International News

11:05 PM on Wednesday, August 13

President Donald Trump’s meeting in Alaska with Vladimir Putin could be a decisive moment in the war in Ukraine and in the U.S. leader’s anomalous relationship with his Russian counterpart

5:21 PM on Wednesday, August 13

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed South Korean claims that North Korea is removing loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border

4:07 PM on Wednesday, August 13

U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly said during his successful election campaign he could end the war in Ukraine “in 24 hours” upon taking office

2:49 PM on Wednesday, August 13

A new study warns that rising sea levels could threaten Easter Island’s iconic moai statues by the end of the century

2:39 PM on Wednesday, August 13

The U.N. Security Council has rejected plans by Sudan’s paramilitary group to establish a rival government in areas it controls

2:26 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Peru’s president has signed an amnesty bill into law that prevents military personnel and police officers from being prosecuted over alleged human rights abuses during the country’s armed conflict decades ago

2:00 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has mocked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s offer to help with Iran’s water crisis

1:26 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Colombians have bid farewell to senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay, who died this week more than two months after being shot during a political rally

11:33 AM on Wednesday, August 13

A divided panel of appeals court judges says the Trump administration can suspend or terminate billions of dollars of congressionally appropriated funding for foreign aid

10:48 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Russian authorities have announced partial restrictions on calls in messaging apps Telegram and WhatsApp

9:32 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Anti-kidnapping teams in Guatemala have freed 11 guards who gang members held hostage in two prisons

9:23 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Negotiators working on a treaty to address global plastic pollution are discussing a new draft of the text that wouldn't limit plastic production or address chemicals used in plastic products

9:15 AM on Wednesday, August 13

For most of his quarter-century rule, President Vladimir Putin visited places like Paris, London, Vienna and New York

8:15 AM on Wednesday, August 13

A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 26 people

7:33 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Health officials and witnesses say Israeli gunfire killed at least 25 people while seeking aid

7:24 AM on Wednesday, August 13

The top diplomats of Britain, France, and Germany are threatening to reimpose sanctions on Iran

4:03 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Wildfires are raging across southern Europe, killing at least three people in Spain, Turkey and Albania

3:43 AM on Wednesday, August 13

A New Zealand lawmaker was ejected from Parliament for a second day Wednesday after refusing to apologize for calling her opponents spineless

2:37 AM on Wednesday, August 13

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo next week before flying to Washington for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump

2:07 AM on Wednesday, August 13

President Donald Trump says there will be “very severe consequences” if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to stop the war against Ukraine after the two leaders meet for a summit later this week in Alaska