Politics & Government News

7:41 AM on Thursday, September 18

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children

5:57 AM on Thursday, September 18

The U.K. has returned the first migrant to France under a new "one in, one out" policy for asylum-seekers who enter the country without authorization

5:50 AM on Thursday, September 18

Prime Minister Edi Rama has introduced an AI-generated bot which he has called a government minister in the Albanian parliament

5:44 AM on Thursday, September 18

5:43 AM on Thursday, September 18

5:21 AM on Thursday, September 18

Turkey is closely monitoring Cyprus' reported purchase of an Israeli air defense system

5:15 AM on Thursday, September 18

Dozens of women’s rights activists have rallied near the U.S. Embassy in Brussels to protest what plans by President Donald Trump's administration to destroy millions of dollars in family planning supplies meant for women living in hardship in Africa

5:07 AM on Thursday, September 18

The family philanthropy of hedge fund billionaire George Soros has consistently been one of the largest funders of human rights organizations around the world

4:36 AM on Thursday, September 18

Syria’s foreign minister is in Washington, kicking off the first official visit to the United States by a top Syrian official in 25 years as the new government in Damascus struggles to recover from the civil war and boost relations with the West following the fall of autocrat Bashar Assad

4:28 AM on Thursday, September 18

Israel’s culture minister has cut funding for the country’s top film awards ceremony, criticizing this year’s best feature winner

4:04 AM on Thursday, September 18

3:54 AM on Thursday, September 18

Most of the 2.6 million people displaced by record floods in Pakistan’s Punjab province have returned home to find their houses damaged and crops destroyed

3:22 AM on Thursday, September 18

UN officials say aid workers are still in a “race against time” to remove rubble and rebuild after a devastating earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan east last month

2:32 AM on Thursday, September 18

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has ratified a controversial media law allowing hefty fines and the potential closure of media outlets

1:41 AM on Thursday, September 18

China’s defense minister has renewed threats of his country’s takeover of self-ruled Taiwan as he opened a security forum in Beijing on Thursday

1:01 AM on Thursday, September 18

South Korean investigators have requested an arrest warrant for Hak Ja Han, leader of the Unification Church

10:12 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Australia has set a new target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by between 62% and 70% below 2005 levels by 2035

10:00 PM on Wednesday, September 17

5:14 PM on Wednesday, September 17

In what was expected to be a contentious Federal Reserve meeting, policymakers on Wednesday instead emerged with a nearly unanimous voice to cut interest rates by a quarter-point

4:03 PM on Wednesday, September 17

At least 11 of the 14 immigrants deported by the U.S. to Ghana are still being held there, according to the deportees and their lawyers