International News

Latest International Video

Latest International Headlines

27 minutes ago

Putin to discuss Israel-Hamas war during a 1-day trip to Saudi Arabia and UAE

The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a one-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia focused on the Israeli-Hamas war and also host the Iranian president in Moscow this week
27 minutes ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds the annual meeting of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, via video conference, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
1 hour ago

UK Home Secretary James Cleverly visits Rwanda to try to unblock controversial asylum plan

British Home Secretary James Cleverly has flown to Rwanda to try to revive a stalled plan to send asylum-seekers to the East African country
1 hour ago
Home Secretary James Cleverly arrives at Kigali International Airport in Rwanda, where he will sign a new treaty with Rwanda, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. The treaty will address concerns by the Supreme Court, including assurances that Rwanda will not remove anybody transferred under the partnership to another country. (Ben Birchall/PA Wire via AP)
1 hour ago

French lawmakers approve bill to ban disposable e-cigarettes to protect youth

France’s National Assembly has unanimously approved a bill to ban single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes, in an attempt to protect young people drawn to their flavors and mitigate the environmental impacts of the disposable products known as “puf...
1 hour ago
Disposable electronic flavored Puff electronic cigarette devices are displayed for sale at a tobacco shop in Fontainebleau, south of Paris, France, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. The National Assembly in France is preparing for a pivotal vote on Monday night on a bill to ban single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes, commonly known as "puffs." Attracting teenagers with their sweet flavors, these devices are facing scrutiny for their environmental implications. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
2 hours ago

Papua New Guinea's prime minister says he will sign a security pact with Australia

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says he will sign a bilateral security pact with Australia during a visit this week
2 hours ago
2 hours ago

2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea with 400 Rohingya aboard desperately need rescue, UN says

Aid groups and the United Nations say an estimated 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats adrift in the Andaman Sea could die if more is not done to rescue them
2 hours ago
FILE - Newly-arrived ethnic Rohingya women, part of a group who was denied landing a few times by local residents, rest at a temporary shelter in Bireun, Aceh province, Indonesia on Nov. 20, 2023. The U.N. refugee agency on Monday Dec. 4, 2023 sounded the alarm for about 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats reported to be out of supplies and adrift on the Andaman Sea. Hundreds more arrived in Aceh last month. There is a seasonal exodus of Rohingyas, usually coming from overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Rafka Zaidan, File)
2 hours ago

Munich Airport suspends all flights on Tuesday morning due to freezing rain

Munich Airport has temporarily suspended flight operations due to freezing rain as cold weather continues to affect the region
2 hours ago
A speed train is parked outside the central train station in Frankfurt, Germany, after snowfalls on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
2 hours ago

Israel strikes in and around Gaza's second-largest city in an already bloody new phase of the war

Israel has intensified its bombardment in and around Gaza’s second-largest city as ambulances and other vehicles streamed into a local hospital carrying wounded Palestinians
2 hours ago
Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in front of the morgue in Deir al Balah on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/ Hatem Moussa)
3 hours ago

Live updates | Israel pushes deeper south after calling for evacuations in southern Gaza

Israel’s military is pushing deeper south into Gaza, after calling for more evacuations in the southern portion of the enclave
3 hours ago
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip gather at a tent camp, in Rafah, southern Gaza strip, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled their homes as Israel moves ahead with a ground offensive against the ruling Hamas militant group. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
December 05

Prince Harry challenges UK government's decision to strip him of security detail when he moved to US

Prince Harry is challenging the British government's decision to strip him of his security detail after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the United States
December 05
FILE - Britain's Prince Harry leaves the Royal Courts Of Justice as journalists look through a fence in London, Thursday, March 30, 2023.Prince Harry is challenging on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, the British government’s decision to strip him of his security detail after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the United States. The Duke of Sussex said he wants protection when he visits home and claimed it's partly because an aggressive press jeopardizes his safety and that of his family. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
December 05

Lebanon's Christians feel the heat of climate change in its sacred forest and valley

For Lebanon’s Christians, the cedars are sacred, these tough evergreen trees that survive the mountain’s harsh snowy winters
December 05
A girl watches the sunset over the scenic Kadisha Valley, a holy landmark for Lebanon's Maronite Christians, in the northeast mountain town of Bcharre, Lebanon, Friday, July 21, 2023. For Lebanon's Christians, the cedars are sacred, these tough evergreen trees that survive the mountain's harsh snowy winters. They point out with pride that Lebanon's cedars are mentioned 103 times in the Bible. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
December 05

