Politics & Government News

5:06 AM on Friday, September 5

As the cost of electricity outpaces inflation, consumer advocates are sounding alarms about the risks to low-income people who can't afford consistent air conditioning in deadly heat

4:17 AM on Friday, September 5

Thailand's next prime minister is a cautious and pragmatic politician adept at straddling the country’s political divide

4:03 AM on Friday, September 5

Thailand became the first Asian country to decriminalize cannabis in 2022

3:52 AM on Friday, September 5

Veteran Thai politician Anutin Charnvirakul wins vote in Parliament to become country's next prime minister

1:56 AM on Friday, September 5

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's order to implement lower tariffs on automobiles and other Japanese imports

12:12 AM on Friday, September 5

The Ukrainian government has declared that a branch of the Orthodox Church has failed to sever all ties with Moscow — and could soon be banned

11:08 PM on Thursday, September 4

Fox News seemed to be dealt a crippling blow in a $787 million settlement of a libel lawsuit more than two years ago, but has instead thrived

11:04 PM on Thursday, September 4

The deadly strike on a boat U.S. officials say was carrying drugs from Venezuela may have marked a stunning shift, but escalating pressure on the South American country has defined much of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s quarter-century in politics

11:00 PM on Thursday, September 4

President Donald Trump launched Operation Warp Speed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and, as recently as last week, praised it as a major achievement

10:17 PM on Thursday, September 4

India’s clean energy appetite is helping the country’s solar power industry wean itself off imported Chinese parts and continue growing even as it faces a tougher sell to its biggest foreign customer, the United States

9:32 PM on Thursday, September 4

President Donald Trump plans to attend the men's final of the U.S. Open on Sunday

4:35 PM on Thursday, September 4

The Trump administration has already denied visas for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and his large delegation to attend the U.N. General Assembly later this month

2:56 PM on Thursday, September 4

The head of the National Capital Planning Commission says crews can start demolishing parts of the White House for a new ballroom without needing approval

1:50 PM on Thursday, September 4

Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has suddenly and surprisingly left Thailand days before a court ruling that could lead to him being sent to prison

11:28 AM on Thursday, September 4

Sudanese authorities have recovered and buried hundreds of bodies after a landslide in Darfur

9:56 AM on Thursday, September 4

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the United States is designating two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations

7:11 AM on Thursday, September 4

President Donald Trump hosted a high-powered group of tech executives at the White House on Thursday as he showcased research on artificial intelligence and boasted of investments that companies are making around the United States

6:18 AM on Thursday, September 4

Nepal's government says it is blocking most social media platforms, including Facebook, X and YouTube, because they failed to register with the government

5:23 AM on Thursday, September 4

French President Emmanuel Macron says that 26 of Ukraine’s allies have pledged to deploy troops as a “reassurance force” for the war-torn country once fighting ends in the conflict with Russia

4:14 AM on Thursday, September 4

Pope Leo XIV and his top diplomats have told Israel’s president that a two-state solution is the “only way out of the war,” in Gaza