International News

3:00 PM on Thursday, May 21

A Paris appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of manslaughter in the 2009 crash of Flight 447 from Rio to Paris

2:33 PM on Thursday, May 21

The official overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza is urging the U.N. Security Council to use “every means at its disposal” to press Hamas to disarm

1:38 PM on Thursday, May 21

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Lebanese officials for allegedly maintaining Hezbollah's influence over state institutions

1:32 PM on Thursday, May 21

Federal authorities in the United States have charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro and five fighter pilots in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles

12:07 PM on Thursday, May 21

Israel's far-right national security minister has sparked global outrage after promoting a video of himself taunting activists from a flotilla to Gaza who were detained by his police force

8:01 AM on Thursday, May 21

Trucks carrying intercontinental ballistic missiles rumbled over forest roads, submarines set sail from Arctic and Pacific ports, and crews scrambled into warplanes as Russia and neighboring Belarus held the final stage of their joint nuclear drills

4:53 AM on Thursday, May 21

Ukrainian drones have struck another Russian refinery, igniting a fire and producing massive black smoke

4:03 AM on Thursday, May 21

The U.K. government is set to release confidential papers related to the former Prince Andrew’s appointment as trade envoy

3:24 AM on Thursday, May 21

Myanmar’s military-backed government says it has regained control of two towns near the country’s borders with India and Thailand

12:14 AM on Thursday, May 21

Ukrainian drones have recently caused concern by entering Baltic airspace, leading to tensions with NATO countries

12:11 AM on Thursday, May 21

Montenegro marks 20 years of independence from a union with Serbia this week, celebrating a two-decade transformation that has already brought the Balkan country into NATO

12:08 AM on Thursday, May 21

A hard-line Iranian general linked to notorious attacks at home and abroad is believed to have seized a place near the center of power as negotiations with the United States hang in the balance

12:05 AM on Thursday, May 21

The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion that says the right to strike is protected by a cornerstone labor treaty

11:03 PM on Wednesday, May 20

The oldest bridge in Paris has begun vanishing as JR — the artist known as the “French Banksy” — began inflating a giant “cave” over the Pont Neuf

11:02 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Britons are cool on America and baffled by President Donald Trump as the former colonies celebrate their 250th year of independence

12:47 PM on Wednesday, May 20

A calendar featuring close-ups of young, handsome priests has been a popular Rome souvenir for two decades

11:03 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Federal prosecutors have announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles

5:10 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Healthcare workers in eastern Congo say they are underprotected and undertrained as a rare Ebola virus spreads rapidly in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable places

5:09 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Weapons are now regularly brandished in Tehran in an increasing show of defiance

5:09 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Demand is soaring for Israel's battle-tested weapons and military technology, despite widespread condemnation by rights groups and the international community over the country's conduct in wars, particularly in Gaza