Politics

News Hour: British Prime Minister Theresa May is cracking down on unauthorized leaks by ministers and civil servants on her Brexit plans, a leaked memo to the Mail on Sunday newspaper said. Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood...

News Hour: Beijing has lodged a protest with the United States over a call between US President-elect Donald Trump and Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday. “We have already...

News Hour: Michigan’s attorney general said on Friday he had filed a lawsuit to halt the Green Party’s requested recount of presidential votes in the state, adding to Republican efforts in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to maintain...

News Hour: US President-elect Donald Trump has named Gen James Mattis, a former marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, as his defense secretary. “He’s our best,” Mr Trump said, as he announced his pick in...

News Hour: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump named a vociferous critic of Obamacare and a policy consultant on Tuesday to help him overhaul the healthcare system that Republicans have targeted since Democrats enacted sweeping reforms in 2010....

News Hour: Thailand’s cabinet on Tuesday submitted the name of Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to the nation’s rubber-stamp parliament, paving the way for his endorsement as king several weeks after his father’s death. “The prime minister’s...

News Hour: The head of Iranian Railways resigned on Saturday after three of his employees were arrested over a collision between two trains that left at least 44 people dead. Mohsen Poor-Seyed Aghaie, a deputy minister...

News Hour: Donald Trump called a recount of votes being prepared in Wisconsin a scam, insisting on Saturday that his presidential win should be respected, not “challenged and abused.” The recount, which was requested by Green...

News Hour: Officials in Wisconsin are preparing to conduct a full recount of the votes from the US election in the state, which was narrowly won by Donald Trump. A formal request for the recount was...

News Hour: Cuba’s former president Fidel Castro, one of the world’s longest-serving and most iconic leaders, has died aged 90. His younger brother and successor as president Raul Castro announced the news on state television, reports...