Politics & Government News

8:41 AM on Monday, January 26

Qatar has announced major investments in Lebanon to boost its struggling electricity sector and support the Lebanese armed forces

7:30 AM on Monday, January 26

7:22 AM on Monday, January 26

Myanmar’s military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party has claimed victory in the country's first election since the army seized power in 2021

7:06 AM on Monday, January 26

Amnesty International says Myanmar's military is using evasive tactics to import aviation fuel for air attacks in its civil war

7:04 AM on Monday, January 26

Two Minnesota special elections in heavily Democratic Twin Cities-area state legislative districts will decide control of the state's House of Representatives for the third time in less than a year

6:00 AM on Monday, January 26

5:56 AM on Monday, January 26

The Philippines has told China that it is alarmed about heated exchanges with Chinese diplomats in Manila over the long-standing territorial dispute between the two countries in the South China Sea

4:16 AM on Monday, January 26

Egypt is exploring ways to regulate children's use of social media

12:32 AM on Monday, January 26

Mark Tully, a longtime BBC correspondent known as the “voice of India,” has died at 90

11:38 PM on Sunday, January 25

Authorities say gunmen opened fire at a soccer field in central Mexico, killing at least 11 people and wounding 12 others

10:02 PM on Sunday, January 25

The Federal Aviation Administration says a private aircraft with eight people on board has crashed on takeoff from Bangor International Airport in Maine

6:59 PM on Sunday, January 25

The fatal shooting of a Minneapolis protester by a federal immigration officer touched off a firestorm and prompted some fellow Republicans to question President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration crackdown, but the president on Sunday night doubled down and blamed Democratic officials

12:32 PM on Sunday, January 25

Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a man in Minnesota

12:26 PM on Sunday, January 25

A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost at a party during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah

12:16 PM on Sunday, January 25

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a security agreement with the United States is “100% ready.”

11:03 AM on Sunday, January 25

A growing number of Republicans are pressing for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis

8:28 AM on Sunday, January 25

Authorities in Iran have unveiled a new mural in a central Tehran square with a direct warning to the United States to not attempt a military strike on the country

12:01 AM on Sunday, January 25

In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities

8:18 PM on Saturday, January 24

Law enforcement leaders are expressing alarm over a deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis

5:25 PM on Saturday, January 24

Japanese panda fans have seen their beloved pandas return to China over the past decades, but bidding farewell to beloved twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei is especially emotional