Politics

The Harvard-educated Pita Limjaroenrat and his Move Forward party won the most votes in a huge election win last year. But he failed to take charge after being blocked by the unelected Senate. The charismatic young leader was seen as…

Allies and even some former rivals of the ex-president have started making regular appearances on the campaign trail, rallying support, pledging their loyalty and - seemingly - offering Mr Trump their auditions for vice-president. Mr…

She said two campaign co-ordinators had been "abducted" and party offices had been vandalised. The incidents come just months after the government agreed to a deal laying the groundwork for free and fair elections to be held in 2024.…

The US political system today is dominated by just two parties, so every president in modern times has belonged to one of them. The Democrats are the liberal political party, with an agenda defined largely by its push for civil rights, a…

The family members of the six remaining Israeli-American hostages believed to have been kidnapped by Hamas met with several of President Joe Biden’s top national security advisers at the White House on Thursday, more than 100 days…

The House Armed Services Committee has asked Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to testify before the panel to explain his failure to notify key government leaders, including the president, of his recent hospitalization. Rep. Mike…

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang endorsed US Rep. Dean Phillips’ bid for president while campaigning with the Minnesota Democrat here Thursday. “In this time of need, only one person decided to place his country above…

President Joe Biden conceded Thursday that strikes against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen are not deterring the groups’ attacks in the Red Sea, as the military carried out further strikes against the group in Yemen. The fifth…

A federal judge on Thursday declined to shut down Michigan’s state-level prosecution of pro-Trump fake electors who tried to subvert the 2020 election. One of the fake electors charged in the case, Clifford Frost, had argued…

Taiwan, a small and vibrant Asian democracy on the doorstep of a much larger authoritarian neighbor, holds presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday and the results will reverberate far beyond its borders. The outcome is being…

The PM tells Sophy Ridge on Sunday that he would pledge to bring down immigration if he wins a majority next week. Boris Johnson has claimed a leaked Treasury document about checks on the Northern Ireland border is "wrong".…

Voters in certain constituencies will see prototype polling booths made largely from cardboard and other recyclable materials, while the new self-inking pens allow voters to easily stamp an "X" on ballots. SINGAPORE - The…

The father of terror victim Jack Merritt does not wish his son's death to be "used as a pretext for more draconian sentences". Jeremy Corbyn has told Sky News that convicted terrorists should "not necessarily" automatically serve…

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (left) shakes hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in during their meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Nov 23, 2019. SEOUL - Singaporeans can look forward to more flights to…

Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh said the idea of a united opposition is challenging in practice because different parties have different philosophies. SINGAPORE - The idea of a united opposition may make sense intuitively,…

The Tories promise to reduce the number of unskilled migrants coming into the country and the benefits they are able to claim. The Conservatives have pledged to cut immigration "overall", with the "vast majority" of migrants to…

DPM Heng Swee Keat speaking at the PAP65 Awards and Convention at Singapore Expo, on Nov 10, 2019. SINGAPORE - The fourth-generation (4G) leadership of the People's Action Party (PAP) Government will always uphold and defend the…

The Conservative Party says that paying for Labour's plans is equivalent to funding the NHS for nine years. A Labour government under Jeremy Corbyn would cost an extra £1.2 trillion over the next five years, the Tories have…

A motion will be introduced in Parliament on Nov 5, 2019, calling on Workers' Party MPs Sylvia Lim and Low Thia Khiang to recuse themselves from all financial matters at the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council. SINGAPORE - A motion will…

Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh and People's Action Party grassroots adviser Chua Eng Leong are sparring over a barrier-free access ramp that took seven years to complete. SINGAPORE - Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh on…