Politics & Government News

10:29 AM on Saturday, June 6

Police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir have arrested dozens of supporters of an outlawed group demanding improved services and greater rights

10:08 AM on Saturday, June 6

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has uses a D-Day anniversary speech in France to link immigration by sea to wartime liberation

8:35 AM on Saturday, June 6

Lebanon’s government has inaugurated the country’s second international airport which is expected to open to the public within weeks

8:16 AM on Saturday, June 6

The upcoming World Cup will feature 48 teams and 104 matches across the United, Mexico, and Canada

8:10 AM on Saturday, June 6

Colombia’s presidential runoff between Iván Cepeda, an ally of President Gustavo Petro, and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, who has been endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump, could have major implications for the Amazon rainforest, fossil fuel development and Indigenous communities

7:05 AM on Saturday, June 6

President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to Stephen Buyer, a former Republican congressman from Indiana who served nearly two years in prison for making illegal stock trades based on inside information after he left office

5:43 AM on Saturday, June 6

Bernadette Chirac, the steel-willed former first lady of France, has died

3:10 AM on Saturday, June 6

Iran has fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait, according to Bahrain’s government

2:34 AM on Saturday, June 6

Residents of St. Petersburg have been told to stay indoors after a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack targeted the city

12:25 AM on Saturday, June 6

Voters in Kosovo are heading to the polls this weekend for the third time in 18 months

11:36 PM on Friday, June 5

Pope Leo XIV’s weeklong visit to Spain will bring him to a once-staunchly Catholic country that has long been in the throes of waning religious practice

11:17 PM on Friday, June 5

Pope Leo XIV is urging Spaniards to stop “fanning the flames of polarization” as he arrived in Spain

11:05 PM on Friday, June 5

Joe Biden isn't on the ballot this fall, but three of his administration members are running for governor

11:03 PM on Friday, June 5

Armenia's parliamentary elections Sunday will focus on its geopolitical future as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks closer ties with the EU and the U.S. That is despite Armenia's longstanding relations with Russia that are favored by most of the country's opposition parties

11:02 PM on Friday, June 5

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has met with Sen. Bernie Sanders to discuss public ownership in AI companies — a meeting that highlighted the tension between AI powerhouses and policymakers

11:01 PM on Friday, June 5

The Cockroach Janata Party, a social media movement in India, faces a major test as its founder leads a demonstration in New Delhi

6:51 PM on Friday, June 5

Democrat Xavier Becerra has advanced to the general election for California governor after pitching himself as an experienced choice to lead the nation’s most populous state

5:06 PM on Friday, June 5

Several FBI analysts tied to the creation of a 2023 memo warning of a potential threat from Catholic “violent extremists” were told Friday that they were being fired, the latest wave of terminations under the leadership of Director Kash Patel

3:31 PM on Friday, June 5

10:22 AM on Wednesday, June 3

A massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner is facing resistance in Albania