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Justice Department attorneys told a federal judge they feared sanctions because it would be “nearly impossible” to force the administration to comply with a court order halting tree clearing at a Washington golf...

Undercutting the secretary of state’s role, Trump has recast U.S. diplomacy in his own image — personalized, transactional, overbearing and opaque.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to help Trump show off a newly arrived oil tanker filled with Venezuelan crude to be processed in Texas refineries

His disputed 1988 presidential bid challenged the PRI’s decades-long grip on power and helped open Mexico’s political system to competition.

Former Mexican presidential candidate Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas has died at 92

Machado's party wants elections in 2027 and for her to be allowed to run.

Interim head of state Delcy Rodriguez and Maria Corina Machado are expected to vie for the presidency in a future election.

The return of Maria Corina Machado, who says Trump opened the "floodgate to freedom" for Venezuela, presents a challenge for Washington as Trump has also backed interim President Delcy Rodriguez.

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Israel's final election count leaves Netanyahu's bloc with 53 Knesset seats, while opposition and Arab-led parties could form an alternative government

Results released by election officials on Thursday showed Netanyahu's bloc winning 53 seats in the 120-member assembly, well below the 68 seats it had previously

No clear winner has emerged from Israel’s election with all the votes counted, according to the Israeli Central Elections Committee. Both major political blocs fell short of the 61 seats needed to form a majority...

Iran has sentenced acclaimed 'It Was Just an Accident' director Jafar Panahi to five years in prison. Charges remain unclear.

Known for his critically-acclaimed films including The Circle, Offside, This is Not a Film, Taxi, and It Was Just An Accident; the controversial Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to five years and one...

Political Gridlock in Israel After No Clear Winner Emerges from Tuesday’s National Election, Israeli Troops Violently Disperse Protest in Occupied West Bank, Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Sentenced to Five Years and...

A court in Cairo on Tuesday ordered the closure of the independent Egyptian news site Mada Masr and the detention of editor-in-chief Lina Attalah. The news site was founded in 2013 and is "a pillar of independent...