Politics & Government News

6:47 AM on Thursday, April 16

U.S. military forces have struck a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing three men the Pentagon says were trafficking drugs

6:34 AM on Thursday, April 16

Gabon’s former prime minister and leading opposition figure, Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, has been arrested by the country’s security forces, his party announced in a statement on Thursday

6:14 AM on Thursday, April 16

Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan's army chief, is playing a crucial role in mediating between Iran and the U.S. A recent video shows him in Tehran, highlighting his involvement in easing tensions

6:05 AM on Thursday, April 16

President Donald Trump's design for the Triumphal Arch he wants to build is up for review by a key federal agency and a possible vote to approve it

6:02 AM on Thursday, April 16

In a rare bipartisan moment, the House has agreed to consider legislation that would extend temporary protections for Haitian immigrants

6:01 AM on Thursday, April 16

A new Gallup poll shows more young men in the U.S. now say religion is “very important” in their lives compared to young women

4:59 AM on Thursday, April 16

A South African opposition party leader, Julius Malema, has been sentenced to five years in prison for breaking firearm laws

4:21 AM on Thursday, April 16

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is receiving the prestigious International Four Freedoms Award

3:38 AM on Thursday, April 16

A Kazakh court has convicted 19 Kazakh activists after a protest against Beijing’s crackdown in China’s far-western Xinjiang region last year, in what advocates call an extraordinary move by the Kazakh government to silence dissident at the behest of Beijing

2:22 AM on Thursday, April 16

India’s Parliament has opened debate on a landmark bill to reserve one-third of seats for women, a reform that could also trigger a sweeping redrawing of electoral boundaries and heighten political tensions

1:48 AM on Thursday, April 16

Lionel Rosenblatt, a high-profile advocate for refugee rights, has died at 82 after a battle with cancer

12:05 AM on Thursday, April 16

Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa has been marked by an unusual dynamic with U.S. President Donald Trump

11:14 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Pakistan’s army chief is meeting Iranian officials in Tehran on Thursday to try to extend a ceasefire in the Middle East

11:12 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Democrats are boasting of eye-popping fundraising hauls in some of this year's most competitive Senate contests

11:08 PM on Wednesday, April 15

President Donald Trump heads to Las Vegas to promote the tax cuts he signed into law last year, part of a push to focus on economic issues ahead of this year’s elections

11:02 PM on Wednesday, April 15

From its earliest days as a country, the diverse United States has aspired to unity

11:02 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Analilia Mejia will try to expand Democratic momentum in New Jersey as she and Republican Joe Hathaway compete in a special election for the U.S. House

10:13 PM on Wednesday, April 15

A man who had immigrated to the U.S. has been charged in a string of deadly attacks in the Atlanta suburbs that quickly drew the attention of President Donald Trump’s administration

8:38 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Human Rights Watch, in a detailed new report, says Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church while tightening surveillance and travel restrictions on all of China’s estimated 12 million Catholics

10:26 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni's relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump appears strained