International News

5:14 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has been charged in a U.S. indictment with murder and other crimes for his alleged role in the downing of two civilian aircraft operated by Miami-based exiles in 1996 off the coast of the Caribbean island

4:22 PM on Wednesday, May 20

The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to support strong action to prevent climate change despite recent diplomatic efforts by the United States to have the measure withdrawn

12:23 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Nine migrants deported from the United States have landed in Sierra Leone, according to the West African country

10:01 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Congo’s soccer team has canceled a three-day World Cup preparation training camp and a planned farewell to fans in the capital Kinshasa because of an outbreak of Ebola in the east of the country

9:27 AM on Wednesday, May 20

The U.S. is imposing sanctions on over a dozen individuals, a Mexican restaurant, and a security firm linked to the Sinaloa cartel's fentanyl trafficking

8:52 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev sent shock waves through the Cannes Film Festival with a soberly damning crime film about murder and corruption in Russia

8:00 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Israel’s national security minister has drawn a sharp rebuke from his boss and triggered a backlash abroad after he released videos taunting detained activists from a flotilla that tried to reach Gaza

7:56 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Drenched in rain, hundreds of South Koreans have cheered the North Korean visitors during a rare soccer match between the divided countries as Pyongyang-based Naegohyang Women’s FC defeated host Suwon 2-1 against the backdrop of political tensions

4:39 AM on Wednesday, May 20

The risk of global spread of the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda is high at national, regional levels but low at the global level, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said

4:27 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Lithuania's president and prime minister have been taken to safe locations after a suspected drone was detected near the country's border with Belarus

3:41 AM on Wednesday, May 20

In New Delhi, some auto-rickshaws are now displaying images of U_S_ President Donald Trump with the slogan “Happy Birthday America!”

3:40 AM on Wednesday, May 20

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has taken time out from dealing with his own sticky political situation to congratulate his favorite soccer team Arsenal on winning the Premier League

3:28 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Divers have recovered the last two bodies of four Italians who died deep inside an underwater cave in the Maldives

11:47 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te says that if given the chance he would tell U.S. President Donald Trump he hopes to continue U.S. arms purchases that are essential for peace

11:10 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have hailed their strategic ties and energy trade during a meeting in Beijing

9:21 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Torrential rain and floods have hit parts of China, killing at least 12 people and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate

11:45 AM on Tuesday, May 19

NATO’s top military officer says he doesn’t expect any more drawdowns of American troops from Europe — at least not anytime soon — beyond the 5,000 that U.S. President Donald Trump announced would leave the continent

9:20 AM on Tuesday, May 19

The body overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza plans to ask the United Nations Security Council to press Hamas to disarm

6:44 AM on Tuesday, May 19

Israeli forces have intercepted the remaining vessels from an activist flotilla challenging Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza

11:06 PM on Monday, May 18

The possibility that the Justice Department could indict former Cuban leader Raúl Castro is pushing U.S. relations with the communist-run island to the foreground