Politics & Government News

9:38 AM on Friday, September 5

Belarus has detained a Polish monk on suspicion of espionage, the latest escalation in Minsk's long-running standoff with its NATO member neighbor

7:51 AM on Friday, September 5

Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles has toured a Japanese navy frigate of the same Japan-made model that Australia has chosen for its new fleet, as the two countries step up military ties to deter China’s growing influence

7:48 AM on Friday, September 5

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is delaying a requirement for automakers that sell in Canada to begin hitting minimum sales levels for electric vehicles next year

7:16 AM on Friday, September 5

More than 100,000 people in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province have been evacuated from low-lying areas along the Indus river after neighboring India warned of cross-border flooding from dam releases, officials said

6:43 AM on Friday, September 5

Lebanon’s Cabinet has met to discuss a plan by the Lebanese army to disarm Hezbollah and consolidate weapons under state control

5:48 AM on Friday, September 5

5:48 AM on Friday, September 5

5:46 AM on Friday, September 5

Spain’s foreign minister says that he would support the expulsion of Israel Premier Tech from the Spanish Vuelta cycling race after the team was targeted by a pro-Palestinian protest that disrupted the event

5:41 AM on Friday, September 5

A Council of Europe delegation has criticized the arrest of a Turkish activist who was detained after denouncing President Erdogan's government at a meeting of Europe’s leading human rights body

4:39 AM on Friday, September 5

Pakistan signed $8.5 billion in new investment agreements with China during a visit to Beijing by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif

4:29 AM on Friday, September 5

Boston voters will narrow the field of candidates for mayor in a municipal primary that pits incumbent Michelle Wu against Josh Kraft, son of billionaire New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft

4:15 AM on Friday, September 5

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has shaken up his Cabinet after Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigned over a tax error

4:12 AM on Friday, September 5

Voters in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington will choose a replacement Tuesday for the late Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly, who died in May after battling cancer

4:06 AM on Friday, September 5

4:05 AM on Friday, September 5

Members of California’s Sikh trucking community say a deadly crash involving one of its own has led to a spike in anti-Sikh rhetoric

3:15 AM on Friday, September 5

Kim Jong Un put on a command performance this week at a gathering of some two dozen world leaders in China

3:06 AM on Friday, September 5

As the cost of electricity outpaces inflation, consumer advocates are sounding alarms about the risks to low-income people who can't afford consistent air conditioning in deadly heat

9:09 PM on Thursday, September 4

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is taking a more collaborative approach with Republican opponents in his first eight months in office despite disagreeing with them on many issues

6:12 PM on Thursday, September 4

The Trump administration is investigating Medicaid spending in at least six Democratic-led states that provide comprehensive health coverage to poor and disabled immigrants living in the U.S. without permanent legal status

6:02 PM on Thursday, September 4

Veteran Thai politician Anutin Charnvirakul has been elected prime minister in a parliamentary vote