Politics & Government News

9:49 AM on Tuesday, January 20

NATO leaders escalate warnings that Trump's aggression toward Greenland threatens alliance with the US

8:44 AM on Tuesday, January 20

The European Union plans to phase out telecom gear from companies in "high risk" countries, targeting Chinese firms like Huawei and ZTE

6:18 AM on Tuesday, January 20

Seven lawmakers have quit Geert Wilders' far-right political party, dealing a major blow to the Dutch anti-Islam leader

5:27 AM on Tuesday, January 20

A privately funded initiative called “Be The People” will try to connect hundreds of millions of Americans with efforts to solve local problems as part of a vision for the next 250 years of the United States

5:12 AM on Tuesday, January 20

French President Emmanuel Macron and NATO head Mark Rutte have sent text messages to U.S. President Donald Trump

4:40 AM on Tuesday, January 20

President Donald Trump has shared private messages from world leaders about Greenland, revealing softer tones behind public criticism

4:39 AM on Tuesday, January 20

The British government is considering banning young teenagers from social media to protect them from harmful content and excessive screen time

4:33 AM on Tuesday, January 20

President Donald Trump promised the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, but achieving his goal wouldn’t have been possible without his big tax and spending cuts bill

4:10 AM on Tuesday, January 20

China's one-child policy led to harsh measures like forced abortions and sterilizations

3:46 AM on Tuesday, January 20

President Salva Kiir of South Sudan has dismissed his interior minister, Angelina Teny, who is the wife of detained opposition leader Riek Machar

3:37 AM on Tuesday, January 20

President Trump has criticized a deal between Britain and Mauritius over the Chagos Islands, calling it "an act of GREAT STUPIDITY."

2:40 AM on Tuesday, January 20

European Union’s top official questions U.S. President Donald Trump’s trustworthiness over Greenland tariff threat

1:35 AM on Tuesday, January 20

Malaysia-s foreign minister says The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not endorse elections in military-ruled Myanmar

12:49 AM on Tuesday, January 20

The health of jailed Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is failing, his party says, after he was driven overnight to a medical facility in the capital of Kampala

12:22 AM on Tuesday, January 20

The British government is defending its decision to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized the move

10:04 PM on Monday, January 19

An enormous population has long been a foundational way for China to project its strength

9:55 PM on Monday, January 19

Marine Le Pen's political future is uncertain as she faces an appeals trial in Paris

7:53 PM on Monday, January 19

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed a vice premier over issues in a factory modernization project

5:21 AM on Monday, January 19

An Israeli official says the nation has been asked to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace that will supervise the next phase of the Gaza peace plan

1:38 AM on Monday, January 19

U_S_ President Donald Trump has linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer feels “an obligation to think purely of Peace."