Politics & Government News

9:18 AM on Tuesday, January 20

Seven lawmakers have quit Geert Wilders' far-right political party, dealing a major blow to the Dutch anti-Islam leader

7:40 AM on Tuesday, January 20

President Donald Trump has shared private messages from world leaders about Greenland, revealing softer tones behind public criticism

7:39 AM on Tuesday, January 20

The British government is considering banning young teenagers from social media to protect them from harmful content and excessive screen time

6:46 AM on Tuesday, January 20

President Salva Kiir of South Sudan has dismissed his interior minister, Angelina Teny, who is the wife of detained opposition leader Riek Machar

6:37 AM on Tuesday, January 20

President Trump has criticized a deal between Britain and Mauritius over the Chagos Islands, calling it "an act of GREAT STUPIDITY."

5:40 AM on Tuesday, January 20

European Union’s top official questions U.S. President Donald Trump’s trustworthiness over Greenland tariff threat

4:35 AM on Tuesday, January 20

Malaysia-s foreign minister says The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not endorse elections in military-ruled Myanmar

3:49 AM on Tuesday, January 20

The health of jailed Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is failing, his party says, after he was driven overnight to a medical facility in the capital of Kampala

1:04 AM on Tuesday, January 20

An enormous population has long been a foundational way for China to project its strength

12:55 AM on Tuesday, January 20

Marine Le Pen's political future is uncertain as she faces an appeals trial in Paris

12:20 AM on Tuesday, January 20

On the anniversary of his inauguration, President Donald Trump is heading to the World Economic Forum in Davos, an annual gathering of the global elite

12:02 AM on Tuesday, January 20

Latin American progressive leaders are increasingly being backed into a corner on organized crime by pressure from the Trump administration and their own voters, who point to the results from El Salvador's war on gangs

10:53 PM on Monday, January 19

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed a vice premier over issues in a factory modernization project

9:49 PM on Monday, January 19

An Indiana state court judge and his wife are in stable condition after being shot in their Lafayette home

9:00 PM on Monday, January 19

12:39 PM on Monday, January 19

Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev says he is stepping down from the mostly ceremonial job

12:39 PM on Monday, January 19

8:21 AM on Monday, January 19

An Israeli official says the nation has been asked to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace that will supervise the next phase of the Gaza peace plan

4:38 AM on Monday, January 19

U_S_ President Donald Trump has linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer feels “an obligation to think purely of Peace."

12:03 AM on Monday, January 19

Communities across the U.S. held parades, panels and service projects for the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day