International News

11:59 AM on Friday, September 26

Chinese authorities have detained Zhang Yadi, a 22-year-old student, on suspicion of inciting separatism

11:42 AM on Friday, September 26

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a long history of turning to props and visual aids in his speeches to the U.N. But even by the Israeli leader’s elevated standards of showmanship, this year’s address took things to a new level

9:57 AM on Friday, September 26

Moldova’s electoral commission has barred two pro-Russian parties from participating in this weekend's parliamentary election

8:47 AM on Friday, September 26

Slovakia's parliament has passed a constitutional amendment recognizing only two sexes, male and female

8:02 AM on Friday, September 26

The United Nations has added 68 more companies to a blacklist of companies from 11 countries that it says are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights through their business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank

7:08 AM on Friday, September 26

Russia is selling military equipment and technology to China that could help Beijing prepare an airborne takeover of Taiwan, according to a UK-based defense forum

6:33 AM on Friday, September 26

Ukraine's top military commander says the front line in Ukraine created by Russia’s full-scale invasion has expanded to nearly 1,250 kilometers

5:02 AM on Friday, September 26

European defense ministers have agreed to develop a “drone wall” along their borders with Russia and Ukraine to better detect, track and intercept drones violating Europe’s airspace

3:47 AM on Friday, September 26

Eurovision Song Contest organizers say member countries will vote in November about whether Israel can participate in the musical extravaganza next year, as calls have mounted for the country to be excluded over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

3:09 AM on Friday, September 26

India has retired its last fleet of MiG-21 fighter jets, closing a six-decade chapter with an aircraft once hailed for its combat prowess but later derided as a “flying coffin” due to frequent crashes

1:21 AM on Friday, September 26

Behind the scenes at the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, key countries and regional organizations have been coordinating efforts to try to end the war in Sudan

12:26 AM on Friday, September 26

A tropical storm has blown out of the Philippines and left at least 10 dead and prompted the evacuations of more than 430,000 people from landslide- and flood-prone villages

12:06 AM on Friday, September 26

Intrusions into NATO’s airspace blamed on Russia have reached an unprecedented scale, raising questions about whether the Kremlin is trying to test the alliance’s willingness to respond to a direct attack or divert its attention and resources from the war in Ukraine

12:04 AM on Friday, September 26

Health workers in Sumenep, Indonesia, are delivering measles vaccines to children

10:43 PM on Thursday, September 25

Hong Kong lawmakers have passed a bill to ban inadequate housing in subdivided apartments

10:05 PM on Thursday, September 25

South Korea’s military says it fired warning shots to drive away a North Korean merchant ship that briefly crossed their disputed western sea boundary

7:28 PM on Thursday, September 25

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers went on strike Thursday after the government announced door-to-door mail delivery would end for nearly all households within the next decade

7:28 PM on Thursday, September 25

President Donald Trump is putting import taxes of 100% on pharmaceutical drugs, 50% on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30% on upholstered furniture and 25% on heavy trucks starting on Oct. 1

1:41 PM on Thursday, September 25

Hezbollah supporters have gathered in Beirut to project images of their former leaders on Raouche rock

9:46 AM on Thursday, September 25

A new exhibition in Germany called “Queer Modernism