Women, youth, Hispanics drive Democratic House wins: Reuters/Ipsos pollIncreased support from women, youth and Hispanic voters gave Democrats the boost they needed to take control of the US House of Representatives on Tuesday, according to a Reuters/Ipsos Election Day po...
Trump tastes election defeat but finds some wins at White House watch partyBy the time President Donald Trump and his team tucked into hamburgers and hot dogs at a White House election watch party on Tuesday night, he was ready for the bad news. His closest aides tried to fo...
Democrats pick up US governorships but lose Florida, OhioDemocrats won governorships on Tuesday in several US states that supported Republican President Donald Trump in 2016 but lost high-profile races in Florida and Ohio, as voters cast ballots in dozens o...
Pompeo talks with North Koreans postponed, but South says second Kim-Trump summit on trackA meeting between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean officials set for Thursday in New York has been postponed, the US State Department said, but South Korea said the delay will not de...
79 abducted pupils freed in troubled Cameroon region: ministerSeventy-nine school pupils abducted by gunmen this week in a troubled English-speaking region of Cameroon have been freed, the country's communications minister told AFP Wednesday. The kidnappings on...
Yemen forces push towards Hodeida as death toll mountsYemeni pro-government forces said Wednesday they had advanced closer to the rebel-held port city of Hodeida after fierce battles that have killed nearly 200 fighters in the past week. The clashes come...
Midterm election loss won’t put Trump back in his boxDonald Trump boasts about winning, but after Democrats seized the House of Representatives on Tuesday, the reality show-host-turned-president is finding out how it feels to be one of the "losers" he u...
Next up? Starting gun sounds on 2020 White House raceLet the 2020 White House race begin. Tuesday's elections sounded the starting gun for a long, crowded, expensive and no doubt dramatic race for the presidency. Democrats, riding a wave of momentum fro...
Pelosi as House speaker would ‘show the power of the gavel’It's a pivotal moment for Nancy Pelosi — the beginning of a triumphal return as the nation's first female House speaker, or the start of a political reckoning over who should lead Democrats in the Don...
Indonesia extends search for bodies from Lion Air crashIndonesia will extend by three days its search for the bodies of passengers from the ill-fated Lion Air plane, an official said Wednesday, as authorities struggle to identify victims of the crash. The...
Madagascar starts voting in bid to end poverty, corruptionMillions of voters in Madagascar queued in long lines early on Wednesday to cast their ballots in a presidential election as the Indian Ocean island struggles to create jobs, fight poverty and end cor...