Politics & Government News

8:15 AM on Thursday, September 18

Dozens of women’s rights activists have rallied near the U.S. Embassy in Brussels to protest what plans by President Donald Trump's administration to destroy millions of dollars in family planning supplies meant for women living in hardship in Africa

8:07 AM on Thursday, September 18

The family philanthropy of hedge fund billionaire George Soros has consistently been one of the largest funders of human rights organizations around the world

7:36 AM on Thursday, September 18

Syria’s foreign minister is in Washington, kicking off the first official visit to the United States by a top Syrian official in 25 years as the new government in Damascus struggles to recover from the civil war and boost relations with the West following the fall of autocrat Bashar Assad

7:28 AM on Thursday, September 18

Israel’s culture minister has cut funding for the country’s top film awards ceremony, criticizing this year’s best feature winner

7:04 AM on Thursday, September 18

6:54 AM on Thursday, September 18

Most of the 2.6 million people displaced by record floods in Pakistan’s Punjab province have returned home to find their houses damaged and crops destroyed

6:22 AM on Thursday, September 18

UN officials say aid workers are still in a “race against time” to remove rubble and rebuild after a devastating earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan east last month

5:32 AM on Thursday, September 18

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has ratified a controversial media law allowing hefty fines and the potential closure of media outlets

4:41 AM on Thursday, September 18

China’s defense minister has renewed threats of his country’s takeover of self-ruled Taiwan as he opened a security forum in Beijing on Thursday

4:01 AM on Thursday, September 18

South Korean investigators have requested an arrest warrant for Hak Ja Han, leader of the Unification Church

1:12 AM on Thursday, September 18

Australia has set a new target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by between 62% and 70% below 2005 levels by 2035

1:00 AM on Thursday, September 18

11:02 PM on Wednesday, September 17

In an excerpt of former Vice President Kamala Harris's new book, she says she would have picked Pete Buttigieg as her running mate last year but America wasn’t ready for the pairing

9:39 PM on Wednesday, September 17

9:03 PM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump says he plans to designate antifa as a “major terrorist organization.”

7:05 PM on Wednesday, September 17

The House declined late Wednesday to punish one of its own over commentary in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination

7:03 PM on Wednesday, September 17

At least 11 of the 14 immigrants deported by the U.S. to Ghana are still being held there, according to the deportees and their lawyers

7:02 PM on Wednesday, September 17

ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely following comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing

7:37 AM on Wednesday, September 17

European officials have warned Iran that it needs to take specific actions to avoid the return of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program

5:38 AM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump is relishing the glow of a British royal spectacle during his visit to Windsor Castle