Politics & Government News

5:13 AM on Sunday, December 28

Top diplomats from Thailand and Cambodia have begun talks in China to address their border dispute

4:05 AM on Sunday, December 28

Political parties in Thailand have registered their candidates to become prime minister after the upcoming general election, marking the unofficial start of campaigning

2:15 AM on Sunday, December 28

Voters in the Central African Republic are electing a new president and federal lawmakers

2:05 AM on Sunday, December 28

Polls open in Central African Republic’s general elections with the incumbent likely to win a third term as president

1:35 AM on Sunday, December 28

Guineans are voting to elect a new president in the country’s first election since a 2021 coup

1:29 AM on Sunday, December 28

Polls open in Guinea’s first presidential election since a 2021 coup with junta leader expected to win

1:11 AM on Sunday, December 28

Voters in Kosovo are casting ballots in an early parliamentary election in hopes of ending a political stalemate that has gripped the small Balkan country for much of this year

11:02 PM on Saturday, December 27

President Donald Trump will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to try to close out a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia that would end nearly four years of war

6:06 AM on Saturday, December 27

Italian authorities have arrested nine people linked to three charities, accused of raising millions for Hamas

5:55 AM on Saturday, December 27

A growing number of countries have rejected Israel’s recognition of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent nation and warned of “serious repercussions” in the Red Sea region

1:15 AM on Saturday, December 27

Russia struck Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones in an attack that killed at least one person

11:37 PM on Friday, December 26

Thailand and Cambodia have signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of fighting over border disputes

11:31 PM on Friday, December 26

Voters in Kosovo are headed for a second election this year in a bid to resolve a political deadlock that has threatened to push the small Balkan nation into a prolonged crisis

11:11 PM on Friday, December 26

Millions of Afghans are struggling as international aid cuts sever a lifeline many relied on for food and heating

11:03 PM on Friday, December 26

A mysterious group called Georgians for Integrity has spent around $5 million on television ads, mailers and texts attacking Lt. Gov. Burt Jones since November

4:07 PM on Friday, December 26

A federal judge has canceled the trial of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man mistakenly deported, and scheduled a hearing on whether the prosecution is being vindictive in its human smuggling case against him

4:03 PM on Friday, December 26

The president of the Kennedy Center is criticizing musician Chuck Redd for canceling a Christmas Eve performance

3:27 PM on Friday, December 26

Venezuelan migrants transferred to a prison in El Salvador by the U.S. government are demanding justice

2:39 PM on Friday, December 26

California has dropped a lawsuit officials filed against the Trump administration over the federal government's withdrawing of $4 billion for the state's long-delayed high-speed rail project

3:58 PM on Monday, December 15