International News

5:27 PM on Thursday, October 16

Venezuelan government officials floated a plan in which President Nicolás Maduro would eventually leave office, a bid aimed at easing mounting U.S. pressure on the government in Caracas

4:17 PM on Thursday, October 16

Federal prosecutors have charged voting technology firm Smartmatic with money laundering and other crimes arising from more than $1 million in bribes several executives allegedly paid to election officials in the Philippines

3:41 PM on Thursday, October 16

The United Nations chief has condemned the military takeover in Madagascar as an army colonel who led the coup is set to be quickly sworn in as president three days after announcing soldiers had taken charge

3:07 PM on Thursday, October 16

Hamas freed the last 20 living hostages taken in its Oct. 7, 2023, attack earlier this week in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners

2:05 PM on Thursday, October 16

The Tomahawk cruise missile has been in the U.S. military’s inventory since the 1980s

12:43 PM on Thursday, October 16

President Donald Trump is warning Hamas that “we will have no choice but to go in and kill them” if internal bloodshed persists in Gaza

9:58 AM on Thursday, October 16

The European Union has unveiled a plan aimed at ensuring that Europe can defend itself against outside attack by the end of the decade

8:57 AM on Thursday, October 16

South Africa has welcomed a U.S. bridging plan worth $115 million to continue funding HIV treatment and prevention programs until the end of March

7:32 AM on Thursday, October 16

Two French nationals detained in Iran for more than three years have reached the limit of what they can endure, according to relatives

6:07 AM on Thursday, October 16

A former security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Norway has been convicted of espionage after a court in Oslo found that he spied for Russia and Iran

5:51 AM on Thursday, October 16

Pope Leo XIV has denounced the use of hunger as a weapon of war during an address to a U.N. agency

5:48 AM on Thursday, October 16

Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the first Mount Everest expedition team, has died at 92

5:34 AM on Thursday, October 16

The military in Madagascar has seized power, ousting President Andry Rajoelina, who has fled the country

4:50 AM on Thursday, October 16

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has survived two votes of no-confidence that could have toppled his fragile new government

1:34 AM on Thursday, October 16

The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has appeared in public for the first time since being sentenced to death in absentia for treason and war crimes

12:06 AM on Thursday, October 16

As Ukraine’s war displaces millions, one privately funded housing project is giving families a rare sense of stability

12:02 AM on Thursday, October 16

Mourners in Jerusalem gathered at Capt. Daniel Peretz’s funeral, where Matan Angrest, a recently released hostage, paid his respects

11:02 PM on Wednesday, October 15

President Donald Trump has announced plans to meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the war in Ukraine

6:35 PM on Wednesday, October 15

President Donald Trump has confirmed that he authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela

4:12 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The head of an elite Madagascar military unit ousted the African island country’s president in a coup, capping weeks of youth-led protests over poverty and other issues