Political News, Analysis and Opinion

By Marcelo Rochabrun and Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvians elected a fractured Congress with no clear leadership on Sunday, split among 10 parties with a center-right party grabbing the … Read More

By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Nadine Awadalla BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi security forces shot at anti-government protesters in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least one person, and unidentified men set … Read More

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday asked the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics to stop for a moment of prayer and reflection on the 75th anniversary … Read More

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Sunday he was sorry for his country’s role during the Holocaust and the lack of action against the persecution of … Read More

LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Anez has requested the resignation of her ministers in order to face new a “new stage of democratic transition” after the caretaker … Read More

By Jason Lange (Reuters) – U.S. presidential contender Michael Bloomberg pledged on Sunday to “always have Israel’s back,” while separately joking he was the only Jewish candidate who does not … Read More

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Halfway through a dinner at the Trump Hotel, U.S. President Donald Trump can be heard giving the order to remove the U.S ambassador to … Read More

By David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for U.S. President Donald Trump told his Senate impeachment trial on Saturday that Democrats’ efforts to remove the president from … Read More

TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. S&P500 e-mini futures <ESc1> fell more than 1% in Asian trade on Monday on mounting worries the new coronavirus outbreak could severely disrupt the Chinese economy, … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain unveiled on Sunday a new 50 pence coin minted to mark the country’s departure from the European Union, which bears the inscription “Peace, prosperity and friendship … Read More