Bus crashes in western Thailand, killing 14 people and injuring more than 30 others

A bus has crashed in western Thailand, killing 14 people and injuring more than 30 others
December 05
In this photo provided by Sawang Rungrueang Rescue22 Foundation, rescue workers and volunteers work at the site of a bus accident Tuesday, Dec 5, 2023, at the Prachuap Khiri Khan province, Thailand. A dozen of people were killed after the vehicle fell off the road and hit a big tree.(Sawang Rungrueang Rescue22 Foundation via AP)
December 05

A roadside bombing in the commercial center of Pakistan's Peshawar city wounds at least 3 people

Pakistani authorities say a roadside bomb went off near a school in the country's northwest on Tuesday, wounding at least three passersby and damaging windows of a nearby bank and several shops The bombing happened in the commercial center of Peshawar,...
December 05
Police and army soldiers cordon off an area following a bomb explosion, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. A roadside bomb went off near a school in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, wounding a few children and damaging windows of a nearby bank and shops, police and a rescue official said. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
December 05

'We are officially hostages.' How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas hostage strategy

The recent release of dozens of Israeli hostages is bringing new focus on the Hamas rampage through the kibbutz of Nir Oz. In Nir Oz, Palestinian fighters roamed unopposed for hours
December 05
A yellow ribbon for the hostages taken by Hamas is tied to a pole in Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Israel-Gaza border, on Nov. 21, 2023. An Associated Press review of hundreds of messages shared among Nir Oz residents, security camera footage and Hamas instruction manuals show the group planned ahead of time to target civilians. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
December 05

Brutal killings of women in Western Balkan countries trigger alarm and expose system

A man in Bosnia killed his wife while streaming the murder live on Instagram
December 05
A 26-year-old woman, who wouldn't give her name for security reasons, looks through window in safe house for women in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. She said her partner repeatedly raped her, beat and choked her, and kept her and the baby locked in their flat for hours at a time. Throughout the Western Balkans, women are harassed, raped, beaten and killed, often by their partners and after repeatedly reporting the violence to the authorities. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
December 04

More bodies found after surprise eruption of Indonesia's Mount Marapi, raising apparent toll to 23

Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano found more bodies among the climbers caught by a surprise eruption two days ago, raising the number of confirmed and presumed dead to 23
December 04
Mount Marapi spews volcanic ash from its crater in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Indonesian authorities halted Monday the search for a dozen of climbers after Mount Marapi volcano erupted again, unleashing a new burst of hot ash as high as 800 meters (2,620 feet) into the air, officials said. (AP Photo/Ardhy Fernando)
December 04

Heavy rains leave at least 8 people dead as Michaung makes landfall on India's southeastern coast

A powerful storm began making landfall along India’s southeastern coastline on Tuesday, unleashing torrential rains and strong winds that killed at least eight people, officials said
December 04
The Tambaram Government Hospital is flooded following heavy rains along the Bay of Bengal coast in Chennai, India, Monday, Dec.4, 2023. Authorities issued warnings for tropical storm Michaung, which is likely to hit the southern coast on Tuesday with maximum sustained winds of 90-100 kilometers (56-62 miles) per hour with gusts up to 110 kph (68 mph), the Indian Meteorological Department said. (AP Photo)
December 04

Mexico halts deportations and migrant transfers citing lack of funds

The head of Mexico’s immigration agency has ordered the suspension of migrant deportations and transfers due to a lack of funds
December 04
Migrants block the highway during their caravan through Huixtla, Mexico, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. About 3,000 migrants, mostly from Central America, are protesting for the government to issue them temporary documents allowing them to continue north to the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Edgar Clemente)
December 04

Thousands protest Indigenous policies of New Zealand government as lawmakers are sworn in

Thousands of protesters have rallied against the New Zealand government’s Indigenous policies as the Parliament convened for the first time since October elections
December 04
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, right, shakes hands and performs a hongi with Te Pati Maori co-leader Rawiri Waiti in the chamber during the Swearing-in ceremony at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Thousands of protesters rallied against the New Zealand government's Indigenous policies on Tuesday as the Parliament convened for the first time since October elections. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)
December 04

