Politics & Government News

5:58 AM on Monday, September 8

The International Criminal Court has postponed a pretrial hearing for former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte due to health concerns

5:39 AM on Monday, September 8

Senior Ukrainian officials have led 60 foreign diplomats on a tour of damaged government offices in the heart of Kyiv

5:38 AM on Monday, September 8

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has intensified criticism of Israel's actions in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict

5:09 AM on Monday, September 8

The jockeying for a new prime minister has begun as outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's beleaguered long-governing Liberal Democratic Party struggles to stay in power

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4:39 AM on Monday, September 8

A wealthy business couple has identified several Philippine congressmen and public works officials, alleging they forced them to pay huge kickbacks so they could secure lucrative flood-control projects from the government in explosive testimony during a nationally televised Senate investigation

4:36 AM on Monday, September 8

President Donald Trump is swiftly implementing his vision of the military as an all-powerful tool for his policy goals

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Doug Wilson was once a fringe pastor in Idaho and is now a significant voice in the Christian right

4:14 AM on Monday, September 8

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says “violence or threats of violence” against judges shouldn’t be the cost of public service

3:56 AM on Monday, September 8

South Korea’s foreign minister has departed for the U.S. to finalize steps for the return of several hundred South Korean workers detained last week in a massive immigration raid in Georgia

3:54 AM on Monday, September 8

Samoa’s incumbent ruling party will return to power with a new leader at the helm after the country’s first woman prime minister was toppled in elections that followed months of political turmoil

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As President Donald Trump signals plans to order federal intervention in Chicago, experts say the likely escalation of immigration enforcement operations is setting the stage for a contentious dynamic between local police and federal authorities

3:01 AM on Monday, September 8

Indonesia’s president has announced a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing key economic and security ministers after deadly protests erupted over lawmakers' perks

1:43 AM on Monday, September 8

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the detention of hundreds of South Koreans in a raid at a Georgia Hyundai plant won’t deter U.S. investment

1:39 AM on Monday, September 8

Hundreds of supporters of Turkey's main opposition party, the CHP, have defied a ban on public gatherings in Istanbul

1:38 AM on Monday, September 8

Police in Kathmandu have opened fire on protesters demonstrating against a government ban on social media, killing at least 11 people and wounding dozens more