Political News, Analysis and Opinion

By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday called for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be released from prison in London, urging an … Read More

By Babak Dehghanpisheh (Reuters) – Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, the top commander of the elite Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards, helped Iran fight proxy wars across the Middle East … Read More

BISSAU (Reuters) – The losing candidate in Guinea-Bissau’s presidential election filed a Supreme Court challenge on Friday to former prime minister and ex-army general Umaro Cissoko Embalo’s victory in a … Read More

By Bernadette Christina and Jessica Damiana JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s air force seeded clouds with salt on Friday to try to stop rainfall reaching the slowing sinking capital after deadly … Read More

By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) – Somalia’s Western-backed government forces beat and detained a record number of journalists last year, the journalists’ syndicate told Reuters on Friday, prompting suggestions the … Read More

By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s far-right League leader Matteo Salvini, looking to avoid trial for alleged kidnapping, has defended his decision to detain migrants on a coastguard boat … Read More

CAIRO (Reuters) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun said in a statement on Friday that he hoped a new government would be formed next week. Aoun said work was underway to … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Canadian pop star Justin Bieber released his first solo single in four years on Friday, kicking off a career comeback that will see him release a new … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, who is running for the Democratic nomination for president, raised $11.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, more than doubling the previous … Read More

ATHENS (Reuters) – Turkey’s bill allowing troop deployment in Libya marks a dangerous escalation in the North African country’s civil war and severely threatens stability in the region, a joint … Read More