International News

6:25 PM on Friday, June 5

The U.N. food agency says millions of people are being pushed into acute hunger by the Iran war, as it warned would happen if the conflict escalated and oil prices remained high

6:09 PM on Friday, June 5

President Donald Trump is keeping open the possibility of speaking directly with Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te— even after Beijing has publicly urged him not to

3:32 PM on Friday, June 5

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office has condemned comments by U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who blames immigration for the death of a university student

10:52 AM on Friday, June 5

The U.S. military is waiting for clarity from the Pentagon following President Donald Trump’s back-and-forth on troop levels in Europe

10:29 AM on Friday, June 5

A father of six has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for a rape 23 years ago, which another man was wrongly convicted of

10:22 AM on Friday, June 5

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have briefly taken shelter during a repair to fix a new leak

9:15 AM on Friday, June 5

Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected a proposal by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a face-to-face meeting, saying he sees “no point” in it

7:48 AM on Friday, June 5

A firestorm of recrimination rages in France over the death of an 11-year-old girl named Lyhanna

7:12 AM on Friday, June 5

At least 49 people have died of thirst after a truck broke down in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger

6:38 AM on Friday, June 5

A Sherpa guide who survived a week on Mount Everest's slopes is recovering in a Nepal hospital

6:20 AM on Friday, June 5

Rights lawyers have filed a case against Equatorial Guinea before Africa’s top human rights body

6:06 AM on Friday, June 5

A staff member says a resident killed in a fire at an unregistered nursing home in western Sri Lanka had been chained and another was untied and saved

5:47 AM on Friday, June 5

Lebanon’s president and prime minister are criticizing Iran for rejecting the latest ceasefire deal between the Lebanese government and Israel

5:06 AM on Friday, June 5

A Ukrainian maritime drone has exploded at a Black Sea port in Romania, with three others self-detonating outside the port, according to Romanian authorities

2:29 AM on Friday, June 5

In Congo, the battle against the rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola has been complicated by skepticism, attacks on health workers and misinformation

12:39 AM on Friday, June 5

Montenegro is on track to join the European Union by 2028, according to EU leaders and the country's president

11:05 PM on Thursday, June 4

Pope Leo XIV will visit two flashpoints of migration from Africa to Europe over less than a month starting on June 11

9:19 PM on Thursday, June 4

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week in what will be his first visit in years

4:03 PM on Thursday, June 4

The United States has imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife and three other individuals

11:02 PM on Wednesday, June 3

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will strengthen its air defenses to counter recent Ukrainian drone attacks