Politics & Government News

4:52 AM on Monday, September 15

Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces calls to sanction Elon Musk after his comments at an anti-immigration rally

4:34 AM on Monday, September 15

A World Trade Organization agreement aimed at reducing overfishing has taken effect

4:02 AM on Monday, September 15

Nepal's prime minister has selected three new ministers to join her interim administration, which is tasked with holding fresh elections in March

3:55 AM on Monday, September 15

Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party has finished first in municipal polls in Germany's most populous state

2:40 AM on Monday, September 15

Qatar is preparing to host a summit over Israel's attack on Hamas, hoping Arab and Islamic nations will find a way to restrain Israel as its war on Hamas continues

1:46 AM on Monday, September 15

Japan’s government on Monday defended its stance on wartime sexual slavery and described South Korean court rulings ordering Japanese compensation as violations of international law, after U.N. investigators criticized Tokyo for failing to ensure truth-findings and reparations for the victims

12:44 AM on Monday, September 15

11:47 PM on Sunday, September 14

The Philippine president has encouraged the public to express their outrage over massive corruption that has plagued flood-control projects in one of Asia’s most typhoon-prone countries but says street protests should be peaceful

11:13 PM on Sunday, September 14

Windsor Castle staff are busy preparing for a grand event

11:06 PM on Sunday, September 14

Australia and Papua New Guinea are set to integrate their defense forces under a new security pact, aiming to curb China's security influence in the region

11:03 PM on Sunday, September 14

The National Center for Civil and Human Rights is expanding at a critical moment in the United States

9:45 PM on Sunday, September 14

9:17 PM on Sunday, September 14

The United States, South Korea and Japan have begun an air and naval exercise off a South Korean island in their latest joint drill condemned by North Korea as a “reckless show of strength.”

8:04 PM on Sunday, September 14

Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has urged New Yorkers to vote Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City, giving the Democratic nominee one of his most significant endorsements to date in the contest to lead the nation’s biggest city

5:04 PM on Sunday, September 14

Family members say former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar has died at 79

12:22 PM on Sunday, September 14

President Lula da Silva has called a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports to the U_S_ “political” and “illogical.”

9:51 AM on Sunday, September 14

Qatar's prime minister has denounced Israel as Arab and Muslim foreign ministers are meeting to discuss a unified response to Israel's attack on Doha

9:33 AM on Sunday, September 14

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says investigators are not yet ready to discuss a motive in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk but that the 22-year-old who was arrested leaned to the left

4:39 AM on Sunday, September 14

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Israel as it intensifies attacks on northern Gaza

11:03 PM on Saturday, September 13

Authorities are investigating the motive behind the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah college