International News

6:40 PM on Thursday, December 18

President Donald Trump’s “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers off Venezuela’s coast is raising new concerns about the legality of his military campaign in Latin America

2:50 PM on Thursday, December 18

President Donald Trump’s key peace envoy will host new Gaza talks with Arab and Muslim officials on Friday in Miami, a State Department official tells the AP

2:35 PM on Thursday, December 18

Tens of thousands of people have filled the streets of the capital and other major cities in Bulgaria calling for fair elections and an independent judiciary able to effectively fight widespread corruption

1:56 PM on Thursday, December 18

A court in Romania has sentenced American rapper Wiz Khalifa to nine months in jail on drug possession charges

12:55 PM on Thursday, December 18

Three governments that were central in South Sudan’s peace process have urged leaders to end renewed fighting and focus on implementing the peace agreement that ended a deadly conflict

11:59 AM on Thursday, December 18

President Donald Trump's administration has imposed sanctions on two more International Criminal Court judges over their role in investigating Israeli officials for possible war crimes

11:24 AM on Thursday, December 18

Belarus’ authoritarian president says that Russia had deployed its latest nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system to the country, a move that comes as talks to end the war in Ukraine have entered a crucial phase

11:15 AM on Thursday, December 18

A core question for European Union leaders discussing whether to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine is whether the idea is legally sound

11:13 AM on Thursday, December 18

Finland's government is facing a backlash after its representative for the 2025 Miss Universe pageant, Sarah Dzafce, was seen pulling the corners of her eyes in a viral photo

10:09 AM on Thursday, December 18

A U.S. official says a Kremlin envoy will travel to Florida to discuss a U.S.-proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine

10:07 AM on Thursday, December 18

Thailand has conducted more airstrikes on Cambodia, targeting a warehouse storing rockets

9:48 AM on Thursday, December 18

The U.N. Human Rights Office says in a new report that more than 1,000 civilians were killed in a three-day attack by the Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces on Sudan's largest displacement camp

8:59 AM on Thursday, December 18

Thailand has helped launch a global effort to fight the spread of online scams that include criminal enterprises based largely in Southeast Asia

7:09 AM on Thursday, December 18

The U.N. refugee agency in Lebanon says the U.S. lifting of sanctions on Syria could encourage more refugees to return

6:08 AM on Thursday, December 18

Pope Leo XIV has made a significant U.S. appointment by naming Bishop Ronald Hicks as the next archbishop of New York

5:29 AM on Thursday, December 18

Israel has carried out airstrikes on southern and northeastern Lebanon

5:27 AM on Thursday, December 18

Burkina Faso has released 11 Nigerian Air Force personnel detained after an emergency landing

12:03 AM on Thursday, December 18

Bushfires are deadly, they can break out in the blink of an eye and last for days in the vast desert of Mauritania

11:51 PM on Wednesday, December 17

EU leaders are working into the night to reassure Belgium about protection from Russian retaliation if it supports a major loan for Ukraine

10:55 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Hundreds of mourners have gathered in Sydney for the funeral of a 10-year-old girl killed in an antisemitic massacre during a Hanukkah celebration