Politics & Government News

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Forty years ago, Israeli warplanes struck the Palestine Liberation Organization’s headquarters outside Tunisia’s capital

6:13 AM on Thursday, October 2

The death toll after days of violent clashes in Kashmir between Pakistan security forces and demonstrators has risen to nine

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Papua New Guinea’s Cabinet has approved a defense treaty with Australia, aiming to curb Chinese influence in the region

10:09 PM on Wednesday, October 1

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has apologized for poorly managed foreign adoption programs that were rife with abuses and fraud

9:12 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Veteran Belarus opposition leader Mikalai Statkevich has vanished after refusing to leave the country in a U.S.-negotiated prisoner release in September, and human rights activists are demanding the government reveal his whereabouts

7:31 PM on Wednesday, October 1

El Salvador’s Journalists Association is moving its legal status out of the country in response to a foreign agents law passed earlier this year

6:53 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A Japanese nationalist party led by fiery anti-globalist Sohei Kamiya was among the biggest winners in this summer’s parliamentary election

4:16 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A week after her decisive win in an Arizona special election for the U.S. House, Democrat Adelita Grijalva has yet to take office

6:59 AM on Wednesday, October 1

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order pledging to defend Qatar, including using U.S. military action if necessary

5:20 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The U.S. Senate has adjourned with no resolution on how to reopen the government

5:05 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza say the Israeli navy intercepted at least 19 of their boats as they approached the besieged Palestinian territory

3:17 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Anti-government unrest in Morocco filled the streets for a fifth straight night, as protests over the state of public services descended into deadly violence and destruction

2:47 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Israel’s defense minister has ordered all remaining Palestinians to leave Gaza City, saying it is their “last opportunity.”

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New Mexico legislators are pushing to shore up safety-net spending in response to President Donald Trump’s spending and tax cuts, in a state with one of the highest enrollment rates for Medicaid and federal food assistance