'Russian roulette of how you want to be killed:' Doctor on situation in Gaza

ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke to Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, an intensive care physician with Doctors without Borders, about what they have seen in Gaza since the end of the cease-fire.
December 04
VIDEO: 'Russian roulette of how you want to be killed:' Doctor on situation in Gaza
December 04

Palestinians freed under Israel-Hamas truce agreement thrilled to be home

ABC News’ Ines De La Cuetara reports on those recently freed and also the growing number of Palestinians held by Israeli forces and what some human rights experts call a two-tiered system of justice.
December 04
VIDEO: Palestinians freed under Israel-Hamas truce agreement thrilled to be home
December 04

'Worse than before': Strikes in Gaza resume at intensified pace, Palestinians say

"I feel like I'm being suffocated again."
December 04
People mourn as they collect the bodies of Palestinians killed in an airstrike on Dec. 4, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
December 04

New wave of fighting between Israel and Hamas forcing civilians into South Gaza

Top executive with Doctors Without Borders, Avril Benoit, joins the "The Big Story" to discuss what is happening on the ground amid mass evacuations.
December 04
VIDEO: New wave of fighting between Israel and Hamas forcing civilians into South Gaza
December 04

Fears of larger conflict in the Middle East

Retired Lt. Gen. William Troy joins ABC News Live anchor Kayna Whitworth to talk about an escalation of fighting in the Israel-Hamas war.
December 04
VIDEO: Fears of larger conflict in the Middle East
December 04

Canada's public broadcaster to cut 600 jobs as it struggles with budget pressures

Canada’s public broadcaster says it will cut 600 jobs and reduce its English and French programming budgets as it struggles with monetary pressures
December 04
December 04

Putin plans to visit UAE and Saudi Arabia this week, according to Russian media reports

Russian media outlets are reporting that President Vladimir Putin plans to visit the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia this week
December 04
December 04

Argentina's outgoing government rejects EU-Mercosur trade deal, but incoming administration backs it

Argentina’s outgoing government says it will not support the signing of a long-delayed trade deal between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur during a summit this week in Brazil even though the incoming Argentine government has expr...
December 04
FILE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, and Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez, exchange folders during a meeting at the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Argentina’s outgoing government said Monday, Dec. 4, that it won't support the signing of a long-delayed trade deal between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur during a summit this week in Brazil even though the incoming Argentine government has expressed support for the deal. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
December 04

Family of American trapped in Gaza talks about struggle to bring loved one home

The family of an American trapped in Gaza talks about the struggle to bring their loved one home.
December 04
VIDEO: Family of Hamas hostage talks about struggle to bring loved one home
December 04

US tourist from Boston killed in shark attack in Bahamas, police say

Police say a female tourist from Boston has been killed by a shark while paddleboarding in the Bahamas, police told reporters
December 04
December 04

American woman killed in shark attack in the Bahamas

The woman was believed to be in her 40s and from Boston.
December 04
Mortuary services personnel transport the body of a female tourist after what police described as a fatal shark attack in waters near Sandals Royal Bahamian resort, in Nassau, Bahamas, Dec. 4, 2023.
December 04

Niger’s junta revokes key security agreements with EU and turns to Russia for defense partnership

Niger’s junta has scrapped two key military agreements that the West African nation signed with the European Union to help fight violence in Africa’s Sahel region
December 04
FILE - Nigeriens, some holding Russian flags, participate in a march called by supporters of coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani in Niamey, Niger, on July 30, 2023. Three West African nations led by military juntas met this week to strengthen a newly formed alliance described by some analysts on Friday as an attempt to legitimize their military governments amid coup-related sanctions and strained relations with neighbors. In his first foreign trip since the July coup that brought him into power, Niger’s junta leader, Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani held separate meetings Thursday Nov. 23, 2023 with his Mali and Burkina Faso counterparts. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)
December 04

Venezuela's government wins vote on claiming part of Guyana, but turnout seems lackluster

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has the victory he was seeking in a weekend referendum on whether to claim sovereignty over an oil-rich area of neighboring Guyana
December 04
A man places his electronic voting receipt into a ballot box during a referendum about the future of a disputed territory with Guyana, at a polling station in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
December 04

U.S. imposes sanctions on three Sudanese figures with ties to Omar al-Bashir

The United States has imposed sanctions on three Sudanese individuals accused of undermining “peace, security and stability” in the conflict-stricken African nation
December 04
December 04

Tensions grow in Red Sea as Houthi rebels attack ships

ABC News’ Luis Martinez is at the Pentagon as the world reacts to increased tension in the Red Sea during the Israel-Hamas war.
December 04
VIDEO: Tensions grow in Red Sea as Houthi rebels attack ships
December 04

Israel mobilizes forces across entire Gaza Strip

ABC News' Ines de la Cuetara and contributor Darrell Blocker talk about what comes next as the Israel Defense Forces is mobilizing into all of the Gaza Strip.
December 04
VIDEO: Israel mobilizes forces across entire Gaza Strip
December 04

Bodies of 5 young men found in car in Mexico

Mexican authorities say the bodies of five university students have been found stuffed in a vehicle on a dirt road in north-central Mexico
December 04
December 04

A small plane makes an emergency landing in the southern Paris suburbs

A spokesperson for France’s civil aviation safety agency says a small twin-engine plane was forced to make an emergency landing in the southern Paris suburbs
December 04
Police officers stand by a small plane that made an emergency landing in a residence, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023 in Villejuif, outside Paris.The communications director for the safety agency known as BEA for short, said the cause of the unplanned landing was a "technical problem" and that four people were on board the plane, including the pilot. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
December 04

A Nigerian military attack mistakenly bombed a religious gathering and killed civilians

Nigerian government and military officials say an army attack that used drones to target rebels instead killed an unspecified number of civilians gathered for a religious celebration
December 04
December 04

UK unveils tough new rules designed to cut immigrant numbers

The British government has announced tough new immigration rules it says will reduce the number of people able to move to the U.K. each year by hundreds of thousands
December 04
Britain's Home Secretary James Cleverly leaves 10 Downing Street following a cabinet meeting in London, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
December 04

US Navy warships on high alert after missile attacks

ABC News senior Pentagon reporter Luis Martinez and ABC news contributor, former senior CIA field operative, Darrell Blocker discuss the rising tensions in the Red Sea.
December 04
VIDEO: US Navy warships on high alert after missile attacks
December 04

Hungary's Orban demands Ukraine's EU membership be taken off the agenda at a bloc summit

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is demanding that the issue of Ukraine’s membership in the European Union be taken off the agenda at a summit of the bloc's leaders next week
December 04
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his speech after he was re-elected as party president at the election of officials congress of the ruling Hungarian Fidesz party in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)
December 04

Judges reject call for near ban on Hague prison visits for 3 former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters

International judges have rejected a demand by prosecutors for a nearly complete ban on prison visits for three former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders on trial at The Hague for war crimes
December 04
FILE - Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, left, appears before the Kosovo Tribunal as he defends himself in the Hague, on April 3, 2023. International judges on Monday Dec. 4, 2023 rejected a demand by prosecutors for a nearly complete ban on prison visits for three former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders on trial at The Hague for war crimes. Kosovo ex-President Hashim Thaci, former parliamentary Speaker Kadri Veseli and ex-lawmaker Rexhep Selimi face charges including murder, torture and persecution during and after the 1998-1999 war with Serbia. (Koen van Weel/Pool via AP, File)
December 04

Germany and Brazil hope for swift finalization of a trade agreement between EU and Mercosur

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have both expressed hope that negotiations about a wide-ranging free trade agreement can be finalized in the near future
December 04
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a press conference with and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, at the Federal Chancellery on the occasion of the 2nd German-Brazilian intergovernmental consultations, in Berlin, Monday Dec. 4, 2023. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)
December 04

Spanish judge opens an investigation into intelligence agents who allegedly passed secrets to the US

Spain's defense minister says a Madrid judge has opened an investigation into several agents of Spain’s National Intelligence Center for an alleged leak of secret information to the United States
December 04
December 04

ABC News Live: US warship shoots down drones over Red Sea

Defense officials say a U.S. Navy destroyer shot down three drones headed in its direction after Houthi rebels launched missiles toward three commercial ships.
December 04
VIDEO: ABC News Live: US warship shoots down drones over Red Sea
December 04

