ABC News: International

Somali maritime police intensify patrols as fears grow of resurgence of piracy in the Gulf of Aden

Somalia’s maritime police force has intensified patrols in the Gulf of Aden following a failed pirate hijacking of a ship earlier this week

Nov. 30, 2023

Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlaws LGBTQ+ activism in the country in a broad crackdown on beleaguered community

Nov. 30, 2023

Japan suspends its Osprey flights after the fatal crash of a US Air Force aircraft

Japan has suspended flights of its Osprey aircraft after a U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into the sea during a training mission

19 hr ago

What to know about the Sikh independence movement following US accusation that activist was targeted

The U.S. has charged an Indian national in what prosecutors allege was a failed plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist at the behest of an unnamed Indian government official

16 hr ago

Some OPEC+ members will cut the oil that they send to the world to try to boost prices

The OPEC oil cartel and allied producers have made another big swipe at propping up lagging crude prices

15 hr ago

Live updates | More Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released under truce

The Israeli military has released 30 more Palestinian prisoners after eight more Israeli hostages were freed from captivity in the Gaza Strip under the temporary cease-fire

11 hr ago

Israel’s military says it has resumed combat as truce deadline expires, accuses Hamas of violating cease-fire

10 hr ago

Mexico's minimum wage will rise by 20% next year, to about $14.25 per day

Mexico's president says its minimum wage will rise by 20% in 2024, to the equivalent of about $14.25 per day

12 min ago

Pakistan's supreme court hears petition on forceful deportation of Afghans born in the country

Pakistan’s top court is hearing a petition by human rights activists seeking to halt the forceful deportation of Afghans who were born in Pakistan and those who would be at risk if they were returned to Afghanistan

11 min ago

Pope says he has acute bronchitis, doctors recommended against travel to avoid change in temperature

Pope Francis says he is suffering from acute and infectious bronchitis

Nov. 30, 2023

4 migrants who were pushed out of a boat die just yards from Spain's southern coast

Four migrants have died yards from shore in southern Spain after being forced out of the boat they were traveling in

11 hr ago

Russian missile strikes in eastern Ukraine tear through buildings and bury families

Ukrainian officials say Russian missiles tore through apartments in Donetsk.

11 hr ago

Taliban's new ambassador to China arrives in Beijing as they court foreign investment

The Taliban government's new ambassador to China has arrived in Beijing

1 hr ago

The director of Russia's Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev, is also put in charge of the Bolshoi

The Russian government has named the renowned director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg to also lead Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre

43 min ago

Reports say Japan will suspend its own Osprey flights after the crash of a U.S. military aircraft

Nov. 29, 2023

Colombian judge orders prison for 2 suspects in the kidnapping of parents of Liverpool soccer player

Two suspects in the kidnapping of the parents of Liverpool soccer player Luis Díaz were ordered sent to prison by a judge, according to Colombia’s Prosecutor’s Office, which accused one of the men of being the link to a person close to the family ...

Nov. 29, 2023

Germany arrests French woman who allegedly committed war crimes after joining IS in Syria

German authorities say they have arrested a French woman who allegedly committed war crimes in Syria after joining the Islamic State extremist group

Nov. 30, 2023

A Pakistani province aims to deport 10,000 Afghans a day

Authorities in a Pakistani province are setting targets for police to arrest and deport hundreds of thousands of Afghans they say are in the country illegally

Nov. 30, 2023

Rights of Dane convicted of murdering a journalist on sub were not violated in prison, court rules

A Danish court has ruled that the human rights of a Danish man who was convicted of murdering a Swedish journalist on his homemade submarine were not violated as he had claimed

Nov. 30, 2023

The Israeli military says two more Israeli hostages have been released from captivity in the Gaza Strip

Nov. 30, 2023

Still alive! Golden mole not seen for 80 years and presumed extinct is found again in South Africa

Researchers in South Africa say they have rediscovered a mole species that has an iridescent golden coat and the ability to “swim” through sand dunes after it hadn't been seen for more than 80 years and was thought to be extinct

13 hr ago