Politics & Government News

9:57 AM on Thursday, October 2

A 23-year-old man has pleaded guilty to throwing a Molotov cocktail at Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies during protests against immigration raids across the region last spring

9:38 AM on Thursday, October 2

Republican leaders have presented a united stance as they try to keep the government open and berate Democrats for demanding health care policy changes in exchange for their votes

7:58 AM on Thursday, October 2

A U.S. immigration judge has denied a bid for asylum from Kilmar Abrego Garcia

6:45 AM on Thursday, October 2

Forty years ago, Israeli warplanes struck the Palestine Liberation Organization’s headquarters outside Tunisia’s capital

6:13 AM on Thursday, October 2

The death toll after days of violent clashes in Kashmir between Pakistan security forces and demonstrators has risen to nine

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French President Emmanuel Macron says Europe must take a tougher approach on Russia by shooting down drones the violate European airspace and boarding Moscow's shadow fleet ships

5:00 AM on Thursday, October 2

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Papua New Guinea’s Cabinet has approved a defense treaty with Australia, aiming to curb Chinese influence in the region

10:09 PM on Wednesday, October 1

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has apologized for poorly managed foreign adoption programs that were rife with abuses and fraud

9:12 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Veteran Belarus opposition leader Mikalai Statkevich has vanished after refusing to leave the country in a U.S.-negotiated prisoner release in September, and human rights activists are demanding the government reveal his whereabouts

9:03 PM on Wednesday, October 1

If you’ve been in Washington long enough, you’ve most likely argued both sides of a government shutdown

6:53 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A Japanese nationalist party led by fiery anti-globalist Sohei Kamiya was among the biggest winners in this summer’s parliamentary election

5:05 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza say the Israeli navy intercepted at least 19 of their boats as they approached the besieged Palestinian territory

3:17 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Anti-government unrest in Morocco filled the streets for a fifth straight night, as protests over the state of public services descended into deadly violence and destruction

2:47 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Israel’s defense minister has ordered all remaining Palestinians to leave Gaza City, saying it is their “last opportunity.”

10:11 PM on Tuesday, September 30