International News

8:17 AM on Friday, April 3

Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar says an upcoming election against pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is a “referendum” on Hungary’s future

7:25 AM on Friday, April 3

The Swedish Coast Guard has boarded a tanker suspected of causing an oil spill on the Baltic Sea

7:24 AM on Friday, April 3

Peace talks between Afghanistan’s Taliban government and Pakistan are advancing, China’s government said, two days after those countries resumed conversations after weeks of fighting that have killed hundreds

6:45 AM on Friday, April 3

Russia launched daytime strikes on Ukraine on Friday that killed at least five people across the country, including a “massive” missile and drone attack near the capital, regional authorities reported

2:33 AM on Friday, April 3

Myanmar’s parliament has elected Min Aung Hlaing as the country’s new president

12:51 AM on Friday, April 3

A channel affiliated with Iranian state television has claimed that a U.S. fighter pilot ejected from their aircraft over southwestern Iran

12:40 AM on Friday, April 3

Iranian media claimed Friday that a US pilot or pilots had ejected over southwestern Iran, and urged Iranians in the area to help hunt them down

12:26 AM on Friday, April 3

Oil prices are surging on worries of a prolonged Iran war while most Asian financial markets are rising moderately during cautious trading

9:31 PM on Thursday, April 2

The Cuban government says it will release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes while the Trump administration puts extreme pressure on the island’s government with a suffocating oil blockade

6:30 PM on Thursday, April 2

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused China of “bullying” by detaining or holding up dozens of Panama-flagged ships

1:57 PM 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

1:26 PM on Thursday, April 2

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

12:07 PM 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

11:30 AM on Thursday, April 2

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

8:18 AM on Thursday, April 2

Dutch authorities have recovered a priceless ancient golden helmet from Romania stolen last year from a museum in the Netherlands

7:33 AM on Thursday, April 2

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

6:25 AM on Thursday, April 2

Pakistan confirms it is holding peace talks with Afghanistan's Taliban government in China

3:44 AM on Thursday, April 2

There has been little sign Friday of the war in the Mideast winding down as Israel says it faced incoming fire from Iran, and Kuwait and Bahrain also reported being under attack

12:14 AM on Thursday, April 2

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

12:09 AM on Thursday, April 2

The U.S. Army’s top uniformed officer has been asked to step down by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth