Politics

Belgian Foreign minister Hadja Lahbib poses with a European flag in a mock polling station box to encourage people to vote in the upcoming European Elections. Laurie Dieffembacq | Afp | Getty Images The political makeup of the European Union is about to change with voters across the 27 member states heading to the polls

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures, at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2024.  Adnan Abidi | Reuters A stunning political setback for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has business executives in the country furiously making calls, trying to better understand the impact on India’s economy and investment landscape following Modi’s failure to

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) flashes victory sign as he arrives at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters to celebrate the party’s win in country’s general election, in New Delhi on June 4, 2024.  Arun Sankar | Afp | Getty Images Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory in the country’s election late on

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi flashes victory sign at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters to celebrate the party’s win in country’s general election, in New Delhi on June 4, 2024.  Money Sharma | Afp | Getty Images Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have to seek power-sharing agreements for a historic third term in

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends the 8th Russian-Chinese EXPO and the 4th Russian-Chinese Forum on Interregional Cooperation in Harbin, China, May 17, 2024.  Sergei Bobylyov | Via Reuters The Kremlin denied an allegation that it is waging a disinformation campaign against France, its president and the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The Microsoft Threat Analysis

The chief financial officer of conservative global news outlet The Epoch Times has been arrested and charged with leading a yearslong scheme to launder at least $67 million in illicit funds, federal prosecutors said Monday. The scheme — which involved cryptocurrency, tens of thousands of prepaid debit cards, fraudulently obtained unemployment insurance benefits and stolen

Michael Saylor, executive chairman at MicroStrategy. Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty Images Billionaire bitcoin investor Michael Saylor and the company he founded, MicroStrategy, will pay $40 million to settle a tax fraud lawsuit brought by the Washington D.C. Attorney General, the AG’s office announced Monday. Between 2005 and 2021, Saylor allegedly evaded over $25

Kathryn Burgum aplauds as her husband Republican Governor of North Dakota Doug Burgum shakes hands with former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump during a Caucus Night watch party in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 8, 2024.  Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum – a potential

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore on June 2, 2024.  Nhac Nguyen | Afp | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday accused China of helping Russia to disrupt an upcoming peace summit by pressuring other countries not to attend. The

Voters during the South Africa General Elections on May 29, 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa.  Gallo Images | Gallo Images | Getty Images South Africa’s governing African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority of 30 years, in the country’s most sweeping political shift since the end of the apartheid. Popular support for the ANC during

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin speaks at the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on June 1, 2024.  Nhac Nguyen | Afp | Getty Images SINGAPORE — The United States remains vital to the future of the Indo-Pacific region, which is “more vital than ever” to the U.S., according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Dinesh D’Souza attends the DC premiere of his film, “Death of a Nation,” at E Street Cinema on August 1, 2018 in Washington, DC.  Shannon Finney | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The conservative gadfly Dinesh D’Souza’s film and book “2000 Mules,” which pushes false conspiracies about voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, has been

Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Trump Media shares fell as much as 15% in extended trading on Thursday after a New York jury found former President Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his criminal hush money trial. The stock, which trades under the ticker “DJT,” remained

A New York jury on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in an effort to conceal a hush money payment made to a porn star ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Politically, the unprecedented criminal conviction of a former U.S. president — and presumptive major-party presidential nominee — plunges the nation

Residents line up to cast ballots in the national election on May 29, 2024 in Matatiele, South Africa. J. Countess | Getty Images News | Getty Images South African’s governing African National Congress appears set to lose majority control in the country’s most seismic political transition since the end of the apartheid. Early indications from

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday rejected Democratic lawmakers’ requests that he recuse himself from key cases related to former President Donald Trump and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot following reports that flags linked to Trump’s supporters were flown at his properties. Alito said in two letters to the lawmakers that he had

Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 16, 2024.  Angela Weiss | Reuters Jurors in the criminal hush money trial of former President Donald Trump are set to begin deliberating a potential verdict