International News

4:36 PM on Thursday, April 16

The U.S. is urging other nations to back a “trade over aid” initiative at the United Nations as part of the Trump administration’s broader shift away from donor-focused development assistance and toward greater private investment

3:52 PM on Thursday, April 16

A looming jet fuel shortage in Europe and Asia sparked by the Iran war and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz could further upend world travel within weeks if oil doesn’t start flowing soon

1:12 PM on Thursday, April 16

Police in Zimbabwe say that several people were killed when a minibus taxi they were traveling in caught fire

12:47 PM on Thursday, April 16

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says that while Cuba does not want military aggression from the United States, his country is prepared to fight should it happen

11:09 AM on Thursday, April 16

Counter terror police in London are investigating three separate arson attacks in the capital after two men and a 16-year-old boy were arrested in connection with an attempted attack on a Persian-language media organization

7:02 AM on Thursday, April 16

The House has passed legislation that would extend temporary protections for Haitian immigrants living in the United States

6:51 AM on Thursday, April 16

The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that Europe has about six weeks of jet fuel left

5:59 AM on Thursday, April 16

A South African opposition party leader, Julius Malema, has been sentenced to five years in prison for breaking firearm laws

5:21 AM on Thursday, April 16

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is receiving the prestigious International Four Freedoms Award

4:38 AM on Thursday, April 16

A Kazakh court has convicted 19 Kazakh activists after a protest against Beijing’s crackdown in China’s far-western Xinjiang region last year, in what advocates call an extraordinary move by the Kazakh government to silence dissident at the behest of Beijing

3:36 AM on Thursday, April 16

Pope Leo XIV has condemned the “handful of tyrants” exploiting Earth through war and greed

3:22 AM on Thursday, April 16

Russia has launched a massive aerial attack on Ukraine, targeting civilian areas with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles

3:22 AM on Thursday, April 16

India’s Parliament has opened debate on a landmark bill to reserve one-third of seats for women, a reform that could also trigger a sweeping redrawing of electoral boundaries and heighten political tensions

2:29 AM on Thursday, April 16

Australia's defense minster says the Iran war had greatly complicated the global strategic landscape and the country is significantly increasing its military spending

1:05 AM on Thursday, April 16

Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa has been marked by an unusual dynamic with U.S. President Donald Trump

1:03 AM on Thursday, April 16

A 10-day ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed on by Lebanon and Israel has started

12:14 AM on Thursday, April 16

A 10-day ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed on by Lebanon and Israel has started

9:38 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Human Rights Watch, in a detailed new report, says Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church while tightening surveillance and travel restrictions on all of China’s estimated 12 million Catholics

7:59 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Paramedic groups say the Israeli military has killed four Lebanese rescue workers and wounded six others in three consecutive, targeted strikes

1:32 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The leader of Iran’s joint military command has threatened to halt trade in the Gulf region if the U.S. does not lift its blockade of Iranian ports, while U.S. Central Command says no vessels have made it past U.S. naval forces during the first 48 hours of the blockade