Israel expands ground offensive into all parts of Gaza

ABC News foreign correspondent Tom Soufi Burridge and ABC News national security and defense analyst Mick Mulroy report on Israel’s latest military offensive in Gaza.
December 04
VIDEO: Israel expands ground offensive into all parts of Gaza
December 04

Mother of Israeli hostage speaks out

Miri Ben Ami, the mother of 23-year-old Yosef Haim Ohana, who was taken hostage by Hamas, pleads for his release.
December 04
VIDEO: Mother of Israeli hostage speaks out
December 04

The World Food Program will end its main assistance program in Syria in January, affecting millions

The U.N. World Food Program says it will end in January its main assistance program across war-torn Syria, where over 12 million people lack regular access to sufficient food
December 04
FIEL - Food parcels provided by the World Food Program, part of the humanitarian aid shipments into Syria, are stacked at the Reyhanli border crossing with Syria, near Hatay, southern Turkey, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. The United Nations food agency announced Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, that it will stop its main food assistance program across war-torn Syria as of January, where over 12 million people lack regular access to sufficient food. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, Pool, File)
December 04

In some Czech villages, St Nicholas leads a parade with the devil and grim reaper in tow

In an eastern corner of the Czech Republic, St. Nicholas leads a procession of followers dressed in grim reaper and devil costumes on a journey through the village of Lidecko
December 04
Revelers take part in a traditional St. Nicholas procession in the village of Lidecko, Czech Republic, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. This pre-Christmas tradition has survived for centuries in a few villages in the eastern part of the country. The whole group parades through the village for the weekend, going from door to door. St. Nicholas presents the kids with sweets. The devils wearing home made masks of sheep skin and the white creatures representing death with scythes frighten them. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
December 04

British research ship crosses paths with world's largest iceberg as it drifts out of Antarctica

Britain’s polar research ship has crossed paths with the largest iceberg in the world
December 04
In this handout photo provided by the British Antarctic Survey, the RRS Sir David Attenborough in front of A23a iceberg in Antarctica, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Britain's polar research ship has crossed paths with the largest iceberg in the world in a “lucky” encounter that enabled scientists to collect seawater samples around the colossal berg as it drifts out of Antarctic waters. The British Antarctic Survey said Monday, Dec. 4 that the RRS Sir David Attenborough passed the mega iceberg, known as the A23a, on Friday near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. (T.Gossman, M.Gascoyne, C.Grey/British Antarctic Survey via AP)
December 04

France's parliament considers a ban on single-use e-cigarettes

The French parliament is considering a ban on single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes that are popular with teenagers for their sweet flavors and are under scrutiny as a new source of trash
December 04
Disposable electronic flavored Puff electronic cigarette devices are displayed for sale at a tobacco shop in Fontainebleau, south of Paris, France, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. The National Assembly in France is preparing for a pivotal vote on Monday night on a bill to ban single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes, commonly known as "puffs." Attracting teenagers with their sweet flavors, these devices are facing scrutiny for their environmental implications. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
The Korean war started in 1950 and although the fighting stopped with the 1953 armistice, recent tensions on the Korean Peninsula are once again drawing attention to this part of the world. <br><br> A North Korean soldier looks through the window of the building that sits on the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Panmunjom, South Korea, that separates the two Koreas, July 21, 2010.
The Korean war started in 1950 and although the fighting stopped with the 1953 armistice, recent tensions on the Korean Peninsula are once again drawing attention to this part of the world. <br><br> A North Korean soldier looks through the window of the building that sits on the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Panmunjom, South Korea, that separates the two Koreas, July 21, 2010.
The seesaw relationship between North Korea and the US
Aug 20
  • America's complicated history with immigration
  • Dramatic images from the Hong Kong protests
    • Mark Wilson/Getty Images
    U.S. Central Command said the target of the strike, Abu Hamzah al Yemeni, was a senior leader of an al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist group known as Hurras al-Din.
    U.S. Central Command said the target of the strike, Abu Hamzah al Yemeni, was a senior leader of an al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist group known as Hurras al-Din.
    1:02
    US forces kill senior terrorist leader in Syria
    Jun 28
  • US military captures top ISIS leader in Syria
  • US military ground raid in Syria captures top ISIS leader
    • i24NEWS

    Suggested Interests