International News

6:21 PM on Thursday, August 21

The top U.N. envoy for Syria is warning that its transition remains “on a knife-edge” and violence could resume at any moment in the southern city of Sweida, which saw deadly clashes last month

9:45 AM on Thursday, August 21

Modern humans and Neanderthals may have interacted 100,000 years earlier than previously thought

5:36 AM on Thursday, August 21

The death of a French streamer during a 298-hour broadcast has sparked controversy and a judicial investigation

4:11 AM on Thursday, August 21

A Ukrainian man suspected to be one of the coordinators of the undersea explosions in 2022 that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany has been arrested in Italy

3:39 AM on Thursday, August 21

The Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 has denied involvement in recent massacres in eastern Congo

1:30 AM on Thursday, August 21

China has marked 60 years of Communist Party rule in Tibet with a parade and speeches in front of the Potala Palace

1:20 AM on Thursday, August 21

Uganda's foreign ministry says the African country has agreed to a deal with the United States to take deported migrants as long as they don’t have criminal records and are not unaccompanied minors

11:27 PM on Wednesday, August 20

A baby bottle, a squeaky toy and a schoolbag are among items that have surfaced from a mass grave site in Sri Lanka’s formerly war-torn northern region, along with 141 human skeletons including some that appear to be of children of different ages

10:58 PM on Wednesday, August 20

A New Zealand soldier, who pleaded guilty to attempted espionage, has been sentenced Wednesday to two years in military prison followed by discharge from the army

7:34 PM on Wednesday, August 20

New Zealand's government has announced new military spending of $1.6 billion to replace aging aircraft, including helicopters from the United States

5:01 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Brazil’s federal police say messages found on the telephone of former President Jair Bolsonaro show he once wanted to flee to Argentina and request political asylum

4:59 PM on Wednesday, August 20

A fire has broke out on the USS New Orleans vessel off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, leaving two sailors with minor injuries

2:48 PM on Wednesday, August 20

A federal appeals court is allowing the Trump administration to end temporary protections for 60,000 migrants from Central America and Nepal

2:31 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Dignitaries at a steel-cutting ceremony in Finland have marked the start of work on a new Canadian icebreaker to be named the Polar Max and aimed at bolstering Arctic defense

12:16 PM on Wednesday, August 20

At least 13 people allegedly involved in the killing of two members of Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada’s staff in May have been arrested for their alleged roles in what authorities described as a meticulously planned hit on two people close to the capital’s leader

6:55 AM on Wednesday, August 20

A funeral has been held in Italy for a young Palestinian woman who died there after being evacuated from Gaza

3:55 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Israel has given final approval for a controversial settlement project that would effectively cut the occupied West Bank in two

2:55 AM on Wednesday, August 20

A flotilla of hundreds of historic ships is sailing into Amsterdam for a five-day festival celebrating the Dutch capital’s maritime history

1:13 AM on Wednesday, August 20

The Israeli military says it plans to call up tens of thousands of reservists for an expanded operation in Gaza City

3:34 PM on Tuesday, August 19

An Alaska man might have walked away as the biggest winner of last week’s high stakes summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage