Politics & Government News

2:00 PM on Sunday, February 15

Demonstrators across the Czech Republic have backed President Petr Pavel in a dispute with the foreign minister over a Cabinet appointment

1:49 PM on Sunday, February 15

Lawmakers and the White House are offering no signs of compromise in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers

1:25 PM on Sunday, February 15

President Gustavo Petro said he will accept a proposal by Colombia’s largest remaining rebel group to allow an independent commission to investigate its alleged links to the drug trade

12:35 PM on Sunday, February 15

More than 1,000 immigration agents have left Minnesota’s Twin Cities area and hundreds more will depart in the days ahead as part of the Trump administration’s drawdown of its immigration enforcement surge

12:22 PM on Sunday, February 15

Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar is launching his election campaign and says he can return Hungary to a stronger European path

11:45 AM on Sunday, February 15

President Donald Trump says that members of his newly created Board of Peace have pledged $5 billion toward rebuilding Gaza and will commit thousands of personnel to international stabilization and police forces for the territory

11:35 AM on Sunday, February 15

The U.N. refugee agency says residents are leaving Syria’s al-Hol camp in large numbers, and Syrian authorities plan to relocate those who remain

11:04 AM on Sunday, February 15

Israel is beginning a land registration process in the occupied West Bank that critics say can shift large areas into state control

11:02 AM on Sunday, February 15

Iranian state media reports that Iran’s top diplomat is traveling to Geneva where the second round of nuclear negotiations with the U.S. will take place

6:03 AM on Sunday, February 15

A top European Union official has rejected the notion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure,” pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration

12:01 AM on Sunday, February 15

Sunday, February 15

Larry the cat is marking 15 years as Britain’s Chief Mouser at 10 Downing Street, a symbol of stability in turbulent political times

11:58 PM on Saturday, February 14

A month after violent clashes in a Kurdish-majority neighborhood in Syria's Aleppo, tens of thousands of residents have returned

5:03 PM on Saturday, February 14

The seven Western states that depend on the Colorado River have missed a deadline for the second time to agree on a plan addressing record drought and water shortages

3:37 PM on Saturday, February 14

Organizers say Cuba’s annual cigar fair, which was set to be held the last week of February, has been postponed

2:32 PM on Saturday, February 14

The Swiss Foreign Ministry says Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks over Tehran’s nuclear program this week

5:46 AM on Saturday, February 14

About 250,000 people have demonstrated against Iran’s government on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany

3:41 AM on Saturday, February 14

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has offered a reassuring message to America’s allies

3:26 AM on Saturday, February 14

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked his international allies for their support but suggested there was still questions remaining over the future security guarantees for his country

12:12 PM on Thursday, January 29