International News

6:36 PM on Wednesday, October 22

North Korea said Thursday that its latest missile tests involved a new hypersonic system aimed at strengthening its nuclear war deterrent, as leader Kim Jong Un continues to build up weapons designed to overwhelm missile defenses in South Korea

5:05 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Peru's capital has seen increased military and police presence as a state of emergency begins under President José Jerí

4:05 PM on Wednesday, October 22

North Korean hackers have stolen billions of dollars by breaking into cryptocurrency exchanges and by creating fake identities to get remote jobs for foreign tech firms, a new report finds

1:50 PM on Wednesday, October 22

The United Nations says Houthi rebels released a dozen United Nations international staffers and allowed three others to move freely within the U.N. compound after detaining them in the facility in Yemen's capital over the weekend

12:21 PM on Wednesday, October 22

The Druze minority in Syria's Idlib province is reeling from a targeted shooting that killed three community members

12:04 PM on Wednesday, October 22

The European Union’s top human rights prize has been awarded to two imprisoned journalists who were honored for their defiance of the authorities in Belarus and Georgia

11:17 AM on Wednesday, October 22

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is seeking to ease concerns in Israel that the Trump administration is dictating terms to its closest ally in the Middle East

9:44 AM on Wednesday, October 22

A major German private art collection accumulated over four generations is going on large-scale show for the first time in Berlin

9:27 AM on Wednesday, October 22

The Vatican is expected to soon announce that it will return a few dozen artifacts sought by Indigenous communities in Canada

8:16 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces that featured practice missile launches

8:16 AM on Wednesday, October 22

An unidentified gunman has fatally shot an opposition Sri Lankan politician while he was working at his office

6:20 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Two journalists imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia have won the European Union’s top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize

3:41 AM on Wednesday, October 22

The Louvre's director has acknowledged a ″terrible failure″ at the Paris tourist attraction after a daylight crown jewel heist over the weekend

2:11 AM on Wednesday, October 22

At least 46 people have been killed in a highway crash in western Uganda

1:11 AM on Wednesday, October 22

President Donald Trump’s administration has announced new sanctions against Russia’s oil industry aimed at moving President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table

1:03 AM on Wednesday, October 22

The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel must allow the U.N. aid agency, UNRWA, to provide humanitarian assistance in Gaza

12:28 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Leaders of six Western Balkan nations are meeting British and European officials in London on Wednesday

8:47 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Prince Harry and Meghan have joined a diverse group, including Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck, to call for a ban on AI "superintelligence" that threatens humanity

3:58 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Video obtained by The Associated Press shows an Israeli settler beating Palestinian olive harvesters with clubs in an attack that Palestinian health officials say sent at least one woman to the hospital with serious injuries

3:31 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Experts say France's royal jewels may be gone forever after a daring heist at the Louvre