Politics & Government News

9:28 AM on Monday, October 27

By holding nuclear drills and boasting about the successful test of a pioneering nuclear-powered cruise missile, Russian President Vladimir Putin is sending a message to President Donald Trump: Moscow wouldn’t be cowed into concessions on Ukraine

9:26 AM on Monday, October 27

Their feet are sore and they are tired, but a group of students from southwestern Serbia are determined to walk all the way to the country’s north as part of their campaign to keep attention on the victims of a train station disaster almost a year ago

9:05 AM on Monday, October 27

North Korea's top diplomat has visited the Kremlin for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin

8:00 AM on Monday, October 27

7:54 AM on Monday, October 27

A court in Mali has sentenced to prison a former prime minister who publicly expressed solidarity with jailed critics of the military junta

7:43 AM on Monday, October 27

A third day of peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan are underway in Istanbul, officials on both sides said

6:22 AM on Monday, October 27

Israel’s foreign minister says his government will not allow Turkish troops to take part in a future international peace force in Gaza

6:14 AM on Monday, October 27

Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Braun has called a special session and directed state lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts

6:14 AM on Monday, October 27

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has arrived in Turkey to advance negotiations on a multi-billion-dollar sale of Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Ankara

5:38 AM on Monday, October 27

A Kremlin official says Russia’s test of a nuclear-powered missile that it claims can’t be stopped by air defenses reflects Moscow’s determination to look out for its security interests

5:21 AM on Monday, October 27

Notices of rising health insurance premiums are landing in voters’ mailboxes and sending some to town halls to vent their frustration

5:07 AM on Monday, October 27

East Timor’s President José Ramos-Horta has expressed willingness to mediate in Myanmar’s civil war after his country joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

5:06 AM on Monday, October 27

Efforts to back fill some of the cuts to U.S. foreign aid by the Trump administration raised over $125 million in eight months

4:13 AM on Monday, October 27

Lithuania’s prime minister says her country has drawn up plans to shut its border crossings with Belarus indefinitely, with some exemptions

2:54 AM on Monday, October 27

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has urged Asia-Pacific leaders to prioritize dialogue and cooperation over coercion and confrontation

11:59 PM on Sunday, October 26

U.S. President Donald Trump is now in Japan for his first meeting with the new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi

6:38 PM on Sunday, October 26

Cameroon’s top court has declared incumbent Paul Biya, the world’s oldest president, the winner of the latest election

6:15 PM on Sunday, October 26

A report says at least 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups remain worldwide and face growing threats from logging, mining, missionaries and organized crime

2:35 PM on Sunday, October 26

9:59 PM on Saturday, October 25

Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has won decisive victories in key districts across the country in midterm elections