Politics & Government News

9:57 AM on Thursday, October 16

South Africa has welcomed a U.S. bridging plan worth $115 million to continue funding HIV treatment and prevention programs until the end of March

8:41 AM on Thursday, October 16

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6:34 AM on Thursday, October 16

The military in Madagascar has seized power, ousting President Andry Rajoelina, who has fled the country

5:50 AM on Thursday, October 16

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has survived two votes of no-confidence that could have toppled his fragile new government

5:43 AM on Thursday, October 16

Embattled French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survives a no-confidence vote in Parliament

5:20 AM on Thursday, October 16

A bomb has exploded on a Syrian Defense Ministry bus in the country's east, killing four soldiers and wounding others

3:49 AM on Thursday, October 16

India is looking to increase its purchases of crude oil and natural gas from the U.S. as it diversifies its energy supplies following criticism by U.S. President Donald Trump over its imports of discounted Russian oil

3:36 AM on Thursday, October 16

In the wake of massive U.S. cuts to foreign aid, the tiny country of Lesotho in southern Africa faces deep uncertainty and worry over its HIV-positive residents

2:54 AM on Thursday, October 16

2:34 AM on Thursday, October 16

The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has appeared in public for the first time since being sentenced to death in absentia for treason and war crimes

12:08 AM on Thursday, October 16

For many young Americans, deciding on college has become a complex choice

12:01 AM on Thursday, October 16

A posthumous memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein's best-known accusers is set for release Tuesday

10:53 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves has further restricted access to abortion, limiting it to situations when the mother’s life is in danger

9:03 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Authorities say they have identified the remains of 14 of the 16 people killed last week in a massive blast at a Tennessee explosives plant

5:32 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The stench of decay has spread around Poza Rica, one of the areas hardest hit by last week’s torrential rains that flooded central and eastern Mexico

5:12 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The head of an elite Madagascar military unit ousted the African island country’s president in a coup, capping weeks of youth-led protests over poverty and other issues

2:40 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The Trump administration is looking to provide an additional $20 billion in financing for Argentina

9:17 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Dozens of reporters have turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon rather than agree to restrictions on their work

1:51 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Officials say one of the “most significant” airlifts in Alaska history is underway to evacuate hundreds of people from storm-devastated coastal towns