Political News, Analysis and Opinion

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said Pope Francis had promised him in a meeting to do everything he could to help with his homeland’s … Read More

By Nadeen Ebrahim and Ulf Laessing CAIRO (Reuters) – Sitting in her sister’s apartment on a noisy Cairo street, Rania Sayed one day hopes to leave a city that is … Read More

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom leaves the European Union on Friday for an uncertain Brexit future, the most significant change to its place in the world … Read More

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey may launch a military operation in Syria’s northwestern Idlib region unless fighting there is quickly halted, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday as attacks by Syrian … Read More

By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The first Democrat to formally declare a run for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination, former U.S. Representative John Delaney, on Friday said he was … Read More

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday criticized Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab nations for not speaking out against the U.S. Middle East plan which he said … Read More

By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) – When Palestinian leaders learned that the release of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan was imminent, they swiftly announced a “day of rage” … Read More

GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. aid agency for Palestinian refugees voiced concern on Friday that the U.S. administration’s Middle East peace plan will spark further violence and said it had … Read More

By Ross Kerber BOSTON (Reuters) – Pending U.S. securities rules that would limit shareholder proposals have divided passive and active U.S. fund firms as some take a harder line on … Read More

By Felix Tam and Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam rejected calls from a medical union on Friday to close the border with mainland China … Read More