Political News, Analysis and Opinion

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) – Hedge fund Elliott Management Corp has amassed a stake in Twitter Inc <TWTR.N> and is pushing for changes, including removal of the social media company’s … Read More

By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) – For mother-of-four Nasima, the prospect of lasting peace in Afghanistan is almost too good to be true. The 45-year-old, whose husband Nasir Ahmad … Read More

By Jan Wolfe and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A divided U.S. appeals court handed President Donald Trump a major legal victory on Friday by dismissing a Democratic-led congressional panel’s … Read More

By Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has expressed concern after Chinese-ruled Hong Kong arrested publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai, an outspoken critic of Beijing, and two … Read More

By Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has recommended that ministers and diplomats skip traveling to a meeting in New York of the Commission on the Status … Read More

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Friday said it would focus on concluding new trade agreements with Britain, the European Union and Kenya over the coming … Read More

By Rajesh Kumar Singh (Reuters) – Harley-Davidson Inc <HOG.N> on Friday named a board member hailed for turning around the Puma brand’s near-bankrupt business as its interim chief as the … Read More

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw military drills on Friday, state media KCNA said, a rare public outing amid efforts to prevent an … Read More

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Ginger Gibson SPARTANBURG/NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Presidential contender Joe Biden told South Carolina’s Democrats on Friday that they can take control of the White House … Read More

By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Friday vetoed a controversial law intended to allow the prosecution of crimes committed during the country’s bloody … Read More