Politics & Government News

6:53 AM on Monday, October 13

Trump tells Palestinians they should focus on 'building their people up' instead of attacking Israel

6:18 AM on Monday, October 13

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas arrives in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh to attend key summit co-chaired by the US and Egypt (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert had a typo in the word key)

6:13 AM on Monday, October 13

Preliminary results from Kosovo's municipal elections show most key municipalities heading to runoffs

5:14 AM on Monday, October 13

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's office says he will not travel to Egypt for summit due to Jewish holiday

5:14 AM on Monday, October 13

4:39 AM on Monday, October 13

Trump to tell Knesset that 'Israel has won all that can be won by force of arms' and offer 'hand of friendship' to Iran

4:33 AM on Monday, October 13

China has called for the U.S. to withdraw a new threat of a 100% tariff and other export control measures

4:29 AM on Monday, October 13

Buckingham Palace says Germany’s president has accepted an invitation from King Charles III to pay a state visit to the United Kingdom

4:15 AM on Monday, October 13

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is attending the Gaza summit in Egypt, according to the Egyptian presidency

3:34 AM on Monday, October 13

Voters have returned Lisbon’s mayor to office in Portugal’s municipal elections, despite a recent streetcar crash that killed 16 people

1:42 AM on Monday, October 13

Air Force One, carrying President Donald Trump, flies over Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel

11:46 PM on Sunday, October 12

Feven Melese is trying to support thousands of abandoned dogs on the streets of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa

11:00 PM on Sunday, October 12

4:57 PM on Sunday, October 12

The death toll from Mexico’s torrential rains has increased to 47, as the fallout mounted from widespread flooding and landslides across the country

4:47 PM on Sunday, October 12

President Donald Trump is warning Russia that he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow doesn't settle its war there soon

4:41 PM on Sunday, October 12

Trump warns Russia he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow doesn't settle war soon

12:20 PM on Sunday, October 12

Vice President JD Vance is warning of deeper cuts to the federal workforce the longer the government shutdown goes on

7:24 AM on Sunday, October 12

The president of Madagascar says an attempted coup is underway in the Indian Ocean island country, a day after soldiers joined anti-government demonstrations

7:12 AM on Sunday, October 12

A ceasefire in the war in Gaza is holding for the third day as aid agencies work to rush in more desperately needed aid into the besieged territory under the truce deal

6:44 AM on Sunday, October 12

President Donald Trump has left for Israel and Egypt to celebrate the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas