Politics & Government News

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Drivers in Cuba are facing the prospects of waiting several months to refuel their cars, as fuel shortages caused by a U.S. oil siege intensify

3:57 PM on Monday, February 16

Lawyers say a new group of third-country nationals has been deported by the United States to Cameroon

3:44 PM on Monday, February 16

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has received a Lebanese passport after Lebanon’s president granted him citizenship

2:51 PM on Monday, February 16

The remains of a well-known Colombian priest who joined a guerrilla group and was killed in combat six decades ago have been identified

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The Nigerian military says about 100 U.S. troops plus equipment have arrived in Nigeria to help train soldiers in the West African country

12:31 PM on Monday, February 16

A series of photos that seem to show the execution of 200 Greeks by Nazi soldiers in Athens appeared on eBay over the weekend

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Mourners in Moscow have marked two years since Russian opposition leder Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic prison, as a new European analysis fuels claims he was killed by poisoning

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A team of doctors treating Pakistan’s imprisoned former premier Imran Khan has reported “improvement” in his eyesight, his personal physician said, but added he could neither confirm nor deny the assessment as he had no access to the former premier

6:09 AM on Monday, February 16

Former U.S. President Barack Obama has clarified comments he made about alien life on a podcast over the weekend

6:05 AM on Monday, February 16

Syrian authorities have turned back a group of Australian women and children after they left a camp in Syria housing people with alleged ties to Islamic State militants in an attempt to head back to their home country

1:41 AM on Monday, February 16

More than a decade before he became the country’s first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American Revolution

12:07 AM on Monday, February 16

The abduction of 10 mine workers in Mexico's Sinaloa state has raised questions again about the government's touted security improvements

11:10 PM on Sunday, February 15

A Rio Carnival samba school has honored Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with a glowing parade, but his rivals are calling it illegal early campaigning

8:00 AM on Saturday, February 14

Five European countries say Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny with a rare toxin linked to poison dart frogs