Politics & Government News

7:23 AM on Tuesday, May 26

Police in the western Turkish city of Izmir have used water cannon in an attempt to prevent people from gathering to hear the deposed leader of the country's main opposition party

12:14 AM on Tuesday, May 26

South Korea says North Korea has launched a close-range ballistic missile and other weapons toward the sea

12:02 AM on Tuesday, May 26

Anna Gomez, the sole Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission, is urging media companies to resist what she sees as the Trump administration's crackdown on free speech

11:59 PM on Monday, May 25

Australia, India, Japan and the United States have agreed new initiatives for maritime security, critical minerals, port infrastructure, and energy security to boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region amid concerns about China's influence

11:57 PM on Monday, May 25

At least four states have adopted laws this year making it a crime to disrupt worship services, a reaction to a high-profile protest inside a Minnesota church that prompted outrage from faith leaders

11:55 PM on Monday, May 25

Four immigration judges in Washington state were ahead of a sea change in immigration enforcement that has reversed a long American tradition

10:07 PM on Monday, May 25

Two planes carrying 19 Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State group in Syria have landed in Melbourne and Sydney

7:50 PM on Monday, May 25

India's trade minister says that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent visit to India has helped pave the way for a complete reset of Canada-India relations

6:12 PM on Monday, May 25

Senegal’s president has appointed a former banking executive as the new prime minister after his predecessor was sacked last week

6:10 PM on Monday, May 25

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney compared Alberta’s vote on whether to move toward independence to Brexit, calling it a potential “dangerous bluff.”

5:32 PM on Monday, May 25

The Brazilian government has committed $617.5 million to boost ecological investment in the Amazon

1:59 PM on Monday, May 25

12:45 PM on Monday, May 25

Cambodia’s new conscription law, which imposes penalties of up to five years in prison for evading military service, has come into effect

11:50 AM on Monday, May 25

The U_S_ military said Monday that it carried out “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines, even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations were “proceeding nicely.”

9:21 AM on Monday, May 25

Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid says the U.S.-Iran deal fails to meet Israel's goals and is criticizing Prime Minister Netanyahu for allowing Washington to negotiate with little Israeli input

8:47 AM on Monday, May 25

Texas Republican Senate candidates Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton had no public campaign events on the last day before Tuesday's runoff

8:03 AM on Monday, May 25

Democrats are increasingly critiquing each other over their personal stock trades as the party looks to hone its anti-corruption message against President Donald Trump in the midterm elections

6:24 AM on Monday, May 25

Belarus' exiled opposition leader visits Kyiv as the city recovers from Russia’s largest missile attack of the year

6:04 AM on Monday, May 25

The estranged husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon has pleaded guilty to embezzling over 400,000 pounds from the Scottish National Party

1:44 AM on Monday, May 25

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to India highlights efforts to stabilize relations between Washington and New Delhi