Politics & Government News

3:34 AM on Thursday, October 16

The military in Madagascar has seized power, ousting President Andry Rajoelina, who has fled the country

2:43 AM on Thursday, October 16

Embattled French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survives a no-confidence vote in Parliament

12:49 AM on Thursday, October 16

India is looking to increase its purchases of crude oil and natural gas from the U.S. as it diversifies its energy supplies following criticism by U.S. President Donald Trump over its imports of discounted Russian oil

12:36 AM on Thursday, October 16

In the wake of massive U.S. cuts to foreign aid, the tiny country of Lesotho in southern Africa faces deep uncertainty and worry over its HIV-positive residents

11:54 PM on Wednesday, October 15

11:34 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has appeared in public for the first time since being sentenced to death in absentia for treason and war crimes

9:01 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A posthumous memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein's best-known accusers is set for release Tuesday

7:53 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves has further restricted access to abortion, limiting it to situations when the mother’s life is in danger

7:00 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Conservationists and the state of Oregon have asked a federal court to approve changes to dam operations on the lower Snake and Columbia Rivers to help restore salmon populations

6:34 PM on Wednesday, October 15

President Donald Trump has welcomed nearly 130 donors, allies and representatives of major companies for a dinner at the White House to reward them for their contributions to a new $250 million ballroom project

6:00 PM on Wednesday, October 15

4:07 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called for economic retaliation against the U.S. after Stellantis decided to move Jeep Compass production from Canada to the U.S. Ford blames U.S. President Donald Trump for the move, which affects workers in Brampton, Ontario

2:32 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The stench of decay has spread around Poza Rica, one of the areas hardest hit by last week’s torrential rains that flooded central and eastern Mexico

2:12 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The head of an elite Madagascar military unit ousted the African island country’s president in a coup, capping weeks of youth-led protests over poverty and other issues

11:44 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Andry Rajoelina, once a young mayor who led protests against Madagascar's government, has been ousted as president

11:40 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The Trump administration is looking to provide an additional $20 billion in financing for Argentina

10:53 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Cook County’s top judge has signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at court

6:40 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Cambodia's government says it hopes the U.S. and Britain have enough evidence in their pursuit of Cambodia’s Prince Holding Group and its Chairman Chen Zhi

6:17 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Dozens of reporters have turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon rather than agree to restrictions on their work

10:51 PM on Tuesday, October 14

Officials say one of the “most significant” airlifts in Alaska history is underway to evacuate hundreds of people from storm-devastated coastal towns