Politics & Government News

10:49 PM on Thursday, December 25

Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an election framed by the ruling military as a return to multi-party democracy

6:40 PM on Thursday, December 25

President Donald Trump says the U.S. launched a deadly strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the the West African country's government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians

6:35 PM on Thursday, December 25

Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians

2:06 PM on Thursday, December 25

Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel takes aim at U.S. President Donald Trump in a message to U.K. viewers

12:19 PM on Thursday, December 25

12:13 PM on Thursday, December 25

Mariela Gómez and thousands of Venezuelan immigrants have faced a challenging Christmas after Donald Trump returned to the White House in January

9:51 AM on Thursday, December 25

The Kremlin is in talks with French authorities about French scholar Laurent Vinatier, who is serving a three-year sentence in Russia and reportedly faces new espionage charges

8:51 AM on Thursday, December 25

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's family says he's underwent double hernia surgery at a hospital in the country's capital

5:10 AM on Thursday, December 25

Algerian legislators have declared France's colonization a crime, demanding restitution for property taken during its 130-year rule

2:13 AM on Thursday, December 25

The son of a former Bangladesh prime minister has returned to the country after more than 17 years in exile

1:42 AM on Thursday, December 25

Residents of Somalia’s capital are set to vote in a controversial local election that marks the country’s first-ever one-person, one-vote poll since 1969

Thursday, December 25

King Charles III has urged people to focus on kindness instead of conflict in his annual Christmas address

9:20 PM on Wednesday, December 24

North Korea displayed apparent progress in the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine, with state media photos showing a largely completed hull as leader Kim Jong Un condemned rival South Korea’s push to acquire the technology

6:31 PM on Wednesday, December 24

President Donald Trump marked Christmas Eve by chatting with children about their holiday wishes

5:17 PM on Wednesday, December 24

Former Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters is asking the state appeals court to recognize President Donald Trump’s pardon of her state convictions as valid

4:50 PM on Wednesday, December 24

A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center has been canceled

4:23 PM on Wednesday, December 24

Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura has won Honduras’ presidential election, according to electoral authorities

4:16 PM on Wednesday, December 24

Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura declared winner of Honduras' presidential vote

1:50 PM on Wednesday, December 24

The Justice Department says that finishing the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein files could take a “few more weeks,” further delaying compliance with a Dec. 19 deadline set by Congress

1:19 PM on Monday, December 8