Brazilian politician resists arrest, fires at police
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Brazilian politician Roberto Jefferson fired at police while resisting arrest ordered by the country's Supreme Court on Sunday...
EXCLUSIVE Republican clerk could be charged in Michigan voting-system breach
Oct 4 (Reuters) - A Michigan township official who promotes false conspiracy theories of a rigged 2020 election could face criminal charges related to two...
Bolsonaro mixes campaign politics, military displays on Brazil bicentennial
Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterBRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 7 (Reuters) - President Jair Bolsonaro mingled military parades on Brazil's Independence Day with...
Afghan Muslim arrested for killings that shook New Mexico’s Islamic community
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug 9 (Reuters) - A Muslim immigrant from Afghanistan has been arrested as the prime suspect in the serial killings of four Muslim...
Myanmar executes four democracy activists, draws condemnation
Executed include democracy figure, former lawmakerActivists had been sentenced after closed-door trialArakan Army militia says executions shatter peace hopesMore than 100 on death row similarly...
Explainer: How abortion became a divisive issue in U.S. politics
WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) - Since the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion nationwide in 1973, the issue has become one of...
Google ordered to pay Australian politician over defamatory YouTube videos
SYDNEY, June 6 (Reuters) - An Australian court on Monday ordered Google to pay a former lawmaker A$715,000 ($515,000), saying its failure to take down...
Kazakh leader seeks political capital in constitutional reform vote
ALMATY, June 5 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan votes on a constitutional reform on Sunday promoted by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as a step towards liberalising the tightly-run...
Sri Lanka PM, scion of political dynasty, resigns amid protests
COLOMBO, May 9 (Reuters) - Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has dominated Sri Lankan politics for nearly 20 years and whose government crushed the Tamil Tigers to...