Political News, Analysis and Opinion

By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – President Sergio Mattarella paid a surprise visit on Thursday to a Rome school with a large number of Chinese students, looking to dispel fears … Read More

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called for a session to be held next week, on Tuesday and Wednesday, to vote on the new government and its policy … Read More

By Joseph Sipalan and Krishna N. Das KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has dialed back his criticism of India after it sparked a boycott of Malaysian … Read More

By Ben Blanchard and Stephanie Nebehay TAIPEI/GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States and China clashed on Thursday over the issue of Taiwan’s exclusion from World Health Organization (WHO) meetings, where … Read More

By Joseph Sipalan and Krishna N. Das KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday he was ready to wait for six more months beyond the initially agreed … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s northern city of Tianjin began on Thursday restricting the entry and exit of people from residential compounds and villages to help prevent the spread of the … Read More

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam said on Thursday it has confirmed two new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 12. Both the new cases are Vietnamese nationals from the … Read More

By Jarrett Renshaw CONCORD, N.H. (Reuters) – The road to victory in New Hampshire’s critical Democratic primary on Tuesday may run through the living rooms of people like Gerri and … Read More

By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) – French Sports minister Roxana Maracineanu on Thursday urged abuse victims to speak up after a series of rape and sexual agression allegations in figure … Read More

ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday pardoned more than 6,000 prisoners, extending a process of clemency that has outdone in scale similar conciliatory gestures by his predecessors. … Read More