Politics & Government News

11:00 AM on Sunday, February 15

Demonstrators across the Czech Republic have backed President Petr Pavel in a dispute with the foreign minister over a Cabinet appointment

10:49 AM on Sunday, February 15

Lawmakers and the White House are offering no signs of compromise in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers

10:25 AM on Sunday, February 15

President Gustavo Petro said he will accept a proposal by Colombia’s largest remaining rebel group to allow an independent commission to investigate its alleged links to the drug trade

9:35 AM on Sunday, February 15

More than 1,000 immigration agents have left Minnesota’s Twin Cities area and hundreds more will depart in the days ahead as part of the Trump administration’s drawdown of its immigration enforcement surge

9:22 AM on Sunday, February 15

Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar is launching his election campaign and says he can return Hungary to a stronger European path

8:45 AM on Sunday, February 15

President Donald Trump says that members of his newly created Board of Peace have pledged $5 billion toward rebuilding Gaza and will commit thousands of personnel to international stabilization and police forces for the territory

8:35 AM on Sunday, February 15

The U.N. refugee agency says residents are leaving Syria’s al-Hol camp in large numbers, and Syrian authorities plan to relocate those who remain

8:04 AM on Sunday, February 15

Israel is beginning a land registration process in the occupied West Bank that critics say can shift large areas into state control

8:02 AM on Sunday, February 15

Iranian state media reports that Iran’s top diplomat is traveling to Geneva where the second round of nuclear negotiations with the U.S. will take place

5:56 AM on Sunday, February 15

The U.S. military says it's boarded another sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean

4:46 AM on Sunday, February 15

Many political candidates pitch themselves as outsiders

3:03 AM on Sunday, February 15

A top European Union official has rejected the notion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure,” pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration

9:01 PM on Saturday, February 14

9:00 PM on Saturday, February 14

Larry the cat is marking 15 years as Britain’s Chief Mouser at 10 Downing Street, a symbol of stability in turbulent political times

8:58 PM on Saturday, February 14

A month after violent clashes in a Kurdish-majority neighborhood in Syria's Aleppo, tens of thousands of residents have returned

3:41 PM on Saturday, February 14

Led by Justin McBride's 21 points, the James Madison Dukes defeated the Appalachian State Mountaineers 69-58 on Saturday

2:03 PM on Saturday, February 14

The seven Western states that depend on the Colorado River have missed a deadline for the second time to agree on a plan addressing record drought and water shortages

12:37 PM on Saturday, February 14

Organizers say Cuba’s annual cigar fair, which was set to be held the last week of February, has been postponed

2:46 AM on Saturday, February 14

About 250,000 people have demonstrated against Iran’s government on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany

9:12 AM on Thursday, January 29