International News

4:17 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The ex-civil servant behind the decision to approve Peter Mandelson’s appointment as British ambassador to Washington says he felt political pressure to rush through the appointment despite security concerns

4:11 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Iranian state television has issued an on-screen alert saying that “no delegation from Iran has visited Islamabad

2:11 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Iran has granted its commanders more autonomy over militias in Iraq, allowing some to act without Tehran’s approval

1:13 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Pope Leo XIV is heading to Equatorial Guinea for the final leg of his four-nation African journey

12:41 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The prospect of a second round of talks was uncertain Tuesday after Iran’s chief negotiator would not negotiate in the face of threats

12:10 AM on Tuesday, April 21

When she died in 2022, Queen Elizabeth II was the only monarch most Britons had ever known

11:38 PM on Monday, April 20

South Korean police are seeking to arrest music mogul Bang Si-Hyuk, chairman of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS, as they expand an investment fraud investigation

9:31 PM on Monday, April 20

Japan is scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry and deepen cooperation with defense partners

9:04 PM on Monday, April 20

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he survived a vote on his leadership among his own party’s lawmakers, after recent slumps in the polls prompted speculation he might be ousted

3:51 PM on Monday, April 20

Mexico's government says a Canadian tourist has been killed and 13 other people injured when a man with a gun opened fire at the Teotihuacan pyramids

2:36 PM on Monday, April 20

Seven years after U.S. citizen Kelly Knight was found dead in Medellín, Colombia, her family seeks international legal help, claiming the Colombian justice system has failed them

1:37 PM on Monday, April 20

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she was unaware of any collaboration between the U.S. and local authorities in Chihuahua after four officials died in an accident over the weekend

12:57 PM on Monday, April 20

Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar is announcing the first round of his incoming cabinet members following his party's landslide victory over Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

8:41 AM on Monday, April 20

There is a case to be made that Pope Leo XIV found his voice on his epic and ongoing trip through Africa

4:19 AM on Monday, April 20

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake Monday off northern Japan sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and an advisory of a slightly higher risk of a possible megaquake

3:02 AM on Monday, April 20

U.S. President Donald Trump is giving mixed messages about the path ahead for the U.S. war with Iran

2:43 AM on Monday, April 20

President Donald Trump is defending his Iran war strategy, attacking critics and skeptics on Monday as “TRAITORS, ALL” after a second round of talks with Iran were thrown into doubt by the U.S. Navy’s seizure of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz

12:06 AM on Monday, April 20

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledges he made a mistake appointing Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington

12:02 AM on Monday, April 20

Four candidates to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations will audition for the job this week, far fewer than there were 10 years ago when António Guterres was selected as U.N. chief

3:00 PM on Sunday, April 19

A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs which the U.S. Supreme Court eventually struck down has launched