International

Get the latest international news, world news, features and top stories from all over the world

Parks packed, terraces open as Madrid and Barcelona celebrate easing

Hundreds of Madrid residents flooded to the city’s parks as lockdown measures were finally eased in the Spanish capital and in Barcelona, while

Afghan ceasefire holds as prisoner release expected

A surprise Taliban ceasefire appeared to be holding for a second day Monday as authorities planned to release up to 2,000 insurgents held by security

Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre church to reopen Sunday after 2-month virus lockdown

Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre will reopen Sunday after a two-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Christian authorities in the

Egypt says 21 insurgents killed in Sinai

Egypt said Saturday that 21 jihadists were killed in clashes with security forces in the restive Sinai peninsula, where Islamic State group-affiliated

Papua New Guinea ex-PM arrested over corruption

Papua New Guinea’s former prime minister Peter O’Neill was arrested over corruption allegations after arriving back in the country on Satu