14 PM on Saturday, October 18

The U.S. State Department says it has “credible reports” that Hamas could violate the ceasefire with an attack on Palestinian civilians in Gaza

12:55 PM on Saturday, October 18

The U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago is cautioning Americans to stay away from U.S. government facilities on the twin-island nation

9:00 AM on Saturday, October 18

Ukrainians are expressing disappointment as the U.S. may not provide long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv

2:58 AM on Saturday, October 18

Qatar says Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire

2:38 AM on Saturday, October 18

Israel says Hamas has handed over “two coffins of deceased hostages” from Gaza