Political News, Analysis and Opinion

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Supreme Court of breakaway Georgian region Abkhazia on Friday overturned a presidential election that had returned the incumbent but triggered rowdy protests. The isolated region, which … Read More

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Backed by Virginia’s first Democratic-controlled legislature in over 20 years, Governor Ralph Northam vowed this week to push through new gun-control laws, angering gun-rights advocates … Read More

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Jailed Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras’ mandate as a European Union (EU) lawmaker is over, the legislature’s head said on Friday, in a blow to the Spanish separatist … Read More

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court decision to dismiss nationwide litigation over the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in … Read More

By Ann Saphir MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – U.S. monetary policy is in a holding pattern for now, but the Federal Reserve’s next move may well be to cut interest rates given … Read More

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday the United States has agreed to extradite a fugitive former state governor wanted on corruption charges. Cesar … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. trade regulators said on Friday they will investigate wearable monitoring devices, including those made by Fitbit Inc <FIT.N> and Garmin Ltd <GRMN.O>, following allegations of patent … Read More

By John Irish and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU foreign ministers backed away on Friday from any immediate response to Iran’s decision to intensify its enrichment of uranium, instead … Read More

By Howard Schneider and Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – By late 2014, U.S. central bankers knew the crisis-driven era of near-zero interest rates might be about to end and that … Read More

By Caroline Pailliez PARIS (Reuters) – Negotiations between the French government and trade unions failed to break the deadlock over pension reform on Friday as both sides stood firm ahead … Read More