Politics & Government News

2:46 PM on Sunday, June 7

South Africa’s has president promised to act on what he called concerns over undocumented migration following a rise in anti-immigrant sentiment in Africa’s most advanced economy

2:01 PM on Sunday, June 7

The top court in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has ruled that 12 legislative seats reserved for Kashmiri refugees living in Pakistan are constitutionally protected and cannot be abolished without a constitutional amendment

1:50 PM on Sunday, June 7

Former Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood has died

1:49 PM on Sunday, June 7

A federal lawsuit seeks to halt the upcoming UFC fight card on the White House South Lawn in a mixed martial arts show timed for President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday and part of the celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary

10:10 AM on Sunday, June 7

9:38 AM on Sunday, June 7

Britain’s deputy prime minister said Sunday that he told U.S. Vice President JD Vance he was wrong to blame immigration for the death of a university student who was handcuffed as he lay dying from a stab wound

7:56 AM on Sunday, June 7

Donald Trump plans to be back at Madison Square Garden in New York to watch Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs

2:13 AM on Sunday, June 7

Armenians are voting in a parliamentary election as the government seeks to loosen ties with Moscow and increase cooperation with the West

12:08 AM on Sunday, June 7

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is traveling to North Korea for the first time in nearly seven years, offering North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a stage to showcase an increasingly assertive foreign policy anchored by closer ties with his country’s former Cold War allies

12:06 AM on Sunday, June 7

A national redistricting battle is about to enter a new phase

9:32 PM on Saturday, June 6

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called a U_S_ push for denuclearization of North Korea “anachronistic dream."

5:27 PM on Saturday, June 6

A weekslong standoff between demonstrators and law enforcement outside a New Jersey immigration detention center has become the latest flashpoint for protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown

12:32 PM on Saturday, June 6

Raúl Castro has made his first public appearance since he was indicted last month by the U.S. for his alleged role in the 1996 downing of two civilian aircraft

9:10 AM on Saturday, June 6

Colombia’s presidential runoff between Iván Cepeda, an ally of President Gustavo Petro, and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, who has been endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump, could have major implications for the Amazon rainforest, fossil fuel development and Indigenous communities

6:43 AM on Saturday, June 6

Bernadette Chirac, the steel-willed former first lady of France, has died

4:10 AM on Saturday, June 6

Iran has fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait

12:36 AM on Saturday, June 6

Pope Leo XIV’s weeklong visit to Spain has brought him to a once-staunchly Catholic country that has long been in the throes of waning religious practice

12:17 AM on Saturday, June 6

Pope Leo XIV is urging Spaniards to stop “fanning the flames of polarization” as he arrived in Spain

12:03 AM on Saturday, June 6

Armenia's parliamentary elections Sunday will focus on its geopolitical future as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks closer ties with the EU and the U.S. That is despite Armenia's longstanding relations with Russia that are favored by most of the country's opposition parties

11:56 AM on Tuesday, May 26