"We are proudly a progressive movement: two words that can't be applied to the escalator in this building," Anthony Albanese said to much mirth at Friday's Labor Party conference dinner.
When Jamie Isaacson received an application in his mailbox earlier this month to help choose the Maine Democratic Party’s next US Senate nominee at Saturday’s nominating convention, he wasn’t interested.
CHANTHABURI, Thailand -- Gen. Ukrit Boontanon surveyed the 4.3-meter high wall fortified with concrete slabs able to withstand small-arms fire and topped with rolls of barbed wire. Thailand's supreme military commander then headed for a door at one end and shook it firmly. A hard tug rattled the three attached padlo…
For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings …
Venezuela will withdraw from the International Criminal Court over the tribunal's perceived bias, the nation's foreign minister, Felix Plasencia, has said.
Residents gather for a screening of "Satluj" in a village square of Mahian Wala Kalan, a farming village in Punjab, northern India, after the government banned the film. (Photo by Anuj Behal)
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday voted overwhelmingly in favor to extend the term of UN Human Rights chief Volker Turk for four more years, despite opposition from Russia, Israel and the United States.
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said it carried out airstrikes targeting Houthi military sites in the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah on Friday that were linked to attacks on Saudi shipping.
Every summer, for four days, the picturesque Gush Etzion community of Alon Shvut becomes Israel’s capital of Bible study, as thousands of Bible buffs converge to explore and expand their knowledge of the Bible at “Yemei Iyun B’Tanakh,” the Bible Study Days, which is sponsored by Herzog College on the campus it share…
Green Bay Packers president Ed Policy walks on the field before a NFL football game against the Detroit Lions on Sept. 7, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)
MANILA, Philippines — The House prosecution panel on Friday said the burden of rebutting the impeachment article accusing Vice President Sara Duterte of making grave threats has shifted to the defense after it concluded presenting its evidence before the Senate impeachment court.
When the US House of Representatives narrowly passed a $1.5 trillion budget for the Department of War this week, the bill included a controversial provision that would permanently integrate US and Israeli military tech advancements in a way that would - as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put it - turn Isra…
The government of Venezuela has informed the United Nations that it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), citing what it calls the body’s “bias” against countries in the Global South.
Afrah al-Zouba’s appointment as Yemen’s foreign minister on Thursday is attracting attention – she’s the first woman to be appointed to that role, or any of the country’s most prominent cabinet posts.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar played an active role in efforts to secure the removal of International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan, Israel's i24NEWS journalist Guy Azriel said on X, citing a senior Israeli official.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers the State of the State address at the Michigan state Capitol in Lansing, Mich., Feb. 25, 2026. (Devin Anderson-Torrez/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP, File)
Viktor Orbán was Hungary’s version of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – a leader who pitted “the people” against “the elites,” the experts, and when necessary, the facts.
An order of silent Carmelite nuns living a life of “solitude and poverty” in rural NSW became unwitting targets of an elaborate NSW Liberal branch-stacking scheme run by a key figure at the centre of an explosive corruption hearing.
In the weeks after the October 7 attacks, every Israeli expert I spoke to said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not last another six months in office. The crisis was just too big. The man who built the longest career in modern politics on being “Mr Security” oversaw the worst security disaster in Israel’s his…
MANILA, Philippines — Amid death threats being sent to Senator Risa Hontiveros, Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said he is worried about her safety.
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — El alcalde de un pueblo del centro de México al que mataron en sus oficinas el miércoles estaba siendo investigado por delincuencia organizada y por el asesinato de dos activistas. Uno de ellos era Samir Flores, quien se oponía a la construcción de un proyecto energético y fue tiroteado en 20…
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Un fiscal federal de Estados Unidos anunció el viernes una acusación federal contra 11 personas por las muertes por tráfico de siete migrantes que se escondían dentro de un sofocante contenedor de carga ferroviaria en Texas en mayo.