Myanmar’s military government says it will draft 60,000 young men and women yearly for military service under its newly activated conscription law, with call-ups beginning after the April festival marking the country’s traditional New Year
February 14, 2024
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats plan to “constantly over the next year” remind voters that it was Donald Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee, who torpedoed a bipartisan bill on border enforcement
February 15, 2024
Anthony Albanese has become first Australian prime minister to get engaged in office
February 15, 2024
An estimated 95% of US cities provide economic development tax incentives to woo corporate investors, taking billions away from schools.
February 15, 2024
A U.S. agency responsible for the care of unaccompanied migrant children did not have proof it fully vetted U.S. sponsors for some minors during a period of high
April 26, 2024
Front-runners for North Carolina's major-party nominations for governor in next month's primaries have taken dramatically different paths to prominence
February 15, 2024
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April 26, 2024
Venezuela’s government on Thursday ordered the local U.N. office on human rights to suspend its operations and gave its staff 72 hours to leave the country, accusing it of promoting opposition to the South American country
February 15, 2024
Porn star Stormy Daniels has testified in a Manhattan courtroom that she had sex with Donald Trump in 2006, an encounter that ultimately led to the first criminal trial of a former U.S.
May 24, 2024
Wisconsin lawmakers have passed bills designed to regulate artificial intelligence, joining a growing number of states grappling with how to control the technology as November’s elections loom
February 15, 2024
The United States is concerned about reports of intimidation and voter suppression in Pakistan's election, the White House said on Thursday after reports of protests in some
April 26, 2024
Former President Donald Trump has plans to radically reshape the federal government if he returns to the White House, from promising to deport millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally to firing tens of thousands of government workers
February 16, 2024
Most Republican governors turned down federal money to provide grocery help for low-income families with school-age kids over the summer
February 16, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a security agreement at a ceremony in the German capital on Friday.
April 26, 2024
Foreign leaders have congratulated Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto on his apparent victory in Indonesia’s presidential election, while rights activists called him a threat
February 16, 2024
A defense lawyer says the legal team of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan has appealed his convictions and sentences in three controversial legal cases
February 16, 2024
The head of the World Trade Organization warned on Friday that it could be difficult to strike deals at a major ministerial meeting later this month amid a "tough environment",
April 26, 2024
In a single week, the Republican chairs of three U.S. House committees announced they would not be seeking reelection, raising questions about whether the chaos that has reigned this Congress is driving out some of the GOP’s top talent
February 16, 2024
The head of the World Trade Organization says the body remains relevant and its leaders focus on reform “no matter who comes into power” as Donald Trump — who as U.S. president bypassed WTO rules by slapping tariffs on America’s friends and foes alike — makes another run at the White House
February 16, 2024
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April 26, 2024
Senior U.S., Arab and European officials met in Munich on Friday to discus progress on formulating a plan for post-war Gaza that would be linked to
April 26, 2024
A major anti-abortion group is praising a published report that Donald Trump has privately told people he supports a national ban on abortion after 16 weeks of pregnancy — though his campaign denied the report and said Trump plans to “negotiate a deal” on abortion if elected to the White House again
February 16, 2024
Texas is expanding its grasp of a border city that has become the focus of a political struggle between the state and federal government
February 16, 2024
Donald Trump's planned appeal of a $355 million judgment against him in his civil fraud case may focus on the former president's contention that there were no actual
April 26, 2024
German chancellor's Social Democrats seek to hold off far right in Brandenburg state election
At least 51 dead in Iran coal mine blast
New York City interim police commissioner says federal authorities searched his homes
Birds, bees and ballots: Swiss voters to decide on plan to bolster country's fragile biodiversity
Hezbollah, Israel exchange heavy fire after deadly Israeli strike
Japan PM hopeful Ishiba sees 'room' for corporate tax hike, Kyodo reports
Southwest Airlines warns staff of 'tough decisions' ahead, Bloomberg reports
GM to lay off about 1,700 workers at Kansas plant
Hong Kong’s first transgender singer-songwriter seeks voice through music
Biles and Chiles to headline "Gold Over America Tour"
Trial in daytime ambush of rapper Young Dolph 3 years ago to begin in Memphis