Politics & Government News

2:08 AM on Saturday, November 1

Pakistan has partially reopened the Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan, allowing thousands of stranded Afghan refugees to return home

1:26 AM on Saturday, November 1

A crowd surge at a Hindu temple in southern India has left at least nine people dead and dozens injured

1:03 AM on Saturday, November 1

Egypt is inaugurating the Grand Egyptian Museum, the world's largest museum dedicated to its ancient civilization and an effort aimed at boosting the country's tourism industry and troubled economy

12:02 AM on Saturday, November 1

Foreign ministers from Germany, Jordan and the United Kingdom have called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan

10:46 PM on Friday, October 31

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has won the country’s disputed election with more than 97% of the vote

10:38 PM on Friday, October 31

Official results in Tanzania election show President Samia Suluhu Hassan winning with 97.6% of the vote

9:07 PM on Friday, October 31

A small company in Vermont that specializes in women's cycling apparel is at the center of the fight over President Donald Trump's contentious tariff policy

9:05 PM on Friday, October 31

Former President Barack Obama is headlining rallies for Democrats running for governor in Virginia and New Jersey

9:02 PM on Friday, October 31

The final stretch of New York City's mayoral race has candidates Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo painting two very different pictures

8:24 PM on Friday, October 31

7:20 PM on Friday, October 31

The chief of staff to President Javier Milei of Argentina has resigned, less than a week after the governing party won a new mandate to accelerate his program of radical reform in pivotal midterm elections

6:21 PM on Friday, October 31

New York Attorney General Letitia James is pushing back against the Trump administration's investigation of cases that she brought against the president and National Rifle Association

5:12 PM on Friday, October 31

Leaders of 21 Asia-Pacific Rim nations have vowed greater economic cooperation and integration to overcome shared challenges

2:57 PM on Friday, October 31

In Minneapolis, where Somali refugees helped revitalize entire neighborhoods, the community was stunned by the presidential order capping annual refugee admissions at 7,500, the lowest number since the program began in 1980

1:38 PM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced

1:01 PM on Friday, October 31

Continued staffing shortages in air traffic control facilities are causing delays at airports as the government shutdown nears the one-month mark

10:47 AM on Friday, October 31

U.S. national intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard says America’s former strategy of “regime change or nation building” has ended under President Donald Trump

6:25 AM on Friday, October 31

Federal judges have ruled that the Trump administration must continue funding SNAP during the government shutdown

6:11 AM on Friday, October 31

Tens of thousands of students and other opponents of Serbia's populist president are gathering in the city of Novi Sad

7:03 PM on Wednesday, October 15