Politics & Government News

8:04 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Cyprus will vaccinate thousands of goats, sheep, hogs and cows to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease

7:48 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Cambodia has freed opposition politician Sun Chanthy early after King Norodom Sihamoni granted him a royal pardon

7:28 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Mexico has sent a second humanitarian aid package to Cuba as the island struggles with fuel shortages and tighter U.S. pressure

7:27 AM on Wednesday, February 25

A now-closed camp in northeast Syria saw “mass escape” of people there, raising fresh fears about Islamic State-linked security risks

7:00 AM on Wednesday, February 25

The Speaker of the U.K.’s House of Commons has told lawmakers that he tipped off police that Peter Mandelson, the former ambassador to the U.S. who is facing accusations of leaking information to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was a possible flight risk

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Brazil’s Supreme Court is considering the fate of five suspects accused in Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco’s killing in 2018

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ordered extra security at critical energy infrastructure sites after claiming Ukraine was attempting to disrupt Hungary’s energy system

5:09 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Iran is pushing back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear program, alternating between calling his remarks lies to saying negotiations may yield an agreement through diplomacy

4:23 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Wellness influencer and entrepreneur Dr. Casey Means is speaking before the Senate health committee and talking about promoting “a great national healing” as she seeks approval to be U.S. surgeon general

3:40 AM on Wednesday, February 25

President Donald Trump has a midterm year message to sell

2:43 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Ukrainian delegation is set to meet on Thursday with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys ahead of another round of trilateral talks with Russia

1:48 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Iran has pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear program

11:12 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Facing tough odds in an upcoming election, Hungary’s pro-Russian prime minister is trying to convince voters that the greatest threat to the country is not economic stagnation, but neighboring Ukraine

10:00 PM on Tuesday, February 24

China and Germany have pledged to deepen ties despite differences over Russia’s war in Ukraine

9:11 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has flown to the Caribbean country of St. Kitts and Nevis for talks with regional leaders unsettled about Trump administration policies

11:45 AM on Tuesday, February 24

The gold medal-winning U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team has visited President Donald Trump at the White House and later received about a 2-minute bipartisan standing ovation during his State of the Union address