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International News

General International News

  • ABC World News
    With Diane Sawyer
  • BBC News
    From the British Broadcasting Corporation.
  • The Economist
    A British weekly magazine that reports on news from around the world with an emphasis on business
  • Foreign Affairs
    Summaries and exerpts of current issue; search archives.
  • Foreign Policy
    Published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
  • Global Post
    The GlobalPost Mission is to provide original international reporting rooted in integrity, accuracy, independence and powerful storytelling that informs, entertains and fills the void created by diminished foreign coverage by American media.
  • The Guardian: World
    World News from a major news publisher in the United Kingdom. Check here for a different viewpoint.
  • Inter Press Service (IPS) World News
    IPS focuses its news coverage on the events and global processes affecting the economic, social and political development of peoples and nations.
  • New America Media
    Originally New California Media, New America Media is the country's first and largest national collaboration and advocate of 2000 ethnic news organizations, founded by the nonprofit Pacific News Service in 1996.
  • New York Times International
    Regional coverage and global issues
  • UN Wire
    Sign up for a free daily e-mail news briefing on the top world news stories affecting the international community. A service of the United Nations Foundation.
  • United Press International
    Founded by E.W. Scripps, United Press International pioneered many areas of worldwide news coverage and distribution, striving since 1907 to provide news coverage that is fast, accurate, fair and balanced. Today, UPI continues the wire service tradition of strong unbiased coverage of major breaking news, along with depth coverage, analysis and commentary to provide insight into the world's most pressing issues.
  • Voice of America
    Voice of America offers news in a very large selection of languages for many countries. Many programs are available in different languages in audio format on the website. This is a US Government-sponsored broadcasting service whose 1976 charter states that it will "serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news. VOA news will be accurate, objective, and comprehensive." It also "will represent America, not any single segment of American society, and will therefore present a balanced and comprehensive projection of significant American thought and institutions."
  • World News Network
    Customized news portals for international regions, countries, and cities.
  • World Press Review
    For more than 30 years, World Press Review has been the only English-language magazine giving readers a first-hand look at the issues and debates that occupy the world’s newspapers and magazines.
  • Yahoo! News: World
    World news headlines from a variety of sources.
 

International News Directories

  • ABYZ News Links
    Links to the websites of more than 18,800 newspapers and other news sources from around the world
  • Australian Journals Online
    Australian Journals Online is a listing of over 1,700 Australian electronic journals, magazines, webzines, newsletters and e-mail fanzines maintained by the National Library of Australia.
  • Mundo Latino - Quiosco de Prensa
    Very complete collection of Latin American newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations online
  • Newseum: Today's Front Page
    Select a region (USA, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North American, Oceania, South America) and see a list of newspapers available. Roll over the titles to bring up a small image of today's front page at the side. Click on the paper you are interested in to see a larger image of the front page. From there you may click on a link to the paper's website. A great way to see what the headlines are in that part of the world.

Last updated March 30, 2012