Politics & Government News

7:30 AM on Monday, February 9

5:15 AM on Monday, February 9

The U.N. migration agency says a shipwreck off Libya's coast has left at least 53 Europe-bound migrants dead or missing

4:40 AM on Monday, February 9

Iraq says a high-level officer during Saddam Hussein's rule has been hanged for his involvement in the 1980 killing of a prominent Shiite cleric

1:40 AM on Monday, February 9

Iranian security forces have launched a campaign to arrest figures within the country's reformist movement

11:24 PM on Sunday, February 8

The Bhumjaithai Party of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is on track to win the most seats in Thailand’s general election, according to unofficial results

11:16 PM on Sunday, February 8

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party has secured a two-thirds supermajority in a parliamentary election

10:54 PM on Sunday, February 8

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says a close ally was kidnapped hours after being released from prison

8:23 PM on Sunday, February 8

Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumps 4.5% after Prime Minister Takaichi's ruling party wins a stronger majority in election.

6:02 PM on Sunday, February 8

Children visiting polling stations in Portugal with their parents during the presidential election got to cast votes for their favorite fictional characters

5:05 PM on Sunday, February 8

A federal judge has refused to help in attempts to open early voting sites at three public North Carolina universities

4:18 PM on Sunday, February 8

Former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has become what observers say is a symbol of the 2020 crackdown on press freedoms in Hong Kong

3:50 PM on Sunday, February 8

Nicaragua's government blocks Cuban citizens from entering without a visa, cutting off a key migration route to the U.S. The government confirmed this change on Sunday, suspending an exemption that allowed Cubans to enter visa-free

2:00 PM on Sunday, February 8

Israel President Isaac Herzog visits Australia to support the Jewish community after an antisemitic attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach left 15 dead

12:15 PM on Sunday, February 8

Venezuela’s government has released several prominent opposition members from prison, including one of the closest allies of Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado

4:31 AM on Sunday, February 8

A Russian airstrike on a residential area in eastern Ukraine has killed one person and wounded two others

3:37 AM on Sunday, February 8

France’s former Culture Minister Jack Lang has resigned as head of a Paris cultural center

11:05 PM on Saturday, February 7

Center-left Socialist candidate António José Seguro has won Portugal’s presidential runoff election against hard-right populist André Ventura

4:07 PM on Saturday, February 7

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party has secured a two-thirds supermajority in a parliamentary election

6:18 PM on Friday, February 6

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's party won a huge election Sunday, taking advantage of her popularity among fans who see the hardline conservative as someone who speaks her mind and can bring change

3:09 PM on Monday, January 26