politics

World+BizUSAAsiaSouth AsiaMiddle EastChinaEurope

politics

World+BizUSAAsia
Visitors to the US Capitol rest in the shade on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, June 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo

For first time in long US government shutdown, hints of progress toward reopening

For 34 days, a standoff between Congress and President Donald Trump has shuttered a range of federal programs including those that provide aid for low-income Americans, US soldiers' paychecks...

Democratic candidate for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, delivers remarks while campaigning at the Hanson Place Seventh-Day Adventist Church in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US, November 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ryan Murphy

Trump backs Cuomo, threatens to cut funds for New York City if Mamdani wins

Democratic candidate for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, delivers remarks while campaigning at the Hanson Place Seventh-Day Adventist Church in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US, November 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ryan Murphy

Zohran Mamdani speaks Arabic in new video to woo NYC voters ahead of mayoral polls

Zohran Mamdani gestures as he speaks during a watch party for his primary election, in New York City. Photo: REUTERS

Who is Zohran Mamdani?

Democratic candidate for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, delivers remarks while campaigning at the Hanson Place Seventh-Day Adventist Church in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US, November 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ryan Murphy

Obama calls Mamdani, praises campaign ahead of New York mayoral election

Jagannath Sarkar, MP from Ranaghat. Photo: The Hindu/File

Indian MP's comment on India-Bangladesh border fence sparks political row in West Bengal

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a press conference, on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 27, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Canada's Carney says he apologised to Trump over Reagan ad

China's President Xi Jinping and South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung pose for photographs during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, October 31, 2025. Photo: Yonhap via REUTERS

South Korea to woo China's Xi with state summit as APEC wraps up

Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup, presides at an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Myanmar to hold second phase of election in January

US President Donald Trump, left, and Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister, during a signing ceremony for a document on the implementation of the US Japan trade deal at Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. Photo: Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via REUTERS

Trump praises Japan's 'great' female leader in talks on trade, critical minerals

Police officers wait ahead of the anticipated visit of US President Donald Trump in front of the the Akasaka Palace State Guest House in Tokyo, Japan October 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Manami Yamada

Trump heads to Tokyo for trade, security talks before Xi summit

.Argentine President Javier Milei Photo: REUTERS/Cristina Sille

Argentina's midterm election hands decisive win to Milei's libertarian overhaul

US President Donald Trump joins the performers in a dance during a welcoming ceremony after arriving at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, to attend the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain/Poo

From rare earths to soybeans: Breaking down Trump's Asia agenda