Politics & Government News

9:19 PM on Sunday, September 21

Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party has opened official campaigning to replace its leader, outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba

8:17 PM on Sunday, September 21

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he still has good memories of U.S. President Donald Trump and urged Washington to drop its demand to surrender his nukes as a precondition for resuming long-stalled diplomacy

6:38 PM on Sunday, September 21

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has arrived in New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly

6:24 PM on Sunday, September 21

Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika, says at memorial 'I forgive him' of the gunman accused of killing the conservative activist

5:06 PM on Sunday, September 21

Authorities in the Dominican Republic say they have confiscated some of the cocaine transported by a speedboat that was destroyed recently by the U.S. Navy, as the Trump administration carries out a controversial anti narcotics mission in the southern Caribbean

2:58 PM on Sunday, September 21

Eight months into his second term, President Donald Trump’s long-standing pledge to take on those he perceives as his political enemies has prompted debates over free speech, media censorship and political prosecutions

2:57 PM on Sunday, September 21

2:26 PM on Sunday, September 21

Thousands of Brazilians have protested against a possible pardon for former President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies, who were convicted of attempting a coup

1:58 PM on Sunday, September 21

President Donald Trump has mentioned that billionaires like Rupert Murdoch and Michael Dell could be part of deal in which the U.S. will take control of TikTok

12:11 PM on Sunday, September 21

Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party, held a special congress on Sunday and reelected its leader

11:26 AM on Sunday, September 21

France and Saudi Arabia hope to use this year’s United Nations General Assembly and the increasingly horrific war in the Gaza Strip to inject new urgency into the quest for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

9:12 AM on Sunday, September 21

Canada has recognized a Palestinian state, despite opposition from the U.S., hoping it leads to peace based on two states living side by side

8:31 AM on Sunday, September 21

Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli are facing off for the opening debate in New Jersey’s high-stakes governor’s race

5:59 AM on Sunday, September 21

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has pushed for more military dialogue in a meeting with China's Premier Li Qiang

4:51 AM on Sunday, September 21

Some French mayors have defied government orders and flown Palestinian flags on town halls, with more expected to follow suit as France prepares to formally recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly

4:21 AM on Sunday, September 21

The U.K., Australia and Canada have formally recognized a Palestinian state, prompting an angry response from Israel

3:03 AM on Sunday, September 21

Vote counting was underway in Guinea in a referendum on a draft constitution that could allow the junta leader to run for the presidency

1:39 AM on Sunday, September 21

Philippine police have arrested 49 people suspected of attacking officers in violent clashes near the president palace

12:01 AM on Sunday, September 21

President Donald Trump and his supporters have paid tribute to conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a memorial service in Arizona

12:23 PM on Friday, September 19