Political News, Analysis and Opinion

By JOAN FAUS and Emma Pinedo BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) – Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont asked pro-independence backers on Tuesday to donate money after Spanish authorities ordered him and 19 others … Read More

By Jarrett Renshaw ORANGEBURG, S.C. (Reuters) – Pete Buttigieg is betting big on Iowa and New Hampshire, hoping success in the largely white states will help him overcome dismal support … Read More

By Marcin Goclowski and Joanna Plucinska WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland is willing to consider a compromise with the European Union on its selection of judges under certain conditions, its justice … Read More

(Reuters) – Nearly 2 million people have signed an online petition to use Kobe Bryant’s image as the new logo for the National Basketball Association following the death of the … Read More

By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish nationalists Sinn Fein will withhold support for the government after a Feb. 8 election without a commitment to immediately start planning for a referendum … Read More

BERLIN (Reuters) – A German court ruled on Tuesday that a hostel situated on the grounds of the North Korean embassy in Berlin must close as its operation breaches sanctions … Read More

By Graham Fahy and Padraic Halpin CASTLEBAR, Ireland (Reuters) – Fianna Fail’s near century-long dominance of Irish politics came to a halt in 2011 after it suffered an unprecedented electoral … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – French police clashed on Tuesday with firefighters protesting in Paris against their working conditions and demanding more pay. Thousands of firefighters attended the protest in the French … Read More

By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) – One potential side effect of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s efforts to pump liquidity into the banking system and avoid further unwanted surges in short-term borrowing … Read More

By Stephen Farrell and Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was formally indicted in court on Tuesday on corruption charges after he withdrew his request for … Read More