Our experiences with Friendship Force teach us that offering and receiving home hospitality is a wonderfully fun and effective way to broaden our minds, which makes this recent stay on travel all the more regrettable. Fortunately, right here, from the comfort of our homes, we have opportunities to keep gaining a more global perspective. While many people only watch and read news produced in their own country, the internet offers us a window to what is happening in and, just as importantly, how news events are being seen by, the rest of the world. There’s a mountain of information online and we know it can be confusing to know where to look, so we have compiled a short and by no means exhaustive list of some fantastic international news resources:
*Listed with the site or publication name, the country or region where it is based, and the language of the link.
Africa and the Middle East
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- Africa News, news for the region, in English and French
- Al Arabiya, in the United Arab Emirates in English and Arabic
- Al Misri-Al Yawm, Egypt, in Arabic and English
- Al Jazeera Middle East, in English
- The East African, Kenya, in English
- Al Jazeera World News, Qatar, in English
- News 24, South Africa, in English
Asia
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- Asia One, news for the region, in English
- South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, in English
- Global Issues, India, in English
- The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia, in English
- The Japan Times, Japan, in English
- NHK World, Japan, in English
- Kathmandu Post, Nepal, in English
- Channel News Asia, Singapore, in English
- Korea Times, South Korea, in English
- The Taipei Times, Taiwan, bilingual articles in Mandarin/English
- The Bangkok Post, Thailand, in English
Europe and Eurasia
- New Europe, Belgium, in English
- Euronews, France, in Arabic, French, English, Turkish, Spanish, Italian, German, Hungarian, Greek, Portuguese, Russian
- France 24, France, in French
- Deutsche Welle, Germany, in English and 30 other languages
- Der Spiegel, Germany, in German and English
- Dagblad van het Noorden, the Netherlands, in Dutch
- Nine O’Clock, Romania, in English
- RT News, Russia, in English
- ScandinaviaNewsNet, Sweden, in English
- Swiss Info, Switzerland, Multiple Languages
- Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey, in English
- https://www.theguardian.com/uk United Kingdom, in English
- BBC World News, United Kingdom, in English
North America
- The Toronto Star, Canada, in English
- Reuters World News, Canada, in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic
- La Crónica de Hoy, Mexico, in Spanish
- CNN World News, USA, in English, Spanish, Arabic
- NPR (National Public Radio), USA, in English
- TIME International, USA, in English
South and Central America
South PacificHelp us all stay globally educated! If your country isn’t listed here and you’d like to recommend a good news resource, please let us know at support@friendshipforce.org.